Welcome to the Occupation - Cold War Kids


Intro
D, D, Bm, Bm

Verse
D
Whistle blowers, 
                Bm
Gotta get outta school
     D
They don't want poets 
                       Bm
They want pigeons on a stool

        D
You're examining fossils, defending criminals
    Bm
I'm clock watching getting dumb
   D
Photographic models, a house painted solace
         Bm                   D
I'm like Sisyphus in the sun

Chorus
           F#m   D
And I give up 
                   F#m    D
Raising your kids America
                      F#m         D
You treat 'em like an obligation
               F#m
Welcome to the occupation

Bm
The devil's in the details, devil's in the details
     F#m
He's got your gold watch and chain
    Bm
The devil's in the details, devil's in the details
     E
He's got your gold watch and chain


Verse
D
Whistle blowers
                Bm
We know how you feel
D  
Public servants
                    Bm 
Surrender their free will

              D
But you can't be in politics and work in the circus
E
You have to choose just one
D
You hold the nail, I'll swing the hammer
E
That's how things get done

Bridge
    D                       Bm
And goodbye valedictorians, goodbye punks
D                       Bm
Goodbye valedictorians, goodbye punks


Chorus
           F#m   D
And I give up 
                   F#m    D
Raising your kids America
                      F#m         D
You treat 'em like an obligation
               F#m
Welcome to the occupation

Bm
The devil's in the details, devil's in the details
     F#m
He's got your gold watch and chain
    Bm
The devil's in the details, devil's in the details
     F#m                          Bm
He's got your gold watch and chain