Written by Gary Brooker/Keith Reid
Intro | D | A | Em | G | x3 verse 1 Bm G D D/C# Psychiatrists and lawyers Bm G D D/C# destroying mankind? Bm G D D/C# Driving them crazy Bm G D and stealing them blind Em Bm C Em Bankers and brokers ruling the world Bm D/A E/G# A Storing the silver and hoarding the goldInterlude | D | A | Em | G | x2 verse 2 Bm G D D/C# Famine and hardship Bm G D D/C# in true living colour? Bm G D D/C# Constant reminders Bm G D The plight of our brother Em Bm C Em Daily starvation our diet of news Bm D/A E/G# A Fed to the teeth with a barrage of viewsG A Ain't no use in preachers preaching? F# Bm A D/F# When they don't know what they're teaching? G A Weakest man be strong as Samson D Em D/A A D When you're being held to ran- somInstrumental A Em | D | A | Em | G | x 3 verse 3 Bm G D D/C# Black men and white men, Bm G D D/C# and Arabs and Jews? Bm G D D/C# Causing congestion Bm G D and filling the queues Em Bm C Em Fighting for freedom, the truth and the word Bm D/A E/G# A Fighting the war for the end of the worldG A Ain't no use in preachers preaching? F# Bm A D/F# When they don't know what they're teaching? G A Weakest man be strong as Samson D Em D/A A D When you're being held to ran- somOutro D A Em G -som It ain’t no D A Em G use D A Em G O - o - o Ain’t no use D A Em G O - o - o Ain’t no use D A Em G O - o - o Strong as Samson D A Em G O - o - o D A Em G O - o - o Fade Note: Do the E minor on line 5 of the verse with an upstroke.G A Ain't no use in preachers preaching F# Bm A D/F# When they don't know what they're teaching G A Weakest man be strong as Samson D Em D/A A D When you're being held to ran- som G A Ain't no use in preachers preaching F# Bm A D/F# When they don't know what they're teaching G A Weakest man be strong as Samson D Em D/A A When you're being held to ran- /direct to outro