Ab Cm F G e|-4---3---1---3-| B|-4---4---1---3-| G|-5---5---2---0-| D|-6---5---3---0-| A|-6---3---3---2-| E|-4---x---1---3-| [INTRO] Cm G [VERSE 1] Cm G Cm G The black cat firecracker snapped back baseball cappin' Cm G Cm G Cola-cola sippin' on the suds wearing penny loafers. Cm G Cm G His Sunday best ain't good enough for the rest of the world. F G F Cm G Cm G Yet, he stands in line and waits on his turn. Cm G Cm G The complex, disconfigured man, unassociated, Cm G Cm G F` Agitated with the careful investigator taking notes. Cm G He slowly tiptoes towards the dark. [CHORUS] Ab Cm Watercolor sunset painted before his eyes. Ab G The gateway has been opened, to the wonders of his mind. Ab Cm He was a non-believer, now without a doubt. Ab G He looks up at the clouds, the chemical swirls fading in and out. Cm G Cm G [VERSE 2] Cm G Cm G The peacekeeper drafted into war, with a loaded rifle. Cm G Cm G Cm G Unaware of consequences cold war ended with a spaceship has kind of shakers. Cm G F He has been programmed to believe a lie. Cm Yet, he stands there with a gun on the front line. [CHORUS] Ab Cm Blood red color sunset, painted before his eyes. Ab G The veil has been lifted, as he watches his friends drop like flies. Ab Cm He was a non-believer, now without a doubt. Ab G He looks down at his paws, the guts he had spluttered on the ground. Ab Yeah, yeah! G Yeah, yeah! Ab Yeah, yeah! G Yeah, yeah! [VERSE 3] G Cm The family got the letter, it was a message, clear and true. Ab Cm The hero, he had fallen, for the red, white, and blue. Ab Cm He was a non-believer, now without a doubt. Ab His body lays six feet under the ground. G The black cat's nine lives, they ran out.