The Ministry Of Social Affairs Chords
by PJ Harvey
The Ministry Of Social Affairs by PJ Harvey is a more advanced guitar song played in the key of F. It uses the chords F, G#, C, Dm, A#/D, A, D, A# and F#. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
Part 1 Part 2 Part 3
F G# C Dm A#/D A D A# G# F# F
e|--------------------|----1----1----0----|------------------------------|
B|--------------------|----3----3----2----|------------------------------|
G|--------------------|----2----3----2----|------------------------------|
D|----3----6----10----|----0----0----2----|----12----8----6----4----3----|
A|----3----6----10----|-------------------|----12----8----6----4----3----|
E|----1----4----8-----|-------------------|----10----6----4----2----1----|
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