Chords for Crass - Systematic Death (1981)

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Poor little [B] kids, poor [C] _ little kids, poor [D] little lady, poor [Eb] little mind,
who doesn't learn [E] how to be good as her [A] parents might. _
_ _ _ _ _ _ Zip them, zip them, zip them, school.
Zip _ them, zip them, zip them, what is a school?
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Zip them, teach them how to cheat.
_ _ [A] Zip them, zip them, zip them, kick them on their feet.
_ Poor [Bb] little schoolboy, poor little lad,
[B] imagine if he'd be good [C] and they would beat him if he's [Db] bad.
Poor little kid, [D] poor little chap,
the [E] force be divine, but they're useless [A] craps.
The force be divine, but they're useless craps. _ _
Zip them, zip them, zip them, they'll [A] teach you how to cook. _ _
Zip them, zip them, zip them, you have to cook. _ _
Zip them, [D] zip them, zip them, they'll teach you all the tricks.
Zip them, zip them, zip them,
create [B] elements that are greasy, brakes.
[Bb] Poor little走了, poor little west.
[B] Another little [C] optic, rod and pitch.
[D] Poor little wichy, [Eb] poor little silly.
[E] F*** her mind so they can [A] f*** her silly.
F*** her mind, so they can fuck her silly. _ _
System, system, system, he's got to be [A] a man. _
System, system, system, put up in the plan. _
_ System, [D] system, system, 40 years of shots.
[A] System, system, system, putting little bucks where you're putting little knots.
Working [Bb] for _ [B] _ _ [C] _
_ [Db] _ [D] the _ [Eb] _ [E] cash that he's already [A] _ _ _ _ spent. _
_ He's spending his life, she's his lone wife.
Who made up the mouth she's got.
Her little house, his little car, and they share the pasta bar.
She likes to cook his meals, you know, sometimes just for peels.
On time, he likes to let his stories suffer afterwards.
But she doesn't really mind, because it's catching up with that.
He likes to put the miserable just for the pretty day.
He loves every little count, and the cost of living has to [Bb] pay.
He's a boy, he's doing something, while they're not in cash.
They exist to cover costs for [Ab] all the things they've got.
The [Bb] boy, he'd really like to have a flurry, like a bigger car.
The big old fire, but they're not.
[A] With a girl, he's got reception, see my kids.
Cleaning my window, he would not shut.
He'd love to see much from the same, get his money, save plenty.
He's not a lot for working at the service, but the debt she's trying to make it nice.
Except that he wants her twice.
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Sister, sister, [A] I'm going to be gone. _ _
_ _ _ I'm sure they couldn't vote. _
Sister, sister, sister, say [D] my name.
No.
_ [A] Sister, sister, sister, till death do them part.
Poor little [Bb] brother, what a sorry [B] pair.
Had their lives [C] stolen, but they didn't [Db] really care.
Poor little [D] darling, he's in the foreign trade post.
Victims of [E] the system and his fraud [A] show.
Victims of the system and his fraud show. _ _
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_ A couple of views are wrecked, on three in the post we told.
They almost paid the mortgage, when the system dropped in form.
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