Standard (EADGBE)

Intro

(Acoustic version use walk down fill ---)

Verse 1

Let's inherit the earth

Cos no-one else is taking it

Come on do your worst

Before the moment's passed

In bedrooms across England

And all the western world

There's posters and there's magazines

But music isn't ours

Chorus

Cos we write love songs in C

And we do politics in G

We sing songs about our friends in e minor

So tear down the stars now and take up your guitars

And come on folks and try this at home

Verse 2

Let's stop waiting around

For someone to patronise us

Let's hammer out a sound that speaks of where we've been

Forget about the haircuts and stupid skinny jeans

The stampedes and the irony

And the media-fed scenes

Chorus

Cause we write love songs in C

And we do politics in G

We sing songs about our friends in e minor

So tear down the stars now and take up your guitars

And come on folks and try this at home

Middle

Because the only thing that punk rock should ever really mean

Is not sitting round and waiting for the lights to go green

And not thinking that youre better cause you're still a part of state

And if you're oh so fucking different then who cares what you have to say

Cause theres no such thing as rock stars

They're just people who play music

And some of them are just like us

And some of them are dicks

So quick turn off your stereo

Pick up that pen and paper

Yeah you could do much better than

Some skinny half-arsed English country singer

Chorus

Cause we write love songs in C

And we do politics in G

We sing songs about our friends in e minor

So tear down the stars now and take up your guitars

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And come on folks and try this at ho-o-me