Key: F

Tuning: Standard EADGBe

Chords used:
D5 -  xx0231
Bb5 -  x13331
F5 -   133211
C5 -   x32010
G5 -  355333
A5 -   x02220
Bb5 - x13131
Eb5 -  x68886
E5 -   022100


Intro: Drumbeats
Dm-- x4, Dm- - G5 - A- x4

Bb5  A5
Ohhh


Chorus 1:
D5
Man Alive!
       G5
Don't stand aside!
      A5
While people
       Bb5
make demands
   F5
At first they'll
          G5
take your liberties
     Bb5
Then tie them
           D5
round your hand
D5
Man Alive!
       G5
Don't stand aside!
      A5
While people
       Bb5
make demands
     F5
When time goes by
     G5
some day you'll find
      Bb5
Their words are
            A Dm <--Drumbeats
your command


Verse 1:
D5                       D5
  Well the bloodsucker society
is looking for recruits
D5                         D5
  I took a sip of their sobriety
                          D5
it doesn't taste that good


Refrain 1: old song DEVIL ON MY SHOULDER vibe here haha
        G5           D5
Well at first you're fine 
     G5          D5
with working overtime
   G5       D5
10 years go by til you're 
A5
caught up in the grind
            G5       D5
And can't escape the fact 
     G5              D5
your youth is fading fast
      G5          D5
These times won't last 
                 Bb5
and once they're gone 
                A5
they don't come back


(Repeat Chorus 1)


Verse 2:
D5
  They try to fill you
       D5
with anxiety until 
you bite the hook
D5
  They drop a line
       D5
of notoriety they
                    D5
got a big chequebook


Refrain 2:
           G5
Oh they'll turn
    D5
you blind for a
G5           D5
nickel and a dime
      G5         D5
Don't waste your time
           A5
with their simple
frame of mind
            G5       D5
And can't escape the fact 
     G5              D5
your youth is fading fast
      G5          D5
These times won't last 
                 Bb5
and once they're gone 
                A5
they don't come back


(Repeat Chorus 1)


Bridge: Ben and Ian trade off vocals Blink 182 style

Ben:
D5              Eb5
  Attention all personnel!
             E5
Stand single file
              F5      Bb5
resistance is futile!
            D5
We're gonna raise your hopes up

Ian:
raise your hopes up

Ben:
        Eb5
Just to knock them down

Ian:
knock them down
          E5
You got a bright bright future

Ian:
bright bright future

Ben:
           F5
If you can shut your mouth

Ian:
Bb5
shut your mouth

Ben:
           D5
And if you work 
the front lines

Ian:
work the front lines

Ben:
           Eb5
To keep us safe and sound

Ian:
safe and sound

Ben:
             E5
You won't be compensated

Ian:
Compensated

Ben:
             F5
Until you're in the ground

Ian:
Bb5
in the ground

Ben:
         A5              Bb5
So don't waste a single breath
          A5       Bb5
On what society expects
   Bb5 A5    Bb5    A5
If history don't lie
           Bb5 A5      
They're gonna take you
G5    F5      E5      (hold) D5
for a ride until you       die!


Chorus 2:
D5
Man Alive!
       G5
Don't stand aside!
      A5
While people
       Bb5
make demands
   F5
At first they'll
          G5
take your liberties
     Bb5
Then tie them
           D5
round your hand
D5
Man Alive!
       G5
Don't stand aside!
      A5
While people
       Bb5
make demands
     F5
When time goes by
     G5
some day you'll find
      Bb5
Their words are
            D5
your command
     F5
When time goes by
     G5
some day you'll find
      Bb5
Their words are
            D5
your command
     F5
When time goes by
     G5
some day you'll find
      Bb5
Their words are
            D5
your command


Outro: Dm-- Dm--Gm-A- x4 Dm(hold)