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O Come O Come Emmanuel 
Tom:  F#m
Intro:  F#m, E, F#m, E, F#m
Verse 1:
F#m
O come, O come, Emmanuel
D           E       F#m 
And ransom captive Israel
D                          F#m
That mourns in lonely exile here
D                E       A
Until the Son of God appear
Chorus:
E        C#        D    F#m
Rejoice! Rejoice! Emma---nuel
D                 E           F#m
Shall come to thee, O Israel.
 
A, F#m, A, F#m, A
Verse 2:
F#m
O come, Thou Rod of Jesse, free
    D                   E      F#m
Thine own from Satan's tyr--anny
     D                              F#m
From depths of Hell Thy people save
     A                 E       A
And give them victory o'er the grave
Chorus:
E        C#        D    F#m  
Rejoice! Rejoice! Emma--nuel
     D                E       F#m
Shall come to thee, O Israel.
A, F#m, A, F#m, E
Verse 3: 
F#m 
   O come, O come, Thou Lord of might,
    D                 E            F#
Who to Thy tribes, on Sinai's height,
    D                             F#m
In ancient times did'st give the Law,
   D           E              A
In cloud, and majesty and awe.
E        F#m       D    F#m
Rejoice! Rejoice! Emma--nuel
      D            E         F#m
Shall come to thee, O Israel.  
Outro:
Repeat F#m and E
Chimaera 
Tom: Dm
Intro: A Dm (Dm-A#) F (F-C) Dm Dm A# F C
           Dm                      A#
You took a time bomb and a case of crackers
               C            (C-A)     Dm    (Dm-A#) F  (F-C)
And you made a maelstrom of organic debris,
                Dm                      A#
then you took a work bench, and a rusty anvil,
        C                 (C-A)       Dm    (Dm-A#) F  (F-C)
and you polished them for everyone to see,
         Dm                   A#
you have created an unhealthy monster,
           C           (F-G)         A        A
but you're nowhere but nowhere to be found,
     Dm                              A#
so I guess I'll just cope with my provisions,
     C             (C-A)           Dm      (Dm-A#)
From now until the day they lay me down
F (F-C) Dm Dm A# F C C
           Dm                  A#
You took a baboon and made him perfect
           C            (C-A)           Dm    (Dm-A#) F  (F-C)
You took a lion and stripped him of his pride
                Dm                       A#
Then you took a million more varieties a scalpel and a sartory
        C             (C-A)       Dm    (Dm-A#) F  (F-C)
And you stitched up a horrible surprise
            Dm               A#
You have created an unsocial monster
           C           (F-G)         A        A
And you're searched for all over the globe
    Dm                                     A#
And most believe that things would sure be better
         C                  C                Dm    Dm     
If you'd come down here and tell us what you know
C                         Dm
Who is to blame for this? Someone tell me please
    C                            Dm
His handiwork is flawed and it's there for all to see
  C                           Dm
Mutations, aberrations and blatant anomalies
     A#           A#           C      (C-A)
They multiply and give rise to this...monstrosity,
Solo
Dm Dm A# A# C C Dm Dm
Dm Dm A# A# C C A A
             Dm                             A#
You took the most abundant smallest bits of matter
           C                      Dm
And you instilled them with affinity
             Dm                       A#
And then you stratified accumulations Weeded out bad variations
    C                          Dm
And blended up your unique recipe
            Dm              A#
You have created a powerful monster
       C           (F-G)           A        A
With direction and purpose all its own
       Dm                                A#
And if you were here would things be any different?
           C          (C-A)           Dm      (Dm-A#)
Or are you just a mosaic of thoughts alone?
F (F-C) Dm Dm A# F C C
Avalon 
Tom: Am
Intro:
Play 4 times                                           _1_2_3_____________
                                                       |
   Am                  Dm              F                    Em
e|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
B|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
G|-14--14--14--14--|-14--------------|-10--10--10--10--|-109---9---9-9-9-|
D|-14--14--14--14--|-1412--12--121212|-10--10--10--10--|-109---9---9-9-9-|
A|-12--12--12--12--|-1212--12--121212|-8---8---8---8---|-8-7---7---7-7-7-|
E|-----------------|---10--10--101010|-----------------|-----------------|
 _4_________________
 |      
      Em     Dm      Em        Dm      Em        Dm      Em
e|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
B|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
G|-109---9---7-7-7-|-9---------7-7-7-|-9---------7-7-7-|-9-------9---9---|
D|-109---9---7-7-7-|-9---------7-7-7-|-9---------7-7-7-|-9-------9---9---|
A|-8-7---7---5-5-5-|-7---------5-5-5-|-7---------5-5-5-|-7-------7---7---|
E|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
   F
e|-----------------|
B|-----------------|
G|-10--10--10--10--|
D|-10--10--10--10--|
A|-8---8---8---8---|
E|-----------------|
[Verse 1]
       Am                 Bm     C     
As the sun comes creeping up the mountain
        G                        Dm  Em
and the wind blows over from the sea.
           Am                          Bm   C     
Hey, we're brought into this land like tiny particles of sand,
G                                    Dm                  Em
unsure of who we're smarter than, or what we're meant to be.
       Am                   Bm          C         
Oh the grains sift coarsely through the hour glass
       G                              Dm   Em
and collect like their victims in the bowl.
      Am                    Bm         C
The ungodly force of change erodes all sense of earthly gains.
      G                           Dm             Em
While tending to the mundane will terrorize your soul.
[Chorus]
         Am       G      Em                   Am
And it's no! It's no use thinking that you're wrong.
    G       Dm      F                        G
The past is old and gone. It's best to move along
    G    Am   Bm
and find your Avalon.
[Interlude]
Am Bm C G Dm Em
[Verse 2]
Well, I wish that I could tell you it was easy,
just take the paved road right to paradise.
But the truth is my friend, the pain and suffering never ends.
Make amends with medicine, amnesia, and lies.
The grains sift coarsely through the hour glass
and they pound like boulders on the brain.
All those things you did for fun, never hurting anyone,
careless shadows in the sun, just empty and lame.
[Chorus]
And it's no! It's no use thinking that you're wrong.
The past is old and gone. It's best to move along
and find your Avalon.
[Interlude]
Play intro-riff
[Solo]
Play verse under solo
[Verse 3]
So now the day races from the twilight.
How the fields are enveloped by the shade.
And the story that you'll tell, inventory of your well,
crack the shell and find the mortar silted and decayed.
[Chorus]
And it's no! It's no use thinking that you're wrong.
The past is dead and gone. It's best to move along
and find your Avalon.
It's best to hurry on and find your Avalon.
Only Rain 
Tom: F#m
Intro: F#m E D D D E F#m F#m (2x)
[Verse 1]
     F#m  E           D                E        F#m
Hey, scientist please save us from our rainy days
             F#m    E           D                          E          F#m
Because your counterpart in the magic art is manufacturing judgment day
          D         E       F#m
There's a fell wind blowing out of the east
D               E                 F#m
Bringing famine drought and plague
D           A                      E
Well now at least that's what they say
[Chorus]
               F#m      E     D
Rain fell like judgment
          E     F#m
Across my windowpane
                  F#m      E
Said it fell like judgment
    D            E     F#m
But it was only rain
[Verse 2]
Well I know what's wrong and I know what's right
And I know that evil exists sure as the day turns into night
When a man gets down on his knees to pray you know he'll find what he is able
But chances are he'll find it either way
[Chorus]
Rain fell like judgment
Across my windowpane
Said it fell like judgment
But it was only rain
Rain fell like judgment
Across my windowpane
Said it fell like judgment
But it was only rain
[Bridge]
E                        F#m
Oh lord, have mercy on a humble man
E                          D             C#
Lost in the wilderness without a guiding hand
[Solo]
F#m E D D D E F#m F#m (2x)
[Chorus]
Rain fell like judgment
Across my windowpane
Said it fell like judgment
But it was only rain
It fell like judgment
Across my windowpane
Said it fell like judgment
But it was only rain.
Wrong Way Kids 
Tom: D
Intro: D5---C5---Bb5---F5--- D5---C5---F5--- (pick slide)
Verse 1:
D5             C5         F5        Bb5
Stop them from shimmering away
D5                C5                 F5               Bb5
On blank sidewalk glittering asphalt somewhere summer days
D5                C5             Bb5          F5
The wrong way kids were something more than friends
F5           C5             F5    (pick slide)
Navigating a sprawl without end
Chorus:
F5                        C5
Did you ever want to take bad advice?
Bb5                         F5
Did you ever want to go and take it twice?
F5                       C5                 Bb5           F5
Do you remember when the world began to put up its thorny fence?
          D5        C5
Right you are my friend
          D     C    Bb
So what’s wrong with them?
Bb5          F5        C5
There go the wrong way kids
D5           C5      Bb5     F5
Singing whoa oh whoa oh whoa oh ohhhh
D5           C5      Bb5     F5
Singing whoa oh whoa oh whoa oh ohhhh
D5      C5      Bb5   F5
Whoa oh whoa oh whoa oh ohhhh
         F5            C5        F5       (pick slide)        
And they call them the wrong way kids
Verse 2: (same chords as verse 1)
The kids today are gone away petitioning the dust
With nobody to look up to because they're looking up to us
Just misfit melancholy dregs gone lost in the mall
Wanderers to nowhere at all
::Repeat Chorus::
Dearly Beloved Acoustic 
Tom: Em
Intro/Pre-Verse: Em Bm x3 then C D (has alternating D Dsus4 at end)
Verse:
Em         C           G          D                
Here's the story of an honest man losing religion...
Pre-Chorus:
Em         D                G               C
Make no mistake Despite our traits I seldom Seeeeeeeeeeeee...
                           Chorus kicks in bout here^(I can't relate)
Chorus:
C         Em      C        G    D          Em                B5
I can't relate to youuuuuuuu... I can't relate to youuuuuuuuuuu.......
Interlude First Part:
Muted 
E5               D5                  C5                     B5
Dearest in memorium Set Phasers to stun and grab yourself a neighbors...
Interlude Second Part:
Muted, but unmute each 3rd strum
E5 C5 G5             D5
      Do you know my name...
E5
I won't deny....
Queen Of The 21st Century 
Tom: D
Intro: D5 F5 C5 G5 (Fill1)
Fill1: (Guitar 1)
e|-----------------|
B|-----------------|
G|-----------------|
D|-----------------|
A|-7-5---------7-5-|
E|-----7-5-7/9-----|
---VERSE 1:
         D5             F5
From the time she could crawl
        C5            G5 (Fill1)
She was all draped in macrame.
        D5            F5
She was preened and redeemed
     C5                   G5 (Fill1)
In a church that tried to show the way.
(Guitar 2 plays open chords)
Fill2: (Guitar 2)
   G5
e|-----------------|
B|-----------------|
G|-----------------|
D|-5-----------5---|
A|-5-------5-7-----|
E|-3---------------|
(Fill1 and Fill2 are in the same bar)
D5                F5            C5     G5 (Fill1) (Fill2)
She was taught to never ask for more,
D5           F5              C5     G5 (Fill1) (Fill2)
They had no idea of what she had in store.
---CHORUS: (Guitar 1 and 2 plays open chords)
          D5           F5   C5    G5
She's the queen of the 21st century,
       D5                F5                C5                 G5
Just a ghost of what her parents thought a little girl should be:
       D5            F5             C5     G5
Analog heart, analog nerves, analog brain,
      D5             F5        C5     G5
But a fixture of the digital domain.
---INTERLUDE:
   D5                F5                C5                G5
e|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
B|-15b17-----------|-13~-------------|-13--------------|-----------------|
G|-----------------|---------12------|---------14--12--|-----------------|
D|---------14b16---|-----------------|-----------------|-12~---------12\-|
A|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
E|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
         
