Thatcher Fucked The Kids

[Intro]
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[Verse 1]
G
 Whatever happened to childhood?
          C
We're all scared of the kids in our neighborhood
            Em
They're not small, charming and harmless
        Am                 C
They're a violent bunch of bastard little shits
G
 And anyone who looks younger than me
         Em
Makes me check for my wallet,
   C
my phone and my keys
        Am
And I'm tired of being tired out
       C
Always being on the lookout for thieving gits

[Chorus]
G          C                D           Am
 We're all wondering how we ended up so scared
         C                       D               Am
We spent ten long years teaching our kids not to care
                 C                  D          G D
And that there's no such thing as society anywa_y
Em            C                       G
  And all the rich folks act surprised
         C                      G
When all sense of community dies
             C                       G
But you just closed your eyes to the other side
Am
Of all the things that she did
C D
  Thatcher fucked the kids

[Verse]
G       G
 And it seems a little bit rich to me
            C
The way the rich only ever talk of charity
   Em
In times like the seventies,
the broken down economy
      Am             C                         G
Meant even the upper tier was needing some help
But as soon as things look brighter
    Em                      C
The grin gets wider and the grip gets tighter
        Am
And for every teenage tracksuit mugger
          C
There's a guy in a suit
                               G
Who wouldn't lift a finger for anybody else

[Chorus]
          C                D           Am
We're all wondering how we ended up so scared
         C                       D               Am
We spent ten long years teaching our kids not to care
                 C                  D          G D
And that there's no such thing as society anywa_y
Em            C                       G
  And all the rich folks act surprised
         C                      G
When all sense of community dies
             C                       G
But you just closed your eyes to the other side
Am
Of all the things that she did
C Eb
  Thatcher fucked the kids

[Brigde]
G             E5                       B5
 You've got a generation raised on the welfare state
  C5                         G5
Enjoyed all the benefits and did just great
       A5                               E5
But as soon as they were settled as the richest of the rich
     C5
They kicked away the ladder,
                                  D5
told the rest of us that life's a bitch
Ebdim         E5               B5
     And it's no surprise that all the fuck-ups
C5                       G5
Didn't show up until the kids had grown up
         A5                         E5
But when no one ever smiles or ever helps a stranger
   C5                          D5
Is it any fucking wonder our society's in danger of
   G
collapse?

[Outro]
   G
So all the kids are bastards
C
Don't blame them, yeah,
they learn by example
          Em
Blame the folks who sold the future for the highest bid
       Am
That's right, Thatcher fucked the kids
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