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
N.C
Just ten short years to a new frontier
N.C
Snooze as you cruise
N.C
And you'll wake up here!
Dm
You've been trapped in that ship
DC
For an awful long time
BmBb
So perhaps you have simply forgot what you signed
Dm
Oh, honestly?
CBm
Did you not read the colony policy?
BbDm
That defines you as company property?
CBm
That waivers your say in autonomy?
BbDm
The conglomerate's got you in lock and key
CBm
We put the dollar back into idolatry
BbDm
If you're upset, you can rent an apology
CBm
We are a family forged in bureaucracy
BbDm
No "I" in "team, " but there's "con" in "economy"
CGm
Were you expecting adventure?
Bb
Were you hoping for fun?
Dm
My friend, you're indentured
CBm
And pleasure's exempt from your tenure
Bb
So venture back down to your slum
DmC
That's provided at generous prices
BmBb
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
CBm
To earn the right to work
BbDm
To earn the right to work
CBm
To earn the right to work
BbDm
To earn the right to work
CBm
To earn the right to give
BbDm
Ourselves the right to buy
CBm
Ourselves the right to live
BbDm
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
DmC
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
BbDm
And give it right back at the bar
C
The ale to cure what ails ya
DmBb
Zero Gee Brew, your favourite flavour
Dm
So work 'til you bleed, ennobled by labour
BmBb
Then purchase relief from your local retailer!
[Verse 3]
DmC
If you'd rather drop dead that's fine
BmBb
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)
BmBb
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
DmD
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
BmBb
Whatever we sell them
[Chorus]
Dm
We work
CBm
To earn the right to work
BbDm
To earn the right to work
CBm
To earn the right to work
BbDm
To earn the right to work
CBm
To earn the right to give
BbDm
Ourselves the right to buy
CBm
Ourselves the right to live
BbDm
To earn the right to die
[Bridge]
C
You should have read the fine print, my friend
BmBb
Should have read the fine print
DmD
You should have read the fine print, my friend
BmBb
Should have read the fine print
DmC
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
DmC
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)
BmBbDm
Should have read the fine print (And then we work and then we work and then we end up in the ground)
N.C
Here and here and initial here
N.C
Welcome to the family!