Standard (EADGBE)

Intro

Verse 1

Up in the morning and out to school

Mother says there'll be no work next year

Qualifications once the golden rule

Are now just pieces of paper

Chorus 1

Just because youre better than me

Doesnt mean I’m lazy

Just because youre going forwards

Doesnt mean Im going backwards

Interlude

Verse 2

The factories are closing and the armys full -

I dont know what Im going to do

But Ive come to see in the land of the free

Theres only a future for the chosen few

Chorus

Just because youre better than me

Doesn’t mean I’m lazy

Just because youre going forwards

Doesnt mean Im going backwards

Interlude

Verse 3

If you look the part you’ll get the job

In last years trousers and your old school shoes

The truth is son, its a buyers market

They can afford to pick and choose

Chorus 2

Just because youre better than me

Doesnt mean I’m lazy

Just because I dress like this,

Doesnt mean Im a communist.

Interlude

Verse 3

(One Strum and dead strumming)

At twenty one youre on to of the scrapheap

At sixteen you were top of the class

All they taught you at school

Was how to be a good worker

The system has failed you, dont fail yourself

Chorus 1

Just because youre better than me

Doesnt mean Im lazy

Just because youre going forwards

Doesnt mean Im going backwards