Capo 1
Intro: G F# Bm G
D G Bm
Ladies and gents, fold your tents, ‘cos we have a winner
D G Bm
Come see your Jane try to train every devil in her
D G Bm
There's not a man alive who could tame this creature
D G Bm
You better leave the professor behind, see what time will teach her
G A Bm D G
And when we've all collected a spectacular sum
G A Bm D G
We'll get a little glimpse of the disaster to come
F# Bm
You can justify what happens then
D G
Cos how could you have known
F# Bm
Leave the dust to dust and say "amen"
D G
Put "sorry" on the stone
F# Bm
You're not not your brother's keeper, now
D G
Your brother's on his own
F# Bm G
That's how the seeds of avarice are sown
D G Bm
Shit's just a trick and each week's full of compromises
D G Bm
She'll push for a fish like a seal clapping for its prizes
D G Bm
There's not a man alive who could wake this sleeper
D G Bm
Oh, tie the rope, hide the dope, sure there's hope, but denial's cheaper
G A Bm D G
And when've all collected a spectacular sum
G A Bm D G
We'll get a Holy Roller in to rattle the drum
F# Bm
You can justify what happens then
D G
Cos how could you have known
F# Bm
Leave the dust to dust and say "amen"
D G
Put "sorry" on the stone
F# Bm
You're not not your brother's keeper, now
D G
Your brother's on his own
F# Bm G
That's how the seeds of avarice are sown
F#m Bm G D A
And after the fail, you can wail as they drag the liver
F#m Bm G D A
Silence the band, wring the hand that you didn't give her
Bm G D
And every man alive has to sign a waiver
D G Bm
To put a coin in the plate, so that fate won't return the favour
F# Bm
You can justify, oh yes you can
D G
You've got the microphone
F# Bm
Tell them dust is dust and men are men
D G
And men all act alone
F# Bm
You're not your brother's keeper, now
D G
Your brother's on his own
F# Bm G
That's how the seeds of avarice are sown
F# Bm G
How the seeds of avarice are sown