We Are All Bourgeois Now
Manic Street Preachers Key
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Am C Dm F C Bb Am D
Am C Dm F C Bb Am D
G C D C Am G C D G
Verse 1
Am C Dm
There's something wrong somewhere here
F C
So through unclean streets
Bb Am D
I made my way
Am C Dm F C
With holes in my shoes and my children asleep at my feet
Bb Am D
I paid my way
Bridge
G C D
In every town on the way
C Am
The people looked grey
G C D
The buildings looked healthy
G C D
But one day I met a man
C Am
With money to spare
G C
He said he will tell me
D G
How it is
Verse 2
Am C Dm F C
The state he began has been propping up people too long
Bb Am D
For far too long
Am C Dm F C
We all got lazy and couldn't be bothered to make
Bb Am D
Our way through the world
Bridge
G C D
But we are all bourgeois now
C Am
Once there was class war
G C D
But not any longer because baby
G C D
We are all bourgeois now
C Am G C
So go out and make your way in the world
D E
We're free to choose
Chorus
D A D E
We're all free to choose
D A D E
We're all free to choose
D A D E D A D
We're free to chooo-oo-oo-oo-oose
Instrumental
G C D C Am G C D G C D C Am G C D G
Verse 3
Am C Dm F C
In booming Britain, we all work together to raise
Bb Am D
Ourselves in the world
Am C Dm F C
Each of us know someone who has done well for themselves
Bb Am D
So well for themselves
Bridge
G C D
"Thank you", I said as I left
C Am
I'll be on my way
G C D
I see how it is
G C D
We are all bourgeois now
C Am G C
and somehow I'll raise myself through the world
D E
I'm free to choose
Chorus
D A D E
We're all free to choose
D A D E
We're all free to choose
D A D E D A D E
We're free to chooo-oo-oo-oo-oose
D A D E
We're all bourgeois now
D A D E
We're all bourgeois now
D A D E D A D E
We're bourgeois nooo-oo-oo-oo-ow
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