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IDLES - Scum (Acoustic)
[Intro] x4
G Em
[Verse 1]
I'm Gcouncil housed and Emviolent
I'm Glaughing at the Emtyrants
I'm Gsleeping under Emsirens
Whilst Gwondering where the Emtime went
I'm GscuEmm
I'm GscuEmm
[Instrumental] x4
G Em
GI'll sing at Emfascists 'til my Ghead comes Emoff
GI am EmDennis Skinner's GmoloEmtov
GI'm lefty, EmI'm soft
GI'm minimum wage Emjob
GI am a mongrel Emdog
I'm Gjust another Emcog
I'm GscuEmm
I'm GscuEmm
 G   Emx4
GThis snowflake's an avalanche
[Chorus]
EDirty rotten filthy scumD  
GFor a long long while I'm known as
EDirty rotten filthy scumD  
GFor a long old while I'm known as scum
I'm GscuEmm
I'm GscuEmm
[Instrumental] x2
G Em
[Verse 2]
GSpit in your Empercolator
GI am proEmcrastinator
GI over-Emtip the waiter
GSarcastic Emcomputator
[Instrumental]
G Em
'Cause I'm GscuEmm
I'm GscuEmm
 G   Emx4
[Bridge]
GI don't Emcare about the Gnext James EmBond
GHe kills for Emcountry, Gqueen and Emgod
GWe don't need Emanother Gmurderous Emtoff
GI'm just Emwondering where the Ghigh street's Emgone
'Cause I'm GscuEmm
I'm GscuEmm
GThis snowflake's an avalanche
[Chorus]
EDirty rotten filthy scumD  
GFor a long long while I'm known as
EDirty rotten filthy scumD  
GFor a long old while I've known I'm EscumD  
GFor a long old while I've known I'm EscumD  
GFor a long old while I've known I'm EscumD  
GFor a long old while I've known I'm EscumD  
[Outro]
G

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Im Scum

by IDLES

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IDLES - Scum (Acoustic)

[Intro] x4

G Em

[Verse 1]

G Em

I'm council housed and violent

G Em

I'm laughing at the tyrants

G Em

I'm sleeping under sirens

G Em

Whilst wondering where the time went

G Em

I'm scum

G Em

I'm scum

[Instrumental] x4

G Em

G Em G Em

I'll sing at fascists 'til my head comes off

G Em G Em

I am Dennis Skinner's molotov

G Em

I'm lefty, I'm soft

G Em

I'm minimum wage job

G Em

I am a mongrel dog

G Em

I'm just another cog

G Em

I'm scum

G Em

I'm scum

G Em

This snowflake's an avalanche

[Chorus]

E D

Dirty rotten filthy scum

For a long long while I'm known as

E D

Dirty rotten filthy scum

For a long old while I'm known as scum

G Em

I'm scum

G Em

I'm scum

[Instrumental] x2

G Em

[Verse 2]

G Em

Spit in your percolator

G Em

I am procrastinator

G Em

I over-tip the waiter

G Em

Sarcastic computator

[Instrumental]

G Em

'Cause I'm scum

G Em

I'm scum

G Em

[Bridge]

G Em G Em

I don't care about the next James Bond

G Em G Em

He kills for country, queen and god

G Em G Em

We don't need another murderous toff

G Em G Em

I'm just wondering where the high street's gone

G Em

'Cause I'm scum

G Em

I'm scum

This snowflake's an avalanche

[Chorus]

E D

Dirty rotten filthy scum

For a long long while I'm known as

E D

Dirty rotten filthy scum

G E D

For a long old while I've known I'm scum

G E D

For a long old while I've known I'm scum

G E D

For a long old while I've known I'm scum

G E D

For a long old while I've known I'm scum

[Outro]

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