Am    G                     F                          E
Every sweet little lie ever whispered to you now rings true.
   Am               G                  F                    E
No need to wake the sleeping dogs when they'll just turn on you.
     Am             G           F                    E
I'll make my way instead to the foot of your ivory tower,
    Am           G                      F              E
but no love do I find there amongst the leaves and the dying flowers...

[Pre-chorus]
N.C.
What became of the love we knew?

[Chorus]
   Am       G     F         E
We beat the swine black and blue.
Am      G  F      E
You and I, me and you.
   Am       G     F         E
We beat the swine black and blue.

[Verse 2] 
Am                    G           F                          E
   The Thames and the Mersey, the Thyne and the Wear and the Clyde.
     Am              G            F                      E      
They spew slums like gravy on the banks of the poisonous tide.
F  G     Am         G               F                 E
   They washed up a pale thin girl, alone in her ivory tower.
Am                           G                       F                  E
Scratching her skin with the thorns that grow on the stems of the wildflowers.

[Pre-Chorus]
N.C.
What became of the love we knew?

[Chorus]
Am       G     F         E
Beat the swine black and blue
Am      G  F      E
You and I, me and you
Am      G          F       E
Beat the swine black and blue?
Am   G             F        E
What became of the working class
Am    G       F   E
Nike, Reebok, Adidas,
Am             G         F     E
Scratch cards, Pitbulls, ecstasy
Am             G    F    E
Hooray for the 21st Century
Am             G    F    E
Hooray for the 21st Century
Am             G    F    E
Hooray for the 21st Century
Am             G    F    E
Hooray for the 21st Century
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