Key: Bb
*Capo:1, play A


Intro:  Bb  D7    Gm    G7    Eb  Ebm  Bb  G7 
 Capo: (A) (C#7) (F#m) (F#7) (D) (Dm) (A) (F#7)


        Cm   F7   Bb  F+   
       (Bm) (E7) (A) (E+)



        Bb      D7         Gm      G7   
       (A)     (C#7)      (F#m)   (F#7)
 When a cabinet minister resigns 

       Eb              Ebm         Bb      G7 
      (D)             (Dm)        (A)     (F#7)
 Circumstances must be carefully defined 

 Cm            F7
(Bm)          (E7) 
 Virtue versus vices 

 Bb          G7
(A)         (F#7)
 Only causes crises 

    C7                            F7 
   (B7)                          (E7)
 No scandal with ideals can be combined 


        Bb      D7         Gm      G7
       (A)     (C#7)      (F#m)   (F#7)
 When a cabinet minister resigns 

            Eb            Ebm        Bb      G7 
           (D)           (Dm)       (A)     (F#7) 
 Should the name of law & order be maligned, 

         Cm           F7
        (Bm)         (E7) 
 they're privately distressed! 

     Bb          G7
    (A)         (F#7)
 The public is impressed! 

        C7      F7         Bb      Ebm   Bb
       (B7)    (E7)       (A)     (Dm)  (A)
 When a cabinet minister resigns 



     Eb        E dim 
    (D)       (D# dim)
 The media and press 

    Bb            G7
   (A)           (F#7)
 Predictably will guess 

          C7
         (B7)
 What the thoroughly reliable 

   C# dim
  (C dim)
 Officially deniable 

 F7
(E7)         
 Sources all suggest 



        Bb      D7         Gm     G7    
       (A)     (C#7)      (F#m)  (F#7)
 When a cabinet minister resigns
 
               Eb            Ebm              Bb   G7
              (D)           (Dm)             (A) 
(F#7) 
 And once he's made it up he never change his mind 

       Cm           F7 
      (Bm)         (E7) 
 To perform a noble deed 

    Bb              G7 
   (A)             (F#7)
 Is what the nation needs 

        C7                 F7 
       (B7)               (E7) 
 When a cabinet minister resigns 


        Bb      D7         Gm      G7
       (A)     (C#7)      (F#m)   (F#7)   
 When a cabinet minister resigns 

    Eb             Ebm        Bb    G7 
   (D)            (Dm)       (A)   (F#7)
 He leaves responsibilities behind 

  Cm                 F7
 (Bm)               (E7)
 Along with problems still unsolved 

   Bb            G7
  (A)           (F#7)
 Remember morals are involved! 

 Cm         F7           Bb  Ebm    Bb
(Bm)       (E7)         (A) (Dm)   (A)
 When a cabinet minister re--signs 



 Instr:   Bb  D7   Gm    G7   
         (A) (C#7)(F#m) (F#7)

          
          Eb  Ebm  Bb   G7
         (D) (Dm) (A)  (F#7)


          Cm   F7   Bb  G7    C7   F7
         (Bm) (E7) (A) (F#7) (B7) (E7)




        Bb      D7         Gm     G7
       (A)     (C#7)      (F#m)  (F#7)  
 When a cabinet minister resigns 

    Eb             Ebm        Bb     G7
   (D)            (Dm)       (A)    (F#7)
 He leaves responsibilities behind 

            Cm               F7
           (Bm)             (E7)
 Along with problems still unsolved 

          Bb           G7
         (A)          (F#7)
 Remember morals are involved! 

        Cm      F7         Bb     G7 
       (Bm)    (E7)       (A)    (F#7)
 When a cabinet minister resigns 

           Cm      F7         Bb    G7      
          (Bm)    (E7)       (A)   (F#7)
 Oh when a cabinet minister resigns 

           Cm      F7          Bb    Bb6   Bb7 
          (Bm)    (E7)        (A)   (A6)  (A7)
 Oh when a cabinet minister resigns





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