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