Intro (x4): G Em

Verse 1:
    G                  Em
I'm council housed and violent
    G               Em
I'm laughing at the tyrants
    G              Em
I'm sleeping under sirens
       G                   Em
Whilst wondering where the time went
    G  Em
I'm scum
    G  Em
I'm scum

Instrumental (x4): G Em

G            Em               G          Em
I'll sing at fascists 'til my head comes off
G    Em               G   Em
I am Dennis Skinner's molotov
G          Em
I'm lefty, I'm soft
G                Em
I'm minimum wage job
G              Em
I am a mongrel dog
    G            Em
I'm just another cog
    G  Em
I'm scum
    G  Em
I'm scum

Instrumental (x4): G Em

G
This snowflake's an avalanche

Chorus:
E                        D
Dirty rotten filthy scum
G
For a long long while I'm known as
E                        D
Dirty rotten filthy scum
G
For a long old while I'm known as scum
    G  Em
I'm scum
    G  Em
I'm scum

Instrumental (x2): G Em

Verse 2:
G            Em
Spit in your percolator
G       Em
I am procrastinator
G      Em
I over-tip the waiter
G         Em
Sarcastic computator

Instrumental: G Em

           G  Em
'Cause I'm scum
    G  Em
I'm scum

Instrumental (x4): G Em

Bridge:
G       Em             G          Em
I don't care about the next James Bond
G            Em       G         Em
He kills for country, queen and god
G             Em      G         Em
We don't need another murderous toff
G        Em                  G             Em
I'm just wondering where the high street's gone
           G  Em
'Cause I'm scum
    G  Em
I'm scum


G
This snowflake's an avalanche

Chorus:
E                       D
Dirty rotten filthy scum
G
For a long long while I'm known as
E                       D
Dirty rotten filthy scum
G                                   E    D
For a long old while I've known I'm scum
G                                   E    D
For a long old while I've known I'm scum
G                                   E    D
For a long old while I've known I'm scum
G                                   E    D
For a long old while I've known I'm scum

Outro: G
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