Intro
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Verse
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They say “the best laid plans of mice and men often go awry”
B D G
Odds ten to one, conclusions drawn, solutions barely tried
B D G
Dissenting youth assemble truth, ammunition for the fight
B D G B
We knew our time had come, a battle almost won, a target in our sights.
B D
If we pull this off, we’ll bathe in glory
G
In a week, they’ll all be sorry
B D G
We could tell a different story now
B D
A tale of bolt cutters and balaclavas
G
Liberation, love and ardour
B D G
We don’t ever plan on backing down.
B D
You know that I had so much hope for the stories we might write
G
But we lost the plot while we were piecing it together,
G
yeah we lost the plot while we were piecing it together
B D
Yeah I had so much hope for the stories we might write
G
But we lost the plot while we were piecing it together,
G
yeah we lost the plot that night.
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Verse
B D G
Special branch is pounding on the door
B D G
There’s annotated blueprints left strewn out across the floor
B D
Incriminating evidence
G
We lost our grip on common sense
B D G
Informants in our midst, right from the start,
B D G
Screaming, “face down, hands behinds behind your head”
B D G
There’s no time to get our stories straight
B D
We were panic stricken, caught off guard
G
A rendezvous with Scotland Yard,
B D G
No escape, we’re falling hard.
B D
You know that I had so much hope for the stories we might write
G
But we lost the plot while we were piecing it together,
G
yeah we lost the plot while we were piecing it together
B D
Yeah I was hopeful that we might just get it right
G
But we lost the plot while we were piecing it together,
G
yeah we lost the plot while we were piecing it together,
B D
yeah we lost the plot while we were piecing it together
G Bb
yeah we lost the plot while we were piecing it together x4
Bb
piecing it together
Bb
piecing it together
Outro
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