The Incident chords by
Yard Act
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Key: F# minor
Verse 1
Em
Em

Oi, oi, stop, come back, you
Verse 2
Em
Em

I was instrumental in creating the
company
A founding father of the movement,
some say
Had a hundred youngsters under my
guidance at any one time
Willing to learn, eager to please
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G

Em
Em

And salaried with the im plicit threat
of an instant dismissal
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G

Am
Am

(Oi, I'm warning you)
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G

All legal mind, hey
Meager scraps for tender prey
Am
Am

G
G

But everybody gotta learn sometime
A
A

G
G

and you learn that the hard way
Em
Em

In the bustling hive of activity known
Verse 3
As my, as my holy global enterprise
Em
Em

We've created rules that
you can't find in the book
A different type of prison for a
brand new type of crook
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G

Hey,
Verse 4
Em
Em

G
G

feed me, my mind is greedy,
Em
Em

massage my ego
And read to me, slow stories
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G

from my youth
Em
Em

Just like the Beano,
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G

Am
Am

G
G

colonial overtones, I know
Am
Am

Hey, but so what?
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A

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G

Am
Am

I like the plot and the way the
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G

colors pop from the page
Em
Em

Don't have to justify my rage
Being a hypocrite does not devalue the merit
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G

Em
Em

of the accusations made
Everybody's got dirt on everybody else in this day and age,
mind
(Come back you little bastard)
(What have you got in your pockets?
Empty your bloody pockets out)
Verse 5
Em
Em

I look good, dead good,
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G

Em
Em

too good, good for my age
But if I'm not on the receiving end of
Am
Am

G
G

never- ending compliments
Em
Em

My thinking implement is bound to be,
in a constant state of discontent
And I'm hellbent on expanding my
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G

heaven- sent empire, ethically
A
A

But not at my own expense, no
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G

Peaking through the hole in
Am
Am

G
G

the neighbor's fence
A
A

G
G

Em
Em

It all looks pretty good
And just don't look under the hood
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G

Em
Em

The engine is completely
caked in snake oil and old mud
I need something new to pick me up,
because
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G

Em
Em

If I'm not pumped up,
I'm impotent, I'm dead wood
I'm dead wood
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G

Em
Em

And we don't want a repeat
A
A

Em
Em

of the same thing happening again
Am
Am

I want to be relevant,
A
A

G
G

Em
Em

I don't want to be a dud
Verse 6
Em
Em

We've created rules that you
can't find in the book
A different type of prison for a
G
G

brand new type of crook
A
A

G
G

Ever since the incident,
A
A

G
G

my complete incompetence
A
A

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G

Has been exposed to everyone and
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A

G
G

rendered me irrelevant
Em
Em

We've cre ated rules that
you can't find in the book
A different type of prison for a brand
new type of crook
Ever since the incident,
my complete incompetence
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B

Em
Em

Has been ex posed to everyone
Verse 7
and rendered me irrelevant
Em
Em

I'm irrelevant
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G

I'm irrelevant
Em
Em

I'm irrelevant
I'm irrelevant
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G

I'm irrelevant
Em
Em

G
G

I'm irrelevant
Em
Em

I'm irrelevant
I'm irrelevant
I'm irrelevant
(Ever since the incident,
my complete incompetence)
I'm irrelevant
I'm irrelevant
(Has been exposed to everyone
and rendered me irrelevant)
G
G

Em
Em

I'm irrelevant
Verse 8
Em
Em

I'm irrelevant
I'm irrelevant
I'm irrelevant
I'm irrelevant

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