C                                             A    G
worked all your life then sell your job.......oh  lawdy.....
C                                             A    G
walk down the street get punched in the gob...oh  lawdy.....
C               G                     F                  E
kids get done when they go to school and they don't even know what for
F              G                 C                 C
that's when you know you lost the war


C                                             A    G
prison like a holiday camp....................oh  lawdy.....
C                                             A    G
gone for a minute and your car gets clamped...oh  lawdy.....
C               G                     F                  E
play the game like they tell you to and still end up poor
F              G                 C                 C
that's when you know you lost the war


C                                             A    G
Bookies say you look sucha  mug...............oh  lawdy.....
C                                             A    G
bank says we ain't got enough.................oh  lawdy.....
C               G                     F                  E
someone comes in the middle of the night steals your stuff you worked hard for
F              G                 C                 C
that's when you know you lost the war

[break]
G
and everybody thinks they got a say, the simple truth is you're just in the way


C                                             A    G
people marching in the street.................oh  lawdy........
C                                             A    G
placards waving fifty deep....................oh  lawdy.......
C             G          F                  E
someone else takes over and it's just like before
F              G                 C                 C
that's when you know you lost the war

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[break]
G
and everybody thinks they got a say, the simple truth is you're just in the way

C                                             A    G
fifty men and a dead man chest................oh  lawdy........
C                                             A    G
just cos you were unlike of rest..............oh  lawdy........
C             G              F                  E
they told you it was freedom you were fighting for
C             G          F                  E
a country fit for heroes a paradise for sure
C             G            F                  E
when you ask for help they kicked you out the door
F              G                 C   [stop]
that's when you know you lost the war