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Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)
πΈ Intro:
| G | G | Bm | Bm |
πΈ Verse 1: Kele Okereke:
G Bm
Attention! Unbelievers
G Bm
Fashion victims, opportunists
G Bm
Blood sport, cop killer
G Bm
Don't trust art, don't trust culture
πΈ Chorus: Gordon Moakes:
G Bm
Cancel your thoughts out forever
G
Milk it and strain it to residue
Bm
An insult that dilates forever
G Bm
Passing from history that's made from arrangements
G
Of Tannoys and cordons in symmetry
Bm
That cancel forever
πΈ Interlude:
| Bm | Bm | A | G | x2
πΈ Verse 2: Kele Okereke:
G Bm
A curse on your houses
G Bm
Rivers run with your sons' blood
G Bm
No case for extenuation
G Bm
All the marshals are dead, dead, dead, dead
πΈ Chorus: Gordon Moakes:
G Bm
Cancel your thoughts out forever
G
Milk it and strain it to residue
Bm
An insult that dilates forever
G Bm
Passing from history that's made from arrangements
G
Of Tannoys and cordons in symmetry
Bm
That cancel forever
πΈ Bridge: Gordon Moakes:
G
Spring breaks
Bm
In ranks and in boulevards
G
A country that makes us
Bm
But cannot contain us
πΈ Outro:
| Bm | D | Bm | D | x2
| G | G | Bm | Bm | x4
| Em | Em | A | A | x4
| Em |
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Other versions of this song
- The Marshals Are Dead (Tabs)
Song History
Published: August 24, 2021
Last Updated: February 6, 2026