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The Vaselines – I Hate The 80’s
	A  	E  	D      E3x
A E D
There was you and MTAV,E  D  
Pink Espeed emptied Ame,E  D  
There goes the Eday glo geneAration,E  D  
Hey! WhEat's my motiAvationE?
D
Brain like a Rubik's Acube,E  D  
Didn't Enotice we got Ascrewed,E  D  
NoEw the party's AoverE,D  
Nothing Eleft but the Ahangover.E  D  
What do Dyou know? You weren't Athere,
It wasn't Eall Duran Duran,
You want the Dtruth? Well, This is Ait,
EI hate the '80s 'cause the '80s were shit.
	A  	E  	D      E3x
A E D
You put a bullet in a ABeatle,E  D  
Started Ebeating on the Apeople,E  D  
A waEll wasn't Athere,E  D  
A wEar that lead Anowhere.E  D  
And it's all coming Adown,E  D  
No pEoint in hanging aAroundE,D  
But wEhere did that AgirEl Dgo,
And wEhat did that AboEy Dknow?E  
What do Dyou know? You weren't Athere,
It wasn't Eall Duran Duran,
You want the Dtruth? Well, This is Ait,
EI hate the '80s 'cause the '80s were shit.
Solo
	A  	E  	D      E8x
What do Dyou know? You weren't Athere,
It wasn't Eall Duran Duran,
You want the Dtruth? Well, This is Ait,
EI hate the '80s 'cause the '80s were shit.
Where did that AgirEl Dgo?   \
             E   A   E      D      Eplay this section 4 times
What did that boy know?   /
End on A

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I Hate The 80S

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The Vaselines – I Hate The 80’s

A E D E

A E D

There was you and MTV,

E A E D

Pink speed emptied me,

E A E D

There goes the day glo generation,

E A E

Hey! What's my motivation?

A E D

Brain like a Rubik's cube,

E A E D

Didn't notice we got screwed,

E A E D

Now the party's over,

E A E D

Nothing left but the hangover.

D A

What do you know? You weren't there,

It wasn't all Duran Duran,

D A

You want the truth? Well, This is it,

I hate the '80s 'cause the '80s were shit.

A E D E

A E D

You put a bullet in a Beatle,

E A E D

Started beating on the people,

E A E D

A wall wasn't there,

E A E D

A war that lead nowhere.

A E D

And it's all coming down,

E A E D

No point in hanging around,

E A E D

But where did that girl go,

E A E D E

And what did that boy know?

D A

What do you know? You weren't there,

It wasn't all Duran Duran,

D A

You want the truth? Well, This is it,

I hate the '80s 'cause the '80s were shit.

Solo

A E D E

D A

What do you know? You weren't there,

It wasn't all Duran Duran,

D A

You want the truth? Well, This is it,

I hate the '80s 'cause the '80s were shit.

A E D

Where did that girl go? \

E A E D E

play this section 4 times

What did that boy know? /

End on A

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