G/D        221000
G7/B       x20001
G7sus4     353533

[Intro]
Am Em F Am7 Em7 Dm7 Am Em F Fmaj7 G7

[Verse 1]
Am          Em     F
The door-to-door inspector
Am7          Em7      Fmaj7
His knuckles bare and white
Am         Em      F
Is rapping on your window
   Fmaj7                      G7sus4
He knows you're hiding here tonight
Am             Em       F
He's travelled from the city
Am7     Em7     Fmaj7
To your country slum
Am    Em       F
Under rain and black clouds
        Fmaj7            G7sus4 G7
And the burnt-out silver sun

[Chorus 1]
      C                  G7/B
He'll drop you where you stand
      C                     G7/B
Lift the roof with his bare hands
             Fmaj7           G/D
And hand you down his just demands
       G6                  G7
As you huddle in your tiny corner

[Verse 2]
Am          Em     F
The door-to-door inspector
Am7         Em7     Fmaj7
Now sits to eat his lunch
Am           Em          F
He scowls at last week's paper
       Fmaj7          G7sus4
In the worker's cafe, hushed
             Am        Em          F
Well now you made your choice when mocking
Am7         Em7        Fmaj7
The ways of true grown men
             Am    Em      F
Now may your woman-love protect you
       Fmaj7                                G     Am7 G7
As you face this grevious punishment you've earned

[Chorus 2]
         C                  G7/B
Oh he'll drop you where you stand
                C                   G7/B
He'll pump your brow and smash your hands
             Fmaj7          G/D                                        G   Am7 G7
Give you the mind of an old man (to light you dimly to the end of your days)
            C                  G7/B
Oh oh he'll drop you where you stand
             C                  G7/B
Then journey home to wash those hands
           Fmaj7               G/D
And to his bed he'll trembling go (passion not spent)
      G7sus4 G7 Am Em F E7
A man alone