---VERSE 2: (Guitar 1 plays the fig, guitar 2 like verse 1)
Fig:
   D5                F5                C5                G5
e|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
B|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
G|---------7-7-----|---------1010----|---------5-5-----|-----------------|
D|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-1010101010101010|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|---------5-5-----|
A|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|
E|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-| 4x
  |--P.M.-|   |-----P.M.----|   |-----P.M.----|   |-----P.M.----|    P.M.
         D5             F5
From the time she could read
          C5                   G5
She could see that there was urgency,
     D5           F5           C5
No debate, just a spate of ignorance
                    G5
In a splintering community.
D5              F5              C5  G5 (Fill2)
She could never meet their expectations,
D5               F5            C5  G5 (Fill2)
Then she came to symbolize the nation.
---CHORUS:
          D5           F5   C5    G5
She's the queen of the 21st century,
       D5                F5                C5                 G5
Just a shred of what her parents thought a little girl should be:
           D5                F5                C5   G5
Steeped in spite, coddled in fear, drenched in novelty,
    D5           F5          C5   G5
But masterful at sensual technology.
---INTERLUDE:
(Play 2x)
   D5                        F5
e|-------------------------|-------------------------|
B|-------------------------|-------------------------|
G|-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-|-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-|
D|-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-|-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-|
A|-------------------------|-------------------------|
E|-------------------------|-------------------------|
   C5                        G5
e|-------------------------|-------------------------|
B|-------------------------|-------------------------|
G|--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9-|-------------------------|
D|-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-|--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9-|
A|-------------------------|-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-|
E|-------------------------|-------------------------|
---BRIDGE:
          D5    G5   D5    C5
She's the queen!
          D5    G5  D5             C5
She's the queen, no rules in her empire.
          D5    G5      D5         C5
She's the queen, just libido and desire.
          D5          G5
She's the lean, mean, fighting machine,
    D5                    C5
The stuff of modern media lore
        D5     C5        F5
And she always knows the score.
---SOLO: (I'm not very sure if i'ts right)
(When the solo's wrong, than figure by yourself)
   D5                        F5
e|-------------------------|-------------------------|
B|-------------------------|-------------------------|
G|-14-14-14-14b16b14~~-----|-11-11-11-11b13b11-------|
D|-15-15-15-15----15~~-----|-12-12-12-12----12-------|
A|-------------------------|-------------------------|
E|-------------------------|-------------------------|
   C5                           G5
e|----------------------------|-----------------------------|
B|----------------------------|-----------------------------|
G|-12-10b12-13----------------|-----------------------------|
D|-------------12~~--------10-|-----------------------------|
A|-------------------10-12----|-12-10-8-10b12-8-------------|
E|----------------------------|-----------------12b14-12-10-|
   D5                        F5
e|-----------------------|-------------------------|
B|-----------------------|-------------------------|
G|-----------------------|-14----------------------|
D|--------------------12-|----12-10-10~~-----------|
A|------------14--12-----|-------------------------|
E|-10--12--14------------|-------------------------|
   C5                        G5
e|-------------------------|-------------------------|
B|-------------------------|-------------------------|
G|-------------------------|-------------------------|
D|----16///14///12///10///_|_14----------------------|
A|-14----------------------|----14///12///10///9///--|
E|-------------------------|-------------------------|
---CHORUS:
          D5           F5   C5   G5
She's the queen of the 21st century,
       D5                F5                C5                 G5
Just a ghost of what her parents thought a little girl should be:
       D5              F5
Fallen star, black and blue,
       C5             G5
Broken hearts, wasted youth,
       D5            F5
Rusted cars, twisted roots,
       C5              G5
Mental scars, the ugly truth.
---INTERLUDE:
(Play 4x)
   D5                        F5
e|-------------------------|-------------------------|
B|-------------------------|-------------------------|
G|-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-|-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-|
D|-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-|-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-|
A|-------------------------|-------------------------|
E|-------------------------|-------------------------|
   C5                        G5
e|-------------------------|-------------------------|
B|-------------------------|-------------------------|
G|--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9-|-------------------------|
D|-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-|--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9-|
A|-------------------------|-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-|
E|-------------------------|-------------------------|
---OUTRO: (Play the interlude riff 3 times)
          D5           F5   C5   G5
She's the queen of the 21st century
          D5           F5   C5   G5
She's the queen of the 21st century
            D5             F5
And she's a modern-day polemic,
          C5       G5
A walking controversy.
(Play this riff 3x)
   D5                      F5
e|-----------------------|-------------------------|
B|-----------------------|-------------------------|
G|-----------------------|-------------------------|
D|-----------------------|-12-14~~-----14-14-14-14-|
A|-10--12--14-10--12--14-|-------------------------|
E|-----------------------|-------------------------|
   C5                        G5
e|-------------------------|-------------------------|
B|-------------------------|-------------------------|
G|-------------------------|-------------------------|
D|-------------------------|-------------------------|
A|-15-15-15-15-14-14-14-14-|-12~~--------------------|
E|-------------------------|-------------------------|
          D5           F5   C5   G5
She's the queen of the 21st century
          D5           F5   C5   G5
She's the queen of the 21st century
(Slow down until the end)
          D5           F5   C5   G5
She's the queen of the 21st century
          D5
She's the queen!
Cease 
Tom: Am
Intro: Am G F E E7 (Use E7 in the transition)(x2) Am G E...
 
 Am      G        F     C  C/B
Blacktop pavement cover me
       Am                      Dm           F              G
Like a chemical reaction or a steamroller, spreading randomly
           Am       G          F      C
There's a distant buzz and low frequency
    Am        G             F        C   C/G
It tickles my ears, rumbles under my feet
         Dm        Dm/F           C      G
And it shakes the leaves off of every tree
F    C   G
Vio-lent-ly
        Am        G           Dm
What pretention! everlasting peace
   F F/F#  G   G/G#   Am
  Eve-ry-thing must cease
Am G F E E7 (x2)
Am G E
Am      G       F     C   C/B
In-sti-tu-tion on the hill
Am                              Dm            F                G
Like a beacon in the mind of an ancestor to ignite a people's will
          Am      G           F       C
There's a shadow stain on the west facade
        Am           G          F         C   C/G
It has spread like decay to enshroud the fraud
         Dm   Dm/F          C     G    F  C   G
and the descendents find it oh so odd, oh so odd
        Am        G           Dm
What pretention! everlasting peace
   F F/F#  G   G/G#   Am
  Eve-ry-thing must cease
Am G F E E7 (X2)
Am G E
Am       G       F          C   C/B
Grave memorial, hewn white stone
           Am                   Dm           F                   G
Like the comforting caress of a mother or a friend you've always known
    Am          G          F   C
It evokes such pain and significance
Am                G         F      C    C/G
What was once is reduced to rememberence
        Dm          Dm/F         C    G
And the generations pass without recompense
F   C    G
Oh- Oh - Ohh
      Am        G           Dm
What pretention everlasting peace
   F F/F#  G   G/G#  
  Eve-ry-thing must...   cease.
Am G F E E7 (x4) 
end with Am.
Waiting For The Fire 
Tom: C
Intro: C----Am----F----G---- (x2)
Verse 1:
C          Am        F       G
Two young lads on distant shores
Tending to the rigors of their daily chores
Their parents tell them what's going on
N/C         F ~     G ~        C
and they're waiting for the fire
C          Am      F        G
Two young men on distant shores
Tending to the rigors of their social norms
The news reel tells them what's going on
N/C          F ~    G ~     C ~
and they're waiting for the bombs
Chorus: 
C      Am     F       G
Waiting for the fire
C           Am                F                 G
The heat is rising and their tongues are getting drier
C         Am          F        G
The culmination of an ancient time
N/C      F ~     G ~      C
They are waiting for the fire
C        Am     F      G
Waiting for the fire
C        Am      F        G
They are waiting for the fire
Grains Of Wrath
Tom: C
Intro: C  D#  A#  G
C					      D#                     A#
Back in '83 a man came to men and he told me "Son, our way of life is done"
                 G
But I was only young
              C                                               D#
With an eye to the fields speculators and yields rotten to the core,
          F*                                      G*
Monoculture whores entered the bidding wars from distant shores,
C         D#     A#       G#           C             D#      A#      G#
Iiiiiiiiii I don't wanna be in the land known as destitute and free,
               G#                  A#                 G#       A#
With the grains of wrath blazing a path from sea to shining sea!
Intro
Oh the sinuous trails of concrete and rails and exhausted roars,
Population wars setting our future course,
Is profit and greed the only conceit on a scale between
Mere prosperity and inhumanity? It may well be but,
I don't wanna be in the land known as destitute and free,
With the grains of wrath blazing a path from sea to shining sea!
Solo: same chords as in the verse
I don't wanna be in the land known as destitute and free,
With the grains of wrath blazing a path from sea to shining sea!
Adams Atoms
Tom: Em
Em          D
Some live, some die
C                           G                D    C
Everybody wonders why we're here should even try
G                         D     C    G
Philosophies lost in the night
Verse1:
  D                           C
A beacon in the distance, you gotta turn around
    G                           D
Its vestige deeply flickers in elocution sound
    D                        G
The modernist chronometer uptining underbound
   C                      D
Pretensions of a higher ground
Chorus1:
        C Em
Higher ground
    G  D                Em
Introspective paradise found
C Em   G D      Em
Adam's atoms resound
Verse2:
The economy of nature, the dead and shallow graves
The particles of happiness elude us in their names
A psycho-symbiotical reflection on the waves
Eternal is the night and day
Chorus2:
Night and day
Omnipresency those who fade
Adam's atoms remain
Break:
Em D C G D C G D 
G
Verse3:
The righteous opposition has led us all astray
One side against the other, one loses one reclaimed
And if reconciliation eludes us every day
Then will we ever find a way?
Last Chorus:
       C Em
Find a way
 G     D                 Em
Not without religion as gaze
C Em   G D     Em
Adam's atoms remain
C Em   G D      Em
Adam's atoms betray
C Em   G D     Em
Adam's atoms remain
End on Em

