IDLES – Model Village (Guitar)

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Ridiculously easy song to play, basically just E and D [Intro] E D E D E D E D [Verse]
E        D             E           D
A lot of nine fingered boys in the village

E            D          E            D
They haven't got much choice in the village

E      D         E            D
Model car, model wife, model village

E       D         E            D
Model far, model right, model village

E       D         E             D
They ain't too friendly in the village

E           D       E            D
There’s a tabloid frenzy in the village

E            D       E           D
He's "not a racist but" in the village

E        D        E           D
Gotta drive half-cut in the village

E       D        E           D
Model low crime rate in the village

E       D          E           D
Model race, model hate, model village

E       D           E         D
Got my head kicked in in the village

E          D           E           D
There’s a lot of pink skin in the village

E        D           E             D
"Hardest man in the world" in the village

E             D              E            D
He says he's got with every girl in the village
[Bridge]
E    B                  D      E
     Take flight, take flight
Model village E B D E [Chorus]
E            D
I beg your pardon

E                        D
I don’t care about your rose garden

C                     D
I've listened to the things you said

E                          D
You just sound like you're scared to death
[Verse 2]
E     D        E              D
Still not in love with the village

E     D           E             D
Homophobes by the tonne in the village

E        D           E            D
A lot of overpriced drugs in the village

E        D          E            D
A lot of half pint thugs in the village

E      D          E           D
Model car, model wife, model village

E      D          E           D
Model far, model right, model village

E  D            E            D
I see a lot of gammon in the village

E       D          E             D
I don’t see a lot happen in the village

E     D            E                  D
Just give them an anthem and they'll sing it

E          D              E        D
Still they don’t know the meanings in it

E      D       E                D
Just saluting flags 'cause it's British

E      D       E                D
Idiot spirits thinking they're kindred

E     D          E          D
Model low crime rate in the village

E     D           E           D
Model race, model hate, model village

E  D              E               D
It feels like the village is self-pillaged

E     D       E        D
Still someone making a killing
[Bridge]
E    B                  D      E
     Take flight, take flight
Model village E B D E [Chorus]
E            D
I beg your pardon

E                        D
I don’t care about your rose garden

C                     D
I've listened to the things you said

E                          D
You just sound like you're scared to death
[Outro]
E         D            E         D
You gotta laugh as the curtain twitches

E       D          E          D
And the villagers bury their riches

E       D               E         D
But the village doesn't know what rich is

E     D       E            D
Just snitches snitching on snitches

E     D           E         D
Only one thing to do in the village

E     D         E         D
Just say toodle-do to the village
Toodle-fucking-do