Chords for Seattle G&S Society: Society has quite forsaken, Utopia Limited

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_ We take your word for it that this is all right.
You're not making fun of us.
This is in accordance with the practice of the court of St.
James's.
_ Well, it is in accordance with the practice of the court of St.
James's Hall.
_ _ This seems odd, but never mind.
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[D] _ _ _ _ _ Society has quite forsaken all her wicked forces.
It ends our police force and abolishes divorces.
[G] Divorce is [D] nearly obsolete [A] in England.
_ [D] No tolerance we show to one deserving rank and splendour.
For the higher his position is, the [A] greater the [D] offender.
[G] That's a maxim that [A] is prevalent [D] in England.
_ [A] No peerless at our drawing room before the present [E] apostles
Who [A] wouldn't be accepted by the [E] lower middle [A] classes.
Each shady day, [E] whatever be her [A] rank, is bowed out [E] neatly.
In short, this [F#m] happy country has been namelessized [B] completely.
Completely.
Completely.
_ _ _ It [D] really is surprising what the lower rank has had to do with a rotten, lucky dog who's bred in another land.
In a letter present from the chief, he's even with a brood of dwee-doo-doo-woolly-opera from another land.
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_ _ We have beautified, [A] we've done it [D] really nimbly.
And all that isn't Belgrade [B] Square is strapped [D] at Piccadilly.
We [G] haven't any [A] slummeries in England.
[D] We've solved the labour question with discrimination polished.
So poverty is obsolete and hunger is abolished.
[G] We're going to [A] abolish it [D] in England.
_ [A] The Chamberlain on Pagy's stage has planned beyond a question
A risky [D] situation and a delicate suggestion.
No pieces [E] tolerated, if it's costumed and discreetly.
[C#m] In short, this [F#] happy country has been [A] anglicized completely.
_ Completely.
Completely.
[B] _ _
_ It really is surprising what the lower rank has had to do with a rotten, lucky dog who's bred in another land.
In a letter [Bm] present from the chief, he's even with a brood of dwee-doo-doo-woolly-opera from [D] another land.
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[F#m] _ _ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
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I'm a gentleman.
Of all the civilizing innovations so graciously conferred upon us, none has been more successful.
For faking and _ investing.
A puzzle so elegant in its form and so precise in its function
has to be the bedrock upon which all modern economies are destined to be established. _ _
_ Investors place their savings under how [A] financial [D] planning
With half to go to Freddie Mac, the other half to Fannie
A strategy invented back [A] in England.
Each bond you see is guaranteed by worthless loans and leases
All neatly signed by some young guy who once delivered Jesus
[G] It's working like a miracle [D] in England
For all our [E] politicians know just how to get elected
[A] [D] Pretending not to care about the rich and well [A]-connected
The beauty of it [E] is that should [A] the upper class get [E] greedy
The money of the middle [F#] class is banished just completely.
[Am] Completely.
Completely.
[B] _ _ _ [D] _ _
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I'm a gentleman.
Of all the civilizing innovations so graciously conferred upon us, none has been more successful.
For faking and investing.
_ A puzzle so elegant in its form and so precise in its function
Has to be the bedrock upon which all modern economies are destined to be established. Guys!
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[E] _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _ [Bm] _
_ _ [D] _ _ _ _ We're ending unemployment.
We're eliminating welfare.
And now we plan to take a stand for universal redemption.
[G] A [D] strategy invented back in [A] England.
[D] The wise men said it wouldn't work.
They warned us that in practice
A radical idea like that involves enormous taxes.
[G] It's working [A] like a miracle [D] in England.
_ [A] In search of extra revenue, I've had a sudden [E] notion
To pull [D] up the Americans [E] halfway across the ocean.
And thus today I [E] may announce we've [A] won a small concession
To a contract [F#m] for assembly of the [G#] 787.
_ [B] G7.
G7.
_ _ _ [D] I am a gentleman of the middle class.
I'm a man of the middle class.
I've got a little money in my pocket.
I'm a gentleman of the middle class.
_ I'm a gentleman of the middle class.
I've got a little money in my pocket.
[G] _ _
[D] _ _ _ What's that?
Hey!
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