[drum intro]
[strum]
A E B x3
A E F# F# F#
[stop]
[all in]
A E B B x2
A E B
High rise, low life , Ugly kids, 'orrible wife
A E B
I wanna go out and have some fun. Leave this fucking estate, go on the run
A E B
Yeah yeah council estate,
A E B
Made of concrete, full of hate
A E B
Yeah yeah council estate
A E F# F# F#
Gotta leave before it's too late
A E B
14th floor and looking down. Imagine myself jumping to the ground
A E B
To stop this anger and oppression. Suicide has become an obsession
A E B
Yeah yeah council estate,
A E B
Made of concrete, full of hate
A E B
Yeah yeah council estate
A E F# F# F#
Gotta leave before it's too late
E F# B
Everyone dies but not everyone lives
A E F#
I'm somebody, I got something to give Council estate – I'll end up like them
[n.c.]
Full of hate
A E B
Yeah yeah council estate,
A E B
Made of concrete, full of hate
A E B
Yeah yeah council estate
A E F# F# F#
Gotta leave before it's too late
A E B
Yeah yeah council estate,
A E B
Made of concrete, full of hate
A E B
Yeah yeah council estate
A E F# F# F#
Gotta leave before it's too late
[ad lib vocals over chorus]
Walls of bricks – hearts of stone
Sitting in a tower block all alone
High rise – low hope
Hang myself from a piece of rope