Capo: 2nd fret

[Intro]
D Dsus4 D Dsus4

[Verse 1]
D Dsus4 D Dsus4
My generation’s in a state, we’re a nation in the gutter,
D Dsus4
pass the queue for the food bank every day.
D D
Would you get some bread and butter?
D G D G
I see a single mother signing on, just to keep her baby eating,
D G D G
while her teenage son shots gear to fund the lekky and the heating.

[Chorus]
Bm A D D
And people say: God only knows what we’re trying for,
Bm A D Dsus4 D Dsus4
God only knows what we’re dying for.

[Verse 2]
D G D G
I see the local lads who did smash-and-grabs on tag outside probation,
D G D G
I see the demonized and traumatized by social deprivation.
D G D G
It’s too gentrified to attempt to die in thе block where life started
D G D G
’cause they regenerate every estate to cleanse the working classes.

[Chorus]
Bm A D D
And people say: God only knows what we’re trying for,
Bm A D D
people say: God only knows what we’re dying for.
Bm A D D
And people say: God only knows what we’re trying for,
Bm A D D
God only knows what we’re dying for.

[Bridge]
Em G Bm A
‘Cause we are the dreamers and lo-vers
Em G Bm A A
with nothing to live for but one ano – ther.

[End-Chorus]
Bm A D Dsus4
God only knows what we’re trying for,
Bm A D Dsus4
God only knows what we’re dying for.
Bm A D Dsus4
God only knows what we’re trying for,
Bm A D Dsus4
God only knows what we’re dying for.
Bm A D Dsus4
God only knows what we’re trying for,
Bm A D Dsus4
God only knows what we’re dying for.
Bm A D Dsus4
God only knows what we’re trying for,
Bm A D
God only knows what we’re dying for.