First tab, and I'd love any suggestions on how to improve the chords or the layout. thanks!
Artist: Car Seat Headrest
Album: Teens of Denial
Track Listing:
1. Fill in the Blank
2. Vincent
3. Destroyed by Hippie Powers
4. (Joe Gets Kicked Out of School for Using) Drugs With Friends (But Says This Isn't a Problem)
5. Just What I Needed / Not Just What I Needed
6. Drunk Drivers/Killer Whales
7. 1937 State Park
8. Unforgiving Girl (She's Not An)
9. Cosmic Hero
10. The Ballad of the Costa Concordia
11. Connect the Dots (The Saga of Frank Sinatra)
12. Joe Goes to School
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1. Fill in the Blank
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E D x4
E D
I'm so sick of (fill in the blank)
E D
Accomplish more, accomplish nothing
E D
If I were split in two I would just take my fists
E D
So I could beat up the rest of me
A
You have no right to be depressed
D
You haven’t tried hard enough to like it
A
Haven’t seen enough of this world yet
D
But it hurts it hurts it hurts it hurts
A
Well stop your whining, try again
D
No one wants to cause you pain
A
They’re just trying to let some air in
D C#m
But you hold your breath you hold your breath you hold it
E F#m
Hold my breath I hold my breath I hold it
E D x2
E
I’ve known for a long time
D
I’m not getting what I want out of people
E
It took me a long time
D
To figure out I don’t know what I want
E
So you’ll ask "why?" and there will be no answer
D
Then you’ll ask for how long? and there will be no answer
E
Then you’ll ask "what can I do?" and there’ll be no answer
D
And eventually you will shut up
A
You have no right to be depressed
D
You haven’t tried hard enough to like it
A
Haven’t seen enough of this world yet
D
But it hurts it hurts it hurts it hurts
A
Well stop your whining, try again
D
No one wants to cause you pain
A
They’re just trying to let some air in
D C#m
But you hold your breath you hold your breath you hold it
E F#
Hold my breath I hold my breath I hold it
Bm
I get signs
C#m
From the cops
D A
Saying “stay the fuck down”
Bm
I get signs
C#m
From the audience
D A
Saying “stay the fuck down”
Bm
I get signs
D
From God
Saying “stay the fuck down”
E D x2
E D
Ooooooooooooh
E D
Ooooooooooooh
A
(I’ve got a right to be depressed
D
I've given every inch I had to fight it
A
I have seen too much of this world yes
D
And it hurts it hurts it hurts it hurts
A
And I will never see the light
D
That I’ve seen shining in your eyes
A
You just want to see me naked
D C#m
So I'll hold my breath, I'll hold my breath, I'll hold it
E F#m
Hold my breath, I hold my breath, I hold my breath...
A
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2. Vincent
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Intro: Em A
Em
And half the time I want to go home
A
And half the time I want to go home
Em
For the past year I’ve been living in a town
That gets a lot of tourists in the summer months
A
They come and they stay for a couple days
But hey, I’m living here every day
Em
I don’t need the complications
I’m just in it for the beating
It’s almost a point of pride
They say that it doesn’t happen that often
A
Pure sadism
Pure sadism
Pure sadism
Pure sadism
Em
I find it harder to speak
A
When someone else is listening
Em
In the back of a medicine cabinet
You can find your life story
And your future in the side effects
A
I haven’t played guitar in months
My strings all broke
Em
They got a portrait by Van Gogh
On the Wikipedia page
For clinical depression
Well, it helps to describe it
A
Yeah, it helps to describe it
Yeah, it helps to describe it
Yeah, it helps to describe it
Yeah, it helps to describe it...
Em
I don’t have the strength
(I don’t have the time)
I poured myself a drink
(I told myself a lie)
A
You know I’ve worried
(You know I’ve tried)
Don’t you know I’m not strong?
(Don’t you know I’m not kind?)
Em
Someone’s getting lucky
(Someone’s calling the cops)
Someone take me away
(Someone make it all stop)
A
I had a bright tomorrow
(I spent it all today)
Now I am silent at last
Now I have nothing to say
Em
Asus4 A x4
Em
Asus4 A x4
Em
If I’m being honest with myself
A
I haven’t been honest with myself
Em
It must be hard to speak in a foreign language
Intoxicado
Intoxicado
A
Intoxicado
Intoxicado
Intoxicado
Intoxicado
Em
I find it easier to sleep
A
(And half the time I want to go home)
When I'm not holding the noise machine
Em
(And half the time I want to go home)
N.C.
