E                  D
Cheer up, it might never happen
E                         D
Drive-by shootings on the streets of Clapham
E                         D
Jackboots booting right across the map
E                                    D               E
And daddy's gone 'a looking with his pistol packin' mama
E                         D
And God didn't make the little green apples
E                               D
With the Halloween grin and the shaving tackle
E                               D
Another worrying thing for the grans to grapple
E                               D                 E
As the earth quakes, shakes and rolls and rattles on

[Chorus]
        F                    G
And if the whole world is a stage
   F                         G
A kaleidoscope of lights and sound
   F                         G
You can take my Equity card away
    F                         D
And burn the theatre to the ground

[Interlude]
C  B  A
D  C  B  A

[Verse 2]
E                         D
Cheer up, it might never happen kid
E                            D
Although I think it probably just did
E                            D
The Christmas speech was a porno vid
E                            D
A topless picture on the British quid
E                            D
Jack and jill went off the cliff
E                            D
Contract killed in a lovers' tiff
E                            D
While Ben and Bill smoke a comic spliff
E                            D
Tom and Jerry built to a moronic riff

[Chorus]
     F                       G
And if the whole world is a stage
   F                         G
A kaleidoscope of lights and sound
   F                         G
You can take my Equity card away
    F                         D
And burn the theatre to the ground

[Bridge]
E   F
E   F
E   F
E   F
Burn It Down
E      F
Burn It Down
E       F
Burn It Down
E      F
Burn it Down
D  C  B  A
D  C  B

[Outro]
D                       C
Sack the actors and the clowns
B                 A
Back to practice paper rounds
D                    C
Sweeping leaves and walking dogs
B                    A
Daily deeds and bob a jobs
D               D
Sitting babies salting snow
B                         A
Helping ladies cross the road
D               C
Washing cars, recycling tins
B                          A
Catching falling stars and things
D                 C
Helping old folk corner shop
B                       A
Little things that mean a lot
D                    C
A fairytale-like end to violence
B                           A
Through jumble sales and sponsored silence
D                       C
Stop the world I want to get back on
B                          A
I want to learn to love the bomb
D                         C
And have it tattooed across my gut
B                   A
The immortal words cheer up
D                           C       B      A
It might never happen to you kid
D                           C       B      A
It might never happen to you kid
D                           C       B      A
It might never happen to you kid
D         C           B         A
Although I think it probably just did