CAPO ON 3RD FRET
Intro: D D/A D/F# D G A A/E (If you pluck the bottom note of each chord
and then the top three strings, it sounds like how Frank plays the intro)
D (xx0232@1) D/A (x00232@1) D/F# (200232@1) DWell (xx0232@1)a teacher of mine once told me that life was just a list of
G (320003@1) A (x02220@1) A/Edisappointments (002220@1)and defeats and you could only do your best,
D (xx0232@1) D/A (x00232@1) D/F# (200232@1)
And I said "Well, that's a fucking cop-out, you're just washed up and you're
D (xx0232@1) G (320003@1) Atired, (x02220@1)and when I get to your age, well, I won't be such a coward"
Em (022000@1) G (320003@1) BmBut (x24432@1)these days I sit at home, known to shout at my TV and Punk Rock didn't
Alive (x02220@1)up to what I hoped that it could be
Em (022000@1) GAnd (320003@1)all the things that I believed with all my heart when I was young are
Bm (x24432@1) Ajust (x02220@1)coasters for beers and clean surfaces for drugs
G (320003@1) Em (022000@1) G (320003@1) A (x02220@1) D (xx0232@1)And I packed all my pamphlets with my bibles at the back of the shelf
D/A (x00232@1)D/F# (200232@1)D (xx0232@1)G (320003@1)A (x02220@1)A/E (002220@1)D (xx0232@1)
Well it was bad enough the feeling, and the first time it hit, when you
G (320003@1) A (x02220@1) A/Erealised (002220@1)your parents had let the world all go to shit
D (xx0232@1) D/A (x00232@1) D/F# (200232@1) D (xx0232@1)
And that the values and ideals for which many had fought and died had been
G (320003@1) A (x02220@1) A/Ekilled (002220@1)off in the committees and left to die by the wayside.
Em (022000@1) G (320003@1) BmBut (x24432@1)it was worse when we turned to the kids on the left and got let down
Aagain (x02220@1)by some poor excuse for protest
Em (022000@1) G (320003@1) BmYeah (x24432@1)by idiot fucking hippies in 50 different factions, who are locked
Ainside (x02220@1)some kind of 60's battle re-enactment
G (320003@1) Em (022000@1) G (320003@1) A (x02220@1) G (320003@1) AAnd (x02220@1)I hung-up my banner in disgust and I head for the door
D (xx0232@1) A (x02220@1) Bm (x24432@1) GOh (320003@1)but once we were young, and we were crass enough to care
Em (022000@1) A (x02220@1) Em (022000@1) ABut (x02220@1)I guess you live and learn, we won't make that mistake again, no
D (xx0232@1) A (x02220@1) Bm (x24432@1) GOh (320003@1)but surely just for one day, we could fight and we could win
Em (022000@1) A (x02220@1) Em (022000@1) AAnd (x02220@1)if only for a little while, we could insist on the impossible
Bm (x24432@1) AWell (x02220@1)we've been a good few hours drinking, so I'm going to say what everyone's thinking
G (320003@1) D (xx0232@1) Em (022000@1) A (x02220@1)
If we're stuck on this ship and it's sinking, then we might as well have a
Dparade (xx0232@1)
Bm (x24432@1) ACos (x02220@1)if it's still going to hurt in the morning and a better plan's yet to get forming
G (320003@1) D (xx0232@1) Em (022000@1) A (x02220@1) G (320003@1) A (x02220@1)Then where's the harm spending an evening, in manning the old barricades
D (xx0232@1) G (320003@1) ASo (x02220@1)come on old friends to the streets let's be 1905 but not 1917
D (xx0232@1) GLet's (320003@1)be heroes, let's be martyrs, let's be radical thinkers who never have
Ato (x02220@1)test drive the least of their dreams.
Em (022000@1) G (320003@1) Bm (x24432@1)
Let's divide up the world into the damned and safe and then ride to the
Avalleys (x02220@1)like the old life brigade
Em (022000@1) G (320003@1) Bm (x24432@1)And straighten our backs and we won't be afraid and they'll celebrate our
Adeaths (x02220@1)with a national parade
D (xx0232@1) A (x02220@1) Bm (x24432@1) GSo (320003@1)come on let's be young, let's be crass enough to care
Em (022000@1) A (x02220@1) Em (022000@1) ALet's (x02220@1)refuse to live and learn, let's make all our mistakes again yes
D (xx0232@1) A (x02220@1) Bm (x24432@1) GAnd (320003@1)then darling, just for one day, we can fight and we can win
Em (022000@1) A (x02220@1) Em (022000@1) AAnd (x02220@1)if only for a little while, we could insist on the impossible
D (xx0232@1) GLeave (320003@1)the mourning the to the morning, yes pain can be killed with aspirin
Atablets (x02220@1)and vitamin pills.
D (xx0232@1) G (320003@1) A (x02220@1) DBut (xx0232@1)memories of hope, and glorious defeat are a little bit harder to beat
