Capo 3

VERSE 1

E5
Whatever happened to childhood?
A5
We're all scared of the kids in our neighboorhood
C#5
They're not small, charming and harmless,
          F#5                 A5              E5
They're a violent bunch of bastard little shits.
E5
And anyone who looks younger than me
A5
Makes me check for my wallet, my phone and my keys,
C#5
And I'm tired of being tired out
        F#5             A5                   E5
Always being on the lookout for thieving gits.


CHORUS
            A5                B5           F#5
We're all wondering how we ended up so scared
            A5                B5                    F#5
We spent ten long years teaching our kids not to care
                  A5                  B5         F#5
And that "there's no such thing as society" anyway,
             A5                  E5
And all the rich folks act surprised
           A5                 E5
When all sense of community dies,
               A5                      E5             F#5                     A5
But you just closed your eyes to the other side of all the things that she did.
B5                    E5
Thatcher fucked the kids.


VERSE 2
        E5            
And it seems a little bit rich to me,
             A5 
The way the rich only ever talk of charity
     C#5
In times like the seventies, the broken down economy
      F#5              A5                     E5
Meant even the upper tier was needing some help.

        E5
But as soon as things look brighter,
          A5
Yeah the grin gets wider and the grip gets tighter,
         C#5
And for every teenage tracksuit mugger
           F#5                          A5                        E5
There's a guy in a suit who wouldn't lift a finger for anybody else.


CHORUS
            A5                B5           F#5
We're all wondering how we ended up so scared
            A5                B5                    F#5
We spent ten long years teaching our kids not to care
                  A5                  B5         F#5
And that "there's no such thing as society" anyway,
             A5                  E5
And all the rich folks act surprised
           A5                 E5
When all sense of community dies,
               A5                      E5             F#5                     A5
But you just closed your eyes to the other side of all the things that she did.
B5                    E5
Thatcher fucked the kids.


BRIDGE
              C#5                        Ab5
You've got a generation raised on the welfare state,
  A5                           E5
Enjoyed all its benefits and did just great,
        F#5                                C#5
But as soon as they were settled as the richest of the rich,
        A5                                                        B5
They kicked away the ladder, told the rest of us that life's a bitch.
         C#5               Ab5
And it's no surprise that all the fuck-ups
  A5                       E5
Didn't show up until the kids had grown up.
          F#5                        C#5
But when no one ever smiles or ever helps a stranger,
       A5                        B5                       E5
Is it any fucking wonder our society's in danger of collapse?


VERSE 3
    E5                  
So all the kids are bastards,
     A5                             
But don't blame them , yeah, they learn by example.
           C#5                                
Blame the folks who sold the future for the highest bid
        F#5      A5                   E5
That's right, Thatcher fucked the kids.