Verse C Gm Dm E Every sweet little lie ever whispered to you now rings true C Gm Dm E No need to wake the sleeping dogs when they'll just turn on you C Gm Dm E I'll make my way instead to the foot of your ivory tower C Gm Dm E But no love do I find there amongst the leaves and the dying flowers Chorus E What became of the lover in you E D C B Beat the swine black and blue E D C B You and I, me and you E D C B What became of the lover in you E D C B What became of the lover in you
Verse The Thames and the Mersey, the Tyne and the Wear and the Clyde They spew slums like gravy on the banks of the poisonous tide They washed up a pale thin girl, alone in her ivory tower Scratching her skin with the thorns that grow on the stems of the wild flowers Chorus What became of the lover in you Beat the swine black and blue You and I, me and you What became of the lover in you What became of the working class Nike, Reebok, Adidas, Scratch cards, pimples, ecstasy Hooray for the 21st Century (5x) Bridge Bm F# G C Living in a looking glass as the beauty of life goes by F Bb G C You're going to be so old, you're going to grow so old E Your skin so cold E D C B Hooray for the 21st Century(x8)