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Introduction: D A Bm G D A/C# Bm G D A Bm G
D
When you wake up ready for work
A
Do you think of your friends
All of those jerks
Bm
Who do nothing all day
G D A
Who waste their lives away
E
Never had a job
everything for free
G#m
Endorsement by the
A E
company With hand
over fist Welcome to
G#m A
the punk rock music biz
E
Merit is measured
by money and fame
G#m
Scumming off your
A
label's name They're
E
phony but get
G#m
Everything that
A
they wanted
F#m E
Just like 49 and 61
D F#m
Crossroads that we
end up at after all
E
has been said and done
D F#m
Bandwagon is pulling
up so you better think
E A G#m A B
and choose someone
E
Do what you want
it's not like I care
G#m A
You can't buy your own
E
footwear It was given for
G#m A
free It makes popularity
F#m
Those who had paid
E
Sometime I know as friends
D F#m
Those who have sat on their
ass Hang around pretending
E
that you're in
E
Laughing at me for paying my dues
C#m A
Act like this is something new
E
You better get with it kid
C#m A
This music is not for you
E F#m
I recall the day
B C#m
Stuck in all your
G#m E
trendy ways Putting
F#m
me down for what
B G D
your band now plays
E
Can you be for real?
G#m
Refusing to be Blinded
A
by your endless greed
E
Hoping to bring
G#m
you to be the
A
next big thing
E
That's what's become
of everyone now
G#m
Believing what they
A
read in magazines
E
that are vowed
G#m
To burn this
A
to the ground
E F#m
Your motives say
B C#m G#m
You play this music to get laid
E F#m
Stuck in all your trendy ways
B C#m G#m
Go on tour and don't get paid
E F#m
Putting me down for what your
B E
band now plays Can you
G#m B
recall the day?