Chickenshit Conformist Chords

♫ 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 Chickenshit conformist like your parents