Frank Turner - Love ire and song

Well a te^Dacher of mine once t^D/Aold me that ^D/F#life was just a l^Dist of disa^Gppointments and defeats and you could o^Anly do your ^A/Ebest, And I said "W^Dell, that's a fuc^D/Aking cop-out, you're ^D/F#just washed up and you're ^Dtired, and when ^GI get to your age, well, I ^Awon't be such a coward" But these ^Emdays I sit at home, known to ^Gshout at my TV and ^BmPunk Rock didn't live up to what I ^Ahoped that it could be And all the ^Emthings that I believed with all my ^Gheart when I was young are just ^Bmcoasters for beers and clean ^Asurfaces for drugs And I ^Gpacked all my ^Empamphlets with my ^Gbibles at the ^Aback of the she^Dlf

Well it was ^Dbad enough the feeling, and the first time it hit, when you ^Grealised your parents had let the ^Aworld all go to ^A/Eshit And that the ^Dvalues and i^D/Adeals for which ^D/F#many had fought and ^Ddied had been killed ^Goff in the committees and left to ^Adie by the ^A/Ewayside. But it was ^Emworse when we turned to the k^Gids on the left and got ^Bmlet down again by some ^Apoor excuse for protest Yeah by ^Emidiot fucking hippies in ^G50 different factions, who are ^Bmlocked inside some kind of 60's ^Abattle re-enactment And I ^Ghung-up my ^Embanner in di^Gsgust and I ^Ahead for the d^Goor ^A

Oh but o^Dnce we were yo^Aung, and we were ^Bmcrass enough to ^Gcare But I guess you ^Emlive and learn^A, we won't make that mi^Emstake again, ^Ano Oh but ^Dsurely just for one ^Aday, we could ^Bmfight and we could ^Gwin And if only for a ^Emlittle while,^A we could insist on the im^Empossible ^A

Well we've ^Bmbeen a good few hours drinking, so I'm going to ^Asay what everyone's thinking If we're ^Gstuck on this ship and it's ^Dsinking, then we ^Emmight as well ^Ahave a ^Dparade Cos if it's ^Bmstill going to hurt in the morning and a ^Abetter plan's yet to get forming Then ^Gwhere's the harm spending an ^Devening, in ^Emmanning the ^Aold barri^Gcade^As

So com^De on old friends to the streets let's be 1^G905 but not 1^A917 Let's be ^Dheroes, let's be martyrs, let's be radical thinkers who ^Gnever have to test drive the ^Aleast of their dreams. Let's ^Emdivide up the world into the ^Gdamned and safe and then ^Bmride to the valleys like the old ^Alife brigade And ^Emstraighten our backs and we ^Gwon't be afraid and they'll ^Bmcelebrate our deaths with a n^Aational parade

So com^De on let's be ^Ayoung, let's be c^Bmrass enough to c^Gare Let's refuse to l^Emive and learn^A, let's make all our mis^Emtakes again ye^As And then ^Ddarling, just for one^A day, we can ^Bmfight and we can ^Gwin And if only for a li^Emttle while^A, we could insist on the imp^Emossible ^A

Leave the ^Dmourning the to the morning, yes pain can be killed with ^Gaspirin tablets and ^Avitamin pills. But me^Dmories of hope, and glorious defeat are a l^Gittle bit ^Aharder to bea^Dt