1.)
Councillors, magistrates, men of renown,
  G            B           Em       G
Who needs to live in a dirty old town.
 C             D    D7   G         C
Yes, go on, tear it down.
     G    D           C  G
 
2/)
Who need the trees and the flowers to grow,
 G            B              Em        G
we can have a motorway with motorway dough,
 C              D7            G        C
I know I know I know, they've got to go.
   G              D                   C , G
 

Chorus:

Tear them down, mess them round,
 G          D               C
make a mockery of all of the ground,
 D7       G                     C
and if you ever have a sleepless night,
        D                C
just count out your money, it'll be al-right.
       G              C          G   C     D

3/)
Politicians, planners go, look what you done,
  G             B          Em         G7
your madness is making a machine of ev'ryone,
        C         D7        G             C
but one day the machine might turn on.
         G         D                C , G


Chorus:

We'll tear you down, mess you round,
 G              D               C
and bury you deep under the ground,
      G                        C
and we'll dance on your graves till the flowers return
            D                             C
and the trees tell us secrets that took ages to learn,
          G             C                 G       C


Chorus:

We'll tear you down, mess you round,
                 D              C
bury you deep under the ground,
 G                         C
and we'll dance on your graves till the flowers return
            D                              C
and the trees tell us secrets that took ages to learn,
          G              C                G       C       
we'll tear you down.
                 D , D7 , Bm , D

  G , B , Em , G7   like verse; repeat 6 x

  C , D7 , G , C

  G , D , C , G