“Coins and Crowns” Chord Chart

Coins and Crowns

words and music Elaine Diane Taylor

Chorus

Bm
It’s all going down, down, down

the peasants reeling

from the game of coins and crowns
F#m
we’re all feeling
Bm
When they borrow for war
A
With no gold in store
Bm
They just print more
A                                                                 Bm
Then our costs go up and our jobs go down
A                                                       Bm
Hunger goes up and hope goes down
A                                                           Bm
Then anger goes up and it all goes down down down

Verse 1

Bm
Gold and silver from the ground

Five thousand years of money found

Mine it up, melt it down
F#m
A fair exchange will keep us sound
Bm
Print it up then it all goes down

Chorus

Bridge (vocal scat solo)

G A D
G A D
G A D
G A Bm

Verse 2

Bm
Kings and queens with golden crowns

Five thousand years of empires founded

Make some war, win some ground
F#m
Just give us bread and circus clowns
Bm
to keep us down

Chorus

Tag
Bm
Down, down, down

Down, down, down

words and music Elaine Diane Taylor

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This song is played on guitar in the key of B minor, with a rhythmic hammer on and pull off, and a drone sound in the bass. The lulling rhythm compliments the subject, leading the listener in and down, down, down.

Chords used: Bm F#m A G