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Introduction: Em D G (3 1 4)
DO RE SOL (3 1 4) DO RE SOL (3 1 4)- RE SOL RE MIm (2 1 1 strum)
MIm RE SOL DO RE SOL DO RE SOL In Chocolate Town all the trains are painted brown, and the silver paper of the wrapper.
MIm RE SOL DO RE SOLThere's a dapper little man, and he wears a wax mustache
- DO RE SOL DO RE SOL
That he twists with nicotine fingers as he drops his cigarette ash.
RE SOL And someone comes and sweeps it up, and then he doffs his cap
RE SOLAnd there's a rat in someone's bedroom, and they're shutting someone's trap.
- MIm RE
And they'll soon be pulling down the little palaces.
- MIm RE SOL DO RE SOL
And the doors swing back and forward, from the past into the present
DO RE SOL DO RE SOL And the bedside crucifixion turns from wood to phosphorescent.
RE SOLAnd they're moving problem families from the South up to the North,
- RE SOL
Mother's crying over some soft soap opera divorce,
DO FA RE And you say you didn't do it, but you know you did of course,
MIm REAnd they'll soon be pulling down the little palaces.
MIm RE SOL DO RE SOLIt's like shouting in a matchbox, filled with plasterboard and hope,
- DO RE SOL DO RE SOL
Like a picture of Prince William in the arms of John the Pope.
MIm RE SOL DO RE SOL There's a world of good intentions, and pity in their eyes,
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The sedated homes of England, are theirs to vandalize.
RE SOLSo you knock the kids about a bit, because they've got your name,
- RE SOL
And you knock the kids about a bit, until they feel the same.
MIm RE And they feel like knocking down the little palaces.
Instrumental: Em D G (3 1 4)
- DO RE SOL (3 1 4) DO RE SOL (3 1 4) RE SOL RE (4 2 2)
- MIm RE SOL (3 1 4) DO RE SOL (3 1 4 DO RE SOL (3 1 4)
- RE SOL RE MIm (2 1 1 strum)
MIm RE SOL DO RE SOL You're the twinkle in your daddy's eye, a name you spray and scribble,
DO RE SOL DO RE SOLYou made the girls all turn their heads, and in turn they made you miserable.
- MIm RE SOL DO RE SOL
To be the heir apparent, to the kingdom of the invisible.
RE SOL So you knock the kids about a bit, because they've got your name,
RE SOLAnd you knock the kids about a bit, until they feel the same.
- MIm RE
And they feel like knocking down
DO SOL yeah they feel like knocking down,
MIm REOh they feel like knocking down the little palaces.
Repeat instrumental twice
Introduction: Em D G (3 1
..4)
DO RE SOL (3 1- 4) DO RE SOL (3 1 4)
- RE SOL RE MIm (2 1 1 strum)
- MIm RE SOL DO
In Chocolate Town all the trains
RE SOL ..are painted brown, and the
DO RE SOL..silver paper of the wrapper.
- MIm RE SOL
There's a dapper little man, and
DO RE SOL ..he wears a wax mustache
DO REThat he twists with nicotine
- SOL DO
..fingers as he drops his
RE SOL ..cigarette ash.
REAnd someone comes and sweeps it
- SOL
..up, and then he doffs his cap
RE And there's a rat in someone's
SOL..bedroom, and they're shutting
..someone's trap.
MIm REAnd they'll soon be pulling down
..the little palaces.
MIm REAnd the doors swing back and
SOL DO RE..forward, from the past into the
- SOL
..present
DO RE SOL And the bedside crucifixion turns
DO RE SOL..from wood to phosphorescent.
- RE
And they're moving problem
SOL ..families from the South up to
..the North,
RE SOLMother's crying over some soft
..soap opera divorce,
DOAnd you say you didn't do it, but
FA RE..you know you did of course,
- MIm RE
And they'll soon be pulling down
..the little palaces.
MIm RE SOLIt's like shouting in a matchbox,
- DO RE SOL
..filled with plasterboard and
..hope,
- DO RE SOL
Like a picture of Prince William
DO RE SOL ..in the arms of John the Pope.
MImThere's a world of good
- RE SOL DO RE SOL
..intentions, and pity in their
..eyes,
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.. C D G
The sedated homes of England, are
..theirs to vandalize.
RESo you knock the kids about a bit,
SOL..because they've got your name,
- RE
And you knock the kids about a
SOL ..bit, until they feel the same.
MIm REAnd they feel like knocking down
..the little palaces.
Instrumental: Em D G (3 1 4)
- DO RE SOL (3 1 4) DO RE SOL (3 1 4) RE SOL RE (4 2 2)
- MIm RE SOL (3 1 4) DO RE SOL (3 1 4 DO RE SOL (3 1 4)
- RE SOL RE MIm (2 1 1 strum)
- MIm RE SOL
You're the twinkle in your daddy's
DO RE SOL ..eye, a name you spray and
..scribble,
DO REYou made the girls all turn their
SOL DO RE..heads, and in turn they made you
- SOL
..miserable.
MIm RE SOL To be the heir apparent, to the
DO RE SOL..kingdom of the invisible.
- RE
So you knock the kids about a bit,
SOL ..because they've got your name,
REAnd you knock the kids about a
- SOL
..bit, until they feel the same.
MIm RE And they feel like knocking down
DO SOLyeah they feel like knocking down,
- MIm RE
Oh they feel like knocking down
..the little palaces.
Repeat instrumental twice
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