Gm
"Fight dirty, "
               Gm
That's what he said
      Gm                     Gm
After 7 pints of beer and 30 cigarettes.
Cm
Cue ball corner pocket
Cm
Blue chalk on his chin
  Gm
A lonesome bullseye
In a sky of dents
      Eb7
Gotta throw them a curveball
  D7
A swing and a miss

[Verse 2]
     Gm
Play nicely
                 Gm
That's what they taught to me
     Gm                             Gm
Said share-fairing good sports will do the same
        Cm
But the more that I sweat, the more that I bleed
          Gm
While the hotshot on top loses count of his beans
   Eb7                  D7                   Gm
He highlit & backspaced my father's factory

[Chorus]
          Cm                Gm
'Cause as far back as I can remember
                  D7                  Gm
The ballfield was never that level or even
                Cm
The wind in the tides
                Gm
The sand in our eyes
               D7
So if we're to rise
               Eb7         D7
Gotta stand on each others backs
          Gm
And fight dirty.

[Verse 3]
        Gm
No more fooling around for me
     Gm                      Gm
With permits and escorts and picnics for peace
          Cm
There's a top to take back like a bus seat to keep
        Gm
Time to put down your dukes
Scratch, bite, kick and scream!
Eb7                             D7
I just wanna see the schoolyard bullies cry and bleed.

[Solo thing]
Gm Eb7 D7
Gm Eb7 D7
Gm Eb7 D7
Gm Eb7 D7

[Verse 4]
      Gm
Fight dirty
      Gm
Hit below the waist
                Gm
That's how it's done to us
              Gm
Behind closed doors each day
Cm
Rules they don't follow,
Treaties they snap
       Gm
With a shake and a putt
And the raise of a glass
   Eb7
You fixed the game?
     D7                         Gm
I'll cheat if I must to take it back.
D7
Take it back!

[Another solo thing, improvise]
Cm Gm D7 Gm
Cm Gm D7 Gm
Cm Gm D7 Gm
Cm Gm D7 Gm

[Verse 5]
     Gm
So I shrug, take a shot
   Gm
He says, "You disagree?"
        Gm
Well go on with the same old
    Gm
And beg of the thieves
          Cm
That your job will be saved
Your prisoners freed
            Gm
That they'll stop starving millions
And cure all the disease
     Ebm
See me, I'm the spanner,
    D7                                Gm
And they've always got desks to clean

[Chorus]
          Cm                Gm
'Cause as far back as I can remember
                  D7                  Gm
The ballfield was never that level or even
                Cm
The wind in the tides
                Gm
The sand in our eyes
               D7
So if we're to rise
               Eb7         D7
Gotta stand on each others backs
D               Eb7          D7
Gotta beat them at their own game
D                        Eb7           D7
Throw the tear gas right back in their face
          Gm      Eb7 D7
and fight dirty!
      Gm    Eb7 D7
Fight dirty
      Gm    Eb7 D7
Fight dirty
      Gm    Eb7 D7
Fight dirty
Gm
Yeah!