Intro
Cb Gb Fb Gb
big F little F bouncing G
Cb Gb Fb Gb
the system may have got you but it won't get me
no chord
1 2 3 4
Chorus:
Cb Gb Fb Gb
external control are you gonna let them get you?
Cb Gb Fb Gb
do you want to be a prisoner in the boundaries that they set you?
Cb Gb
you say you want to be yourself
Fb Gb
by christ do you think they'll let you?
Cb Gb Fb Gb
they're out to get you get you get you get you get you get you
verse !:
Cb Gb
hello hello hello this is the lord god can you hear?
Fb Gb
hellfire and damnation's what i've got for you down hthere
Cb Gb
on earth i have ambasssadors, archbishop, vicar, pope
Fb Gb
we'll blind you with morality, you'd best abandon any hope,
Cb Gb
we're telling you you'd better pray cos you were born in sin
Fb Gb
right from the start we'll build a cell and then we'll lock you in
Cb Gb
we sit in holy judgement condemning those who stray
Fb Gb
we offer our forgiveness but first we'll make you pay
repeat chorus
verse 2:
Cb Gb
hello hello hello now here's a message from your queen
Fb Gb
as figurehead of the status quo i set the social scene
Cb Gb
i'm most concerned with my people, i want to give them peace
Fb Gb
so i'm making sure they stay in line with my army and police
Cb Gb
my prisons and my mental homes have ever open doors
Fb Gb
for those amongst my subjects who dare to ask for more
Cb Gb
unruliness and disrespect are things i can't allow
Fb Gb
so i'll see the peasants grovel if they refuse to bow
repeat chorus
verse 3:
Cb Gb
Introducing the prime minister, she's the mother to us all
Fb Gb
like the dutch boy's thumb her arse is in the wall
Cb Gb
holding back the future waiting for the seas to part
Fb Gb
if moses did it with his faith then she'll do it with an army
no chords(bass and drum only)
who at times of threatened crisis are certain to be there
guarding national heritage no matter what or where
palaces for kings and queens mansions for the rich
protection for the wealthy defense of privilage
they've learnt the ropes in ireland, engaged in civil war
fighting the ruling classes in there battle against the poor
so irelands just an island? it's an island of the mind
great britain?future? bollocks, you'd better look behind
Cb
round every other corner stands p.c. 1984
Cb
guardian of the future, he'll emplement the law
Fii
he's there as a grim reminder that no matter what you do
Fii
big brother's system is always there with his beady eyes on you
Gii
from god to local bobby, in home and street and school
Gii
they've got your name and number while you've got their rule
Aii
we've got to look for methods to undermine those powers
Aii
it's time to change the tables the future must be ours
bass solo under lyrics(various pickings by guitar)
GE exactly what you want to be, do what you want to do....
....buy the album for the rest of the lyrics....
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chords:
Cb Gb Fb Fii Gii Aii
G-/-8---------9--11--13-|
D-/-8--8--6---9--11--13-|
A-/-6--8--6---7---9--11-|
E-/----6--4-------------|