Rich Men North of Richmond Akkoorden

Rich Men North of Richmond Lead sheet

[Verse]

N         Em               C
I've been selling my soul, working all day.
G                   D             D6 D
Overtime hours, for bullshit pay. So I can
Em                         C
sit out here, and waste my life away.
G                            D              D6 D
Drag back home, and drown my troubles away. It's a damn

[Prechorus]

Em                      C
shame, what the world's gotten to.
    G                   D                D6   D
For people like me, and people like you. Wish I could
Em                   C
just wake up, and it not be true. But it is,
G           D D6        D
  aw it is.   Livin' in the

[Chorus]

Em         C             G         D D6    D
new world,   with an old   soul.     These rich men
Em                      C
north of Richmond, Lord knows they all just
G                        D       D6   D
wanna have total control   Wanna know what you
Em                         C
think, wanna know what you do.
                         G
And they don't think you know,
                    D               D6     D
but I know that you do. 'Cause your dollar ain't shit,
Em                           C
    and it's taxed to no end   'Cause of rich men,
G                     D D6 D
   north of Richmond.

[Inst]

Em    C    G    D   D6         D
                  I wish poli- ticians

[Verse 2]

Em                           C
      would look out for mi- ners. And not just
G                         D
minors on an island some- where. Lord, we got
Em                             C
folks in the street, ain't got nothin' to eat. And the o-
G                     D     D6      D
bese, milkin' welfare.  But God, if you're five
Em                    C
foot three and you're three hundred pounds.
      G                              D                D6    D
Taxes ought not to pay for your bags of fudge rounds. Young men are
Em                          C
puttin' themselves six feet in the ground. 'Cause all this
G                             D
damn country does, is keep on kickin' them down. Lord, it's a damn

[Prechorus 2]

Em                      C
shame, what the world's gotten to.
    G                   D                D6   D
For people like me, and people like you. Wish I could
Em                   C
just wake up, and it not be true. But it is,
G           D D6        D
  aw it is.   Livin' in the

[Chorus 2]

Em         C             G         D D6    D
new world,   with an old   soul.     These rich men
Em                      C
north of Richmond, Lord knows they all just
G                        D       D6   D
wanna have total control   Wanna know what you
Em                         C
think, wanna know what you do.
                         G
And they don't think you know,
                    D               D6     D
but I know that you do. 'Cause your dollar ain't shit,
Em                           C
    and it's taxed to no end   'Cause of rich men,
G                     D D6 D
   north of Richmond.

[Outro]

Em C G D D6 D
Em C G D
          Em               C
I've been selling my soul, working all day.
G                   D             D6 D Em
Overtime hours, for bullshit pay.