The Fine Print Tabulatur von The Stupendium

Dm
Welcome to space
             Bb
What were you expecting?
       Dm
It's a dangerous place
             Bb
Thank you for investing
                 Dm
Go there for your rota
              C
There for your orders
             Bm
Fill up these quotas
                   Bb
We'll bill for your quarters
              Dm
Report to your foreman
             C
But watch for marauders
                 Bm
'Cause if you get eaten
                     Bb
There's fees for your mourners

Prosperity's there in the care of magnates
                 Bb
In Halcyon heaven awaits!
                    Dm
Did you think it was supposed to
             C
Look like the poster?
C
It mostly does
Bm
Oh, if you'd only read closer
nc
Just ten short years to a new frontier
nc
Snooze as you cruise
nc
And you'll wake up here!
Dm
You've been trapped in that ship
D                 C
For an awful long time
Bm                                         Bb
So perhaps you have simply forgot what you signed
   Dm
Oh, honestly?
C                          Bm
Did you not read the colony policy?
    Bb                     Dm
That defines you as company property?
    C                    Bm
That waivers your say in autonomy?
    Bb                   Dm
The conglomerate's got you in lock and key
          C                 Bm
We put the dollar back into idolatry
          Bb                    Dm
If you're upset, you can rent an apology
        C                Bm
We are a family forged in bureaucracy
         Bb                                    Dm
No "I" in "team, " but there's "con" in "economy"
         C                  Gm
Were you expecting adventure?
         Bb
Were you hoping for fun?
Dm
My friend, you're indentured
    C                          Bm
And pleasure's exempt from your tenure
   Bb
So venture back down to your slum
Dm                C
That's provided at generous prices
    Bm                     Bb
Your worth is determined by your sacrifices
Dm
a small term of service when down on the surface
                           Bb
Internment's a freebie that comes with the purchase

Chorus:
Dm
We work
   C                 Bm
To earn the right to work
  Bb                Dm
To earn the right to work
  C                 Bm
To earn the right to work
  Bb                Dm
To earn the right to work
  C                 Bm
To earn the right to give
  Bb                Dm
Ourselves the right to buy
  C                 Bm
Ourselves the right to live
  Bb                Dm
To earn the right to die

Verse 2:
Dm
Welcome to our little town
Dm
Why don't you settle down?
                       Bb
Here, just fill out the paperwork
                 Dm
And you can look around
Dm
We're happy as can be
Dm
Inside the valley cannery
Dm
We live to pack the cans of meat
Bb
And not to question where it's found
Dm                     C
Until we end up in the ground
C
Around the corner in the yard
Bm
You know, we thought we liked the sound
Bb
Of finding glory in the stars
Bb
The board has taught us to be proud
                      Bm
Or never reaching very far
Bm
So we earn what we're allowed
Bb                           Dm
And give it right back at the bar
          C
The ale to cure what ails ya
    Dm             Bb
Zero Gee Brew, your favourite flavour
        Dm
So work 'til you bleed, ennobled by labour
    Bm                        Bb
Then purchase relief from your local retailer!

Verse 3:
         Dm                     C
If you'd rather drop dead that's fine
                          Bm                 Bb
But you know that dropping down dead bears a fine
         Dm
So you do your job and I'll do mine
Dm
I gotta meet a six foot deep bottom line

Verse 4:
Dm
We make a fortune for the board -Work, work, hurry, hurry-
                          C
By selling boredom door to door -Work, work, worry, worry-
                        Bm
Because it's all that we deserve -Work, work, hurry, hurry-
                    Bb
And it is all we can afford -Worry, hurry, work, work-
                      Dm
The secrets of the uniVerse -Work, work, hurry, hurry-
                         C
And all the worlds to be explored -Work, work, worry, worry-

But our dreams are back on earth -Work, work, hurry, hurry-
Bm                      Bb
And now the work is our reward -Worry, hurry, work, work-

Verse 5:
             Dm
And you'll be grateful -Work, work, hurry, hurry-
                C
For seats at the table -Work, work, worry, worry-
                     Bm
Though it dips at one end -Work, work, hurry, hurry-
                Bb
And the bench is unstable -Worry, hurry, work, work-
                  Dm
You may waste your days -Work, work, hurry, hurry-
                      C
But at least you were able -Work, work, worry, worry-
                Bm
To pay off your grave -Work, work, hurry, hurry-
                        Bb
Since we leased you your cradle -Worry, hurry, work, work-
               Dm
Be faithful and pray
                    C
We'll repay what you invest
             Bm
Behave as you slave
               Bb
For humanity's interest
   Dm                            D
On account that you're all on account
                 Bm
And we're quickly amounting
               Bb
Humanity's interest
                     Dm
You'd think that we'd sink
                     C
To the brink of rebellion
                  Bm
With markets dependent
               Bb
On peddling weapons
              Bm
The architect tells them
             C
The secret to heaven
Dm
Is simply consuming
Bm              Bb
Whatever we sell them

Chorus:
Dm
We work
   C                 Bm
To earn the right to work
   Bb                Dm
To earn the right to work
   C                 Bm
To earn the right to work
   Bb                Dm
To earn the right to work
   C                 Bm
To earn the right to give
   Bb                Dm
Ourselves the right to buy
   C                 Bm
Ourselves the right to live
   Bb                Dm
To earn the right to die

Bridge:
                        C
You should have read the fine print, my friend
Bm                  Bb
Should have read the fine print
Dm                      D
You should have read the fine print, my friend
Bm                  Bb
Should have read the fine print
Dm                   C
Welcome to our little town
                     Bm
Why don't you settle down?
                       Bb
Here, just fill out the paperwork
                    Dm
And you can look around
                      C
We work and then we work
                          Bm
And then we work and then we work
                            Bb
And then we work and then we work
                             Dm
And then we end up in the ground
Dm                   C
Welcome to our little town -Work, work, hurry, hurry-
                     Bm
Why don't you settle down? -Work, work, worry, worry-
                       Bb
Here, just fill out the paperwork -Work, work, hurry, hurry-
                  Dm
And you can look around -Worry, hurry, work, work-
                        C
You should have read the fine print, my friend -We work and then we work and then we work and then we work-
Bm                   Bb        Dm
Should have read the fine print -And then we work and then we work and then we end up in the ground-