RICH MEN NORTH OF RICHMOND
Oliver Anthony
Album: TBD
Submitted by: Christopher R.
8/14/2023

Capo 3rd fret (to match original recording)

Cold Start / No Intro

I've been (Em) sellin' my soul, (C) workin' all day
(G) Overtime hours for (D) bulls**t pay
So I can (Em) sit out here and waste my (C) life away
(G) Drag back home and drown my (D) troubles away

It's a (Em) damn shame what the (C) world's gotten to
For (G) people like me and (D) people like you
Wish I could (Em) just wake up and it (C) not be true
But it (G) is, oh, it (D) is

  Livin' in the (Em) new world
  (C) With an (G) old soul (D)
  These (Em) rich men north of Richmond
  (C) Lord knows they all just (G) wanna have total cont(D)rol
  Wanna know what you (Em) think, wanna know what you (C) do
  And they don't think you (G) know, but I know that you (D) do  
  'Cause your dollar ain't (Em) s**t and it's taxed to no (C) end
  'Cause of rich (G) men north of Richm(D)ond

I wish politicians would look out for miners
And not just minors on an island somewhere
Lord, we got folks in the street, ain't got nothin' to eat
And the obese milkin' welfare

Well, God, if you're 5-foot-3 and you're 300 pounds
Taxes ought not to pay for your bags of fudge rounds
Young men are puttin' themselves six feet in the ground
'Cause all this damn country does is keep on kickin' them down

Lord, it's a damn shame what the world's gotten to
For people like me and people like you
Wish I could just wake up and it not be true
But it is, oh, it is

Repeat Chorus

I've been (Em) sellin' my soul, (C) workin' all day
(G) Overtime hours for (D) bulls**t pay