Better Than Them Chords by New Model Army

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_ _ _ [Dm] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [F]
This is our town, [Am] it's Friday night, [F]
Driftin' our rags and [Am] our rage and our best,
[D] _
Piercing our knees, [C] but here's the something, _ [F] _
Anything, just what you want. _
Stare across the [Am] floor, they begin to dance, [F]
Missing all the rhythms,
[Am] Chose the right steps, and [Dm] we laugh, and we drink,
In [C] our corner again, [F] we're better than _ _ _ _ _ them,
Divided we were born, [Am] divided we live, [F]
divided we fall, yeah,
[Am] Divided we die, [Dm] and we tell ourselves [C] all over again,
We're [F] better than _ _ _ them,
[G] With [Am] our hunger, _ [D] our hatred, [Am] we all walk this town,
[D] _ _ _ [F] With our fear, _ _ [G] _ our mess, [D] just pull it off,
_ _ With [Am] our doubts, [D] and our emptiness, [Am] on this cold, cold [D] ground,
We [F] gotta be, _ [G] so important we'll put the whole [D] damn world down,
_ [F] And we build the walls that [Am] we can hide behind,
[F] And our finest weapon is [Am] our, poised pride,
[D]
Here in this town, [C] where the jealousies burn, [F] we're watching you,
_ _ _ _ _ And truth is only [Am] what we needed to be,
[F] To bring us survival, to [Am] each, every day,
[Dm]
We're not a safe, [C] nor is home, [F] to be cool,
_ _ _ And what was she wearing, [Am] and what did he say,
[F]
Who goes with [Am] who, what did they do, yeah,
[Dm] We tell ourselves [C] all over again,
[F] We're better than them,
_ _ With [Am] our hunger, [D] our _ hatred, [Am] we all walk this [D] town,
_ _ [F] With our fear, [G] our mess, _ [D] just pull it off,
_ _ [Am] With our doubts, _ [D] and our emptiness, [A] on this cold, [D] cold ground,
_ [F] We gotta be, [G] so important we'll put the whole [D] damn world _ _ down,
[F] You thought we were poor, [Am] you thought we lived,
[F] You thought we were cool, [Am] you thought we [G] died,
[Dm] You tell ourselves [C] all over again,
[F] We're better than them,
_ _ We're better than them,
We're better than them,
We're much like [Am] them, _ _
[F] We're better than them,
[Am] _ _ _
[G] We're better [Dm] than them,
[C] We're _ _ [F] better than them, _ _ _ _ _
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