Standard (EADGBE)

Intro

(Acoustic version use walk down fill ---)

Verse 1

Let's inherit the earth

 Cos no-one else is taking it

 Come on do your worst

 Before the moment's passed

In bedrooms across England

And all the western world

There's posters and there's magazines

 But music isn't ours

Chorus

 Cos we write love songs in C

 And we do politics in G

 We sing songs about our friends in e minor

 So tear down the stars now and take up your guitars

 And come on folks and try this at home

Verse 2

Let's stop waiting around

For someone to patronise us

Let's hammer out a sound that speaks of where we've been

Forget about the haircuts and stupid skinny jeans

The stampedes and the irony

And the media-fed scenes

Chorus

 Cause we write love songs in C

 And we do politics in G

 We sing songs about our friends in e minor

 So tear down the stars now and take up your guitars

 And come on folks and try this at home

Middle

 Because the only thing that punk rock should ever really mean

 Is not sitting round and waiting for the lights to go green

 And not thinking that youre better cause you're still a part of state

 And if you're oh so fucking different then who cares what you have to say

 Cause theres no such thing as rock stars

 They're just people who play music

 And some of them are just like us

 And some of them are dicks

 So quick turn off your stereo

 Pick up that pen and paper

 Yeah you could do much better than

 Some skinny half-arsed English country singer

Chorus

 Cause we write love songs in C

 And we do politics in G

 We sing songs about our friends in e minor

 So tear down the stars now and take up your guitars

  /b

And come on folks and try this at ho-o-me