[VERSE I] F#m A So he speaks of a better world E B One without people like them F#m A He proclaims to keep them out E B Or lock them in out of sight and out of mind F#m D A C#m "And it's not my problem after that" [CHORUS] F#m D A C#m How did we end up in this mess there's no way out this time F#m D A C#m The doors are locked the blinds are closed and there's no route left to home [VERSE II] F#m A And so they campaign for a better world E B Policies for peace with no taste for defeat F#m A Petrol price is up so a war is going down E B Ship back the oil and let them go to town F#m D A C#m "people need to see what true freedom means" [CHORUS] F#m D A C#m How did we end up in this mess there's no way out this time F#m D A C#m The doors are locked the blinds are closed and there's no route left to home [VERSE III] F#m A So I hear you've brought the army in E B Protect us all from the cowards F#m A but You stationed them with parliment E B the government and the queen F#m D A C#m "I'm needed so I can call the shots" [2 bars of intro] [VERSE IV] F#m A We're spiders in the bath E B Flies caught on it's web in the end it's all the same Victims of ourselves trapped with a beast we created [CHORUS] F#m D A C#m How did we end up in this mess there's no way out this time F#m D A C#m The doors are locked the blinds are closed and there's no route left to home [INSTRUMENTAL] [BRIDGE] F#m D A C#m We need to learn to escape Break the pattern break the chains F#m D A C#m Leave the earth and go to space I don't know how, I don't know when [END] F#m A If everyone's so bothered about a better world E B Why not start a new one F#m A But there's no space trains to hop E B7 and there's no space cars to hitch so let's get down to NASA F#m and steal a rocket ship

C F Am F (Finger picking) C F Am G (Finger picking) C F Am F The path I follow is the one less travelled C F Am F Yet there's nothing special about me C F Am G The things I do the things I dream C F Am F They've all been done before C F Am G I've a music taste to match my odd socks C F Am F and the greys sprouting in my hair C F Am G I'm not the only one who gets this C F Am F But I'm too young to care C F Am G I'm not the only kid with a guitar C F Am F fighting my own war against oppression C F Am G I'm gonna fight until the day I die C F Am F Gonna wage this war of mine C F Am G Make sure that one day we'll be freeee C F Am F Make sure that one day we'll be free

G Em F F/C [Verse 1] G Em F F/C As the train we're on rattles through the station G Em Am F/C Some people get off but more people get on G Em F F/C There's not anyone here to remember where we departed G Em Am F/C and not anyone here will see the end of the line F Fm X [Chorus] G Cadd9 Em D* [hammer on third fret E with little finger] No one truly knows where we're going G Cadd9 Em D So What's the point in not having some fun G Cadd9 Em D* All we know is we're here but not forever G Cadd9 Em D* And if you've got issues then you're not alone G Em F F/C [Verse 2] G Em F F/C Staring around at the same branding, builboards, names G Em Am F/C it's a McDonald's breakfast and some tropicana orange juice G Em F F/C So Don't do what you like, do what you love G Em Am F/C Don't be who they need, be who you want F Fm X [Chorus] G Cadd9 Em D* [hammer on third fret E with little finger] No one truly knows where we're going G Cadd9 Em D So What's the point in not having some fun G Cadd9 Em D* All we know is we're here but not forever G Cadd9 Em D* And if you've got issues then you're not alone G Em F F/C [Verse 3 G Em F F/C All that people do is regret the past or wish for the future G Em Am F/C We don't get as much time as we'd like G Em F F/C So do what you can to be alive G Cadd9 Em D* And do what you can to be alive