The "~" means play that stuff quickly. Like, one strum of the chord then move on
[Intro]
G... G ~ B
C Bm D G G ~ B ~ C
C Bm D G G ~ G/F# ~ Em
[Verse]
Em Am
Picture yourself in the living room
G
your pipe and slippers set out for you
Bm
I know you think that it ain't too far
Em C
But I hear the call of a lifetime ring
C ~ D ~ G
felt the need to get up for it
Am
Oh, you cut out the middleman
Bm
get free from the middleman
[Chorus]
C G
You got no time for the messenger,
C D G ~ B ~ C
got no regard for the thing that you don't understand,
C Bm
you got no fear of the underdog,
D
that's why you will not survive
G C G D D G C ~ G
C Bm D G G Bm
C Bm D G G ~ G/F# ~ Em
[Verse]
Em C
I want to forget how conviction fits
D G
but can I get out from under it?
Bm
Can I gut it out of me?
C G
It can't all be wedding cake
Am
It can't all be boiled away
Bm
I try but I can't let go of it
B
I can't let go of it,
[Chorus]
C G
'Cause you don't talk to the water boy
C D G ~ B ~ C
and there's so much you could learn but you don't want to know,
C Bm
You will not back up an inch ever,
D
that's why you will not survive,
G C G D D G C ~ G
C Bm D G B ~ C
C Bm D G.... G ~ G/F# ~ Em
[Verse]
Em Am
The thing that I tell you now
D G G
It may not go over well
Em Am
And it may not be photo-op
D G
in the way that I spell it out
[Chorus]
C Bm
But you won't hear from the messenger,
C D G ~ B ~ C
don't wanna know 'bout something that you don't understand,
C Bm
You got no fear of the underdog,
D
that's why you will not survive
[Outro]
G C G D D G C ~ G
C Bm D G G ~ B ~ C x2
C Bm D
G C G D D G C-G
C Bm D G G ~ B ~ C
C Bm D G
