Song Info
- Song: Rich Men North Of Richmond
- Artist: Oliver Anthony
- Year: 2023
- Key: Gm
- Capo: 3rd fret
[Verse 1]
Em C
I've been selling my soul, working all day.
G D
Overtime hours, for bullshit pay.
Em C
So I can sit out here, and waste my life away.
G D
Drag back home, and drown my troubles away.
[Pre-Chorus 1]
Em C
It's a damn shame, what the world's gotten to.
G D
For people like me, and people like you.
Em C
Wish I could just wake up, and it not be true.
G D
But it is, aw it is.
[Chorus 1]
Em C G D
Livin' in the new world, with an old soul.
Em
These rich men north of Richmond,
C
Lord knows they all
G D
just wanna have total control
Em
Wanna know what you think,
C
wanna know what you do.
G
And they don't think you know,
D
but I know that you do.
Em
'Cause your dollar ain't shit,
C
and it's taxed to no end
G D
'Cause of rich men, north of Richmond.
[Interlude]
Em C G D
[Verse 2]
Em C
I wish politicians would look out for miners.
G D
And not just minors on an island somewhere.
Em
Lord, we got folks in the street,
C
ain't got nothin' to eat.
G D
And the obese, milkin' welfare.
Em
But God, if you're five foot three
C
and you're three hundred pounds.
G D
Taxes ought not to pay for your bags of
fudge rounds.
Em C
Young men are puttin' themselves six feet
in the ground.
G
'Cause all this damn country does,
D
is keep on kickin' them down.
[Pre-Chorus 2]
Em
Lord, it's a damn shame,
C
what the world's gotten to.
G D
For people like me, and people like you.
Em C
Wish I could just wake up, and it not be true.
G D
But it is, aw it is.
[Chorus 2]
Em C G D
Livin' in the new world, with an old soul.
Em C
These rich men north of Richmond,
C
Lord knows they all
G D
just wanna have total control
Em
Wanna know what you think,
C
wanna know what you do.
G
And they don't think you know,
D
but I know that you do.
Em
'Cause your dollar ain't shit,
C
and it's taxed to no end
G D
'Cause of rich men, north of Richmond.
[Outro]
Em C G D
Em C G D
Em C
I've been selling my soul, working all day.
G D Em
Overtime hours, for bullshit pay.
