PART I:
Verse 1:
D
(no chords)
I'm the son of rage and love
Bm
(no chords)
The Jesus of suburbia
G
The bible of none-of-the-above
A
On a steady diet of...
D
(no chords)
Soda pop and Ritalin
Bm
(no chords)
No one ever died for my sins
G
In hell, far as I can tell
A
At least the ones I got away with
Chorus 1:
G A
And there's nothing wrong with me
G A
This is how I'm supposed to be
G A
In a land of make-believe
(no chords)
I don't believe in me
D A G (repeat 2x)
Verse 2:
D
(no chords)
Get my television fix
Bm
(no chords)
Sitting on my crucifix
G
A living room on my private womb
A
While the moms and brads are away
D
(no chords)
So fall in love and fall in debt
Bm
(no chords)
To alcohol and cigarettes
G
And Mary-Jane, to keep me insane
A
Doing someone else's cocaine
Chorus 1:
G A
And there's nothing wrong with me
G A
This is how I'm supposed to be
G A
In a land of make-believe
(no chords)
I don't believe in me
D A G (repeat 2x)
Bridge 1:
D Bm G A
D F# Bm A G
A
PART II:
Verse 3:
(soft) D A
At the center of the Earth in the parking lot
Bm A
Of the Seven-Eleven where I was taught
G A
The motto was just a lie
(soft) D A
It says home is where your heart is, but what a shame
Bm A
Cuz' everyone's heart doesn't beat the same
G A
It's beating out of time
Chorus 2:
Bm A
City of the dead
D G
At the end of another lost highway
Bm A G
Signs misleading to nowhere
Bm A
City of the damned
D G
Lost children with dirty faces today
Bm A G
No one really seems to care
Verse 4:
(soft) D A
I read the graffiti on the bathroom stall
Bm A
Like the holy scriptures of a shopping mall
G A
And so it seemed to confess
(soft) D A
It didn't say much but it only confirmed
Bm A
That the center of the Earth is the end of the world
G A
And I can really care less.
Chorus 2:
Bm A
City of the dead
D G
At the end of another lost highway
Bm A G
Signs misleading to nowhere
Bm A
City of the damned
D G
Lost children with dirty faces today
Bm A G
No one really seems to care
PART III:
(Não foi alterado, está 1/2 tom abaixo)Solo:
Ab C# Ab F# Eb C# G F# Eb C# Eb Ab
E-----------------------------------------------------------------
B-----------------------------5--------6--6--6--5--------------8--
G-----------5--5--5--------------7--5--------------7--5--7--5-----
D--5--5--5-----------5--5--5--------------------------------------
A-----------------------------------------------------------------
E-----------------------------------------------------------------
Chorus 3:
A D
I don't care if you don't |
|
A E | Repeat this part
I don't care if you don't | 4 times
|
G D A |
I don't care if you don't care |
Bm A
I don't care...
Bridge 2:
D A# A (repeat 4x)
Verse 5:
(no chords) A# A
Everyone's so full of shit
(no chords) A# A
Born and raised by hypocrites
(no chords) A# A
Hearts recycled but never saved
(no chords) A# A
From the cradle, to the grave
(no chords) A# A
We are the kids of War and Peace
(no chords) A# A
From Anaheim to the Middle East
(no chords) A# A
We are the stories and disciples of
(no chords) A# A
The Jesus of Suburbia
Pre-Chorus 3:
G A D A
Land of make-believe
G A D A
And it don't believe in me.
G A D A
Land of make-believe
G A D A
And I don't believe.
Chorus 3:
G A D
And I don't care.
G A D
I don't care.
G A D
I don't care.
G A D
I don't care.
G A D
I don't care.
G A
PART IV:
Verse 6:
A C#
Dearly beloved are you listening
D A E
I can't remember a word that you were saying
A C#
Are we demented or am I disturbed
D A E
The space that's in between insane and insecure
A C# D A E
A C#
Oh therapy can you please fill the void
D A E
Am I retarded or am I just overjoyed
A C#
Nobody's perfect and I stand accused
D A E
For lack of a better word and that's my best excuse (sigh)
A C# D A E
PART V:
Verse 7:
(kinda hard to express the rhythm here; just repeat the little verse
intro)
A (root only) G D (repeat 4x)
A G D A G D
To live and not to breathe
A G D A G D
is to die in tragedy
A G D A G D
To run, to run away
A G D A G D
To find what you believe
Chorus 4:
(again, kinda hard to express rhythm; each chord is strummed only once and
on the beat)
D A D A D A
And I
E A E A E A
leave behind
D A D A D A
This hurricane
E A E A E A
of fucking lies
Verse 8:
A G D A G D
I lost my faith to this
A G D A G D
This town, that don't exist
A G D A G D
So I run, I run away
A G D A G D
The light of masochist
Chorus 4:
D A D A D A
And I
E A E A E A
leave behind
D A D A D A
This hurricane
E A E A E A
of fucking lies
D A D A D A
And I
E A E A E A
walked this line
D A D A D A
On million and one
E A E A E A
fucking times
But not this time
(Não alterado, está 1/2 tom abaixo)Solo 2:
Ab(oct) F# C# (repeat 2x, then the part below)
E---------------------------------------
B---------------------------------------
G--6--8--6--10--6--8--6--5--3--6--3--5-- (repeat 2x)
D---------------------------------------
A---------------------------------------
E---------------------------------------
E--------------------------------------------------------------------
B-----7p6-----9p6-----7p6-----9p6-----9p8-----11p8-----9p8-----11p8--
G--6-------6-------6-------6-------8-------8--------8-------8--------
D--------------------------------------------------------------------
A--------------------------------------------------------------------
E--------------------------------------------------------------------
PART VI:
Verse 9:
(no chords, just piano)
I don't feel any shame, I won't apologize
When there ain't nowhere you can go
Running away from pain when you've been victimized
Tales from another broken...home
Outro:
A G D
You're leaving
A G D
You're leaving
A G D
You're leaving
A G D
You're leaving home.
A(oct) G D (repeat 2x)
A