Written by : Frank Turner
Capo on 3rd Intro: D G A VERSE CHORDS D Well a teacher of mine once told me That life was just a list of G disappoints and defeats And you could A only do your best, And I said D "That's a fucking cop-out, you're just washed up and your tired, and when G I get to your age I A won't be such a coward" But these Em days I sit at home, known to G shout at my TVAnd Bm Punk Rock didn't live up to what I A hoped that it could be And all the Em things that I believed with all my G heart when I was young Are just Bm coasters for beers and clean A surfaces for drugs And I G packed all my Em pamflets with my G bibles at the A back of the D shelf LINK: D G A VERSE 2 (SAME CHORDS) EXCEPT FOR LAST LINE - G Hung up my Em Banner in G Disgust and I A Head for the G Door A CHORUS Oh but D once we were A young, and we were (Bm)crass enough to G But I guess you Em live and learn A we won't make that Em mistake again, A no Oh but D surely just for one A day, we could Bm fight and we could G win And if only for a Em little while, A we could insist on the Em impossible A BRIDGE Well we've Bm been a good few hours drinking so I'm going to A say what everyone's thinkng If we're G Stuck on this ship and it's D sinking then we Em Might as well A Have D Parade Cos if it's Bm Still going to hurt in the morning and a A Better plan's yet to get forming Then G Wheres the harm in spending an D Evening in Em Manning the A Old barri- G Cades A VERSE CHORDS. BRIDGE 2 CHORUS CHORDS D G A