And half the time, I’m like THIS -
They’ll send in Matt. CAPtain Trash!
Em A x4
Em
I don’t have the strength
(I don’t have the time)
I poured myself a drink
(I told myself a lie)
A
You know I’ve worried
(You know I’ve tried)
Don’t you know I’m not strong?
(Don’t you know I’m not kind?)
Em
Someone’s getting lucky
(Someone’s calling the cops)
Someone takes me away
(Someone makes it all stop)
A
I had a bright tomorrow
(I spent it all today)
Now I am silent at last
N.C.
Now I have nothing to say
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3. Destroyed by Hippie Powers
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E C#m A x4
E C#m A
I am freaking out in my mind
E C#m A
In a house that isn't mine
E C#m A
My end goal isn't clear
E C#m A
Should not have had that last beer
C#m F#m E A
Oh, oh, oh, oh
C#m F#m D A
Oh, oh, oh, oh
E C#m A
It' s more than what you bargained for, but it's a little less than what you paid for
E C#m A
My bowtie's come undone, my microphone hangs limp on the mic stand
E C#m A
Tell my mother I'm going home, I have been destroyed by hippie powers
E C#m A
Tell my mother I'm going home, I have been destroyed by hippie powers
A C Cm
E G#m A x2
E C#m A
That guy I kinda hate is here
E C#m A
Shouldn't have had that last…WHOOO!! HIT OF DMT!!!!
C#m F#m E A
Oh, oh, oh, oh
C#m F#m D A
Oh, oh, oh, oh
E C#m A
What happened to that chubby little kid who smiled so much and loved the Beach Boys?
E C#m A
What happened is I killed that fucker and I took his name and I got new glasses
E C#m A
Tell my mother I'm going home, I have been destroyed by hippie powers
E C#m A
Tell my mother I'm going home, I have been destroyed by hippie powers
A C Cm
E C#m A C Cm x8
E
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4. (Joe Gets Kicked Out of School for Using) Drugs With Friends (But Says This Isn't a Problem)
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D A G
I get to know myself every weekend and I’m weak
D F G
D F G
Hangovers feel good when I know it’s the last one
D F G
Then I feel so good that I have another one
D A G
D F G
Last Friday I took acid and mushrooms
D F G
I did not transcend, I felt like a walking piece of shit
D A G
In a stupid looking jacket
D F G
I walked around town and thought I was in Sodom
D F G
There were filthy people seeking comfort for their bodies
D A G
It was so obscene
D F G
Filled with loathing and religious fervor
D F G
I laid on my friend’s bedroom floor for an hour
D A G
And tried not to piss my pants
And then I saw Jesus
And he said
D A G
Oh, oh, oh
“Who are you to go against the word of my father? And
D A G
Oh, oh, oh
Who are you? the scum of the earth”
D A G
No we are just we are just we are just teens of style
D A G
Oh we are just we are just we are just teens of style
D F G
There were people getting drunk, there were people getting high
D F G
They were falling to pieces right before my eyes
D A G
And I said “mmhmm” a lot (mmhmm)
D F G
And there was one guy there who kept asking me how does it are you sure feel and I
D F G
Didn’t even you don’t want to know how to talk about begin to answer what you’re
D A G
Experiencing that question and I just said so I just said no I don't want to talk about it
D F G D
So there I was, just another shitbag civilian
F G
Afraid of the cops when I was outside, afraid of my friends when I was inside
D A G
And I grew tired of the scene
And then my dad showed up
And he was like
D A G
Oh, oh, oh
“Who are you to go against the word of our fathers?”
D A G
Oh, oh, oh
D A G
“Who are you? the scum of the earth”
D A G
No we are just we are just we are just teens of style
D A G
No we are just we are just we are just victims of the contemporary style
D A G
Yes we are just we are just we are just we are just going along with the modern style
D A G
Now everybody everybody everybody’s going along with the modern style
Let’s do it together
It goes
D
Drugs are better
A
Drugs are better with
G
Friends are better
A
Friends are better with...
