Malvina Reynolds – The Little Mouse chords

[Verse 1]

    A                             EA little mouse got into the wires
                                     A        E7At the central clearing house in Buenos Aires
                 A                             E7One little mouse short circuited the computers
                                   ASays a press dispatch from Reuters

                 D        AHooray for the little mouse
        B                   EThat fucked up the clearing house
  D                           AAnd threw the Stock Exchange in a spin
  Bm                     EAnd made the bankers cry


[Chorus 1]

   ASo much for the electronic brains
                       E         AThat run the world of banks and aeroplanes
       D                        A        BmAnd if one little mouse can set them all awry
E                 A EWhy not you and I?


[Verse 2]

N.C.Then there was another item in the papers
N.C.About a bank's computers
N.C.That messed up the accounts
N.C.So the farmer's checks all bounced
N.C.So his business fell apart
N.C.And it nearly broke his heart
N.C.So he took the bank to court
N.C.And they gave him an award
N.C.Of a hundred and fifty thousand dollars
N.C.The bank appealed and on due consideration
N.C.The higher court doubled the compensation


[Bridge 1]

D                               ASo if a computer does it to you
            E                      AYou can sue, or chew the wires through


[Verse 3]

    A                             EA little mouse got into the wires
                                     A        E7At the central clearing house in Buenos Aires
                 A                             E7One little mouse short circuited the computers
                                   ASays a press dispatch from Reuters

                 D      AHooray for the little mouse
        B                   EThat fucked up the clearing house
  D                           AAnd threw the Stock Exchange in a spin
  Bm                     EAnd made the bankers cry


[Chorus 2]

   ASo much for the electronic brains
                       E         AThat run the world of banks and aeroplanes
       D                        A        BmAnd if one little mouse can set them all awry
E                 A EWhy not you and I?