G It's the year 2009 D And we are living in dangerous times Em We should learn from the hippies, and why the movement failed: C D G Hippies don't run for government and politicians don't inhale. G D A long time ago in a time called the 60's, Em C D G People thought pop music was going to change the world. G They said things like 'All you need is love', D Took the pregnancy pill, and whatever else they could get hold of, Em Bob Dylan went electric, Sgt Peppers was a hit C D G And people realised they could change the world if they gave a shit! Em D But people got jaded when Vietnam was invaded, G D Em And Jimi, Janis and Morrison assasinated C By the C.I.A. D That was the day G The music died G Take me back to 1969 D When changing the world meant a corny line Em Like 'Love Is You Need' Or smoking an ounce of weed C D G Or taking LSD at Woodstock G Now it's the year 2009 D And again we're living in dangerous times Em We should learn from the hippies, and why the movement failed: C D G Hippies don't run for government and politicians don't inhale. G Now its forty years later. D Things have been greater. Em The sexual revolution left a fishy taste C D G Of teenage pregnancies in council estates. G And we've still got war. D We've still got famine. Em As opposed to getting out your head to The Grateful Dead C D G People do it now listening to Radiohead instead. Em But everyone’s still jaded. D Now Iraq's been invaded. G D The Gaza strip's in Israel's grip, Em Even Syria has been raided. C Still we tow the line, D Maybe now's the time C D G To bring the music back to life. G Take me back to 1969 D When changing the world meant a corny line Em Like 'Love Is You Need' Or smoking an ounce of weed C D G Or taking LSD at Woodstock G Now it's the year 2009 D And again we're living in dangerous times Em We should learn from the hippies, and why the movement failed: C D G Hippies don't run for government and politicians don't inhale. Em Now everyone’s still jaded. D And the hippies have all traded G D Em Free love in for a stable job and like their bell bottoms they've faded C How did it go this far. D Remember who you are, C D G And give the music C.P.R. G Take me back to 1969 D When changing the world meant a corny line Em Like 'Love Is You Need' Or smoking an ounce of weed C D G Or taking LSD at Woodstock G Now it's the year 2009 D And again we're living in dangerous times Em We should learn from the hippies, and why the movement failed: C D Hippies don't run for government and politicians (Execpt Barack Obama that one time in G college) don't inhale. http://www.myspace.com/ollytheoctopus
