I Wish The Guardian Believed That I Exist

A D A E A D A E A A D A E I don't believe that aliens have ever come to earth and are buried in the desert by the feds A D F#m E D A I know that there is no tooth fairy flying around at night, just loving parents putting money in those beds D A E and as for homoeopathy well it's not my cup of tea but on your right to believe I will insist A A7 D Dm because who's to say what's really real still I can't help but feel A E A I wish the Guardian believed that I exist D A There's no such thing as a protest singer A E we don't have none of those A A7 D Dm A E A no there's no such thing as a protest singer we lost them when the mines all closed D A E A D A E A A D I know you miss the good old days of picket lines and flags A E When the Specials and the Jam all ruled the charts A D but if you're really looking for this generation's Billy Bragg's F#m E D A We are all here with a fire in our hearts D A E But we're not on the radio because they don't want to know and by this point it's really pretty clear A A7 D Dm that the mainstream music press they just couldn't care less A E A but it's the Guardian that keeps shouting we're not here D A There's no such thing as a protest singer A E we don't have none of those A A7 D Dm A E A no there's no such thing as a protest singer we lost them when the mines all closed D A E A D A E A A D I know you like to think that no one does it like you did and in A E 1989 the needle just got stuck A D A E A but just because the system is changed it doesn't mean you've got the monopoly on giving a f**k D A E Because we all unemployed that housing market you've enjoyed is suspended by the renting of the youth A A7 D Dm We've had our wages squeezed, fifty grand tuition fees A E A so let me let you in on the unspoken truth: strum chords once D A A E That there's no such thing as a protest singer, no it's a made up thing A D F#m E A There's no such thing as a protest singer because there's politics in everything we sing back to normal strumming D A There's no such thing as a protest singer A E we don't have none of those A D F#m E A no there's no such thing as a protest singer we lost them when the mines all closed D A A E Oh there's no such thing as a protest singer against austerity A D F#m E D A No there's no such thing as a protest singer cos I can't find them in the NME D E No I can't find them in the NME End on A