Chickenshit Conformist chords by Dead Kennedys
Guitar chords with lyrics
- Difficulty: Beginner 👶
♫ Intro:
G F G
G F G
♫ Verse 1:
G F G
Punk's not dead, it just deserves to die
G F G
When it becomes another stale cartoon
G F G
A closed-minded, self-centered social club
G F G
Ideas don't matter, it's who you know
F D F G Bb G
If the music's gotten boring, it's because of the people
F D F G
Who want everyone to sound the same
N.C. G F G
Who drive the bright people out of our so-called scene
Bb C G
'til all that's left is just a meaningless fad
♫ Verse 2:
N.C. E A D
Hardcore formulas are dogshit
E A D
Change and caring are what's real
E A D
Is this a state of mind
E A D
Or just another label?
E A D
The joy and hope of an alternative
E A D
Has become its own cliché
E A D
A hairstyle's not a lifestyle
E A D
Imagine Sid Vicious at thirty-five
E A D
Who needs a scene? Scared to love and to feel
E A D
Judging everything by loud, fast rules' appeal
E A D
Who played last night? "I don't know, I forgot
E A D
But diving off the stage was a lot of fun"
♫ Chorus:
E A D
So eager to please peer pressure decrees
E A D
So eager to please peer pressure decrees
E A D
Make the same old mistakes, again and again
D G E
Chickenshit conformist like your parents
G F G
G F G
♫ Verse 3:
G F G
What's ripped us apart even more than drugs
G F G
Are the thieves and the goddamn liars
G F G
Ripping people off when they share their stuff
G F G
When someone falls, are there any friends?
G F G
Harder-core-than-thou for a year or two
G F G
Then it's time to get a real job
G F G
Others stay home, it's no fun to go out
G F G
When the gigs are wrecked by gangs and thugs
F D F G Bb G
When the thugs form bands, look who gets record deals
F D F G
From New York metal labels looking to scam
G F G
Who sign the most racist queer-bashing bands they can find
Bb C G
To make a buck revving kids up for war
♫ Verse 4:
N.C. E A D
Walk tall, act small
E A D
Only as tough as gang approval
E A D
Unity is bullshit
E A D
When it's under someone's fat boot
E A D
Where's the common cause?
E A D
Too many factions safely sulk in their shells
E A D
"Agree with us on everything or we won't help with anything"
E A D
That kind of attitude just makes a split grow wider
E A D
Guess who's laughing while the world explodes?
E A D
When we're all crybabies who fight best among ourselves
♫ Chorus:
E A D
So eager to please peer pressure decrees
E A D
So eager to please peer pressure decrees
E A D
Make the same old mistakes, again and again
D G E N.C.
Chickenshit conformist like your parents
Instrumental ♫ Break:
C A D A
C A D A
C A D A
C F Em
F D F D
♫ Verse 5:
N.C. G F G
That farty, old rock-and-roll attitude's back
G F G
"It's competition, man, we wanna break big"
G F G
Who needs friends when the money's good?
G F G
That's right, the Seventies are back
F D F G Bb G
Cock-rock metal's like a bad laxative
F D F G
It just don't move me, ya know?
G F G
The music's okay when there's more ideas than solos
Bb C G
Do we really need the attitude, too?
♫ Verse 6:
N.C. E A D
Shedding thin skin too quickly
E A D
As a fan, it disappoints me
E A D
Same old, stupid, sexist lyrics
E A D
Or is Satan all you can think of?
E A D
"Crossover" is just another word for lack of ideas
E A D
Maybe what we need are more trolls under the bridge
E A D
Will the metalheads finally learn something?
E A D
Or will the punks throw away their education?
E A D
No one's ever the best once they believe their own press
E A D
"Maturing" don't mean rehashing mistakes of the past
♫ Chorus:
E A D
So eager to please peer pressure decrees
E A D
So eager to please peer pressure decrees
E A D
Make the same old mistakes, again and again
D G E
Chickenshit conformist like your parents
♫ Interlude:
C A D A
C A D A
♫ Bridge:
C A D A
The more things change, the more they stay the same
C A D A
We can't grow when we won't criticize ourselves
C A D A
The '60s weren't all failure, it's the '70s that stunk
C A D A
As the clock ticks, we dig the same hole
C A D A
Music scenes ain't real life, they won't get rid of the bomb
C A D A
Won't eliminate rape or bring down the banks
C A D A
Any kind of real change takes more time and work
C A D A
Than changing channels on a TV set
Outro ♫ Chorus:
C A D A
So, why are we so eager to please peer pressure decrees?
C A D A
So eager to please peer pressure decrees
C A D A
Make the same old mistakes, again and again
C F D
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