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Intro
E
B D F# A (x8)
B F# A B F# D (x3)
B F# A B
N.C.
You gotta keep 'em separated
Verse
B F# A B D F# A
They're like the latest fashion
B F# A B D F# A
They're like a spreading disease
B F# A B D F# A
The kids are strappin' on their way to the classroom
B F# A B D F# A
Getting weapons with the greatest of ease
Pre-Chorus
E2 G2 F#2 B D2
The gangs stake their own campus locale
E2 G2 F#2 B D2
And if they catch you slippin' then it's all over pal
B F# A B D F# A
If one guy's colors and the others don't mix
F#
They're gonna bash it up, bash it up, bash it up, bash it up
B D F# A B D F# A
Hey, man you talkin' back to me?
B D
Take him out
F# A B
You gotta keep 'em separated
B D F# A B D F# A
Hey, man you disrespecting me?
B D
Take him out
F# A B
You gotta keep 'em separated
B D F# A B D
Hey, they don't pay no mind
F# A E2 C
If you're under 18 you won't be doing any time
B D F# A F# B D F# A B
Hey, come out and play!
Bridge
B F# A B F# D (x3)
B F# A B
Verse
B F# A B D F# A
By the time you hear the siren
B F# A B D F# A
It's already too late
B F# A B D F# A
One goes to the morgue and the other to jail
B F# A B D F# A
One guy's wasted and the other's a waste
Pre-Chorus
E2 G2 F#2 B D2
It goes down the same as the thousand before
E2 G2 F#2 B D2
No one's getting smarter, no one's learning the score
B F# A B D F# A
Your never ending spree of death and violence and hate
F#
Is gonna tie your own rope, tie your own rope, tie your own
B D F# A B D F# A
Hey, man you talkin' back to me?
B D
Take him out
F# A B
You gotta keep 'em separated
B D F# A B D F# A
Hey, man you disrespecting me?
B D
Take him out
F# A B
You gotta keep 'em separated
B D F# A B D
Hey, they don't pay no mind
F# A E2 C
If you're under 18 you won't be doing any time
B D F# A F# B D F# A B
Hey, come out and play!
Bridge
B F# A B F# D (x3)
B F# A B
Pre-Chorus
E2 G2 F#2 B D2
It goes down the same as the thousand before
E2 G2 F#2 B D2
No one's getting smarter, no one's learning the score
B F# A B D F# A
Your never ending spree of death and violence and hate
F#
Is gonna tie your own rope, tie your own rope, tie your own
B D F# A B D F# A
Hey, man you talkin' back to me?
B D
Take him out
F# A B
You gotta keep 'em separated
B D F# A B D F# A
Hey, man you disrespecting me?
B D
Take him out
F# A B
You gotta keep 'em separated
B D F# A B D
Hey, they don't pay no mind
F# A E2 C
If you're under 18 you won't be doing any time
B D F# A F# B D F# A B
Hey, come out and play!
Written by Dexter Holland