The Consumers Song

G              D
Don't trust 'em as far
                 Em C D
As you can throw 'em
G                             D
Because as strong as you may be
                      Em        
You won't be able to move 'em an 
   C  D
inch


[Verse]
G                              D
But you don't have to believe me
     Em                C
Go ahead and be the corporate stooge
           D
That they trained you to be
                G             D   
And then you'll see what you get 
               Em C D
for your loyalty


[Verse]
G                   D
They call it, 'Down sizing'
                  Em         C     D
But that's just a backhanded saying
G                             D
For the phrase, 'We're gonna screw 
you
             Em            C     D
Until you're down on your knees'


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[Verse]
G                   D
And you better not try to complain
                 Em            
Because there's another hundred 
   C           D
stiffs like you
                                G
All who'd plead, I'd kiss your ass 
just for a chance
         D                   Em C D
To be a whore to your company


[Verse]
G                     D
You see it every day, everywhere
       Em C     D
On the TV screen
G                             D
Each time a different face or family
         Em         C   D
But it's always the same


[Verse]
G
"We worked here all our lives
D
Gave them everything we had
    Em                   C        
And now they say they're gonna 
       D
move the factory
     G                             
To a Third World country where the 
 D          Em C D
labour is cheap


[Bridge]
D                Em           C
But the fact, my friend, that you 
don't see
       D         Em           C
Is the money you spend on the goods 
they make
               D          Em      
Supports their methods of abuse on
     C
 the Third World scene
            D        Em           
And in your very own backyard, 
       C
yes, your country


[Verse]
G                 D              
So I won't be the consumer that 
    Em         C  D
they want me to be
G                   D            
Because the goods I own aren't 
       Em     C    D
going to set me free
G                   D            
So I won't buy that crap they 
     Em       C  D
want to sell to me
G                   D             
Because the goods I own won't set 
Em
anyone free