D
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5. Just What I Needed / Not Just What I Needed
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E A F#m C#m
I have nothing but questions
A B F#m
I need answers, those would fill me up
E A
I KNOW WHEN I’M BEING CATERED TO!
F#m C#m
I KNOW WHEN I’M BEING CATERED TO!
A B F#m
I will not settle for the lowest common denominator!
E A F#m C#m
Hello my friend, we’ve been waiting for you for a long time
A B F#m
We have reason to believe that your soul is just like ours
E A F#m C#m
Did you ever get the feeling you were just a little different?
A B F#m
Well, here’s our web page, you’ve finally found a home
E D
Good people give good advice
C#m D E F#m
Get a job, eat an apple, it'll work itself out
G#m
It's a phase
A
It's chemistry
F#m
It's your own fault
A
Well don't listen to us
D
We're just people too
E A F#m C#m
I’ve been waiting all my life
A B F#m
I’ve been waiting for some real good porn
E A F#m C#m
Something with meaning, something fulfilling
A B F#m
I’d like to make my shame count for something
E A F#m C#m
I feel so empty trying to explain this
A B F#m
His name is William Onyeabor, he’s from the 70s
E A F#m C#m
And when I wake up in the morning, there are people sleeping on my couch
A B F#m
Well, I’ll have something to say about that one
E D
Free people give free advice
C#m D E F#m
Let go of the pain, let go of the fear
G#m A
But if I let go of that
F#m
What will still be here
A
Will I find out
D
That I am people too?
D A G
Bm A G D x16
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6. Drunk Drivers/Killer Whales
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N.C.
In the backseat of my heart
D Dmaj7 Em7 G
My love tells me I'm a mess
D Dmaj7 Em7
I couldn't get the car to start
D Dmaj7 Em7 G
I left my keys somewhere in the mess
D Dmaj7 Em7
It comes and goes in plateaus
G D
One month later I'm a fucking pro
Dmaj7 Em7 G
My parents would be proud
D Dmaj7
Or fall asleep on the floor
Em7
Forget what happened in the morning
G D Dmaj7
There are notes in your handwriting
Em7 G
But you can't make it out
G D
We are not a proud race
A F#
It's not a race at all
Em
We're just trying
D A
I'm only trying to get home
Drunk drivers, drunk drivers
G D
This is not a good thing
A F#
I don't mean to rationalize
Em D
Or try and explain it away
A
It's not ok
Drunk drivers, drunk drivers
D Dmaj7 Em7 G
It's too late to articulate it
D Dmaj7 Em7 G
That empty feeling
D Dmaj7 Em7 G
You share the same fate as the people you hate
D Dmaj7 Em7
You build yourself up against others feelings
G D Dmaj7 Em7
And it left you feeling empty as a car coasting downhill
G D
I have become such a negative person
Dmaj7
It was all just an act
Em7
It was all so easily stripped away
G D Dmaj7
But if we learn how to live like this
Em7
Maybe we can learn how to start again
G D Dmaj7
Like a child who's never done wrong
Em7
Who hasn't taken that first step
G D
We are not a proud race
A F#
It's not a race at all
Em
We're just trying
D A
I'm only trying to get home
Drunk drivers, drunk drivers
G D
Put it out of your mind
A F#
And perish the thought
Em D A
There's no comfort in responsibility
Drunk drivers, drunk drivers
G D
It doesn't have to be like this
A Em
It doesn't have to be like this
G D
It doesn't have to be like this
A Em
Killer whales, killer whales
G D
It doesn't have to be like this
A Em
It doesn't have to be like this
G D
It doesn't have to be like this
A Em
Killer whales, killer whales
G D
Here's that voice in your head
A F#
Giving you shit again
Em
But you know he loves you
D A
And he doesn't mean to cause you pain
G D
Please listen to him
A F#
It's not too late
Em
Turn off the engine
D
Get out of the car
A
And start to walk
Drunk drivers
Drunk drivers
Drunk drivers
Drunk drivers
G D
It doesn't have to be like this
A Em
It doesn't have to be like this
G D
It doesn't have to be like this
A Em
Killer whales, killer whales
G D
It doesn't have to be like this
A Em
It doesn't have to be like this
G D
It doesn't have to be like this
A Em
Killer whales, killer whales
G D
It doesn't have to be like this
A Em
It doesn't have to be like this
G D
It doesn't have to be like this
A Em
Killer whales, killer whales
G D
It doesn't have to be like this
A Em
It doesn't have to be like this
G D
It doesn't have to be like this
A Em