 

Wont Somebody 
Tom: Em
Chorus1:
Em        C           G            Am
Won't somebody please come up with something?
     Em               C             G         Am
'Cuz Jesus just don't seem to be impartially working
    Em       C              G           Am
And all the rest are really down in the ratings
      C            G         D
While everyone is right here waiting
Verse1:
            Em
Out in the cold
                 G*
Like a bundle of coal
                   Am
Little packets of darkness
            D     B
Wanting to grow
                    Em
Well there's nobody home
                           G*
And there's a wreck in the yard
                         Am
And maybe they're coming back
                  D            B
If we wish really hard, if we wish real hard, now
Chorus2:
Won't somebody please come up with something?
'Cuz Jesus just don't seem to be impartially working
And all the rest are really down in the ratings
But everyone is gonna keep on waiting
Verse2:
Waiting for peace
At the end of our streets
Back behind our apartments
In our passenger seats
Just a moment of bliss
Amid all of the waste
But despair and oblivion
Of our precarious race
Its ours to face, now
Chorus3:
Won't somebody please come up with something?
'Cuz Jesus just don't seem to be impartially working
And all of the rest are really down in the ratings
But everyone is still right here waiting
Break:
    C                      G
Now I know nothing lasts forever
       C
So we might as well wish for a goddam fix
        D                       B
Of this dark, sick,  changing weather
Then goes:
Em C G D (2x)
Chorus4:
Won't somebody please come up with something?
'Cuz Jesus just don't seem to be impartially working
And all of the others can barely stand in their running
But everyone is gonna keep on waiting
Chorus5:
Won't somebody please come up with something?(4x)
End on Em
Scrutiny 
Tom: Am
Am, F, G
One – two – three – four – five – six – seven – eight
Days go marching by
There and back I never wait for a confident reply
Am, F, C, G, (Am)
Truth is stark and leaves its mark as limited constraints
And the most difficult part is accepting what the future may bring
F, C, G, Am
It seems like a lifetime of scrutiny
Wither the path, whether worth the fee
A lifetime of scrutiny
E, F, G, F, C, G, Am
And it seems as though I can't be sure of anything any more
Am, F, G
One – two – three – four – five – six – seven – eight
Years go flying by
No one seems to hesitate or cast an earnest eye
Am, F, C, G, (Am)
Judgment comes in many forms but never scare or shy
And the litany is long as the confidence is strong in their delight
F, C, G, Am
It seems like a lifetime of scrutiny
Prejudicial waters wash over me
A lifetime of scrutiny
E, F, G, F, C, G, Am
And the words just don't equate with sense or sanity anymore
Am, F, G
One – two – three – four – five – six – seven – eight
The faces and the names
Shattered hopes and stolen dreams and no one left to blame
Am, F, C, G, (Am)
Is it possible to win this pointless mortal game?
`Cuz when death comes it's swift and my friend
We end up and the same
F, C, G, Am
It feels like a lifetime of scrutiny
Wither the path and whether worth the fee
A lifetime of scrutiny
E, F, G, F, C, G, Am
And it seems as though I can't remember of anything anymore 

 

Chronophobia 
Tom: Em
Intro: Em Em Em Em
Verse1:
     Em          Em*         Em**   Em*
This rational delusions have got to cease
     Em             Em*             Em**    Em
The second hand has finally got the vast of me
Em        Em*          Em** Em
I am too aware of singularity
     Em                Em       D
They brought me to the edge of time
         B
And it's all is in my mind! Now
Pre-chorus1:
      G          B               D         G
They say the ........ are coming back some day
     G                C            D          Em
The world is turning faster but it just won't wait
         A                          C         B
and I'm desperate to try almost anything to evade..
Chorus(2x):
   Em          Em*      Em** Em*
A simple chronophobia
   Em          Em*    Em** Em*
A simple chronophobia now
Verse2:
Maybe there's a science or technology
To help me come to terms with my maker
Since Natural Selection never banged on me
I must be an exception to the plan
Someone help me understand! Now
Pre-chorus2:
Cryogenic methods are injectable
And colagen polymers aren't so terrible
But they still can't prevent the inevitable...
Chorus
End on G
The Defense 
Tom: Bm
Intro..
Bm
Nothing comes easier than madness in the world today
Bm                 C
Mass paranoia is a mode not a melody
Bm
Yeah Id like to watch all thousand cable channels but theres nothing on
Bm                               C
high speed connections monitored daily by the pentagon
Bm
These things are seldom what they seem
Bm                          C
Im not inclined to enjoy my dreams
     F#
Wont go away
Em
No peace and no friends
G
We trace the mortal edge
D
To state the obvious
B             C    D   
This world is perilous for us
Em
No sense and no guide
G
Aint it beautiful to be alive
D
I wont resign before the struggle ends
B           C         D            Em
So Ill construct this sound defense
Pm. Em
Bm
We are the prey and culture is the predator
Bm                              C
Im running out of time where conditions are positionnal
Bm
Shadows of a doubt cast reluctance and depravity
Bm                            C
Theres got to be a way to overcome this grim reality
Bm
Is there an option left for me
Bm                        C
Im not immune to despondency
F#
Theres no way
Em
No peace and no friends
G
We trace the mortal edge
D
To state the obvious
B              C   D
This world is perilous for us
Em
No sense and no guide
G
Aint it beautiful to be alive
D
I wont resign before the struggle ends
B           C         D
So Ill construct this sound defense
Am                       G
Theres a signpost on the corner
                       F#1
And it keeps everybody safe
E
We were all made in the shade
Am                      G
And your mothers in the kitchen
                                          F#1
Where shes patching all the cracks in the wall
                            F              E
We never had to care in the world     Ohhhoooohhhh
-Solo-
Em
Too much to sacrifice
Its hard to recognize
G
Just a compromise of purely deadly alibies
D
Its combinational
The pressure so intense
B           C                D
So Ill construct this sound defense
Em
Nothings plainer than the madness in the world today
G
I must conceal myself and steal myself and break away
D
I seek initiatives in matters that are black and white
B           C               D
So Ill construct this sound defense
Pm. Em Em Em Em
 
Honest Goodbye
Tom: D
D          C#m     F#m
now get up and get in
                   F
i'll crack your knuckles again
D          C#m       F#m            F
supplicate and survive this transubstantiation
D     C#m   F#m   F 
and get so mean
D        C#m          F#m    F
i wanna know what it means
(chorus)
           D                C#m
(did you laugh) you know i did
                  F#m
(did you cry) i couldnt get it right
                D             E
(did you live) always on the edge
                 A             C#m
(did you lie) causing such a fright
               D           C#m
(did you love) oh to be forgiven
                        F#m
(did you try) but it wouldnt be right
         D            E        A      C#m
god it feels like a honest goodbye
ooh... (repeat chords for the chorus over this)
(VERSE SAME AS FIRST VERSE)
that sick brass boy day dreamin'
cry baby convict demon
hands so clean- a sympathetic cold blooded killing machine
how did you get so mean?- i wanna know what it means
(chorus)
got it feels like a honest goodbye
Theres No Solution Chords by Sum 41, www.Ultimate-Guitar.Com
the tuning is a half step down
there's an acoustic version of this song which is the same thing just lower the notes to 
- A# - F - C and that's about it
Em                            C
   so maybe nothing else will ever be so clear
G                  D
   or maybe that's only my fear
Em                            C
   If just for one day I wish I could disappear
G               D
   Just take me far from here
C            D                Em
   maybe I'd find out nothing new
C            D                Em
   maybe I'd end up just like you
                Em
so theres no solution
G         D             C
  give me truth to my conviction
             Em
is my own confusion
G       D
  reality or fiction
B      D           Em
  am I out of my mind?
Em
   the constant pressure
              C
   that keeps hanging over me
G              D
   it makes me feel so empty
Em                             C
   its more than anything that I could ever be
G                      D
   what else could you take from me?
C              D           Em
   its getting harder to relate
C               D                Em
   dont want to make the same mistake
                Em
so theres no solution
G         D             C
  give me truth to my conviction
             Em
is my own confusion
G       D
  reality or fiction
B      D           Em
  am I out of my mind?
C                  D
  it took me so long to find out
          Em       F#       G
its right there in front of me
    A        C
too close to see
                   D
what i thought was true
            B
i see right through
              D
whats killing you
             Em
theres no solution
G         D             C
  give me truth to my conviction
             Em
is my own confusion
G       D
  reality or fiction
B      D           Em
  am I out of my mind?
Em                            C
   so maybe nothing else will ever be so clear
G                D
   or maybe it's all my fear
Em                        G
   if only one day I wish I could disappear
D               B    D
   just take me far from here
Sorrow Acoustic 
Tom: B
B                            G         A            D
Let me take you to the hurting ground
             G             B                  D          A
Where all good men are trampled down
                D         G                         A      B
Just to settle a bet that could not be won
                     G             A                     D
Between a prideful father and his son
                    G               D            A         D
Won’t you guide me now, for I can't see
        G                       B                           D 
     A
A reason for the suffering and this long misery
               D                  G                            
               B
What if every living soul could be upright and strong
             G      A    D
Well, then I do imagine...
                    B   G   D
There will be sorrow
                            B   G  D
Yeah there will be sorrow
                             B   G  D     B   
 (keep playing with variations)
And there will be sorrow, no more
 B                  G                            A           D
When all soldiers lay their weapons down
                        G                    B              D 
                    A
Or when all kings and all queens relinquish their crowns
                        D                G                          
               B
Or when the only true messiah rescues us from ourselves
          G   A     D
It's easy to imagine...
                    B   G  D
There will be sorrow
                           B   G  D
And there will be sorrow
                            B   G  D     B    
          D
And there will be sorrow, no more... no more
(Hummming)
B               G                           A             D
When all soldiers lay their weapons down
                       G                     B              D 
                     A
Or when all kings and all queens relinquish their crowns
                       D                   G                       
                 B
Or when the only true messiah rescues us from ourselves
      G        A     D
It's easy to imagine...
(Singing Again)
                   B    G  D
There will be sorrow
                           B   G  D
And there will be sorrow
                            B   G  D     B    A
And there will be sorrow, no more
                B  G  D
And there will be sorrow
                B  G  D
There will be sorrow
                            B   G  D      B    
               D
Social Suicide 
Tom: C
Intro: x4 (guitar 2 pickslide during 3rd and 4th time)
AAA G AAA G CCCC GGGG 
Verse is same as intro
Right now
Well it's finally time to face my fears
Gonna get the hell out of here
And create a fresher atmosphere
But the consequence is clear
Chorus x1 (Pm the last F chord twice)
C                   F       C      G
(Furnace) There's a furnace set on high
      F        E    A
And a yearning undefined
         F       C        G
But it's time to turn the tide
     F       G
It's social suicide
 
