[jwh_Denver]

"Let me tell you how it will be
There's one for you, nineteen for me
'Cause I'm the taxman, yeah, I'm the taxman

Should five per cent appear too small
Be thankful I don't take it all
'Cause I'm the taxman, yeah I'm the taxman"

At the time George wrote this song royalties were taxed at %95 so there was no exageration in the song. The only way to avoid the tax was to live outside of England for 6 months and a day which many like Jimmy Page did.

[sourcery]

At the time George wrote this song royalties were taxed at %95 so there was no exageration in the song. The only way to avoid the tax was to live outside of England for 6 months and a day which many like Jimmy Page did.

The real reason for the "British Invasion" of the sixties!