"I Won't Say The Lord's Prayer"
THE WONDER YEARS
SUBURBIA, I'VE GIVEN YOU ALL AND NOW I'M NOTHING
TUNING: standard
CAPO: 1st fret
CHORDS (low string to high string):
C - x32010
Am - x02210
G - 320003
F - 133211
C Am
It's a series of bars, thrift stores and churches lining the streets
G F C
While women with gold crosses push kids into half-formed beliefs
Am
And if Lot was righteous, I think I'd rather not be
G F C
We lean on fences built from outdated morality
Am
It's a gang mentality, it's a dangerous thing
G F
They don't ask you to think, just to "repeat after me"
C Am
And assume you're too careless to look at it critically
G F
You'll stop progress if it contradicts what
G F
You're told to believe
C G
And I refuse to spend life on my knees
C Am
These billboards that flaunt these scare tactics
G F
Make me think you're only good if you're afraid of being punished
C Am
Every single Sunday, church bells wake me up
G F
But it's never enough to pull me out of bed
G F C G
G F C G
C Am
The church on Main Street has got its doors painted red, and I guess
G F
It's so the Angel of Death passes over it on its way to get gas
C
The church on Broad Street
Am
It's got a neon sign that says "Jesus, save me", and I guess
G F G F
It's so God can see from where he is in the cheap seats
C G G F C G
I refuse to spend life on my knees
F Am C
And I won't let somebody else, somebody else, somebody else
F Am
Somebody else, somebody else make my decisions for me
C
Make them for me
F Am C
If we're all just Christians or lions,
F Am C
I think I'd rather be on the side with sharper teeth
G F
I don't need saving
