[Intro]
C# B F# C# B F#
[Chorus]
F# C# B
You gotta make a statement of intent!
F# C# B
You gotta make a statement of intent!
F# C# B
You gotta make a statement of intent!
F# C# B F#
You gotta make a statement of intent!
[Verse]
C# B F#
If we're careless children (ah-ah)
C# B F#
The monuments you're building (ah-ah)
C# B F#
Are subject to reclaim (yeah-yeah)
C# B F#
And are ours to disclaim (yeah-yeah)
[Pre-Chorus]
C# E
Making discos of your castles
F# G
We are tearing up your plans
C# E
We won't be Xeroxed for the future
F# G
Filed by bureaucratic man
Hot damn!
C# B F#
[Chorus]
F# C# B
You gotta make a statement of intent!
F# C# B
You gotta make a statement of intent!
F# C# B
You gotta make a statement of intent!
F# C# B F#
You gotta make a statement of intent!
[Verse]
C# B F#
If we're your misplaced youth (ah-ah)
C# B F#
And your lies are the truth (ah-ah)
C# B F#
Then mistakes are illusions (yeah-yeah)
C# B F#
F# simple yes is confusion (yeah-yeah)
[Pre-Chorus]
C# E
Making discos of your castles
F# G
We are tearing up your plans
C# E
We won't be Xeroxed for the future
F# G
Filed by bureaucratic man
C# E
We don't need a history lesson
F# G
Museums are made to lie
C# E
We won't be xeroxed for the future
F# G
Careless children never die
Hot damn!
[Interlude]
RIFF 2:
e|-------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------| x2
A|-7-7-7-7-6-5-5-5-5-5-4-3-3-3-3-3-4-5-5-5-5-5-6-7-|
E|-------------------------------------------------|
[Pre-Chorus]
C# E
Thinly veiled as national interest
F# G
With cold hearts paid to lie
C# E
Be made a happy Xerox
F# G
Be a number four or five
[Chorus]
F# C# B
You gotta make a statement of intent!
F# C# B
You gotta make a statement of intent!
F# C# B
You gotta make a statement of intent!
F# C# B F#
You gotta make a statement of intent!
[Outro]
C# E
Making discos of your castles
F# G
We are tearing up your plans
C# E
We won't be Xeroxed for the future
F# G
Filed by bureaucratic man
C# E
We don't need a history lesson
F# G
Museums are made to lie
C# E
We won't be xeroxed for the future
F# G
Careless children never die
N.C.
Hot damn!