Intro
G#m
[Verse 1]
G#m
It's new world now don't discriminate
G#m
Everyone is equally a master and a slave
G#m
It's new world now don't discriminate
G#m
Everyone is equally a master and a slave
[Chorus]
B F# | C# F# | G#m
How did this happen?
B F# | C# F# | G#m
How did this happen? (How did this happen?)
[Verse 2]
G#m
I see you walk past the demonstration
B F# G#m
Two chips on your shoulder
G#m
You're a culture connoisseur and your pain is real
B F# G#m
Two chips on your shoulder
G#m
Stuck wading through a crowd of radical daughters
G#m
Barricades armed by empty strollers
G#m
Basic slogans to combat controllers
G#m
See them dance from afar, to guitar on your shoulder
[Pre-Chorus]
B F# G#m
As you smugly walk past, think:
G#m
These people should be here regardless of outcome
B F# G#m
As you smugly walk past, think:
G#m
Hey there's a half-off sale at the Barnes and Noble
[Chorus]
B F# C#
As you smugly walk past, you ask yourself
F# G#m
How did this happen?
B F# C#
As you smugly walk past, you ask yourself
F# G#m
How did this happen?
[Verse 3]
G#m
You're cueing deep cuts as you glide escalator
B F# G#m
Two chips on your shoulder
G#m
Face pressed to glass looking down at the mass march
B F# G#m
Two cans on your shoulder
G#m
Your playlist knows you better than a closest lover
G#m
Your playlist always desert island disk
G#m
Your playlist will curate you songs of the oppressed
G#m
Look at the marquee in 1080p
[Pre-Chorus]
B F# G#m
As you smugly walk past, think:
G#m
These people should be here regardless of outcome
B F# G#m
As you smugly walk past, think:
G#m
You've got an island of blue, you've got a nipple in water
[Chorus]
B F# C#
As you smugly walk past, you ask yourself
F# G#m
How did this happen?
B F# C#
As you smugly walk past, you ask yourself
F# G#m
How did this happen?
[Verse 4]
G#m
It's new world now don't discriminate
G#m
Everyone is equally a master and a slave
G#m
It's new world now don't discriminate
G#m
Everyone is equally a master and a slave
[Chorus]
B F# C#
As you smugly walk past, you ask yourself
F# G#m
How did this happen?
B F# C#
As you smugly walk past, you ask yourself
F# G#m
How did this happen?
[Verse 5]
G#m
This machine you know it don't kill fascists
G#m
This machine just softens what's hard
G#m
This machine it killed the dream of the sixties
G#m
This machine you know it's just a guitar
[Outro]
B F# C#
As you smugly walk past, you ask yourself
F# G#m
How did this happen?