[Verse 1]
       Am                     G
Before taxes reached this fantastic peak
          F                   E7
We could each lay away a few bucks a week
         Am                  G
What we used to save now supports the tramps
        F          E7             Am
And so what do we save? We save green stamps.



[Verse 2]
     Am                 G
With steak two seventy five a pound
      F                 E7
Even gourmets furtively eat ground round
     Am                 G
Our savings go to feed finks and scamps
            F       E7           Am
And we're lucky to wind up with green stamps


[Chorus]
 C                      G
Green stamps, we gave fourteen books
        F                        E7
For a steak knife set - we were really schnooks
C                         G
Who can eat steak on our take home pay
        F           E7            Am
We eat hamburgers garnished with green stamps


[Instrumental]
C  G  F  E7
C  G  F  E7  Am


[Chorus]
     C                G
In Johnson City the steaks are thick
          F                       E7
All the bigwigs eat there - it's politic
      C                       G
They lick gold platters, and what do we lick?
      F           E7          Am
The boots of the tyrants and green stamps