Low Budget - The Kinks

ACheap (x02220@1)is small and not too steep 
    E (022100@1)         A (x02220@1)                              
But best of all cheap is cheap 
(A)                                               
Circumstance has forced my hand 
        E (022100@1)                   D (xx0232@1)        A (x02220@1)              
To be a cut price person in a low budget land 
D (xx0232@1)                      A (x02220@1)                     
Times are hard but we'll all survive 
  E (022100@1)                  A (x02220@1)                      
I just got to learn to economize 

           A (x02220@1)                                    
  I'm on a low budget 
           E (022100@1)         D (xx0232@1)name="chord_x02220@1">A                          
  I'm on a low budget 
  A (x02220@1)                                             
  I'm not cheap, you understand 
             E (022100@1)                   D (xx0232@1)        A (x02220@1)   
  I'm just a cut price person in a low budget land 

A (x02220@1)                                             
Excuse my shoes they don't quite fit 
          E (022100@1)                    D (xx0232@1)       A (x02220@1)    
They're a special offer and they hurt me a bit 
A (x02220@1)                                             
Even my trousers are giving me pain 
          E (022100@1)                    D (xx0232@1)          A (x02220@1)  
They were reduced in a sale so I shouldn't complain 
     D (xx0232@1)                      A (x02220@1)                
They squeeze me so tight so I can't take no more 
        E (022100@1)           A (x02220@1)                       
They're size 28 but I take 34 

           A (x02220@1)                                    
  I'm on a low budget (What did you say) 
           E (022100@1)           D (xx0232@1)              A (x02220@1)     
  I'm on a low budget (I thought you said that) 
  A (x02220@1)                                             
  I'm on a low budget 
        E (022100@1)                   D (xx0232@1)        A (x02220@1)        
  I'm a cut price person in a low budget land 
    A (x02220@1)I'm shopping at Woolworth and low discount stores 
    E (022100@1)                          D (xx0232@1)        A (x02220@1)   
I'm dropping my standards so that I can buy more 

(Optional Verse 1)
                                               
A (x02220@1)                                             
Low budget sure keeps me on my toes 
  E (022100@1)                     D (xx0232@1)            A (x02220@1)      
I count every penny and I watch where it goes 

      D (xx0232@1)                     A (x02220@1)                
We're all on our uppers we're all going skint 
  E (022100@1)                            D (xx0232@1)       A (x02220@1)   
I used to smoke cigars but now I suck polo mints 
                                                                                 

         A (x02220@1)                                    
I'm on a low budget (What did you say) 
         E (022100@1)           D (xx0232@1)              A (x02220@1)     
I'm on a low budget (I thought you said that) 
A (x02220@1)                                             
I'm on a low budget 
      E (022100@1)                   D (xx0232@1)        A (x02220@1)        
I'm a cut price person in a low budget land  
         A (x02220@1)         E (022100@1)        D (xx0232@1)name="chord_022100@1">E  A (x02220@1)        E (022100@1)D (xx0232@1)name="chord_x02220@1">A      
I'm on a low budget. Low budget.     Low budget 

A (x02220@1)                                             
Art takes time, time is money 
E (022100@1)                A (x02220@1)                           
Money's scarce and that ain't funny 
A (x02220@1)                                             
Millionaires are things of the past 
         E (022100@1)                   D (xx0232@1)         A (x02220@1)    
We're in low budgetville where nothing can last 
D (xx0232@1)                  A (x02220@1)                         
Money's rare there's none to be found 
   E (022100@1)                        A (x02220@1)                
So don't think I'm tight if I don't buy a round 
                                        
         A (x02220@1)                                    
I'm on a low budget (What did you say) 
         E (022100@1)           D (xx0232@1)              A (x02220@1)     
I'm on a low budget (I thought you said that) 
A (x02220@1)                                             
I'm on a low budget 
      E (022100@1)                   D (xx0232@1)        A (x02220@1)        
I'm a cut price person in a low budget land

         A (x02220@1)                                    
I'm on a low budget (Say it again) 
E (022100@1)         D (xx0232@1)       A (x02220@1)     A (x02220@1)         E (022100@1) D (xx0232@1) A (x02220@1)                     
Low budget (One more time)    Low budget

                                                                        
(End: or Optional Verse II)
                  
                    
Optional Verse I
A (x02220@1)[Quality costs, but quality wastes, 
       E (022100@1)                 D (xx0232@1)       A (x02220@1)         
So I'm giving up all of my expensive tastes. 
D (xx0232@1)                                           
Caviar and champagne are definite no's, 
    E (022100@1)                         D (xx0232@1)        A (x02220@1)    
I'm acquiring a taste for brown island cog rose] 

Optional Verse and Chorus II
  A (x02220@1)                                               
I look like a tramp, but don't write me off,

     E (022100@1)                      D (xx0232@1)    A (x02220@1)          
I'll have you all know, I was once a toff 
            A (x02220@1)                                          
At least my hair is all mine, my teeth are my own, 
    E (022100@1)                   D (xx0232@1)       A (x02220@1)           
But everything else is on permanent loan. 
A (x02220@1)                                             
Once all my clothes were made by hand, 
          E (022100@1)                   D (xx0232@1)        A (x02220@1)    
Now I'm a cut price person in a low budget land. 

           A (x02220@1)                                    
  I'm on a low budget (I'll have you all know) 
           E (022100@1)           D (xx0232@1)              A (x02220@1)     
  I'm on a low budget (I thought you said that) 
  A (x02220@1)                                             
  We're on a low budget 
           E (022100@1)                   D (xx0232@1)        A (x02220@1)        
  I'm on alow (x02210@1)budget