Jack Ass

C             Am          F            G 
Jack’s got an answer for crime and unemployment 
C             Am   F            G 
Not to mention, a boon for the economy 
Eb         Bb       F            C 
Build more prisons, build the walls higher 
Eb         Bb       F         G 
Lock them away for longer and longer 

C          Am       F          G 
Manufacture jobs by building new prisons 
C            Am             F       G 
Prison staff, prison guards, administration 
Eb      Bb          F     C 
Capital investment, privatisation 
Eb             Bb              F F F   G     G7  G6  G 
There’s profit to be made from incarceration 


C           G 
Jack Straw, Jack Straw 
         Bb          F              G 
He’s the physical embodiment of the law 
       Dm           Em            F          G 
And he knows about crime, and he knows about war 
   Dm       Em         F       G G7  G6  G 
And I’m not voting for him any more 

 
      C           Am     F             G 
I’ll give Jack’s opinion for what it’s worth; 
          C            Am     F        G 
There are two kinds of people on this earth 
Eb            Bb       F               C 
Those who are good and don’t break the law 
Eb                  Bb             F   F       F    G 
And those locked in prison, that’s all they’re good for 
     C        Am     F        G 
Well I say to Jack, go ask your son 
      C            Am                F             G 
Is it possible for laws to bend when all’s said and done? 
Eb            Bb                F           C 
He blames the parents, when the children go astray 
       Eb            Bb               F  F     F G G7 G6 G 
But he doesn’t blame himself, because he rules OK 

 
C           G 
Jack Straw, Jack Straw 
         Bb          F              G 
He’s the physical embodiment of the law 
       Dm           Em            F          G 
And he knows about crime, and he knows about war 
   Dm       Em         F       G 
And I’m not voting for him any more 


    C              Am    F        G 
You can’t pull the wool, over Jack’s eyes 
C           Am          F             G 
Peaceful protesters are terrorists in disguise 
     Eb             Bb         F          C 
It’s time that they learned to protest in silence 
   Eb             Bb           F   F  F  G       G7 G6 G 
Or else Jack will teach them a lesson in violence 

 
C           G 
Jack Straw, Jack Straw 
       Bb       F         G 
He’s a difficult man to ignore 
         Dm           Em          F           G 
Cause he protects the rich, and imprisons the poor 
    Dm           Em          F          G 
And he’s got his hand on the key in the door 
Dm           Em                  F    F    F    G 
Question his policies, and he’ll give you “what for?” 
     Dm       Em         F       G G7 G6 G 
Well I am not voting for him any more 
   C 
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