Chumbawamba – Buy Nothing Day (Guitar)

Capo 4 • Video Lesson
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Worked out on request for setbroney from USA Songwriters: Judith Abbott / Neil Ferguson / Allan Whalley / Louise Watts / Darren Hamer / Nigel Hunter / Duncan Bruce / Alice Nutter Please: rate (stars left under sheet) or/and add favorite (heart right above) ATTENTION: notated in 12/8 except with * (6/8) [Intro] | C | Am | C | Am | | C | Am | C | Am | | C | Am | C | Am | [Verse 1]
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I woke up this morning, my temperature high (buy, buy, buy),

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"I'll never buy nothing again, " I lied (buy, buy, buy).

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My doctor he told me to stay out of town (buy, buy, buy),

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he said,   "affluenza will get you down" (buy, buy, buy).
[Chorus]
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What did you do in the war, dad? What did you do in the war?

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Ring up the tills in the High Street, I'm not coming in anymore.
[Interlude] | C | Am | C | Am | [Verse 2]
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There's a price tag on me and there's sick on the floor (buy, buy, buy),

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we're buying up anything we can't afford (buy, buy, buy).

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Wherever I go, I keep hearing this voice (buy, buy, buy),

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saying "choose what you want" but there's so little choice (buy, buy, buy)
[Chorus]
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What did you do in the war, dad? What did you do in the war?

C*                       F*               G*               C*
Ring up the tills in the High Street, I'm not coming in anymore.
[Interlude] | C | Am | C* F* | G* C* | | C | Am | C | Am |
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Give it a rest
| C | Am | C | Am | [Verse 3]
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There's dumb moves behind me and bad debts above (buy, buy, buy),

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I pawned my affections and still got no love (buy, buy, buy).

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My heart and my pocket will say it's unfair (buy, buy, buy),

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I'm unlearning the cost of this laissez-faire (buy, buy, buy).
[End-Chorus]
C                                Am
What did you do in the war, dad? What did you do in the war?

C*                       F*               G*               C*
Ring up the tills in the High Street, I'm not coming in anymore.

C                                Am
What did you do in the war, dad? What did you do in the war?

C*                       F*               G*               C*
Ring up the tills in the High Street, I'm not coming in anymore.
[Outro] | C | Am | N.C. || November twenty-three is buy nothing day