Verse
Chorus
Bridge x3 (4th time pm A chord and slowly open up, followed by a pickslide)
AAAAA F CCCC G D(maybe C?)  
Shadows entertain the unwashed masses
Scholars explain their numb reactions
I don't even know if I can ever find truth
but I'm sure it won't come from following you
Chorus
Intro - End on A
Boot Stamping On A Human Face Forever 
Tom: Dm
Intro: Dm A# Dm A# Dm Gm F A
Dm                    A#                Dm
Drop dead, it doesn’t matter she said 
                     A#               Dm
It only hurts when I laugh she said 
               Gm        
Sometimes it’s never a crime 
    F                A     Dm
To spend the day in bed
                           A#                  Dm
She made certain that the curtains were red 
                        A#                     Dm
To dream better by the light they would shed 
                 Gm
She leaned back, tilted her head 
    F                 A
And this is what she said… 
D5        F#5   B5      A5   G5 A5
You can’t win; think it over again 
D5      F#5  B5                A5    G5  A5
I can’t wiiiiin; look at the trouble I’m in 
D5       F#5  B5         A5       G5     A5
We can’t win and we’re stuck here together 
D5       G5           F5  C5   A5
Yeah, I hope it will last forever
Dm                  A#           Dm
Don’t ever dare to hope he said 
                  A#             Dm
So I’m never let down too bad 
                Gm          
I know there’s nowhere to go 
         F                  A     Dm
So I’ll just stay here, instead
                        A#                  Dm
He knew better than to pull at a thread 
                        A#                  Dm
They unravel like the thoughts in his head 
                  Gm
He looked out; it filled him with dread 
    F               A
And this is what he said… 

D5        F#5   B5      A5   G5 A5
You can’t win; think it over again 
D5      F#5  B5                A5    G5  A5
I can’t wiiiiin; look at the trouble I’m in 
D5       F#5  B5         A5       G5     A5
We can’t win and we’re stuck here together 
D5       G5           F5  C5   A5
Yeah, I hope it will last forever
Dm                   A#                 Dm
With good books and looks on their side 
                         A#              Dm
And hearts bursting with national pride 
                           Gm
They sang songs and went along for the ride 
        F           A
And the other side complied 
         Dm                   A#          Dm  
They said, Hey, man, where do you reside?
                           A#             Dm
And could it be mother’s superior lied?
                       Gm
And is it possible too many have died?
          F            A
It’s only natural to reply 

D5        F#5   B5      A5   G5 A5
You can’t win; think it over again 
D5      F#5  B5                A5    G5  A5
I can’t wiiiiin; look at the trouble I’m in 
D5       F#5  B5         A5       G5     A5
We can’t win and we’re stuck here together 
D5       G5           F5  C5   A5
Yeah, I hope it will last forever
 
The Answer
Tom: Em
Intro:  Em  C  A  C  D  Em    C B C B C B C
Em              D                    C                 B
Long ago, in a dusty village full of hunger, pain and strife,
Em                      D                     C
A man came forth with a vision of truth and a way to a better
A      D
life.
Em                          G              C
He was convinced he had the answer and he compelled people to
         D
follow along.
         B                             C         A
But the hunger never vanished, and the man was banished, and
     C         D           E          BCBCBCBC
the village dried up and died.
Em              D                       C
At a time when wise men peered through glass tubes toward the
B
skies,
Em                         D                 C
The Heavens changed in predictable ways and one man was able
     A     D
to find,
Em                                  G                 C
That he had thought he'd found the answer and he was quick to
                  D
write his revelations.
        B                             C          A        C
But as they were scrutinised in his colleagues eyes, he soon
          D       Em        BCBCBCBC
became a mockery.
CHORUS:
Em                       G                   C
Don't tell me about the answer 'cause then another one will
            D
come along soon.
Em                            G       C               B
I don't believe you have the answer, I've got ideas too.
               C                   A
But if you've got enough naiveté, and you've got conviction,
           C            D           Em
Then 'The Answer' is perfect for you.
Solo from The Answer
E-------------------------------------------------------------|
B-------------------------------------------------------------|
G-----------------------------12------------------------------|
D-----12-14-14-14-----12-14----14----12-14----------12--------|
A-14---------------14--------------14-------14-12h14----14----|
E-------------------------------------------------------------|
E----------------------------------------------------------------|
B----------------------------------------------------------------|
G----------------------------------------------------------------|
D----------------------------------------------------------------|
A-12p14-12-10----------------------------------------------------|
E--------------12\10-12\10-12\10-12\10-12-12/14-12-12h14-15------|
E---------------------------------------------------------|
B---------------------------------------------------------|
G-----------------------12----12-14-14b16r14b16r14b16-----|
D--------------------------12-----------------------------|
A-------12-14-12------------------------------------------|
E-14h15----------15-14------------------------------------|
E-----------------------------------------------------------------|
B-----------------------------------------------------------------|
G-14b16r14b16r14b16-14b16r14b16r14b16-14b16r14b16r14b16--|
D-----------------------------------------------------------------|
A-----------------------------------------------------------------|
E-----------------------------------------------------------------|
E--------------------------------------------------12-15p14--|
B-12-13p12-13p12-13p12-13p12-13/15-13-12-13-15---------------|
G------------------------------------------------------------|
D------------------------------------------------------------|
A------------------------------------------------------------|
E------------------------------------------------------------|
E-15p14-15p14-14h15-14--|
B--------------------------------|
G--------------------------------|
D--------------------------------|
A--------------------------------|
E--------------------------------|
Em                      D                         C
An urban sprawl sits, choking on it's discharge, overwhelmed
         B
by industry,
Em                          D
Searching for a modern day saviour from another place,
C                      A   D
inclined toward charity
Em                       G               C               D
Everyone begging for an answer without regard to validity,
      B                                             C                
                C
The searching never ends, it goes on and on and on for
  D     Em       BCBCBCBC
eternity.
Em     G     C     D  (*2)
AAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHH
CHORUS:
      C           D         Em
The answer is perfect for youu!
Don`t pray on me
Tom: G
Intro : G5-F#5-E5-D5-C5-D5-G5
  G5      F#5          E5       D5
A grizzly scene on my electron beam
       C5    G5          D5
Told a story about human rights
   G5            F#5         E5           D5
So all of King's horses and all of King's men
      C5           G5       D5
Had a riot for two days and nights
          G5    F#5             E5             D5
Well, the city exploded but the gates wouldn't open
       C5      G5           D5
So the company asked him to quit
    G5  F#5     E5    D5
Now everybody's equal
C5         D5      G5
just don't measure it
Well, Hanson did it to Hester
And Mark David did it to John
And maybe Jack did it to Marilyn
But he did it to South Vietnam
For beauty and glory
For money, love, and country
Now everybody's doing it
Don't do that to me
A bitter debate and a feminine fate
Lie in tandem like two precious babes
While the former gets warmer, it's the latter that matters
Except on the nation's airwaves
And custodians of public opinion stayed back
After vainly discussing her rights
Lay hands off her body
It's not your fucking life
Now I don't know what stopped Jesus Christ
From turning every hungry stone into bread
And I don't remember hearing how Moses reacted
When the innocent first born sons lay dead
Well, I guess God was a lot more demonstrative
Back when he flamboyantly parted the sea
Now everybody's praying
Don't pray on me
 
Said everybody's praying
Don't pray on me
Markovian Process
Tom: C#
Intro C# D# G# F C# D# C
C#    D#      F           C#      D#      F
You will all say that I am surely crazy
C#          D#              G#     F              C#          D#          F
Only an unrepentant pessimist whos thoughts should be detained
C#        D#          F          C#       D#         F
But facts are sterile, not vulgar nor sublime
C#                     D#                   G#         F
And they´re no religion they´re for everyone
C#     D#           F
they signify the time
C# D# F
C#      D     F              C#         D#       F
Today is a window, tomorrow the landscape
C#            D#                  G#           F#      C#        D#        F
All you need to do is take a look outside to know we´re bound to face
C# D# F
C# D# F
C#                               F
The Level of disparity the common man
C#                                     F
The manner of destruction of the native land
G#                                   D#
The poverty of reprisal from all involved
C#                 D#                F
And the scathing trajectory from the past
C# D# C
C#     D#         F  C#        D        F
Markovian Process, lead us not in vain
C#           D#                         G#      F
Prove to our descendants what we did to them
C#           D#        F
Then make us go away
C#  D#  F
Ah-Ah
C# D# F
C# D# G# F
C# D# F/D#/F
Los Angeles is burning
Tom: C
Intro: C  C  F  C  C  F  C  C  F  C  C  F 2X
    C                    C             F          C
Somewhere high in the desert near a curtain of a blue
      A        C               G
The sane man skirts under the wind
     C                C           F     C
But down here in the city of the lime lights
      A                       G
The fans of santa ana are witherin'
         C                F        C
And you can't deny that living is easy
         A           C         G
If you never look behind the scenery
     C             F     C
It's showtime for drag lines
      A          G         C     F    C 
And bedlam is dreamin' of rain
 
C    B    A           G           F   C   C B A
When the hills of Los Angeles are burnin'
 A               G             F        C  C B A
Palm trees are candles in the murder wind
          A            B
So many lives on the breeze
           E               F
Even the stars are ill at ease
         A         G   C  C  F  C  C  F  C  C  F  C  C  F
And Los Angeles is burnin'
 C      C     F   C
This is not a test
         A        C         G
Of the emergency broadcast system
      C       C        F     C
When malibu fires and radio towers
A            G
Conspire to dance again
        C       C                F  C
And I cannot believe the media Mecca
              A          C       G                 C     C     F       C
They're only trying to battle reality, catch it on prime time, story at nine
      A             G        C  C  F  C   
The whole world is goin' insane
  C   B   A           G           F   C  C B A
When the hills of Los Angeles are burnin'
 A               G             F        C  C B A
Palm trees are candles in the murder wind
          A                B
So many lives are on the breeze
           E               F
Even the stars are ill at ease
         A         G    C  C  F  C  C  F  C  C  F  C
And Los Angeles is burnin'
              
