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{t:How Can Poor Men Stand Such Times and Live-UB40}
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From Ian Backhouse
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MADq8jOc1zc
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[Bb] Once the shops were filled with [F] things that I could [Bb] buy
But the prices of them all have gone sky [F] high
Don't suppose [Bb] they're gonna drop
Gotta get used [Eb] to the charity shop
Just tell me [Bb] how can poor men
[F] Stand such times and [Bb] live
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[Bb] Seems like only yester [F] day food was so [Bb] cheap
Now the cost of eating goes up every [F] week
So you search for [Bb] the best deals
Have to miss out [Eb] on some meals
Just tell me [Bb] how can poor men [F] stand such times and [Bb] live
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[Bb] Get that first foot on the [F] ladder they all [Bb] say
But on what I'm earning they know there's no [F] way
Ain't no [Bb] bank that's gonna lend
They got [Eb] bonuses to spend
Just tell me [Bb] how can poor men [F] stand such times and [Bb] live
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[Bb] Council housing's something [F] I will never [Bb] get
Put my name down on the list I'm waiting [F] yet
So I'm [Bb] renting privately landlords [Eb] profiting from me
Just tell me [Bb] how can poor men [F] stand such times and [Bb] live
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[Bb] Getting round is getting [F] harder every- [Bb] -day
Used to drive a car but lately there's no [F] way
Trains are [Bb] only for the rich
And the [Eb] bus fares are a bitch
Just tell me [Bb] how can poor men [F] stand such times and [Bb] live
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[Bb] And the doctors [F] don't' come out no more at [Bb] night
They won't treat you if they think you don't live [F] right
While they [Bb] privatize the best
Soon there'll [Eb] be no NHS
Just tell me [Bb] how can poor men [F] stand such times and [Bb] live
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[Bb] Keeping warm is [F] something poor folks cannot [Bb] do
Cause the oilmen need a private yacht or [F] two
Power [Bb] companies make gold as the [Eb] pensioners grow cold
Just tell me [Bb] how can poor men [F] stand such times and [Bb] live
Just tell me [Bb] how can poor men [F] stand such times and [Bb] live
Just tell me [Bb] how can poor men [F] stand such times and [Bb] live [F] [Bb]
