Key: G
Introduction:
G B Em G
Who needs to live in a dirty old town.
C D D7 G C
Yes, go on, tear it down.
G D C G
2.)
Who need the trees and the flowers to grow,
G B Em G
we can have a motorway with motorway dough,
C D7 G C
I know I know I know, they've got to go.
Tear them down, mess them round,
G D C
make a mockery of all of the ground,
D7 G C
and if you ever have a sleepless night,
D C
just count out your money, it'll be al-right.
G C G C D
3.)
Politicians, planners go, look what you done,
G B Em G7
your madness is making a machine of ev'ryone,
C D7 G C
but one day the machine might turn on.
We'll tear you down, mess you round,
G D C
and bury you deep under the ground,
G C
and we'll dance on your graves till the flowers return
D C
and the trees tell us secrets that took ages to learn,
We'll tear you down, mess you round,
D C
bury you deep under the ground,
G C
and we'll dance on your graves till the flowers return
D C
and the trees tell us secrets that took ages to learn,
G C G C
we'll tear you down.