Killer whales, killer whales
Outro: G D A Em
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7. 1937 State Park
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Eb5
(I never thought it would happen to me but…)x2
Eb5
No one should ever have to look at themselves
Eb5
I steer clear of graveyards
They are cliche
In my death-obsessed generation
Eb
No one should ever have to look at themselves
Eb
High school teen dream dies in the hospital
Ab
Leaves behind a journal and a pair of Air Jordans
Eb5
Lyrics of popular rock ballads
Ab
Changed to include his name
Eb
I’m taking back my heart
Ab
You were digging a hole for it six feet deep
(at the state park, at the state park)
Ab Eb
I didn’t want you to hear
Ab
That shake in my voice
F
My pain is my own
Ab Eb
And when the cops shook me down
Ab
I cried walking home
F Ab Bb
I cried walking home
F Ab Eb
Eb
You and me are connected now
We were in one photograph and we don’t even look happy
I can't commit to a crime to commit
I need to get one done for the biography because
Eb
When I split the scene
Leave the party early
Ab
What am I leaving behind me?
Eb
Just a memory
Another body
Ab
It ain’t no pair of Air Jordans
Eb
Something is ringing
Death is playing his
Xylophone ribs for me
Eb Ab x2
Ab Eb
I didn’t want you to hear
Ab
That shake in my voice
F
My pain is my own
Ab Eb
And when the cops shook me down
Ab
I cried walking home
F
I cried walking home
Ab Eb
I didn’t want you to hear
Ab
That shake in my voice
F
My pain is my own
Ab Eb
And when the cops shook me down
Ab
I cried walking home
F Ab Bb
I cried walking home
F Ab Bb x2
Eb Ab x4
Eb
Don’t worry
I’m worrying for two
Eb
So don’t worry baby (x2)
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8. Unforgiving Girl (She's Not An)
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F
G Em G F C
What a glorious hell we have found until I recognize the sound
Am
Of my voice again
G Em G F C
For years I hadn't had a clue, but suddenly I can look through
Am
Your eyes again
G Em G F Am7
This isn't sex, I don't think, it's just extreme empathy
D
She's not my ex, we never met, but do you still think of me?
G Em G
They say that the world is one, but if the world is one
F Am7
How come you never come around anymore?
D
I guess it's not that simple
Em Am
Well, everyone learns to live with their sins
C Am
But girl you wear yours like a brand new skin
Bm
So take it all off and let me back in
C F
To your…
G
It's an unforgiving world
C G C
But she's not an unforgiving girl (x2)
F
G Em
Welcome to the Welcome Center
G F
Make a U-Turn
C
My phone is freaking out
Am
I'll lose my shit while it re-routes but
G
But she moves and
Em
She speaks and
G F
She's on a chain that moves towards perfection
Am7 D
Baby, the effects are so good these days, if there were gears behind those big brown
Eyes, I wouldn't be able to tell the difference
G Am C (x2)
G Am
Oh, girl
C G Am C
You know you got to be forgiving in a world like this
G Am
It's a small world
C G Am C
And you know you got to come see me sooner or later, girl you know I know...
G Am C (x4)
Em Am
Well, everyone learns to live with themselves
C Am
And you're not the only one who's been through hell
Bm C F
So give me a sign that I'm not making love to myself
G
It's an unforgiving world
C G
But she's not an unforgiving girl (repeat)
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9. Cosmic Hero
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Horn part: G Bm/F# F Em Eb
G D
If you really wanna make it last
Dm C
You could commit yourself completely
G D
You could lie down in the river at last
Dm C
And let the dread complete you
G D
And if you really don't want the pain
Dm C
You can disengage completely
G D
Because it wasn't healthy anyways
Dm C
And you've got a job and a family
G D Dm Em x2
G D
If you really wanna fall asleep
Dm C
Then you'll have to find some punctuation
G D
And if you wanna ride it out to the end
Dm C
You can tie your thoughts together
G D
And if you really wanted to be kind
Dm C
You'd have forgiven them a long ass time ago
G D
And if you really wanna know how kind you are
Dm C
Just ask yourself why you're lying in bed alone
G D Dm Em x2
G D
I know you wish my flesh would yield
Dm C
I love you but I can’t stand the touch
G D
And of course I’m alright with death
Dm C
But why you talk about it so goddamn much?
