[VERSE 1]
D A
I'm a welfare state wean, we live on the bottom flair
D
But we're no allowed to even live there any mair.
G D
They say we've got too many rooms, in our social rented flat
A D
We've an eight by ten foot boxroom where you cannae swing a cat
[CHORUS]
D A
Oh ye canna have a spare room in a pokey cooncil flat
D
Ian Duncan Smith and Co have put an end tae that
G D
They say "live in a smaller house", they say that is their plan
A D
When the odds against you finding one are ninety-nine to one
[VERSE 2]
D A
Noo ma auntie's in a wheelchair, but these Tories dinna care
D
They say they have a deficit, she got to pay her share
G D
£60 a month they'll take, then leave her tae her fate
A D
Whilst gieing millionaires a tax cut, cause they say they're due a break
[CHORUS]
D A
Oh ye canna have a spare room in a pokey cooncil flat
D
Ian Duncan Smith and Co have put an end tae that
G D
They say "live in a smaller house", they say that is their plan
A D
When the odds against you finding one are ninety-nine to one
[VERSE 3]
D A
Noo that Buckingham Palace looks a pretty roomy gaff
D
And the ludger there gets benefits at rates that make me laugh
G D
A civil list, plus perks, worth nearly ninety million pounds
A D
With her other dozen mansions lying empty a' year round
[CHORUS]
D A
Oh ye canna have a spare room in a pokey cooncil flat
D
Ian Duncan Smith and Co have put an end tae that
G D
They say "live in a smaller house", they say that is their plan
A D
When the odds against you finding one are ninety-nine to one
[VERSE 4]
D A
Noo those MPs doon in Westminster must think that we're 'a dense
D
Wi their second home apartments, where the public pays their rent
G D
They even get a food allowance, two hundred quid a week
A D
But they're claiming we're the scroungers, is their arse up in their cheeks?
[CHORUS]
D A
Oh ye canna have a spare room in a pokey cooncil flat
D
Ian Duncan Smith and Co have put an end tae that
G D
They say "live in a smaller house", they say that is their plan
A D
When the odds against you finding one are ninety-nine to one
[VERSE 5]
D A
So we've formed a Federation and we're gonna have our say
D
The Bedroom Tax it has to go, and we ain't gonna pay
G D
We're gonna march on London tae demand our civil rights
A D
Like nae mair Tories and their Liberal shite
[CHORUS]
D A
Oh ye canna have a spare room in a pokey cooncil flat
D
Ian Duncan Smith and Co have put an end tae that
G D
They say "live in a smaller house", they say that is their plan
A D
When the odds against you finding one are ninety-nine to one