               F
A clock that reads
             C
The end of days
          F              G              A
Shotgun roundabouts are bending in the haze
         F              G
More a question than a curse
           C       B    A
How could hell be any worse?
                F
The flames are startin'
             G
The cameras runnin'
          [Solo beings on "Warnin", chords are below]
So take warnin'
[Solo] Chords are : C  C  F  C  F  C  G  3X
                    
                    C C F  C C F  C C F  C  
 
 C    B    A          G            F  C  C B A
When the hills of Los Angeles are burnin
 A              G              F        C  C B A
Palm trees are candles in the murder wind
          A                B
So many lives are on the breeze
           E               F
Even the stars are ill at ease
         A         G     C  C  F  C  C  F  C  C  F  C
And Los Angeles is burnin'
Punk Rock Song
Tom: C#
Intro: C# E B G# (2x)
         C#           E               B               F#
Have you been to the desert, have you walked with the dead?
          C#                E             B                G#
There's a hundred thousand children being killed for their bread
        A                               E
And the figures don't lie they speak of human disease 
       B                       E            B
But we do what we want and we think what we please 
         C#           E                 B             F#
Have you lived the experience, Have you witnessed the plague? 
C#            E                B         G#
People making babies sometimes just to escape 
        A                          E
In this land of competition the compassion is gone 
       B                       E            B
Yet we ignore the needy and we keep pushing on 
E            B
Keep pushing on 
C#      A      E         B
This is just a punk rock song 
C#              A              E               G#
Written for the people who can see something's wrong 
     A                   E
Like ants in a colony we do our share
            B
But there's so many other fuckin' insects out there 
C#      A      E    B    
This is just a punk rock song 
C# E B G#
C# E B G#
(continue w/ lyrics)
Have you visited the quagmire, have you swam in the shit?
The party conventions and the real politik
The faces always different, the rhetoric the same
But we swallow it all and we see nothing changed
Nothing has changed
This is just a punk rock song
Written for the people who can see something's wrong
Like workers in a factory, we do our share
But there's so many other fucking robots out there
This is just a punk rock song
C#         E            B         F#
10 million dollars on a losing campaign 
C#         E            B           F#
20 million starving and writhing in pain 
C#         E        B          F#
Big strong people unwilling to give 
C#       E          B   B
Small in vision and perspective
One in five kids below the poverty line 
One population runnin' out of time 
Runnin' outta time
This is just a punk rock song
Written for the people who can see something's wrong
Like ants in a colony, we do our share
But there's so many other fucking insects out there
This is just a punk rock song
No Control
Tom: B
(B  D  A  E)
culture was the seed of proliferation but it has gotten melded 
into an inharmonic whole,
to an inharmonic whole,
consciousness has plagued us and we can not shake it,
though we think we're in control
though we think we're in control
G                A           G
questions that besiege us in life 
    A         G              A
are testament of our helplessness,
           B            A
there's no vestige of a beginning,
   G              A
no prospect of an end 
B              A                 G           A
when we all disintegrate it will all happen again,
B  D  A  E  ...repeat...
time is so rock solid in the minds of the hoards but they can't
explain why it should slip away,
explain why it should slip away,
history and future are the comforts of our curiosity but here we are 
rooted in the present day
rooted in the present day
G                A           G
questions that besiege us in life 
    A         G              A
are testament of our helplessness,
           B            A
there's no vestige of a beginning,
   G              A
no prospect of an end 
B              A                 G           A
when we all disintegrate it will all happen again,
B              A              G             A
if you came to conquer you'll be king for a day,
    B              A             G             A
but you too will deteriorate and quickly fade away,
    B                       A
and believe these words you hear
         D                  E
when you think your path is clear....
        B           G  A
we have no control,
        B           G  A
we have no control,
        B           G
we have no control,
   D            A
we do not understand,
         B           G
you have no control,
    D             A
you are not in command
         B           G  A
you have no control,
        B           G  A
we have no control,
B      G    D  A
no control,
B      G    D  A
no control,
         B          A  B  A  B  A  B
you have no control

 

Better Off Dead
Tom: Abm
Intro: Abm  E  B  F#  Abm  E  B  Abm  E  B  F#  Abm  E  F#
 Abm   E   B   F#   Abm    E        B 
I'm     sorry            about the sun
 Abm     E   B   F#    Abm   E         F# 
How could I   know    that  you would burn?
 Abm   E   B   F#   Abm    E        B 
And I'm   sorry          about the moon
 Abm     E   B   F#    Abm   E         F# 
How could I  know     that you'd disapprove?
         E           F# 
And I'll never make the same mistake
              B            F# 
The next time I create the universe
           Abm          F#       E      F# 
I'll make sure we communicate at length
    B     F#     B 
Oh yeah
           Abm             E  
But until then, better off dead
                B                   F#  
A smile on the lips and hole in the head
           Abm             E  
Better off dead, yeah better than this
                B                   F#  
Take it away cuz there's nothing to miss
 Abm   E   B   F#   Abm    E        B 
I'm    sorry      about    the  world
 Abm     E   B   F#    Abm   E         F# 
How could I   know     you'd take it so bad?
                 E           F# 
And I'll never make the same mistake
              B            F# 
So if you're looking for a patsy
           Abm          F#       E      F# 
Why not try the entire human race
    B     F#     B 
Just to play it safe
           Abm             E  
But until then, better off dead
                B                   F#  
A smile on the lips and a hole in the head
           Abm             E  
Better off dead, yeah better than this
                B                   F#  
Take it away cuz there's nothing to miss
           Abm             E 
Better off dead, yeah better off dead
                B                   F# 
Why don't you try pushing daisies instead
           Abm             E 
Better off dead, yeah better off dead
                B                   F# 
A smile on the lips and a hole in the head
                 E           F# 
And I'll never make the same mistake
              B            F# 
The next I create the universe
           Abm          F#       E      F# 
I'll make sure you participate
    B     F#     B 
Oh yeah
**Guitar Solo: (based around Abm E B F#)
                 E           F# 
And I'll never make the same mistake
              B            F# 
The next time I create the universe
           Abm          F#       E      F# 
I'll make sure you participate
    B     F#     B 
Just in case

Cease
Tom: B
 B         A         G       F#
 Flat top pave-ment com-fort me
          B                      A             G             F#
 Like a chemical reaction or a steamroller, spreading randomly
            B       A          G    F#
 There=D5s a distant fuzz of a frequency
      B         A             G         F#
 It tickles my ears, rustles under my feet
          B          A            G      F#
 And it shakes the leaves off of every tree
 G    A    F#
 Vio-lent-ly
           B      A           G
 What protection everlasting peace
       A          B
 Everything must cease
 B         A         G       F#
 In-sti-tu-tion on the hill
           B                      A             G             F#
 Like a beacon in the mind of an ancestor to remind the people's will
             B       A          G    F#
 There's a shadow stain on the west facade
       B         A             G         F#
 It is spread like a cave to entrap the pod
     B          A            G      F#
 And the decent folks find it oh so odd
 G    A    F#
 Oh so odd
           B      A           G
 What protection everlasting peace
       A          B
 Everything must cease
 (Pluck 6th string only -- this part is slow)
 B        A        G            F#
 Brave me-mo-rials hewn white stone
            B                      A            G                   F#
 Like the comforting caress of a mother or a friend you've always known
 (Strum from here -- resumes normal Bad Religion tempo)
      B          A           G   F#
 It evokes such pain and significance
 B                A           G     F#
 What was once is reduced to remembrance
          B            A           G     F#
 And the generations pass without recompense
 G   A   F#
 Aa-aaaa-hhh...
          B        A           G
 What protection everlasting peace
        A          B
 Everything must cease

Along The Way
Tom :C
Intro:  C  A#  F  C  G#  D#  A#  C
    C        A#           F           C
I refuse to abuse what is kind to the muse,
         G#             D#           A#           C
But it's there and it's happening to me along the way
      C              A#          F              C
As we go through the snow, we cannot forget our foes,
        G#              D#             A#              C
But the dinner's always waiting at the table along the way
        C           A#              F               C
What you see, not for me, isn't what you planned to be,
         G#             D#           A#           C
But you'll have what you wanted in the end along the way.
      C              A#          F              C
And we'll try as we cry and our brothers pass us by,
        G#              D#             A#              C
To be strong through the ages of our tears along the way
        C           A#              F               C
Now we grow as we show that the morals we must know
        G#              D#             A#              C
Will be shapen and mistaken by the falls along the way.
        C           A#              F               C
But forget, don't regret, to find love and happiness
        G#              D#             A#              C
Unless you're willing to be strong when they are gone along the way
        C           A#              F               C
Like Tommy, you are free, and you will not follow me,
        G#              D#             A#              C
Until we see each other once more on the path along the way

 

Faith Alone
Tom: A
 A                     F
 Heard a sermon from a creaky pulpit
 G                       C G D E2
 With no one in the nave
 A                     F
 I paid a visit to the synagog and
 G                          C G D E2
 I left there feeling blame
 F2           G2              A
 No one could tell me what to do
 F                             D      E2
 They have not the capacity to answer me
 A              G     A E         A              G     F   G
 What the world needs now is some answers to our problems
 A            G    A E             A            G    F  G
 We can't buy more time 'cause our tender isn't valid
 A            G     A  E         A               G   F  G
 If your soul needs love you can get consoled by pity
        F               F           G                   A
 But it looks as though faith alone won't sustain us no more
 A                                  F      
 Watched the relentists throw their hands 
                    G                   C G D E2    
 Conceding progress will resolve it all
 A                                         F
 Saw the the manufacturers of earth's chloric 
                G                 C G D E2
 Ignore another green peace call
 F2           G2              A
 No one could tell me what to do
 F                            D      E2
 They have not the ability to answer me
 A              G     A E         A         G     F   G
 What the world needs now is some accountability
 A            G    A E             A    G                     F  G
 We can't buy more time 'cause our time won't accept our money
 A            G     A  E         A              G   F  G
 If your soul needs love you can always have my pity
        F               F           G                   A
 But it looks as though faith alone won't sustain us no more

Forbidden Beat
Tom: D
Intro: Riff: Power Chords:  1 ^ 2 ^ 3 ^ 4 ^ 1 ^ 2 ^ 3 ^ 4
                      D D   D C   D   D D   D C   G
       Riff 2x
        D  C  G    

 

