The Ministry Of Social Affairs

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Part 1 



F                      G#            C 

  You see them sitting,  in the rain, as the sky is darkening 

F                        G#                C 

  Three lines of traffic,  are edging past, the ministry of social affairs 

F               G#              C 

  At a junction,  on the ground, an amputee and a pregnant hound 

F                      G#                   C 

  Sit by the young men,  with withered arms, as if death had already passed 





Part 2 



Dm                    A#/D                 A 

  Through every alley,    way and clenched, a million beggar’s silhouettes 

Dm                     A#/D             A 

  Near where the money,    changers sit, by their locked glass cabinets 

Dm                  A#/D               A 

  What has happened,    let go and ask, the ministry of social affairs 

Dm                     A#/D             A 

  Near where the money,    changers sit, by their locked glass cabinets 





Part 3 



D                     A#        G#             F#  F 

That's what they want,  oh yeah,  money honey 

D                     A#        G#             F#  F 

That's what they want,  oh yeah,  money honey 

D                     A#        G#             F#  F 

That's what they want,  oh yeah,  money honey 

D                     A#        G#             F#  F 

That's what they want,  oh yeah,  money honey 

D                     A#        G#             F#  F 

That's what they want,  oh yeah,  money honey 

D                     A#        G#             F#  F 

That's what they want,  oh yeah,  money honey