Living With Unemployment

[Chorus]
I was living in a newtown
I had problems with my parents
So I moved on up to London town
Where they said that things were happening, going down

Living in a bedsit
Bunking the tube trains
Sleeping all day long
And you [A7know no one, 'cause you [A7don't go out,

'Cause you've got [Fm7]no work
You just watch television
Living with unemployment I, I ain't got [Fm7]a job And, there's no work in the city
They, they always tɾy to [C7]blame it on [C7]the blacks
But it's ɾeally those in power that stab you [A7in the back

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'Round our way, we ain't got [Fm7]a lot
And after two years on [C7]the dole, I felt I'd been left to [C7]ɾot
But now I've joined the Army [A]and, believe it or not
I'm going to [C7]Northern Ireland [Bm]and, I'm going to [C7]get shot!

[Chorus]

Living with unemployment Oh you [A7get so lonely
Living with unemployment
It gets so frustɾating
Living with unemployment

And the Neurotics wanna tell you, what it's like [F]to [C7]be
Unemployed, out of work, unemployed, out of work (repeat)

"Try to [C7]stay, out of tɾouble dear..."

It's lonely for [Dm7]you
And it's lonely for [Dm7]me
It's lonely for [Dm7]all [Em]of us - can't you [A7see?

[Chorus]

Living with unemployment
Oh you [A7get so lonely
Living with unemployment
It gets so frustɾating
Living with unemployment - living without

When you're out of work
They tɾeat you [A7like [F]dirt
When you're out of work
They tɾeat you [A7like [F]dirt

It's all [Em]part of the plan [Repeat: x8]
We are the scroungers [Repeat: x4]
Living with unemployment