The Way We Lived Then

	  		
 



Intro: Em  D  Em  D 

verse 1 
Em                       D 
Caviar on the table, Champagne in the glass  
   Em                           D 
We laughed and we jeered at the poor working class  
   Em                      D 
We drank to their ruin, we drank to their shame  
   G                              B7 
We pissed on their problems, said they were to blame  
        Em                     D 
Oh, the way we lived then, the way we lived then 
    Em 
The way we lived then 


verse 2 
Em                    D 
Jason wore braces and slicked his hair down  
Em                    D 
Ben had the number of each deb in town  
Em                D 
I was a member of every new club  
      G                    B7 
And I used my gold card to pay every sub  
        Em                     D 
For the way we lived then, the way we lived then 
    Em 
The way we lived then  

 
                     D 
Oh, the way we lived then  
                       Em 
Selling Deutschmark or Yen  
                  D  
Never thinking of where did it come from  
    C                         B7 
How long would it last us, or when  
                     Em                   D 
Would we all have to pay for this mad holiday  
                        G                        D 
For the Porsche and the Rolls that were our only goals  
                 B7 
Me and Jason and Ben 
                     Em    D  Em  D 
Oh, the way we lived then  



verse 3 
Em                 D 
Jason met Sarah, a girl in P.R.  
     Em                       D 
They had a white wedding, all paid for by Pa  
Em                    D 
Borrowed a fortune to buy their first pad  
       G                       B7 
It was two hundred K, but then prices were mad  
    Em                     D 
The way we lived then, the way we lived then  
    Em  
The way we lived then  


verse 4 
Em                             D 
Jason said, three years, we'll sell and move on  
     Em                      D 
Then suddenly, we turned and Maggie was gone  
Em                           D 
Ben said, don't worry, she's schooled them all well 
       G                         B7 
So, we drank to the sending of a message to hell  
        Em                     D 
Oh, the way we lived then, the way we lived then  
    Em  
The way we lived then  


 
                     D 
Oh, the way we lived then  
                       Em 
Selling Deutschmark or Yen  
                  D  
Never thinking of where did it come from  
    C                         B7 
How long would it last us, or when  
                     Em                   D 
Would we all have to pay for this mad holiday  
                        G                        D 
For the Porsche and the Rolls that were our only goals  
                 B7 
Me and Jason and Ben 
                     Em    D  Em  D 
Oh, the way we lived then 
 


Verse 5 
Em                       D 
Sarah got pregnant, then Jason got fired  
Em                     D 
Ben took a pay cut and I felt too tired  
Em                      D 
Burnt out at thirty and sacked on the day  
    G                    B7 
The repo man took my red Roller away  
        Em                     D 
Oh, the way we lived then, the way we lived then 
    Em 
The way we lived then  

Instrumental: Em  D  Em  D  Em  D  C  B7 


Verse 6 
            Em                     D 
Now there's bread on the table and beer in the glass  
         Em                    D 
But it's merely a set back for breeding and class  
  Em                  D 
Monopoly money means 'always pass go' 
          G                         B7 
And we'll surely pass you if you're going too slow  
          Em                 D 
And we'll live it again, the way we lived then  
      Em 
We'll live it again 
  
 
                    D 
Yes, we'll live it again  
                       Em 
Selling Deutschmark or Yen  
                     D  
Only this time we'll know where it comes from  
      C                        B7 
We'll know how to keep it, and then  
                        Em                  D 
We'll make someone else pay for our mad holiday  
                        G                       D 
For the Porsche and the Rolls that are our only goals  
                 B7 
Me and Jason and Ben 
               Em    D 
We'll live it again  
                 Em    D 
The way we lived then  
               Em    D  Em  D  Em  D  Em  D  Em   
We'll live it again