The Panic Is On Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Verse 1]
[G]Wha[Em]t thi[C]s country is comin' to
Some would like to know
[F]If they don't do something by and[D] by
[C]The rich will live and the poo[A]r will die
[D]Dog[G]gone I mean the panic [C]is [G]on
[C]Can't get no work

[Verse 2]
can't draw no pay
Things are gettin' worser
each and every [F]day
Nothin' to eat no place [Dm]to s[D]leep
[C]All night long folk[A]s
are walkin' the street
[D]Dog[G]gone I mean the panic
[Em]is o[C]n[Em][G][Em]
[C]Saw a man

[Verse 3]
this morning
walking down the street
No shoes on his feet
[F]You oughta seen the women in their [D]flats
[C]You could hear 'em sayin'
"what kind of [A]man is that?"
[D]Dog[G]gone I mean the panic [Em]is on[C][Em][G]
[C][F][C]

[Interlude 1]
[F][D][C][Em]
[A][D][G][C][Em][G]
[C]All them

[Verse 4]
landlords done raised the rent
Folks are gettin' broken
and they're badly bent
[F]Where they get the dough
from [D]goodness knows
[C]But if they don't produce
it in the [Am]street [A]they [D]go
Dog[G]gone I mean the panic [Em]is on[C][Em][G]
[C]Some play

[Verse 5]
numbers some
read your mind
Some got rackets of all kind[F]s
Some are trimmin' corns
off of people's feet
[C]They got to do something just
to [A]make ends meet
[D]Dog[G]gone I mean the panic [C]is [G]on
Some [C]women sellin'

[Verse 6]
apples
some sellin' pie
Sellin' gin whiskey and rye
[F]Some are sellin' socks
to sup[D]port their man
[C]In fact some sellin' [A]everything they can
[D]Doggon[Em]e I m[G]ean t[Em]he panic [G]is on[C][Em][G]
[Em][G][C]

[Interlude 2]
[F][C][F][D][C][Em]
[A][D][G][C][G]
I've [C]pawned my clothes

[Verse 7]
I've pawned my everything
Pawned my jewlery my watch and ring
[F]Pawned my razor but not[Am] my gun
[C]If luck don't change [A]they'll be
some stealin' [D]done
[G]Doggone I mean the panic [C]is [G]on
[C]Old

[Verse 8]
prohibition's ruined everything
That is why I must sing
[F]Here's one thing I want [D]you all to hear
[C]If they don't bring back light
wine [Am]gin a[A]nd b[D]eer
[G]Doggone the panic will [C]be [Em]on
[C]