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C Em G C Em G D Piles of bodies on the nightclub floor C Em G D The drugs that arrive from a distant shore C Em Poppies in fields get torched in a war G C Em On everything we ever knew before, G ever knew before C Em G 2x C Em G D Didn't you used to buy this stuff C Em G D To feed your youth to keep them dazed? C Em Even as you talk of a war on drugs G C The name on the cheque says CIA, Em G says CIA C Em G 2x C Em Burn the supply and raise the price G On the streets where the votes were disallowed C Em The voice against war is the voice of the poor G C And those that turned their heads around C G F C 4x C G F C So when you see us laughing it's a sign of self defense G F C A mirror for the madness that replaces common sense C G Bb C Em G D Flags get flown on the way back home C Em G D From the wars that end when the whistle's blown C Em Kit supplied from a factory, sewn G C For a fraction of the price where the rice gets grown C Em G Patriotic fervour rests Em Its legs on desperation's back Bb D C When asked to justify itself D G It wrapped its silence in a flag Bb F C The big man cheers for the price of a beer D The peace distraction brings Bb F C Away from the news and the darkened views D As empires spread their wings Bb F C F G C Bb F G C D F G C Bb So when you see us laughing it's a sign of self defense F G F C A mirror for the madness that replaces common sense F G C Bb So when you see us laughing F G It's a sign of self defense