G D Dm Em x4
G
I will go to heaven
Bm/F#
You won’t go to heaven
F
I will go to heaven
C/E
I won’t see you there (x4)
G D
If you really wanna know yourself
Dm C
It will come at the price of knowing no one else
G D
This guy, he was so high
Dm C
I asked my friend to punch him out
G D Dm Em
Can you kick his ass?
Can you kick his ass for me?
G D Dm Em
G D
And if you really wanna make the change
Dm C
Then you would cut yourself off completely
G D
But if you just want it to be ok
Dm C
It will never be ok
G D Dm Em x2
G D
It'll be alright
Dm
It'll be alright
Em
It'll be alright
G
It'll be alright
D
It'll be alright
Dm
It'll be alright(fuck)
Em
It'll be alright (fuck you) (x3)
G Bm/F# F Em Eb x4
G D
Now you gotta change addresses again
Dm C
If they knew where the fire was they'd put it out
G D
Someone's knocking on your door
Dm C
Fire turned towards me with an open mouth
G D
And if you don't come home tonight
Dm C
You will never call it home again
G D
And if you need some peace and quiet
Dm C
There is room for all in heaven
G D Dm Em x2
G Bm/F# F C/E x2
G
I will go to heaven
Bm/F#
You won’t go to heaven
F
I will go to heaven
C/E
I won’t see you there (x2)
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10. The Ballad of the Costa Concordia
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C F C Em Am Em Am G x2
C F C
I used to like the morning
Em Am
I’d survived another night
Em Am
I’d walk to breakfast through the garden
G C
See the flowers stretching in the sunlight
F C
Now I wake up in the morning
Em Am
And all the kindness is drained out of me
Em Am
I spend hours just wincing
G F
And trying to regain some sense of peace
C D
If only I could sustain my anger
Dm C G
Feel it grow stronger and stronger
F C D
It sharpens to a point and sheds my skin
Dm C
Shakes off the weight of my sins
G F C
And takes me to heaven
F C
I stay up late every night
Em Am
Out of some general protest
Em Am
But with no one to tell you to come to bed
G C
It’s not really a contest
F C
Maybe you think
Em Am
I’ll learn from my mistake
Em Am
But not this time
G F
It’s just gonna break me
C D
If only I could sustain my anger
Dm C G
Feel it grow stronger and stronger
F C D
It sharpens to a point and sheds my skin
Dm C
Shakes off the weight of my sins
G F
And takes me to heaven
C F C
And if I’ve lost you for good
Em Am
Could it have been any other way?
Em Am
Was the water filling up for years
G C
Or did I wreck it all in a day?
F C
I’m going to bed now
Em
I’ve sunk into my sorrows
Am Em
And it’ll take three hundred million dollars
Am D Dm C G
To get me up tomorrow
D Dm C G
F C
I won’t go down with this shit
Dm Am
I will put my hands up and surrender
F C
There will be no more flags above my door
G Dm
I have lost, and always will be
F Am F C G
It was an expensive mistake
It was an expensive mistake
My horse broke his back to get me here
I have his blood on my hands for no reason
But what was I supposed to do?
How was I supposed to know how to use a tube amp?
How was I supposed to know how to drive a van?
How was I supposed to know how to ride a bike without hurting myself?
How was I supposed to know how to make dinner for myself?
How was I supposed to know how to hold a job?
How was I supposed to remember to grab my backpack after I set it down to play
Basketball?
How was I supposed to know how to not get drunk every
Thursday, Friday, Saturday
And - why not - Sunday?
How was I supposed to know how steer this ship?
How the hell was I supposed to steer this ship?
It was an expensive mistake
Can’t say you’re sorry and it’s over
I was given a body that is falling apart
My house is falling apart -
I was given a mind that can't control itself
I was given a ship that can't steer itself
And what about the pain I’m in right now?
