Protection Racket Lyrics

Protection Racket - Fionn Regan
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The chords on their own sound good on an acoustic. I heard a version on Pat Kenny's
show when Fionn played this and another new track. The strumming is easy to work out if you
to him play it.
Chords
G Gv G Gv G Gv G
Be quiet katie there is someone at the hatch
Gv G Gv G Gv G
You curse the darkness and I'll strike a match
Undoing the latch I tripped on the scales and fell
Just as someone hit the reception bell
*SAME AS ABOVE*
The ghost of that injury still remains my ankle starts to swell just before it rains
leaders of nations, wild alsations, crumbling foundations, I've lost my patience
These big companies are giving us the squeeze
Lets raise our glasses to mr. onassis
Protection racket (hand over the packet)
Rome needs cement (in this event)
Go over to the till katie (the national)
Pay this man his rent
It's a standard procedure
I forgot to mention that grandmas pension
Will ease the rent book tension
A little birdie told me you've been syphoning the poor box
I heard the knitting circle disscusing chubb locks
Whats all the commotion? what do they expect?
With no sign of a promotion I've lost my self respect
You see I built this heap from scratch when I was poor
now they're asking me to hoover the floor
Splash some water over me slap round the face
Did I miss a meeting I don't recognise the place
The plug in the socket burns a hole in the pocket
These big companies are giving us the squeeze
Lets raise our glasses to mr. onassis
Protection racket (hand over the packet)
Rome needs cement (in this event)
Go over to the till katie (the national)
Pay this man his rent
it's a standard procedure