The Age Of Self chords

Robert Wyatt

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Intro: Gm 

verse 1 
     Bb                                   Em            Eb 
They say the working class is dead, we're all consumers now 
     Bb                                  Em              Eb 
They say that we have moved ahead, we're all just people now 
        Bb                                      Em            Eb 
There's people doing 'frightfully well' there's others on the shelf 
     Bb                             Em            Eb 
But never mind the second kind this is the age of self 

Gm D Bb C 


        Gm                          D 
And it seems to me if we forget our roots and where we stand 
    Bb                               C 
The movement will disintegrate like castles built on sand 

verse 2 
     Bb                        Em                Eb 
They say we need new images to help our movement grow 
     Bb                                Em           Eb 
They say that life is broader based as if we didn't know 
      Bb                            Em                 Eb 
While Martin J. and Robert Maxwell play with printer's ink 
    Bb                                     Em        Eb 
The workers 'round the world still die for Rio Tinto Zinc 

Gm D Bb C 

 
        Gm                          D 
And it seems to me if we forget our roots and where we stand 
    Bb                               C                     Cm 
The movement will disintegrate like castles built on sand 
                 Gm 
Castles built on sand 

Gm