The King Blues - Modern life has let me down

^D From the view in the office on the 16th floor ^F#m That you gave 21 years for ^DStaring out the window at the big bilboard ^F#mTo remind you what your fighting for It's ^Bmthis guys life with his flawless smile His ^F#mbeautiful wife and his perfect child So to ^Bbuy and be be this guy you choose And ^Aremind yourself that your tie is not a noose

^DFreedom is not a coffee break with your boss ^F#mEat, sleep, breath at pre-destined stops ^DAnd Xerox 100 times Now ^F#m100 people read what bored you to write Cos ^Emwe can all be bored as a team after all ^F#m Ain't that the American dream? ^BIf that's the dream and you can't shake it up ^AThen please wake me up

The worlds closing ^Din, I'm kicking out They can't hear^A me when I shout That modern ^Bmlife, Modern life has let me ^Adown It's soul des^Dtroying don't you love it? You can ^Atake this job and shove it Modern ^Bmlife, Modern life has let me ^Adown

Modern ^Dlife, Modern life, Modern ^F#mlife, has let me ^Ddown (x2) [Verse 3] Come ^Dhome and slam the door of your 4x4 That you never ^F#mhad and never will have a use for ^D And take a walk through the uniform lawn ^F#mKnowing you will die in the town you were born A ^Bmpre-packaged meal, a pre-packaged plate In f^F#mront of the tv on a pre-packaged tray The ^Bmchoice to be free And we choose to be like ^Aeverybody else

The worlds closing ^Din, I'm kicking out They can't hear^A me when I shout That modern ^Bmlife, Modern life has let me ^Adown It's soul des^Dtroying don't you love it? You can ^Atake this job and shove it Modern ^Bmlife, Modern life has let me ^Adown

Modern ^Emlife, Modern life, Modern ^Bmlife, has let me down ^F#m Modern life, Modern life, Modern ^Glife, has let me do^F#mwn Whatever hap^Empened to the love and the unity ^BmThe building up of the community Cos^D now it's all opportunity It's like the o^Gcean's tainted with impurity ^EmSo when the norm is the lunicy And they ^Bmtell you to jump do you agree? ^F#mIf I don't well they're suing me It's ^Glike you don't know what you do to me Well you ^Emshut me up and you shout me out And you ^Bmtell me like there never was a doubt That it's ^F#mall planned out, how I'll be living They ^Gdangle a carrot to keep me driven ^EmBut now I'm killing anything I'm given Cos ^BmI will never give in ^F#mI'll take a hammer, and with precisition ^GTear up the newspaper, and smash the television

The worlds closing^D in, I'm kicking out They can't hear^D me when I shout That modern ^Dlife, Modern life has let me^D down It's soul des^Dtroying don't you love it? You can ^Atake this job and shove it Modern ^Bmlife, Modern life has let me ^Adown

Modern ^Dlife, Modern life, Modern ^F#mlife, has let me ^Ddown (x4) Modern ^Dlife, Modern life, Modern ^Alife, has let me down ^N.C Modern life, Modern life, Modern life, has let me down