{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":1903187,"song":"These Are The Days","artist":"Will Varley","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11426650-these-are-the-days-chords-by-will-varley/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1903187?type=chord","rating":4.99765,"votes":12,"content":"These Are The Days - Will Varley\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 1]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]\r\nSTIs are rife in children,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nEither guns or sex will kill them,[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd if they make it to their 20s,[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThey'll probably have type-2 diabetes[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]\r\nLocals cutting down the trees[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nFor free papers no one reads[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]\r\nIllegal wars that sow the seeds of[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nSo called democracy[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 3]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]\r\nBut if they took Afghanistan [/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]\r\nin retaliation of the towers,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]\r\nTell me Mr Leader Man, [/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]D[/ch]\r\nWhy are the poppies still in flower?[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 4]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]\r\n TV shows that make the music[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nElectric cars that no-one uses[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]\r\nLeona Lewis still in my head[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAt least top of the pops is dead[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus 1]\r\n[tab]      [ch]Em[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWell, these are the days and we hear it every day[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]Em[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThen they wonder why we binge drink.[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 5]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]\r\nIce caps melt away[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nShores are rising in the bay[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]\r\nShares are falling every day[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd the price of beer is how we pay[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 6]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]\r\nKids buying skinny jeans[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd a best of The Libertines[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]\r\nTrading in their drum n bass[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]D[/ch]\r\nFor the next big band on the fly front page[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 7]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]\r\nKids can't communicate[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nSpelling later with a number eight,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]\r\nLet's have chips and lard for dinner,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]   \r\nJamie Oliver make me thinner[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 8]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]\r\nPolitics like Jerry Springer,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nShout the loudest and you're the winner,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]\r\nThe church is empty so we're all sinners,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nBut I think hell sounds quite appealing[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus 2]\r\n[tab]      [ch]Em[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWell, these are the days and we hear it every day[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]Em[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThen they wonder why we binge drink.[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 9]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]\r\nAnd with bodies still fresh in the ditches,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nBlair goes home to spend his riches[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]\r\nNow lets welcome in the Tories[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nI wasn't alive but I've heard the stories[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 10]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]\r\nAnd the cost of living soars and soars,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nLike some filthy joke,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd you'd think that they'd stop starting wars,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nBefore they tell us where to smoke[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus 3]\r\n[tab]      [ch]Em[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWell, these are the days and we hear it every day[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]Em[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThen they wonder why we binge drink.[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]Em[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWell, these are the days and we hear it every day[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]Em[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThen they wonder why we binge drink.[/tab]","plain_text":"These Are The Days - Will Varley\n\n\n[Verse 1]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 3]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 4]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus 1]\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 5]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 6]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 7]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 8]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus 2]\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 9]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 10]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus 3]","chords":["Em","G","C","D"],"chord_diagrams":{"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"Em":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,0,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,0,0,0]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}