Standard (EADGBE)

Intro

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 the system may have got you but it won't get me

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Chorus

 external control are you gonna let them get you?

 do you want to be a prisoner in the boundaries that they set you?

 you say you want to be yourself

 by christ do you think they'll let you?

 they're out to get you get you get you get you get you get you

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 hello hello hello this is the lord god can you hear?

 hellfire and damnation's what i've got for you down hthere

 on earth i have ambasssadors, archbishop, vicar, pope

 we'll blind you with morality, you'd best abandon any hope,

 we're telling you you'd better pray cos you were born in sin

 right from the start we'll build a cell and then we'll lock you in

 we sit in holy judgement condemning those who stray

 we offer our forgiveness but first we'll make you pay

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Verse 2

 hello hello hello now here's a message from your queen

 as figurehead of the status quo i set the social scene

 i'm most concerned with my people, i want to give them peace

 so i'm making sure they stay in line with my army and police

 my prisons and my mental homes have ever open doors

 for those amongst my subjects who dare to ask for more

 unruliness and disrespect are things i can't allow

 so i'll see the peasants grovel if they refuse to bow

repeat chorus

Verse 3

 Introducing the prime minister, she's the mother to us all

 like the dutch boy's thumb her arse is in the wall

 holding back the future waiting for the seas to part

 if moses did it with his faith then she'll do it with an army

no chords(bass and drum only)

who at times of threatened crisis are certain to be there

guarding national heritage no matter what or where

palaces for kings and queens mansions for the rich

protection for the wealthy defense of privilage

they've learnt the ropes in ireland, engaged in civil war

fighting the ruling classes in there battle against the poor

so irelands just an island? it's an island of the mind

great britain?future? bollocks, you'd better look behind

 round every other corner stands p.c. 1984

 guardian of the future, he'll emplement the law

 he's there as a grim reminder that no matter what you do

 big brother's system is always there with his beady eyes on you

 from god to local bobby, in home and street and school

 they've got your name and number while you've got their rule

 we've got to look for methods to undermine those powers

 it's time to change the tables the future must be ours