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[Verse 1]
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I woke up this morning, my temperature high (buy, buy, buy),
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"I'll never buy nothing again, " I lied (buy, buy, buy).
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My doctor he told me to stay out of town (buy, buy, buy),
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he said,   "affluenza will get you down" (buy, buy, buy).

[Chorus]
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What did you do in the war, dad? What did you do in the war?
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Ring up the tills in the High Street, I'm not coming in anymore.

[Interlude]
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[Verse 2]
          C                                              Am
There's a price tag on me and there's sick on the floor (buy, buy, buy),
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we're buying up anything we can't afford (buy, buy, buy).
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Wherever I go, I keep hearing this voice (buy, buy, buy),
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saying "choose what you want" but there's so little choice (buy, buy, buy)

[Chorus]
C                                Am
What did you do in the war, dad? What did you do in the war?
C*                       F*               G*               C*
Ring up the tills in the High Street, I'm not coming in anymore.

[Interlude]
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Give it a rest
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[Verse 3]
        C                                         Am
There's dumb moves behind me and bad debts above (buy, buy, buy),
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I pawned my affections and still got no love (buy, buy, buy).
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My heart and my pocket will say it's unfair (buy, buy, buy),
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I'm unlearning the cost of this laissez-faire (buy, buy, buy).

[End-Chorus]
C                                Am
What did you do in the war, dad? What did you do in the war?
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Ring up the tills in the High Street, I'm not coming in anymore.
C                                Am
What did you do in the war, dad? What did you do in the war?
C*                       F*               G*               C*
Ring up the tills in the High Street, I'm not coming in anymore.

[Outro]
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                            November twenty-three is buy nothing day