And what about a vacation?
And what about a vacation to feel good?
My horse broke his back and left me here
How was I supposed to know?
And God won’t forgive me
And you won’t forgive me
Not unless I open up my heart
And how am I supposed to do that
When I go to this same room every night
Sleep in the same bed every night
Same fucking bed
Red comforter with the white stripes
And the yellow ceiling light makes me feel like I’m dying
This sea is too familiar
How many nights have I drowned here?
How many times have I drowned?
F Am F C
G
I give up (x2)
A5
A Am
Let us take you back to where we came in
We were united, an undivided nation
D G
We got divided, it was something inside us
A
It was not us
Am
We were so naive, we were just like animals
D
Told what to believe by the beasts who took control
G A
We wanted control too, but that was normal
Cause our life was one of survival
Am
The decisions we've made, if you can call it deciding
D G A
With your life on the line, it'd be social suicide to change your mind
So we got mad and we split the scene
Am
Now we download all of our shit for free
D G A
It's the new economy, we have nothing to offer and we sleep on trash
D A D A E
G
I give up x2
A Am
Let us take you back to where you came in
D
A man clinging to the cliff of revelation
G
So scared of what he would find, he started crying
A
"it was not me"
Stopped at the borderline they took his disguise
Am
So he read a book that won a Pulitzer prize
D
It was about death
G
It didn't help
A
He saw himself in it
He was disturbed at the conclusions it led to
Am
But he couldn't say what because the author was dead too
D G A
And so though he made fun of us, he has now become one of us
D A D A E
G
I give up x4
A G F#m F G x2
A G F#m F G
I give up
x3
A D/A E D
A D/A
And you wake up trembling
E
From a dream where I swam into the river
D
I reach out and hold you in my arms
E D
I love you, I love you, I love you
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11. Connect the Dots (The Saga of Frank Sinatra)
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E A D G B E
Little boy says I’ll be in love with my fists
E A D G B E
Little boy says I’ll be in love with my punches
E A D G B E
Little boy says what should I do with my hands mom?
E A D G B E
Little boy is told not to do anything wrong
A D G B E
When I die I’ll be taken to the constellations
A D G B E
Have a drink, relax, there’ll be some introductions
A D G B E
This is Cassiopea, this is Orion
A D G B E
This is Cindy, this is Nathan
A D G B E
That’s Chrissy and the other Nathan
E F# A
E F# A
I know it’s a lot to remember says mother
E F# A
I know it’s a lot to remember says father x2
E
E A D G B E
I speak these words in utter isolation
E A D B B E
I drive the car in a line from star to stardom
E A D G B E
Little boy says I’ll touch the heart of the nation
E A D G B E
Little boy says I’ll punch the heart of everyone
A D G B E
When I die I’ll be taken to the constellations
A D G B E
Take a drink, relax, there’ll be some introductions
A D G B E
This is Cassiopea, this is Orion
A D G B E
This is Cindy, this is Nathan
A D G B E
I just met him, no that’s the other Nathan!
E F# A
E F# A
I know it’s a lot to remember says mother
E F# A
I know it’s a lot to remember says father x2
A Bm D
You won’t see who you want to see there
A Bm D
No one will want to be in your band
A Bm D
You’ll have to learn how to make it on your own
A Bm D
Spend a little time with your own hand
E
E
(we were heroes back home
We are heroes back home)
E
Little boy says I’ll be in love with my fists
E F# A
E F#
And we’re never gonna never gonna get a job
A E
And we're never gonna never gonna get a job x2
E F# A
F# A E
FUCK...OFF...TEENS!!!!
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12. Joe Goes to School
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G Dm Cmaj7
I saw a horse and it saw me
G Dm Cmaj7
You know their skulls are so crazy but they still can see
G Dm Cmaj7
It had big brown eyes, shining and sad
G Dm Cmaj7
It was just a horse, I couldn’t tell if it was sad or not
G Dm Cmaj7 x2
G Dm Cmaj7
I held out my hand like there was something in it
G Dm Cmaj7
Managed to touch it, it did not seem interested
G Dm Cmaj7
Then a car pulled up, so I split the scene
G Dm Cmaj7
I am a tourist attraction biking down DoG Street
