Intro: G5 , C5 , E5 (Quick change) D5 , G5 , C5 , E5 , (Quick change)

Verse 1:
G5       C5       G5
Up in the morning and out to school
E5 D5        G5
Mother says there'll be no work next year
G5        C5                 G5
Qualifications once the golden rule
E5 D5            G5
Are now just pieces of paper

Chorus 1:
G5                   C5       G5
Just because youre better than me
E5  D5               G5 
Doesnt mean I?m lazy
G5     C5             G5
Just because youre going forwards
E5 D5             G5 
Doesnt mean Im going backwards

Interlude: E5 , A5 , E5 , D5 (x2)

Verse 2: 
G5               E5               G5
The factories are closing and the armys full -
E5 D5                      G5
I dont know what Im going to do
G5                     E5                 G5
But Ive come to see in the land of the free
E5     D5              G5
Theres only a future for the chosen few

Chorus: 
G5             A5                 C5
Just because youre better than me
E5 D5             G5
Doesn?t mean I?m lazy
G5     C5             G5
Just because youre going forwards
E5 D5             G5 
Doesnt mean Im going backwards

Interlude: E5 , A5 , E5 , D5 (x2)

Verse 3: 
G5             C5      G5
If you look the part you?ll get the job
E5 D5                      G5
In last years trousers and your old school shoes
G5             A5       C5          G5
The truth is son, its a buyers market
E5 D5                 G5
They can afford to pick and choose

Chorus 2: 
G5        C5       G5
Just because youre better than me
E5 D5      G5
Doesnt mean I?m lazy
G5        C5            G5
Just because I dress like this, 
E5 D5                G5
Doesnt mean Im a communist. 

Interlude: E5 , A5 , E5 , D5 (x2)

Verse 3: (One Strum and dead strumming)
G5                 C5           E5
At twenty one youre on to of the scrapheap
E5                                       D5
At sixteen you were top of the class
A5                     C5
All they taught you at school
E5
Was how to be a good worker
D5                                     G5
The system has failed you, dont fail yourself

Chorus 1:
G5                   C5       G5
Just because youre better than me
E5  D5               G5 
Doesnt mean Im lazy
G5     C5             G5
Just because youre going forwards
E5 D5             G5 
Doesnt mean Im going backwards