G
It's the year 2009
D
And we are living in dangerous times
Em
We should learn from the hippies, and why the movement failed:
C D G
Hippies don't run for government and politicians don't inhale.
G D
A long time ago in a time called the 60's,
Em C D G
People thought pop music was going to change the world.
G
They said things like 'All you need is love',
D
Took the pregnancy pill, and whatever else they could get hold of,
Em
Bob Dylan went electric, Sgt Peppers was a hit
C D G
And people realised they could change the world if they gave a shit!
Em D
But people got jaded when Vietnam was invaded,
G D Em
And Jimi, Janis and Morrison assasinated
C
By the C.I.A.
D
That was the day
G
The music died
G
Take me back to 1969
D
When changing the world meant a corny line
Em
Like 'Love Is You Need'
Or smoking an ounce of weed
C D G
Or taking LSD at Woodstock
G
Now it's the year 2009
D
And again we're living in dangerous times
Em
We should learn from the hippies, and why the movement failed:
C D G
Hippies don't run for government and politicians don't inhale.
G
Now its forty years later.
D
Things have been greater.
Em
The sexual revolution left a fishy taste
C D G
Of teenage pregnancies in council estates.
G
And we've still got war.
D
We've still got famine.
Em
As opposed to getting out your head to The Grateful Dead
C D G
People do it now listening to Radiohead instead.
Em
But everyone’s still jaded.
D
Now Iraq's been invaded.
G D
The Gaza strip's in Israel's grip,
Em
Even Syria has been raided.
C
Still we tow the line,
D
Maybe now's the time
C D G
To bring the music back to life.
G
Take me back to 1969
D
When changing the world meant a corny line
Em
Like 'Love Is You Need'
Or smoking an ounce of weed
C D G
Or taking LSD at Woodstock
G
Now it's the year 2009
D
And again we're living in dangerous times
Em
We should learn from the hippies, and why the movement failed:
C D G
Hippies don't run for government and politicians don't inhale.
Em
Now everyone’s still jaded.
D
And the hippies have all traded
G D Em
Free love in for a stable job and like their bell bottoms they've faded
C
How did it go this far.
D
Remember who you are,
C D G
And give the music C.P.R.
G
Take me back to 1969
D
When changing the world meant a corny line
Em
Like 'Love Is You Need'
Or smoking an ounce of weed
C D G
Or taking LSD at Woodstock
G
Now it's the year 2009
D
And again we're living in dangerous times
Em
We should learn from the hippies, and why the movement failed:
C D
Hippies don't run for government and politicians (Execpt Barack Obama that one time in
G
college) don't inhale.
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