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      NOTE: All chords adapted for standard tuning.

[Intro]

C#m

C#m B/D# E F#m C#m F#m E B/D#

C#m B/D# E F#m C#m F#m E B/D#

N.C.
Why do they always send the poor?

[Verse]

C#m                   E
Barbarisms by barbaras
C#m               F#m E B/D#
With pointed heels
C#m                        E
Victorious victorious kneel
    C#m                F#m  E B/D#
For brand new spankin' deals

C#m                       
Marching forward hypocritic and
C#m               E
Hypnotic computers
C#m
You depend on our protection
                F#m  E        C#m
Yet you feed us lies from the tablecloth

[Bridge]

B C#m              B
     Lalalalalalalalalala, oooooh

[Chorus]

C#m                      B                       C#m  B
Everybody's going to the party, have a real good time
C#m                    B                 C#m   B
Dancing in the desert, blowing up the sunshine

[Verse]

C#m
Kneeling roses disappearing into
C#m             E
Moses' dry mouth
C#m
Breaking into fort knox stealing
C#m           F#m E B/D#
Our intentions
C#m                           E
Hangers sitting dripped in oil
C#m         F#m E B/D#
Crying freedom
C#m                 E
Handed to obsoletion
                  F#m  E        C#m
Still you feed us lies from the tablecloth

[Bridge]

B C#m              B
     Lalalalalalalalalala, oooooh

[Chorus]

C#m                      B                       C#m  B
Everybody's going to the party, have a real good time
C#m                    B                 C#m   B
Dancing in the desert, blowing up the sunshine
C#m                      B                       C#m  B
Everybody's going to the party, have a real good time
C#m                    B                 C#m   B
Dancing in the desert, blowing up the sunshine

[C-Part]

G#m       B G#m F#
Blast off!
     G#m        B G#m F#
It's party time!
    G#m                B  G#m  F#  G#m B G#m F#
And we don't live in a fascist nation!

G#m       B G#m F#
Blast off!
     G#m        B G#m F#
It's party time!
    G#m       B     G#m F# G#m B G#m F#
And where the fuck are     you?

C#m       A        G#
Where the fuck are you?
C#m       A        G#
Where the fuck are you?

C#m                  A
Why don't presidents fight the war?
G#
Why do they always send the poor?
C#m                  A
Why don't presidents fight the war?
G#
Why do they always send the poor?
G#
Why do they always send the poor?
G#
Why do they always send the poor?
G#
Why do they always send the poor?

[Verse]

C#m
Kneeling roses disappearing into
C#m             E
Moses' dry mouth
C#m
Breaking into fort knox stealing
C#m           F#m E B/D#
Our intentions
C#m                           E
Hangers sitting dripped in oil
C#m         F#m E B/D#
Crying freedom
C#m                 E
Handed to obsoletion
                  F#m  E        C#m
Still you feed us lies from the tablecloth

[Bridge]

B C#m              B
     Lalalalalalalalalala, oooooh

[Chorus]

C#m                      B                       C#m  B
Everybody's going to the party, have a real good time
C#m                    B                 C#m   B
Dancing in the desert, blowing up the sunshine
C#m                      B                       C#m  B
Everybody's going to the party, have a real good time
C#m                    B                 
Dancing in the desert, blowing up the sun

[C-Part]

C#m       A        G#
Where the fuck are you?
C#m       A        G#
Where the fuck are you?
C#m                  A
Why don't presidents fight the war?
G#
Why do they always send the poor?
C#m                  A
Why don't presidents fight the war?
G#
Why do they always send the poor?
G#
Why do they always send the poor?
G#
Why do they always send the poor?

[Outro]

N.C.

G#
Why do they always send the poor?
G#
Why do they always send the poor?
G#
Why do they always send the poor?
G#
They always send the poor!
G#
They always send the poor!

    

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