Old Regime

Dm   C Bb  F  C G Dm
Dm   C Bb  F  C G Dm

Dm                                          Bb          F        C
Privilege from birth, abhorrence of work, obsessed with sovereignty

 Bb                   F                   G                 A
Aristocrats claim an exemption from the standards of democracy

  Bb       F          C             G   Dm
A secret antipathy to justice and equality

      Bb          F            C        G      A
And a tightly constrained definition of who is free.



      Dm     C            Bb
Old regime, smoke of history

     F        G              A
Liberty still wafting in the breeze

    Bb                    F              G   C Dm
The new aristocracy just smells like the old regime



Dm  C Bb  F    C  G  Dm
           Wooohoohoohooo

Dm  C Bb  F    C  G  Dm



Dm                                            Bb         F       C
They think that they can alter and sway which version of freedom reigns

   Bb               F            G                     A
If everything is subjective then what good is truth anyway?

  Bb           F          C              G   Dm
A plutocratic strategy or technocrat conspiracy

     Bb         F          C          G          A
Or a vision of utopia that only the besotten can see?



      Dm     C            Bb
Old regime, smoke of history

     F        G              A
Liberty still wafting in the breeze

    Bb                    F              G   C Dm
The new aristocracy just smells like the old regime


(G  O)
Dm        Bb   F  C
Bb   F    G    A


   Bb          F        C           G       Dm
An unabated tendency to tyranny is still in place

        Bb        F           C         G             A
And the ancient nobility's complexion differs just in name



      Dm     C            Bb
Old regime, smoke of history

     F        G              A
Liberty still wafting in the breeze

  Bb                    F       G  C  Bb   F
A new season dawns with ominous prophecy

 G    C   Bb                    F              G   C Dm
 Yeah the new aristocracy just smells like the old regime


OUTTRO
Dm C Bb F    C  G  Dm
         Wooohoohoohooo