  D                      C
 There was a boy who had too many toys
        G                  D
 And an ache inside of his bones
    D                          C
 He sought extrication through chemical vocation
     G                      D
 And now he just answers to tones
      C      G     D
 It's deadly and alluring
     F        C        G
 The sound of pounding heat
    F      C       G          D 
 Enslaving all who dare to succumb to
         A#      C                Riff
 The temptations of the forbidden beat
 D                       C
 Thinking, today, of what I want to say
         G                  D
 Thinking of inhibition and vice
  D                       C
 What the call straight I do relegate
         G                  D
 As I cautiously saltate along
      C      G     D
 It's deadly and alluring
     F        C        G
 The sound of pounding heat
    F      C       G          D 
 Enslaving all who dare to succumb to
         A#      C                Riff
 The temptations of the forbidden beat
 D                       C
 It thunders away at first light of each day
         G                  D
 And the simpleton lifestyle evolves
  D                       C
 But soon enters dusk as the last surrey rusts
         G                  D
 And a new day, upon us, results

Hooray For Me
Tom :E
Intro:  E  D#  C#  B  E  F#  E/F# (E slide to F#)
            E                               F#
 Well I can see my teenage father standing straight on a desolate corner
        G#                                 A
 In the shadow of tenticled towers by the red light of America
 E                 F#                  G#                         E/F#
 I imagine how his mother felt when she heard that her husband was dying
         E                         F#                        G#
 And the underground heroes of the tarmack shooting smack were blowing up worlds and
 A
 Damned out loud
 E           F#                  E/F#
 Hey can you tell me how does it feel?
 Chorus 1:
         E                 B
 Tell me,  can you imagine  for a second
 E/F#           B      
 Doing anything   that you don't have to
 E                 B
  Well that's what I'm accustomed to 
        E/F#
 So hooray for me ... and fuck you
 **Intro
            E                               F#
 When I slept with stony faces on the riverbank
         G#                                 A
 My angeldevil reveler shook me desperately in dying
 E        F#        G#                   E/F#
 I don't exactly want to apologize for anything
         E              F#                     G#
 And now, we're all mad and stranded in secret rooms
 A
 With Roman candles
 E           F#          E/F#
 On an endless graveyard train
 Chorus 2:
         E                 B
 Yeah tell me, can you imagine for a second
 E/F#           B
 Doing anything just 'cos you want to
         E            B
 Well that's just what I do 
        E/F#
 So hooray for me... And fuck you
 **Intro
            E                    D#      
 Yeah I was dreaming through the howzlife 
         C#              B        E
 Yawning car black on my mind(?)  She told
            F#    
 Me mad and meaningless as ever
 E                     D#           C#
 And a song came on my radio like a cemetery
 B           E              F#
 Rhyme for a million crying corpses in their
 E/F#
 Tragedy of respectable existence
 **Solo (Over chorus chords)
 Chorus 3:
         E                 B
 Yeah tell me, can you imagine for a second
 E/F#           B
 Trying half the things you ever wanted to
         E             B
 Well that's just what I do 
        E/F#
 So hooray for me... Oh yeah
 Chorus 4:
         E                 B
 I'm not respectable, never sensible
 E/F#           B
 Maybe incredible, so damn irrascible
         E            B
 I like the things I do 
        E/F#
 So hooray for me... And fuck you

Modern Man
Tom: F
 Intro:
    F            Db                 G#                 Eb         F
 E----------------------16-15-13-16-15-13-16-16-15-15-13-15-16-15-13---------
 B------------13--13-14----------------------------------------------16-14-13
 G--13--13-13----------------------------------------------------------------
 D---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 A---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 E---------------------------------------------------------------------------
         Db                           Gflat            Db     Eb     f  
 E---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 B-------------------15-13--------------13--------------13----------------------
 G--15---13-13-13-15-------15-13-15-13-----15-13-15-13-----15-13-12-13----------
 D---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 A---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 E----------------------------------------------------------------------------
  F                Db     
 I've got nothing to say, 
  F                Db   
 I've got nothing to do,
  F                 G#           
 All of my neurons are functioning smoothly
    Db                     Eb       F  
 Yet still I'm a cyborg just like you.
  F                    Db   
 I'm one big myoma that thinks, 
  F                Db   
 My planet supports only me,
  F                          G#    
 I've got this one big problem will I live forever?
     Db               Eb        F
 I've got just a short time to see.
 Chorus:
  F   G#       Eb        F-Eb   -F 
 Modern man - evolutionary betrayer, 
  F   G#       Eb        F-Eb   -F 
 modern man - ecosystem destroyer,
  F   G#       Eb        F-Eb   -F 
 Modern man - destroy yourself in shame, 
  F   G#       Db                 Eb   
 Modern man - pathetic example of earth's organic heritage.
 F                Db  
 When I look back and think, 
  F                Db  
 When I ponder and ask "why?"
  F                 G#     
 I see my ancestors spend 
           Db                     Eb       F
 With careless abandon assuming eternal supply
 Solo:
 E----------------------------------------------------------------------
 B----------------------------------------------------------------------
 G--13--13-13-17--17-15-13-17-15-13-17-15-13-17-15-13-17-15-13-17-15-13-
 D----------------------------------------------------------------------
 A----------------------------------------------------------------------
 E----------------------------------------------------------------------
 E--------------16-15-13--16-15-13--16-15-13-15-16-15-13--131315151616181820(b)
 B----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 G-17-15-13-17----------------------------------------------------------------
 D----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 A----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 E----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Chorus:
  F   G#       Eb       F-Eb   -F
 Modern man - evolutionary betrayer
  F   G#       Eb       F-Eb   -F
 Modern man - ecosystem destroyer
  F   G#       Eb       F-Eb   -F
 Modern man - destroy yourself in shame
  F   G#       Db                                Eb   
 Modern man - pathetic example of earth's organic heritage,             
  Db                     Eb      
 Just a sample of carbon-based wastage             
  Db                  Eb                 F 
 Just a f***ing tragic epic of you and I . . . 
 Ending:  Db     F  Db     F  G#      Db     Eb     F
Quality Or Quantity
Tom: D
Intro: D  Bb  D  Bb  D  Bb   C F    D  D  F   C   D  D   Bb F   C G 
 D                F C
 Offer me eternity,
          D                           Bb F   C G 
 And I'll trade a cup of coffee and a dime
 D                   F C
 Looking for a handout
      D                                Bb F   C G 
 On behalf of those who have so little time,
 Bridge:
       D            F            C          D
   But who wants to live on just 70 cents a day?
   D            F               C                  D
   Padding your pockets doesn't make this a better place,
   D           F           C                  D
   "Cereal and water" is a feast for some you say,
        D            F                 Bb              C
   Your price-tag on existence can't cover your double face,
 Chorus:
     D          Bb
     Quality or quantity
              D          Bb
     Quality or quantity
              D          Bb
     Quality or quantity
       C                  D  D  F  C   D D  Bb F   C G 
     A choice you have to make,
 D                   F C
 Dipping in the icing
          D                                Bb F   D G 
 Bringing home the largest turkey from the field,
 D                             F               C
 Breaking all the piggy banks, scooping up the booty,
 D                              Bb F         C G 
 Licking all the right holes, bolstering the payroll,
   D          F         C                 D
   Why reduce life to a dollar amount per day?
       D           F                C               D
   And why let the world think this is the American way?
        D       F            C                  D
   Your uneaten greens are a feast for some you say,
      D         F          Bb                 C
   Survival and living are concepts you can't equate,
     D          Bb             
     Quality or quantity
              D          Bb             
     Quality or quantity
              D          Bb             
     Quality or quantity
              C                   D
         Don't tell me they're the same,
     D          Bb             
     Quality or quantity
              D          Bb             
     Quality or quantity
              D          Bb             
     Quality or quantity
              C               D
         A choice you have to make

Tested
Tom: G
Intro: AAA G CCC G AAA G C B  (4x)
 G             A   
 Yea  they say there's a place free of trouble and care
 And you have to pass a test for to make it there
           A                                  F                             
 It has something to do with the road thats straight and narrow
              C               D               A        
 And the only way to go it is by being right and thorough
              D                                A   (Play with a ska rhythm)
 There's always one more hill to climb
              C                                E(high)   
 There's always one more hill to climb    
Chorus:
 A                     F          C         G    A
 Bombarded by multiple choices 24-o-7
 A                F(high)              C           G
 Navigating a tangled web of logic and passion
 A              F                 C         G                   A
 Guided by subconscious voices askewed and sharpened
 F    D       G     E
 Tested     Tested   oh oh oh 
 
 
 A                                                    F
 At times we may be wondering what we're supposed to do
 C               D             A                        
 Stand and deliver or see the conflict through
                                                          F
 And as we long to proceed to build our castles in the sky
        C                  D                    A
 Our plans get confounded and determination dies
           D                          A  (ska rhythm)
 There's no preparation and no guide
         C                                       E (high) 
 Just what you've done before here with your life
 **Chorus
 (Play the bridge with intro chord progression)
 Acting on will.... the test is a reaction
 Opening your heart..... the test is the emotion
 Rolling the dice...... The test is the intuity
 Burning out your mind..... the test is the recovery
 Solo:
 E--------------------------------------------------------------|
 B--------------------------------------------------------------|
 G--9--9--9--7-----------------------------------------------|
 D------------------10--9--7--9--9--9--10--9--7---------|
 A--------------------------------------------------------------|
 E--------------------------------------------------------------|
 E--------------------------------------------------------------|
 B--------------------------------------------------------------|
 G--9--9--9--7--9h10--10--9--9--7--------9(bend)---|
 D-------------------------------------------10----------------|
 A---------------------------------------------------------------|
 E---------------------------------------------------------------
 E--------------------------------------------------------------|
 B--------------------------------------------------------------|
 G--9--9--9--7-----------------------------------------------|
 D------------------10--9--7--9--9--9--10--9--7---------|
 A--------------------------------------------------------------|
 E--------------------------------------------------------------|
 E--------------------------------------------------------------|
 B-----------------------------8------8--9(bend)-----------|
 G--9------9--10------10-----------------------------------|
 D------7------------7-----------7----------------------------|
 A--------------------------------------------------------------|
 E--------------------------------------------------------------|
               A                          F                       
 You can play by the rules or bend them to your knees 
             C             D                            A       A         A
 But the test isn't over to you reach your dark eternal sleep
 A                                          F                       
 There are no absolutes no big wheels in the sky
                 C            D                           A     E(high)
 You don't have to be first you just got to some how get by   yea
 **Chorus then end with intro chord progression

 

