Intro: C
Verse
F Dm C
There’s that girl from your work and she’s here with some guy
F Dm C
He’s got a t-shirt tux and piano key tie
F D Am
The rest of us were rolling our eyes at the handshake
C
He did with the doorman
F Dm C
But that’s how he gets the stuff that makes him feel so important
F Dm C
And we all need something to get through the night
F Dm C
'Cause the kitchen gets hot and the fingers get fried
F D
A Pontius Pilate played to the crowd
C Am
And they all thought they knew what he wanted
F D
And everyone’s sorry when they see that it’s dawn
C Am
I assume that’s the reason we do this
F D
And me and the guy with the piano key tie
Am C
Are probably gonna play right through this
Bridge
F C G C
Tiny little triumphs, massive bloody failures
F C G C
I hear that there were sailors who dread coming to shore
F C G C
I Guess it’s true, it’s true I guess
F C G C
But tonight I fear my sensors aren’t receiving at their best
Verse
F Dm C
And everyone talks about they hate that they’re here
F Dm C
Baring their teeth and sharpening spears
F D
The stuff that they put in the punch bowl tonight
Am C
Makes it too hard to pay much attention
F Dm C
But your war of attrition turned out to be a major attraction
F Dm C
A boy and a girl were draining their beers
F Dm C
He said “Stalin was a weatherman to start his career
F D Am C
And Johnny Cash was in the service when the news came through the wire
F D
And it’s weird how you feel when bad people die”
C Am
She said “Yeah I guess, whatever
F Dm C
All your fun little facts are never going to keep us together”
Bridge
F C G C
We'll all be doomed once we leave this room
F C
We’re spinning through the turnstiles
G C
And we’re sleeping in our shoes
F C
While we’re sad in stones
G C
While we’re all hooked up at home
F C
But when we leave the house we’re homesick
G C
Got the disconnection blues
F C G C
There were multiple dispensers and some friends we couldn’t use
Final Verse
C
F C
There’s a candle on the table, there’s a photo on the fridge
F C G C
There’s a bunch of things we said we were gonna do and never did
And sometimes it’s all slippery sidewalks
F C
And trying to find a place to park
F C G C
Turning on a burner that never catches spark
F C
They said everything’s perception but that’s not really right
F C G C
Let’s all try to tell a little truth tonight
F C G C
Let’s all try to tell a little truth tonight