Key: Gb major•
Intro 1
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C#
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D#m
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Verse 1
splinters of foundation,
Weaving of our horrors into
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And fabrics of contrition.
Interlude 1
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Verse 2
Who picked you for a nothing,
tried to knock out your stuffing,
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straw between their ears.
Verse 3
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The same smug ex pression,
Same air of predation –
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just not here, just not here.
Verse 4
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All men are mice, all men are mice,
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it doesn’t pay to be nice,
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F#m
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D#m
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Take all be
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Verse 5
Pay respect to the common folk,
it’s an obligation,
Let common sense commandeer you,
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Take up all the hard work,
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Steer your thoughts in a circle jerk.
Verse 6
vicious little animals,
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Reared up like pit bull dogs
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O
Verse 7
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one for the mother,
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One for treasurer, one for the plasma screen,
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D#m
A tu mour for them all in the
Interlude 2
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D#m
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Verse 8
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Two young men took a Chinese girl
Early one Thursday morning,
Brick to her head and a cord
round her neck,
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Hands on her body…
Dumped her in the river,
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Tragedy crowed the newspaper
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letters…
Verse 9
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F#
“In our own backyard!”
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In our own backyard,
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Oh how could it be with all
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we’ve taught them?
Verse 10
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O one for the mother, one for the dad,
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One for treasurer, one for the plasma screen,
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D#m
A tumour for them all in
Verse 11
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O one for the mother, one for the dad,
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One for treasurer, one for the plasma screen,
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D#m
A plot to bury them all at the
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edge of the sprawl –
Outro 1
B
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TunerE A D G B E
ChordsF# C# D#m F#m B
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