Them Kids
Artist: Sam Roberts
Album: Love at the End of the World
Notes: the song sounds best when played with barre chords
C G
No one feels more alone that the children of a dying breed
C G
You never feel at home when you're just another mouth to feed
C G
I wanna live in geological time
C G
Because I'm still in my biological prime
F C
If nobody listens, then who's gonna hear?
F C Dm
If nobody listens, will we disappear?
C G
You flip a man a quarter playing songs on his guitar
C G
You're on a street corner, feeling like a patron of the arts
C G
And now the kids don't know how to dance to rock and roll
C G
I said the kids don't know how to dance to rock and roll
F C
If nobody listens, then who's gonna hear?
F C Dm
If nobody listens, will we disappear?
C G
I just don't understand why the kids don't know how to dance to rock and roll
C G
I said the kids don't know how to dance to rock and roll
C G
They're always on the phone and they always gotta have control
C G
And now the kids don't know how to dance to rock and roll
F Dm C
The golden years are under attack (we're taking them back, we're taking them back)
F Dm C
The golden years are under attack (we're taking them back, we're taking them back)
F Dm C
Looking for an original voice but the beaten path leaves little choice
F Dm C Dm F
The melody that you thought you found reveals that she's been sleeping around
C
We were apostles, they were the high priests
G {C G F} C
We're under pressure to reconcile
G {C G F} C G F
It used to be that the kids were the ones who knew how to get off
C G F
It was a yell from the swamp, now it's only coming out as a cough
C G
I can't sell my songs so I'm gonna have to give 'em away
C G
I can't sell myself since my hair started turning to grey
F C
If nobody listens, then who's gonna hear?
F C Dm
If nobody listens, will we disappear?
C G
I just don't understand why the kids don't know how to dance to rock and roll
C G
I said the kids don't know how to dance to rock and roll
C G
The high priests are calling all disciples back to the fold
C G
Because the kids don't know how to dance to rock and roll
C G F x4
--Finish on C--
