BEAN COUNTER — текст песни (Graham Parker)

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

Am 577555
Dsus2 557755
A9 557555

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` on potato chips smackin` her lips lickin` her pencil again

CHORUS REPEAT
From Wall Street to Hong Kong. Chinee to Chancery Lane
You`re being rubber stamped your style is being cramped. It all
comes out the same

They`re not being paid to think. That`s not the idea
And they never run out of red ink, get that particularly clear
CHORUS REPEAT
Snackin` on potato chips givin` you a scan
Deleting your account phasing you out in the trash can

Now if you don`t meet projections. If there ain`t enough zeroes involved
You`ll get stamped rejections and then that problem is solved