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These Are The Days - Will Varley [Verse 1]

^EmSTIs are rife in children, ^GEither guns or sex will kill them, And ^Cif they make it to their 20s, They'll ^Dprobably have type-2 diabetes

[Verse 2]

^EmLocals cutting down the trees ^GFor free papers no one reads ^CIllegal wars that sow the seeds of ^DSo called democracy

[Verse 3]

^EmBut if they took Afghanistan in r^Getaliation of the towers, ^CTell me Mr Leader Man, Why are the p^Doppies still in flower?

[Verse 4]

^Em TV shows that make the music ^GElectric cars that no-one uses ^CLeona Lewis still in my head At ^Dleast top of the pops is dead

[Chorus 1]

Well, ^Emthese are the d^Gays and we h^Cear it every day Then they w^Emonder why we b^Ginge drink.^C

[Verse 5]

^EmIce caps melt away ^GShores are rising in the bay ^CShares are falling every day And the ^Dprice of beer is how we pay

[Verse 6]

^EmKids buying skinny jeans And a ^Gbest of The Libertines ^CTrading in their drum n bass For the n^Dext big band on the fly front page

[Verse 7]

^EmKids can't communicate ^GSpelling later with a number eight, ^CLet's have chips and lard for dinner, ^DJamie Oliver make me thinner

[Verse 8]

^EmPolitics like Jerry Springer, ^GShout the loudest and you're the winner, ^CThe church is empty so we're all sinners, ^DBut I think hell sounds quite appealing

[Chorus 2]

Well, ^Emthese are the d^Gays and we h^Cear it every day Then they w^Emonder why we b^Ginge drink.^C

[Verse 9]

^EmAnd with bodies still fresh in the ditches, ^GBlair goes home to spend his riches ^CNow lets welcome in the Tories ^DI wasn't alive but I've heard the stories

[Verse 10]

^EmAnd the cost of living soars and soars, ^GLike some filthy joke, ^CAnd you'd think that they'd stop starting wars, ^DBefore they tell us where to smoke

[Chorus 3]

Well, ^Emthese are the d^Gays and we h^Cear it every day Then they w^Emonder why we b^Ginge drink.^C Well, ^Emthese are the d^Gays and we h^Cear it every day Then they w^Emonder why we b^Ginge drink.^C

Will Varley - These are the days