Welcome to the Occupation - Cold War Kids
Intro
D, D, Bm, Bm
Verse
D
Whistle blowers,
Bm
Gotta get outta school
D
They don't want poets
Bm
They want pigeons on a stool
D
You're examining fossils, defending criminals
Bm
I'm clock watching getting dumb
D
Photographic models, a house painted solace
Bm D
I'm like Sisyphus in the sun
Chorus
F#m D
And I give up
F#m D
Raising your kids America
F#m D
You treat 'em like an obligation
F#m
Welcome to the occupation
Bm
The devil's in the details, devil's in the details
F#m
He's got your gold watch and chain
Bm
The devil's in the details, devil's in the details
E
He's got your gold watch and chain
Verse
D
Whistle blowers
Bm
We know how you feel
D
Public servants
Bm
Surrender their free will
D
But you can't be in politics and work in the circus
E
You have to choose just one
D
You hold the nail, I'll swing the hammer
E
That's how things get done
Bridge
D Bm
And goodbye valedictorians, goodbye punks
D Bm
Goodbye valedictorians, goodbye punks
Chorus
F#m D
And I give up
F#m D
Raising your kids America
F#m D
You treat 'em like an obligation
F#m
Welcome to the occupation
Bm
The devil's in the details, devil's in the details
F#m
He's got your gold watch and chain
Bm
The devil's in the details, devil's in the details
F#m Bm
He's got your gold watch and chain
