Tono: E
Introducción:
G#m7 F#m7 A/B
VERSE
E7M
From the playground to the wasteground
A6/B
Hope ends at 17
E7M
Sweeping floors and filling shelves
A6/B
Forced into government schemes
B
Eleven years spent to dig out ditches
C#m7
Forget your schoolday dreams
Bm7
Guarantees and lie-filled speeches
F#m
But nothing's what it seems
Em
Qualified and patronized
D7M
With everything to lose
C#7
Ooh, ooh, ooh
INTERLUDE
G#m7 F#m7 A/B
VERSE
E7M
No choice or chance for the future
A6/B
The rich enjoy less tax
E7M
Dress the girls in pretty pink
A6/B
The shit goes to the blacks
B
A generation's heart torn out
C#m7
And covered up the facts
Bm7
The only thing they'll understand
F#m
Is a wall against their backs
Em
The only hope now left for those
D7M
With everything to lose
Em
With everything to lose
D7M
With everything to lose
C#7
Ooh, ooh, ooh
SOLO
G#m7 F#m7 A/B
VERSE (variation)
E7M Fº7
In desperation?s empty eyes
F#m7 A6/B
Signed up and thrown away
E7M Fº7
There's drugs replacing dignity
F#m7 A6/B
The short sharp shock repaid
B
There'll be no money if you dare to question
C#m7
Working the Tory way
Bm7
The truth is up there carved in stone
F#m
Where 21 dead now lay
Em
A family's loss for a few pounds saved
D7M
With everything to lose
Em
With everything to lose
D7M
With everything to lose
Em
With everything to lose
D7M
Everything to lose
C#7
Ooh, ooh
OUTRO (scat vocals ad lib)
G#m7 F#m7
(repeat and fade)