Someone Fixed The Game

A E A Goin' 140 on the Four-Oh-One A E F#m The cop lights flash me down outside Kingston D The officer said son, I'm just like you A E A Try to ease up and pass on through A E A I'm shifty in the customs line A E F#m My suitcase is full of shitty Dutch wine D She hears the bottles rattle and clink A E A Waves me right through with a knowing wink A E A My shopping cart wont fit any more A E F#m Thoughtlessly, I walk right through the door D The clerk said "You don't look like a thief, A E A I will let it slide, you can pay me next week." D A Oh, someone fixed the game for me, E F#m someone fixed the game for me, D A I'm not on top but I can see, E A that somebody fixed it for me. A E A I'm sick and scared of living downtown A E F#m with the disenfranchised, volitile crowd. D The bank man said he would sell us a loan A E A for a no money down, suburban home. (What could go wrong?) A E A When the cop, the nurse, the fire brigade, A E F#m I break down, they all run to my aid, D It don't matter just how deep I get stuck, A E A Someone arrives to dig me up. D A Someone fixed the game for me, E F#m someone fixed the game for me, D A I've scrabled high enough to see E A that somebody fixed it for me. A E A When other blokes get tossed in the clink A E F#m I sneak by to frolick and drink D Some say its cause I'm clever, or nice, A E A But thats just code for priviledged and white. A E A So if you're of the less fortunate ilk A E F#m Man up and opress somebody else D Then in a generation or two, A E A someone will fix the game for you D A like someone fixed the game for me, E F#m I got a pair of nines and I'm hit with a three. D A I'm no cardshark, but the dealer knows me, E A Somebody fixed it I see. --slower-- Am Em Am But a storm has come, there's a flood rushing in Am Em F#m It's up to my neck and it's through to my skin D Keep your head down, everything's fine, A E A Don't worry 'bout yours, I got what's mine. A E A You see the auctioneer he's manning the raft, A E F#m Calling out the oars and the mast D If I can bid the other guy down, A E A I will sail home, the rest can drown D A Someone fixed the game for me, E F#m someone fixed the game for me, D A That sun's so hot, but I'm sailing free E A somebody fixed this for me. D A Someone fixed the game for me, E F#m someone fixed the game for me, D A not a drop to drink, no land to see E A can somebody fix this for me? E A can somebody fix this for me? E D A can somebody fix this for me?