Empty Causes
Tom: C
Intro:
E-------------------------------------
B-------------------------------------
G--5---------------------------------
D--5--5--7--2----------------------
A--3--5--7--2---8-7-5-3----------
E------3--5--0-----------3----------
C          B                 A           G        F          G
Everywhere you look there was confusion, violence, drama & drugs
 C           B           A       G                 F
So many righteous revolutionaries spouting Utopian love
E                              A
Everyone shrouded in a purple haze
   E                                          A
Then one day they woke up from their dream state
     B                    C
They found themselves no more at peace than before
              D
older, meek, and conformed
C G A    E        F                    D
Empty causes, a bluster for the soul, a fix for the mind
C G A    E     F            G     C    G
Empty causes, cling to everything you find
C             B                 A                G            F          G
The shots rang out like popcorn and the chief was hid and rushed out of sight
 C                   B               A         G                F
The mohawk-chain, leather brigade rejoiced maliciously on that night
E                                  A
Someone cried out "fuck the government"
E                                  A
His mates couldn't define what he meant
   B                          C                       D
So no one gave him the time of day and the scene died away
C G A   E        F                   D
Empty causes, a war for the body and an army in the mind
C G A   E        F            G          C
Empty causes, losing steam as time goes by
F                G           C      B    A
Could it be that everybody selfishly desires
A         F          C
Their own personal retinue
   F              G                  C       B     A
And the causes are just manifestations of too much time
 F                    D
And far too little to do

 

Don't Pray On Me
Tom: G5
Intro:  G5  C5   D5   C5  C5  D5   G5
  G5      C5          D5       C5
A grizzly scene on my electron beam
       C5    D5          D5
Told a story about human rights
   G5           C5         D5           C5
So all of Kings horses and all of Kings men
      C5           D5       D5
Had a riot for two days and nights
          G5     C5             D5             C5
Well, the city exploded but the gates wouldn't open
       C5      D5           D5
So the company asked him to quit
    G5   C5     D5    C5
Now everybody's equal
C5         D5      G5
Just don't measure it
G5    C5   D5   C5   C5   D5    G5
     G5     C5        D5     C5
Well Hanson did it to Hester
    C5         D5        D5
And Mark David did it to John
    G5         C5        D5      C5
And maybe Jack did it to Marilyn
       C5        D5        D5
But he did it to South Vietnam
    G5  C5     D5    C5
For beauty and glory
    C5     D5       D5
For money, love and country
    G5   C5     D5    C5
Now everybody's doing it
C5       D5      G5
Don't do that to me
G5    C5   D5    C5 C5 D5     G5
  G5       C5         D5       C5
A bitter debate and a feminine fate
       C5          D5           D5
Fly in tandem like two precious ?blades?
  G5          C5             D5          C5
A farmer gets warmer its the latter that matters
C5            D5          D5
Except on the nation's airwaves
    G5            C5      D5          C5
And custodians of public opinion stay back
         C5          D5         D5
At the debate and discuss civil rights
    G5    C5      D5   C5
Lay hands off her body
    C5       D5      G5
It's not your fucking right
G5   C5     D5   C5    C5  D5    G5
     G5           C5           D5           C5
Well I don't know what stopped Jesus Christ
             C5           D5         D5
From turning every hungry stone into bread
    G5        C5         D5      C5
And I don't remember how Moses reacted
         C5             D5            D5
When the innocent first born sons lay dead
     G5                C5         D5          C5
Well I guess God was a lot more demonstrative back
            C5       D5         D5
When He flamboyantly parted the sea
    G5   C5     D5  C5
Now everybody's praying
C5    D5      G5
Don't prey on me
     G5   C5     D5  C5
Said everybody's praying
C5    D5      G5
Don't prey on me
G5  C5  D5  C5  C5  D5  G5
Heaven Is Falling
Tom: G
Intro:  G  D  Am  G  D  C
G      D                Am
  As I walk beneath the valley,
G         D       Am
  I shall fear no evil,
G               D                   Am
  For thanks to King George and his rainbow cabinet,
G       D         C      D
  Today murder is legal
G       D              Am
  God I know that it's wrong,
G            D                   Am
  To kill my brother for what he hasn't done,
G            D                  C
  And as the planes blacken the sky,
F                D
  It sounds like heaven is falling,
G    D           Am        C
  It sounds like heaven is falling,
G     D             Am        C
  You promised me a new day a dawning
G             D                  C
  I've seen a thousand points of light,
F                                          G
  Like so many points of hatred, shame and horror
**Solo
G       D            Am
  God I want to be a man,
G             D                  Am
  But I don't want to die with a rifle in my hand,
G            D                  C
  And as the planes blacken the sky,
F                D
  It sounds like heaven is falling,
G    D           Am        C
  It sounds like heaven is falling,
G     D             Am        C
  You promised me a new day a dawning
G              D                 C
  Well nothing here looks new to me,
F
  But a score of mothers 'sons
                                            G   F  G
  Caught 'tween the devil and the deep blue sea 
Incomplete
Tom: D#
Intro:  D#  C#  G#  B  C#    x2
D#      C#      G#            B       C#
  Mother, father, look at your little monster,
D#          C#
  I'm a hero, I'm a zero,
G#                    B             C#
  I'm the butt of the worst joke in history,
D#      C#             G#
  I'm a lock without a key,
    B            D#      C#             G#
  A city with no door, a prayer without faith,
    B              D#
  A show without a score,
        C#          B              C#
  I'm a bad word, a wink, a nod, a shiver,
     F#            G#
  An untold story, sex without fury,
    A#
  A creeping gray memory,
             D#  F#  G# F# D#  F#  G# F# D#  F#  G# F# D#  F# G# F#  A#
  I am incomplete....incomplete....incomplete....incomplete
D#      C#       G#            B              C#
  Doctor, cure me; what is the cause of my condition,
D#            C#
  This madness shoots me,
G#                      B          C#
  Like bullets smashing glass in a silent movie,
D#      C#             G#
  I'm a trap without a spring,
    B              D#
  A temple with no god,
    C#              G#
  A jack without an ace,
      B           D#
  The tip of your tongue,
        C#          B        C#
  I'm a promise, an unmailed letter,
     F#             G#
  An unbuilt motor, deck without a joker,
    A#
  A creeping gray memory
             D#  F#  G# F# D#  F#  G# F# D#  F#  G# F# D#  F# G# F#
  I am incomplete....incomplete....incomplete....incomplete
**Solo (Chords Are  D#  C#  G#  B  D#  C#  G#  B  D#  C#  B  C#  F#  G#  A#)
  G#                             D#  F# G# F#  D#  F# G# F#
  Tell Saint Peter not to bet on me,
  G#
  I got a naked obsession,
    A#
  A good intention gone bad,
             D#  F#  G# F# D#  F#  G# F# D#  F#  G# F# D#  F# G# F#
  I am incomplete....incomplete....incomplete....incomplete
Walk Away
Tom: Em
Eriff : Power chords:  E-E-D-E-E-D- etc.
Griff : Power chords:  G-G-D-G-G-D- etc.
Eriff
Em           C            D                Eriff
Shut off the t.v and peel off those sunday gloves,
    Am             Em                     D        Eriff
And I`ll stain the clean that you've been counting, 
Em      C               D         Griff
Old Mr. Fletcher passed by here today,
      Am          Em           D             Eriff
After 40 years of toil he just up and walked away,
   Em         C          D             Eriff 
Fantastic the panic that showed in his eyes,
   Am              Em         D       Eriff 
He shrugged when I asked him about it,
   Em                  C                D              Griff
He said "young man pay heed, you listen well to what I say, 
    Am            Em         D           Em
Now there comes a time for a man to walk away", 
      D                Em
Walk away, I'll be a parade,
    C         B5     
And I'll be determined that no one shall 
   Em          C
Dissuade on my way,
     D              G       C            B5
I'll sure take some time to burn all the bridges
                   Eriff
That I'm leaving behind,
   Em         C               D                  Eriff
He passed by again and he was shivering from the cold,
        Am         Em                D       Eriff
I'm not sure but I think that he was trying,
   Em                C           D                Griff
He told me about the weather and something old to pay,
       Am           Em               D            Em
"But tomorrow, " he said, "I'm gonna surely walk away"
      D                Em
Walk away, I'll be a parade,
    C         B5     
And I'll be determined that no one shall 
   E           C
Dissuade on my way,
     D             G       C            B5
I'll take my sweet time and burn all the bridges
                   Eriff
That I'm leaving behind,
Solo:
    1 ^ 2 ^ 3 ^ 4 ^ 1 ^ 2 ^ 3 ^ 4 ^ 1 ^ 2 ^ 3 ^ 4 ^ 1 ^ 2 ^ 3 ^ 4 ^ 
e |---------5-----5-5---7h8-7-------5-----7-5-----5-7r5---5-7---7h10-
B |-5---7h8-----------------------8-----8-------7-------8------------
G |------------------------------------------------------------------
    1  ^ 2 ^ 3 ^ 4 ^ 1 ^ 2 ^ 3 ^ 4 ^ 1 ^ 2 ^ 3 ^ 4 ^ 1 ^ 2 ^ 3 ^ 4 ^ 
e |-10r8---7-5---7h8-7-------5-----7-5-----5-7r5---------------------
B |------------------------8-----8-------7-------8r7-5---------------
G |------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                 Walk
 D                Em
Away, I'll be a parade,
    C         B5     
And I'll be determined that no one shall 
   Eriff
Dissuade
                                                               
