Once we were anarchists Chords

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[Verse 1]
[G]The [Em]demonstrations got [G]boring –
Well it was [C]obvious that the
government was ignoring us.
It's [Em]hard to drag yourself
through empty streets
On an [F]empty stomach and
no sleep.
[Em]The shortcomings got [G]clearer,
As the [C]price we paid got
dearer and dearer.
It's sup[Em]posed to be a
case of give and take –
Well I was [F]feeling the give
and making a mistake.

[Verse 2]
And I've [Am]heard it said that
the [F]unexamined [G]life
[Am]Isn't much worth liv[F]ing,
and I'm sure they're [G]right.
But it's [Am]hard to keep on fight
[F]ing the goo[G]d fight
When [Am]no one else seems b[F]othered,
yeah,
When [D]no one's on your side.

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[Verse 3]
[D]I've [G]got[Em] friends who are ban[G]kers,
And it's an [C]easy rhyme
to call them wankers,
But I [Em]must say I envy the
way that they live
[F]In a style that's all take and no give,
While [Em]I'm playing the Lone R[G]anger,
[C]Riding to the rescue of six
billion strangers,
[Em]Armed with only unoriginal songs
And a [F]sense that something's wrong.

[Verse 4]
And I [C]must admit that I'm [G]tired
of saying [Am]"no" all the [G]time.
But I [C]must admit that [Em]I don't
really [F]know what would be [G]right.
And if [C]politics is [B]helping all the people then my
[Em]political ca[D]reer is pretty [C]fucked,
Because the truth is I don't
like [D]people all that [G]much.

[Verse 5]
[G]The [Em]times they aren't [G]a- changing –
Yeah, [C]England's still shit
and it's [G]still [C]raining,
And [Em]everybody's jaded
and tired and bored
And [F]no one lifts a finger because
It's [Em]just not in our cul[G]ture.
Our cul[C]ture is carrion and
we're all vultures,
And [Em]no one seems bothered
by this state of play –
[F]It seems that the stench is with us to stay.

[Verse 6]
So [Am]I had a go, [F]I tried examining [G]life.
It [Am]wasn't much worth liv[F]ing
– I guess they're [G]right.
And [Am]I'm tired of fighting [F]a fight
that's not [G]my fight.
[Am]But so is every[F]body else – we're
[D]all on the same side.

[Verse 7]
I'm [C]young enough to be [D]all pissed off
But I'm [G]old enough to be [C]jaded.
I'm of the age where I
[D]want things to change
But with [Bm]age my hopes have f[C]aded.
I'm young and bored of
being [D]young and bored –
If I was [B]old I could say I'd
seen it [Em]all before.
[D]In sho[C]rt, I'm tir[D]ed,
and [C]in short I'm [D]probably fired.
If the [C]revolution doesn't [D]want
me I don't give a shit.
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