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The Kids Don't Wanna Come Home chords by Declan McKenna

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Intro 1

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Verse 1

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I don't know what I want

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if I'm completely honest

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I guess I could start a war,

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I guess I could sleep on it

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Verse 2

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I don't know what I want

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if I'm completely honest

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I guess I could start a war,

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I guess I could sleep on it

Pre-chorus 1
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But hey there, kids with guns
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Your neighbours complain,
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but they don't know where they come from
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I guess it's just bad advice for
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someone so upstanding
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So maybe just ask them twice or

Chorus 1
be a bit demanding
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You don't know how to give love to  anyone
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You don't know how to pretend
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You told your kids that they'd live long forever
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But the kids don't wanna come home a- gain
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No, the kids don't wanna come home a- gain

Verse 3

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Haven't you any shame?

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Have you got no morals?

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Teaching them how to aim, no

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sadness and no sorrow

Pre-chorus 2
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Well hey there, mother o' mine
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Your kids are sick,
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but they're gonna be just fine
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I said possibly not if
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you keep raising them this way
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You're just leading them to die, oh,
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your disbelief and dismay

Pre-chorus 3

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Well hey there, kids with guns

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Your neighbours complain,

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but they don't know where they come from

Chorus 2
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You don't know how to give love to  any one
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You don't know how to pretend
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You told your kids that they'd live long for ever
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But the kids don't wanna come home a- gain
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No, the kids don't wanna come home a- gain

Solo 1
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Chorus 3
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You don't know how to give love to  anyone
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You don't know how to pretend
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You told your kids that they'd live long forever
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But the kids don't wanna come home a- gain
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No, the kids don't wanna come home a- gain
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No, the kids don't wanna come home a- gain
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No, the kids don't wanna come home

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