Faucets Are Dripping chords by Malvina Reynolds

• Capo on 2nd

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Key: F#

Difficulty: Novice

For the B7, alternate between: 2x1202 / x21202

Intro:
  E
e|-----0---0---|-----0---0---|-----0--0---|-----0---0--|
B|-----0---0---|-----0---0---|-----0--0---|-----0---0--|
G|-----0---0---|-----0---0---|-----0--0---|-----0---0--|
D|-------------|-------------|-0h2--------|------------|
A|-------------|-0h2---------|------------|-0h2--------|
E|-0-----------|-------------|------------|------------|

Chorus:
  E
The faucets are dripping in old New York City
  A            E
The faucets are dripping and oh, what a pity
  B7
The reservoir's drying because it's supplying
               E
The faucets that drip in New York

Verse 1:
  E
You can't ask the landlord to put in a washer
   A            E
He'd rather you move than to put in a washer
  B7
The faucets are dripping, they sound in my ears
                      E
The tap in the bathroom's been running for years

Chorus:
  E
The faucets are dripping in old New York City
  A            E
The faucets are dripping and oh, what a pity
  B7
The reservoir's drying because it's supplying
               E
The faucets that drip in New York

Verse 2:
E
There's a wild streak of green in the sink in the kitchen
  A               E
It comes from the rill trickling out of the plumbing
  B7
The streams from the mountains, the pools from the lea
                    E
All run from my faucet and down to the sea

Chorus:
  E
The faucets are dripping in old New York City
  A            E
The faucets are dripping and oh, what a pity
  B7
The reservoir's drying because it's supplying
               E
The faucets that drip in New York

Verse 3:
  E
You can't ask the landlord to put in a washer
  A             E
You can't ask the landlord to mend the old stairs
  B7            E
He takes in the rents and he lives in Miami
   B7                   E
Where faucets don't drip and there's sun everywheres

Chorus:
  E
The faucets are dripping in old New York City
  A            E
The faucets are dripping and oh, what a pity
  B7
The reservoir's drying because it's supplying
               E
The faucets that drip in New York

Verse 4:
  E
The faucets are dripping, the landlord's content
   A          E
With every new tenant he raises the rent
  B7             E
The buildings can crumble, the tenants can cry
     B7                    E
There's a shortage of housing, you'll live there or die

Chorus:
  E
The faucets are dripping in old New York City
  A            E
The faucets are dripping and oh, what a pity
  B7
The reservoir's drying because it's supplying
               E
The faucets that drip in New York

Verse 5:
    E
They're building some buildings and fine city centers
   A             E
It's sure working hell with the low-income renters
    B7
They're jammed into rooms with the rat and the fly
                         E
Where the faucets all drip and the floor's never dry

Chorus:
  E
The faucets are dripping in old New York City
  A            E
The faucets are dripping and oh, what a pity
  B7
The reservoir's drying because it's supplying
               E
The faucets that drip in New York



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