The Age Of Self chords by Robert Wyatt

Chords with lyrics

Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)

Difficulty: Novice

Intro:
G minorGm

Verse 1:
   Bb majorBb                  E minorEm      Eb MajorEb
They say the working class is dead, we're all consumers now
   Bb majorBb                 E minorEm       Eb MajorEb
They say that we have moved ahead, we're all just people now
    Bb majorBb                   E minorEm      Eb MajorEb
There's people doing 'frightfully well' there's others on the shelf
   Bb majorBb               E minorEm      Eb MajorEb
But never mind the second kind this is the age of self

G minorGm D MajorD Bb majorBb C majorC

Chorus:
    G minorGm             D MajorD
And it seems to me if we forget our roots and where we stand
  Bb majorBb                C majorC
The movement will disintegrate like castles built on sand

Verse 2:
   Bb majorBb            E minorEm        Eb MajorEb
They say we need new images to help our movement grow
   Bb majorBb                E minorEm      Eb MajorEb
They say that life is broader based as if we didn't know
   Bb majorBb              E minorEm         Eb MajorEb
While Martin J. and Robert Maxwell play with printer's ink
  Bb majorBb                   E minorEm    Eb MajorEb
The workers 'round the world still die for Rio Tinto Zinc

G minorGm D MajorD Bb majorBb C majorC

Chorus:
    G minorGm             D MajorD
And it seems to me if we forget our roots and where we stand
  Bb majorBb                C majorC           C minorCm
The movement will disintegrate like castles built on sand
         G minorGm
Castles built on sand

G minorGm