GIt's (320003@1)the year 2009 DAnd (xx0232@1)we are living in dangerous times Em (022000@1)We should learn from the hippies, and why the movement failed: C (x32010@1) D (xx0232@1) GHippies (320003@1)don't run for government and politicians don't inhale. G (320003@1) DA (xx0232@1)long time ago in a time called the 60's, Em (022000@1) C (x32010@1) D (xx0232@1) GPeople (320003@1)thought pop music was going to change the world. GThey (320003@1)said things like 'All you need is love', DTook (xx0232@1)the pregnancy pill, and whatever else they could get hold of, EmBob (022000@1)Dylan went electric, Sgt Peppers was a hit C (x32010@1) D (xx0232@1) GAnd (320003@1)people realised they could change the world if they gave a shit! Em (022000@1) DBut (xx0232@1)people got jaded when Vietnam was invaded, G (320003@1) D (xx0232@1) Em (022000@1) And Jimi, Janis and Morrison assasinated CBy (x32010@1)the C.I.A. DThat (xx0232@1)was the day GThe (320003@1)music died GTake (320003@1)me back to 1969 D (xx0232@1)When changing the world meant a corny line EmLike (022000@1)'Love Is You Need' Or smoking an ounce of weed C (x32010@1) D (xx0232@1) GOr (320003@1)taking LSD at Woodstock GNow (320003@1)it's the year 2009 DAnd (xx0232@1)again we're living in dangerous times EmWe (022000@1)should learn from the hippies, and why the movement failed: C (x32010@1) D (xx0232@1) GHippies (320003@1)don't run for government and politicians don't inhale. GNow (320003@1)its forty years later. D (xx0232@1) Things have been greater. EmThe (022000@1)sexual revolution left a fishy taste C (x32010@1) D (xx0232@1) GOf (320003@1)teenage pregnancies in council estates. GAnd (320003@1)we've still got war. DWe've (xx0232@1)still got famine. Em (022000@1) As opposed to getting out your head to The Grateful Dead C (x32010@1) D (xx0232@1) GPeople (320003@1)do it now listening to Radiohead instead. EmBut (022000@1)everyone's still jaded. DNow (xx0232@1)Iraq's been invaded. G (320003@1) D (xx0232@1) The Gaza strip's in Israel's grip, EmEven (022000@1)Syria has been raided. CStill (x32010@1)we tow the line, DMaybe (xx0232@1)now's the time C (x32010@1) D (xx0232@1) GTo (320003@1)bring the music back to life. GTake (320003@1)me back to 1969 D (xx0232@1)When changing the world meant a corny line EmLike (022000@1)'Love Is You Need' Or smoking an ounce of weed C (x32010@1) D (xx0232@1) GOr (320003@1)taking LSD at Woodstock GNow (320003@1)it's the year 2009 DAnd (xx0232@1)again we're living in dangerous times EmWe (022000@1)should learn from the hippies, and why the movement failed: C (x32010@1) D (xx0232@1) GHippies (320003@1)don't run for government and politicians don't inhale. EmNow (022000@1)everyone's still jaded. DAnd (xx0232@1)the hippies have all traded G (320003@1) D (xx0232@1) EmFree (022000@1)love in for a stable job and like their bell bottoms they've faded CHow (x32010@1)did it go this far. DRemember (xx0232@1)who you are, C (x32010@1) D (xx0232@1) GAnd (320003@1)give the music C.P.R. GTake (320003@1)me back to 1969 D (xx0232@1)When changing the world meant a corny line EmLike (022000@1)'Love Is You Need' Or smoking an ounce of weed C (x32010@1) D (xx0232@1) GOr (320003@1)taking LSD at Woodstock GNow (320003@1)it's the year 2009 DAnd (xx0232@1)again we're living in dangerous times EmWe (022000@1)should learn from the hippies, and why the movement failed: C (x32010@1) D (xx0232@1) Hippies don't run for government and politicians (Execpt Barack Obama that one time in G (320003@1) college) don't inhale. http://www.myspace.com/ollytheoctopus
