15th September 2000, 2.02pm
Heliocentric@breathe.com
Shaun Hand, Birmingham

STANDARDS
(Paul Weller)

From the LP 'This Is The Modern World'

E B A B (x2)

    E (022100@1)         B (x2444x@1)           A (x02220@1)         BOh, (x2444x@1)we make the standards and we make the rules,
    A (x02220@1)                            BAnd (x2444x@1)if you don't abide by them you must be a fool.
E (022100@1)         B (x2444x@1)         A (x02220@1)            BWe (x2444x@1)have the power to control the whole land,
    A (x02220@1)                     BYou (x2444x@1)never must question our motives or plans.

          C#m (x13321@4)                  BCos (x2444x@1)we'll outlaw your voices, do anything we want,
      A (x02220@1)        B (x2444x@1)           EWe've (022100@1)nothing to fear from the nation.
      C#m (x13321@4)                           BWe'll (x2444x@1)kick you out your houses if you g et too much,
      A (x02220@1)                            BIf (x2444x@1)we have to we'll destroy your generation.

      E (022100@1)        B (x2444x@1)          A (x02220@1)             BWe've (x2444x@1)built up a frontage and we've gained respect,
        A (x02220@1)                      BThere's (x2444x@1)no-one to endanger our position.

E B (x3) F# A B

F# (244322@1)            BStandards (x2444x@1)rule OK.
F# (244322@1)            BStandards (x2444x@1)rule OK.
E (022100@1)             BStandards (x2444x@1)rule OK.
F# (244322@1)            AStandards (x02220@1)rule OK.

E B A B (x2)

       C#m (x13321@4)                 BAnd (x2444x@1)we don't like people who stand in our way,
 A (x02220@1)         B (x2444x@1)        EAwareness (022100@1)is gonna be redundant.
    C#m (x13321@4)                          BAnd (x2444x@1)ignorance is strength, we have God on our side,
      A (x02220@1)                       BLook, (x2444x@1)you know what happened to Winston.

Oh, we make the standards and we make the rules,
And if you don't abide by them you must be a fool,
We have the power to control the whole land,
You never must question our motives or plans.

E B (x3) F# A B

F# (244322@1)            BStandards (x2444x@1)rule OK.
F# (244322@1)            BStandards (x2444x@1)rule OK.
E (022100@1)             BStandards (x2444x@1)rule OK.
F# (244322@1)            A (x02220@1)BStandards (x2444x@1)rule OK.

F# (244322@1)            BStandards (x2444x@1)rule OK.
F# (244322@1)            BStandards (x2444x@1)rule OK.
E (022100@1)             BStandards (x2444x@1)rule OK.
F# (244322@1)            A (x02220@1)G (320003@1)B (x2444x@1)EStandards (022100@1)rule OK.