How Long Will Interest Rates Stay Low
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D G
How long (how long) will interest rates stay low?
D A
Thats the question, the whole world wants to know
D G
How long (how long) will interest rates stay low?
D A D
It seems like if theyre going up, theyre going pretty slow
[Verso 1]
D G
Our countrys central bank is really scared, thats plain to see
D A
When everything is leveraged, raising rates is misery
D G
But keeping rates too low, too long, would cause us pain and sorrow
D A D
There is no easy option in a land of constant borrow
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D G
How long (how long) will interest rates stay low?
D A
Thats the question, the whole world wants to know
D G
How long (how long) will borrowing be free?
D A D
How long will we be subsidized by savers and retirees?
[Verso 2]
D G
Central banks around the world, not only in the States
D A
Are each at work on lengthy slumps, their countries tragic fates
D G
Legislatures will not spend to give sufficient boost
D A D
Lower interest rates are all thats left to get their countries juiced
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D G
How long (how long) will interest rates stay low?
D A
If you could predict it, you could make a lot of dough
D G
How long (how long) will interest rates stay depressed?
D A D
The answer... is anybodys guess
[Verso 3]
D G
Some say low rates are symptomatic, rather than the cure
D A
I have a hunch they're right. I cant say I am sure.
D G
But recovery has been long and slow, the crisis wounds are deep
D A D
So until we see inflation, moneys likely to be cheap
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D G D A
D G D A
[Verso 4]
E A
Capitals abundant, moneys not in short supply
E
China holds our Treasury bonds, although I wonder why
E A
Start-ups happen in the cloud, few people are employed
E E
If something could push rates back up, Id be overjoyed
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E A
How long (how long) will interest rates stay low?
E
Thats the question, the whole world wants to know
E A
How long (how long) til we really start to grow?
E C C# D E
Interest rates are goin up, but theyre go-in... pret-ty... slow....
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