The pound is sinking Chords

KeyFm CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays374

The pound is sinking by Paul McCartney is a more advanced guitar song played in the key of Fm. It uses the chords Fm, Cm, Bbm, G#, D#, C#, C and Bb. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

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Fm
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  			Fm 
 
Fm                            (Cm)  Fm 
The Pound Is Sinking  
Fm                            (Cm)  Fm 
The Peso?s Failing 
Fm  
The Lira?s Reeling  
         Bbm 
And Feeling Quite Appalling  
 
G# 
The Mark Is Holding  
Fm 
The Franc Is Fading  
Bbm 
The Drachma?s Very Weak  
         D# 
But Everyone?s Still Trading  
 
G#                  C# 
The Market?s Bottom  
                           G# 
Has Fallen Right Out  
                         C#                 G#      C#   G#   C#  Cm 
And Only The Strong Are Survivors  
 
            Fm 
Well I Fear, My Dear  
That It?s Eminently Clear  
                  Bbm 
That You Can?t See The Trees  
               Fm 
For The Forest  
Your Father Was An  
          Bbm 
Extraordinary Man  
Cm                                                  Fm 
But You Don?t Seem To Have Inherited  
Bbm                       Fm 
Many Of His Mannerisms  
Bbm   Fm 
        Bbm                   Fm 
Oh, Any Of His Mannerisms  
 
G# 
The Dollar?s Moving  
Fm 
The Rouble?s Rising  
Bbm 
The Yen Is Keeping Up  
              D# 
Which Hardly Seems Surprising  
 
G#                  C# 
The Market?s Bottom  
                           G# 
Has Fallen Right Out  
                         C#                 G#      C#   G#   C# 
And Only The Strong Are Survivors 
 
Fm                C 
Hear Me My Lover  
     Cm                                     Bb 
I Can?t Be Held Responsible Now  
            D#                           Bb 
For Something That Didn?t Happen  
       D#     (C#)        Cm 
I Knew You For A Minute  
 
G#                  Fm  
Oh, It Didn?t Happen  
C#                Cm 
Only For A Minute  
         Fm                        D#        C# 
Your Heart Just Wasn?t In It Anymore  
 
Fm                            (Cm)  Fm 
The Pound Is Sinking  
Fm                            (Cm)  Fm 
The Peso?s Failing 
Fm  
The Lira?s Reeling  
         Bbm 
And Feeling Quite Appalling 

    	

Chord diagrams

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Reference tones

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Metronome

100 BPM Andante