xCapo 2 is how its played live, sounds fine in standard.
one nine six nine
Intro (x4): On the C lift your middle finger, or which ever is holding the E on the D string
G C D
G Em7 C D
press the tape recorder let's get this all down real fast
G Em7 C D
before the insignificant thought goes by
G Em7 C D
there's one more slow song left to write for the record
G Em7 C D
make all the metal heads cry
G Em7 C D
throw rocks but not rocking and stand there just mocking
G Em7 C D
with hands in their armpits that they'll later smell
C Bm C Em7
when you live in the past there's one thing that will last
C D G G
it's resentment that time won't sit still
INTRO x4
G Em7 C D
the record business is fucked and it's kinda funny
G Em7 C D
it'll separate a boy from a man
G Em7 C D
you can buy every copy of your record with your money
G Em7 C D
but you'd be your only fan
G Em7 C D
if there's one thing my father said when he was younger
G Em7 C D
to a kid with a mullet that looked like his son
C Bm C Em7
to want and to try is the difference why
C D G G
some people will walk and some run . . .thank you dad
INTRO x4
G Em7 C D
sharpen up all your pencils cause class will come early
G Em7 C D
there's so much you thought that you knew
G Em7 C D
while the b list celebrities all pay for the fame
G Em7 C D
they'll soak up what's left of the pool
G Em7 C D
while a kid in the corner becomes a savant
G Em7 C D
no one will care til he's dead
C Bm C Em7
or he falls from his grace with it all over the place
C D G G
and a piece of it stuck in his head
Intro x4
