Chords for WE THE COLLECTIVE - LEVELLERS

[G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [N] _
_ The first man we got in, bang, strum, nice, clang, boom.
_ _ Wow.
That's what's Abbey Road Studios.
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[D] _ _ _ [C] _ _ [A] _ _ _
_ Recording music [G] has become over-complicated over the years,
[A] but Abbey [Em] Road has maintained the [D] simplicity of it.
[Em] _ _
[A] The [Em] experience at Abbey Road has been [D] fantastic. _
[Em] _ _ _ [A] Never worked anywhere [Am] quite as easy.
[A] We just walked [F] in on Monday and [A] pretty much, you know,
[C] now we're underway in the [A] recording, which is just [Am] amazing.
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[C] _ [A] _ _ [Am] _ _ _ [G] _ _
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_ To [Am] actually record [G] together in the room, [D] in the atmosphere,
[Em] and the tension, [G] and the performance,
is a massive responsibility [Am] to get it right.
This [A] is your go, [Am] and when you get it right, it's [A] forever.
It's old [Am] school, it's ridiculous, but you know what?
Why mess with [A] what's not broken? _
Working with Mr Leckie has been [D] an absolute joy.
John [A] has been coming to Beautiful Days for a while,
saw the band, loves the [D] band.
We were looking to do some recordings on [A] acoustic [B] stuff,
and John said, why [D] don't you come and do it at Abbey Road with me?
_ [A] Old school, [D] and we went, [Em] that sounds [D] amazing.
Let's do that, let's live the [A] dream.
_ Oh, he's a [E] great character, he's a great [D] guy.
_ _ [A] He certainly works in a different way to any other [Em] producers [D] we've had.
_ He doesn't hold [A] his punches, he says it as it is,
and that, [D] for a band like us, is really useful.
_ _ [A] _ _ _ [G]
The Truck Bus McGee [D] is [C] literally about my experiences
and several other people's experiences with [G] undercover police [D] officers
doing [C] _ nefarious deeds. _
I _ _ _ _ _ [G]
stole my [D] name from a [C] dead baby
_ _ That's how they describe me
_ _ [G] Stand behind [D] you till [C] we're all free
_ _ Searching for conspiracy
_ I [G] look for proof, but [D] that's [C] just me
I stay in the seat of Bus _ _ [D] McGee
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_ [Bm] _ [C] _ [G] _ _ _ _ _
_ [C] We wanted strings on it, but we didn't want dog players,
we wanted people who could do it by ear, like these [G] guys are doing up there right now.
They've given us so [D] much, [C] because we're just going,
whoa, wow, you've added a certain amount [G] of gravitas and emotion
[D] and parts and [C] lines and riffs that we've _ never thought.
No reading for music, just listening [G] and playing by ear _
[D] [C] and understanding what the rhythm is about and playing [Em] along.
[C] We have the bowl, you bring the [D] fruit, _ _
and [C] he's got the glass of cherry.
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What _ [N] we've done, we've had to _ literally throw the songs out.
For me, the hardest thing is to go back to music that I've played for _ 25 years,
and to completely reinvent it. _
One way is [Em] very difficult.
[Bm] There's only [D] one way [G] of [A] life
That [G] you roll, [D] you roll, [A] you roll
[Bm] There's only one [D]
way [G] of [A] life
That [G] you roll, you roll, [A] you roll
[Bm] There's only one [G] way of [A] life
That [G] you roll, [D] you roll, you roll
We [A] refuse to believe how shit [N] we are, so we just keep going.
I have ideas like, let's put on a festival, let's play the Albert Hall,
let's go and record, and that'd be my shit.
We refuse to believe how stupid and shit we are.
And that's worth it, you know what I mean?
We just do it, and it works.
_ [E] _ _ This is the exodus [Bm] [E] from the game _
_ _ [A] That's beneath the [G] stars
[E] We the sound [Em] system, we the [A] collector
With an [G] open heart
[Em] We the solution, should be respected
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At [D] _ [E] _ midnight, the farce is_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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