Graham Parker - BEAN COUNTER - Graham Parker LYRICS

In answer to the question about the groove this song is based on here
is a rough version. I'm not sure if it's right nor not. It's possibly I've made
it (the chorus especially) needlessly over-complicated. It's probably quite simple
for someone who can actually play a bit.

Intro:

Am Am Am Am Dus2 Dus2 Dus2 A9

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Dsus2 557755
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Am Am Am Am Dus2 Dus2 Dus2 A9
Ci vil is ation
Am Am Am Am Dus2 Dus2 Dus2 A9
has come a long way
D7
Out of the mud where chitinous bugs
Am Am Am Am Dus2 Dus2 Dus2 A9
eat each other all day

Am Am Am Am Dus2 Dus2 Dus2 A9
Am Am Am Am Dus2 Dus2 Dus2 A9

[And so on for all the verses]


Now we're in the clouds working overtime for our pay
Countin' the numbers and being the bugs that eat each other today

Sitting in an office in a publishing house
Or in a big company working a computer clicking a mouse

Pulling up your file checking your sales
Meeting those quotas and accommodating voters that's the holy grail

CHORUS
Am C D D7 Dsus2 A9
Cos it's a bean counter and if that don't fill you with terr or
Am C D D7 Dsus2 A9
Bean counter. Takin' the human out of the human err or

In a glass tower uptown or downtown
She's workin' every hour runnin' through your contract writing your deficit down
She's downsizing everything including her brain
Snackin