21 St Century Digital Boy
Tom: D
Intro:  D
          D        F  G  A# A
I can't believe it,
    D       F        G      A#
The way you look sometimes,
A      D        F         C    G
Like a trampled flag on a city street,
   D    F  A
Oh yeah  
            D       F  G  A# A
And I don't want it,
    D             F        G  A# A
The things you're offering me,
D          F         C       G
Symbolized bar code, quick i.d.,
   D    F  A  
Oh yeah
      D    A#      F       C
I'm a 21st century digital boy,
  D                 A#             F            C  
I don't know how to live, but I've got a lot of toys,
   D          A#          F          G
My daddy is a lazy middle class intellectual,
   D          A#            F      G     A
My mommy's on valium, she's so ineffectual, ain't life a mystery?
D  F  G  A# A  D  F  A
          D        F  G  A# A
I can't explain it,
    D       F        G      A#
The things they're saying to me,
It's going yayayayayayaya,
Oh yeah,
      D    A#      F       C
I'm a 21st century digital boy,
  D                 A#             F            C
I don't know how to read, but I've got a lot of toys,
   D          A#          F          G
My daddy is a lazy middle class intellectual,
   D          A#            F      G     A
My mommy's on valium, she's so ineffectual, ain't life a mystery?
C
I tried to tell you about no control,
G
But now I really don't know,
A#                         F
And then you told me how bad you had to suffer,
A
Is that really all you have to offer?
**Solo
      D    A#      F       C
I'm a 21st century digital boy...
Big Bang
Tom: A
Intro:A-A-D#-A-A-D#-A-A-D#-A-A-D#
      A-A-C-G  A-A-C-D
      A-A-C-G  F  C-B-A-G
A
This isn't another new fashion
C
Or a new plastic trend,
G
Everybody's searching for something
            D
But in the mean time let's all just pretend
A
I've got this feeling 
       C
And I don't know what it is,
      G
This room is overcrowded man 
     D
And I need air to breathe
A         C
Big bang, big crunch,
G                 D
You know there's no free lunch
A          C
Kneel down and pray,
G                D
Here comes your judgment day
A           C        
Big crunch, you know 
G                 D
It's going to be quite a show
 A          C            G      D
What goes around always comes around
A-A-D#-A-A-D#-A-A-D#-A-A-D#
A-A-C-G  A-A-C-D
A-A-C-G  F
A
A million hopeless faces 
C
Dwell within protected walls,
G
All waiting for a moment in their lives
      D
When they can heed the clarion call,
A                          
And it's all so oppressive
    C
My mind feels like a sieve,
      G     
This city is overcrowded man
     D
And I need room to live
A         C
Big bang, big crunch,
G                 D
You know there's no free lunch
A          C
Kneel down and pray,
G                D
Here comes your judgment day
A           C        
Big crunch, you know 
G                 D
It's going to be quite a show
 A          C            G      D
What goes around always comes around
A-A-D#-A-A-D#-A-A-D#-A-A-D#
B
I think of the countless shadows
D
That have all come and gone,
A
All suffering in the notion 
    E
Of better things to come,
B
If you share these beliefs  
     D
You know I wish you well,
                A
'Cause there's no room left in heaven,
             E
And there's sure no room in hell
B         D
Big bang, big crunch,
A                 E
You know there's no free lunch
B          D
Kneel down and pray,
A                E
Here comes your judgment day
B           D        
Big crunch, you know  
A                 E
It's going to be quite a show
 B          D            A      E
What goes around always comes around
B-B-F-B-B-F-B-B-F-B

 

 

Change Of Ideas
Tom: D
        D            A        E
Well the sheaves have all been brought,
        D           E      F#
But the fields have washed away,
        D   A       E
And the palaces now stand 
          D       E        F#
Where the coffins all were laid,
        D        A   E
And the times we see ahead
        D          E    F#
We must glaze with rosy hues
       D          A    E
For we don't wish to admit 
        D     E       F#
What it is we have to lose
F#  A  E
   F#                A  E
Millennia in coming,
    F#                  A  E
The modern age is here,
   F#                    A  E
It sanctifies the future 
    F#                    A  E
Yet renders us with fear,
F#      A         E       F#
So many theories, so many prophecies,
D          A         E          F#
What we do need is a change of ideas,
F#          A             E           F#
When we are scared we can hide in our reveries,
D           A         E          F#
But what we need is a change of ideas,
F#        A      E          F#
Change of ideas, change of ideas,
D            A        E          F#
What we need now is a change of ideas
D  A  E  F#

 

Fertile Crescent
Tom: C                                                   
Intro:
 Lead Guitar (Play Twice)
E---------------------------------------------------------------------------
B--1-1-1-1------------1-1-1-1----------1-1-1-1-------------------------------
G----------3-1-0-0-0----------3-1-0-0----------3-1-0-------3----------------
D----------------------------------------------------1-----3--5-------------
A------------------------------------------------------3---1--5-------------
E-------------------------------------------------------------3---(p.s.)----
 2nd Guitar:
  C  G#  C   C   G#  C   C  G#  C   Bb  G  (p.s.)
 C                 G#        C
Come and see the brilliant lights
 C                 G#        C
Don't let your emotions mask your sight
 C                 G#        C
It's a manifestation of a deeper fight 
 Bb              G
That effects me and you
 C                 G#       C
My optimism was running high
 C                 G#        C
A new world order was on my mind
 C                 G#        C
But I couldn't believe it when I heard them say
 Bb              G
They're throwing it away . . . (highG)
Chorus I:
 Eb              Bb       C  Bb  C
And the fertile crescent is burning today
 Eb           Bb      F   highG
And baby my emotions are too
 Eb           Bb        C   Bb  C
The cradle of humanity has led us all astray
 G#                    Bb        G
And we're all in this together don't you know
 G#                  Bb
Cause our species has nowhere else to go.
 C                 G#        C
Aggression rears its ugly head, 
 C                 G#        C
Retaliation brings further dread
 C                 G#        C
The two are linked by unseen threads 
 Bb              G
That wind back through time
 C                 G#        C
I don't agree with this out-dated trend, 
 C                 G#        C
Nationalism's but an evil friend
 C                 G#        C
Hatred's instilled by invisible lines
 Bb              G 
Drawn in our minds
Chorus II:
 Eb              Bb       C  Bb  C
And the fertile Crescent is haunting us today
 Eb           Bb      F   highG
And baby our instincts are too
 Eb              Bb       C  Bb  C
The ghost of humanity is warning us this way
 G#                    Bb        G
And I think we all should heed it don't you know, 
 G#                    Bb        
Cause we don't know where else to go.
Solo:
E---------------------------------------------------------------------------
B--1-1-1-1-4-3-1----------------1-1-1-1-4-3-1----------------9--------------
G----------------3-1-0-0-1-0------------------3-1-0-0-1-0----8-(B)----------
D----------------------------3----------------------------------------------
A---------------------------------------------------------------------------
E---------------------------------------------------------------------------
E----------------------11--11-10--------------------------------------------
B---------------------------------------------------------------------------
G---5---5-5---8---8-8-------------------------------------------------------
D---------------------------------------------------------------------------
A----------------------------------------------------------------------------
E---------------------------------------------------------------------------
Chorus III:
 Eb              Bb       C  Bb  C
And the Fertile Crescent is haunting us today
 Eb           Bb      F   highG
And baby our instincts are too
 Eb              Bb       C  Bb  C
The ghost of humanity is warning us this way
 G#                    Bb        G
And I think we all should heed it don't you know
 G#                    Bb        
Cause we've got nowhere else to go.
High G = 
-----------------
--8--------------       
--7----or----12--
--5----------12--
-------------10--
-----------------
(p.s.) = pick slide.
(B) = bend.

 

Flat Earth Society
Tom: E
 
E         D              E              B
Lie, lie, lie, lie, lie, lie, lie, lie, lie
    E                   D       
The full moon is rising over dark water
        C               B
And the fools below are picking up sticks
        E                  D    
And the man in the gallows lies permanently
                C                        B
Waiting for the doctors to come back and tend to him,
      G                     D
The flat earth society is meeting here today,
G                      B            G
Singing happy little lies and the bright ship
            D        A
Humana is sent far away
F#                  G A    B
With grave determination....   And no destination, 
E         D              E              B
Lie, lie, lie, lie, lie, lie, lie, lie, lie
    E                   D
Yeah, nothing feels better than a spray of
        C               B
Clean water and the whistling wind on a calm summer night,
        E                  D    
But you'd better believe that down in their quarters 
                C                        B
The men are holding in for their dear lives,
    G                     D
The flat earth society is somewhere far away,
G                      B            G
With their candlesticks and compasses and
          D        A
The bright ship humana is well on its way
F#                  G A    B
With grave determination....   And no destination, 
  
E         D              E              B
Lie, lie, lie, lie, lie, lie, lie, lie, lie (ad infinitum)


 

Land Of Competition
Tom: E
Intro: E  D  E  D
E                          D
See, there's a girl who's afraid of the world
                E    D
So she stays at home,
E                       D
Also a boy who seems so lost in his joy 
          E    D
He's all alone,
    C           G                    D            E
The camera's on them, they're in the land of competition,
C            D          E
Southern california air feeds them,
         C                G                D            E
And they know they're the best 'cuz of the way they are dressed,
            C               D                E    D  E  D
But you can bet you are not welcome in their home,
E                          D
See there's a girl who sits and
                E    D
Watches the world from her blue screen,
E                       D
Also a boy who truly wants to destroy his
          E    D
Hometown scene,
    C           G                    D            E
They both want to travel to the land of competition,
C            D          E
Southern california will destroy them,
         C                G                D            E
And they won't be the best, they'll be the poseurs who dress 
            C               D      E    D  E  D
Like the plastic idiots who they copy
E                          D
Tell me what do you need to make you happy?
                E    D
Indeed, is it out of your reach?
E                       D
Beware of number one, see all the damage it has done,
             E    D
There are so few of them,
    C           G                    D            E
You won't find too many in the land of competition,
C            D          E
Southern California doesn't breed them,
         C                G                D          E
If you just want the best turn to yourself for the rest,
            C               D            E    D  E  D
And forget about the one's who "have it all"
   C              D                 E
Be careful of the ones who "have it all"
                                                               
No Direction
Tom: E
Intro:  E  C  D (4x)

 

E            D      A
Every day we profit so,
E                   D       A
Leaning towards the great unknown,
E             G        A  E        C  D
Asking how it pertains to tomorrow
E  C  D
E              D         A
Aim for places we've not been,
E                  D     A
Trample paths that go between,
E              G       A     E      C  D
Yesterdays foundations and tomorrow
E  C  D
E                          D
It's the way they say it's got to be,
   C                         G    D
We spear ahead and forge our destiny,
E
Who do they represent?
D
Who do you believe?
C                          D        E    D  A
Make a sound decision for others to heed
E  D  A
E            D      A
Try to set a faster pace,
E              D      A
Try to build a master race,
E                    G            A    E      C  D
One that will make a contribution to tomorrow
**Solo: E  C  D
E                          D
It's the way they say it's got to be,
   C                            G    D
We put aside our fears and make history,
    E                                D
The clothes are in the dryer and the writing is on the wall
      C                          D         E    C  D
We're doing everything we can to stop this fall
E  C  D
E                      C  G  D  A
Everyday we profit so,
E                                 C  G  D  A
Leaning towards the great unknown
C  G  D  A   C  G  D  A   E
                            
The Positive Aspect Of Negative Thinking
Tom: D

 

      D                                A
Let's gather 'round the carcass of the old deflated beast,
        C                                 G
We have seen it through the accolades and rested in its lea,
   D                         A
Syntactic is our elegance, incisive our disease,
    C                                  G                D
The swath endogenous of ourselves will be our quandary,
      D                               A
We've nestled in its hollow and we've suckled at its breast,
    C                         G
Grandiloquent our attitude, impassioned yet inept,
D                           A
Frivolous gavel our design, ludicrous our threat,
  C                            G                      D
Excursive expeditions leave us holding less and less,
                A
So what does it mean?
        F                              C
When we tell ourselves it's only for a while we have been deceived 
         A#                         F
And it's only for a moment that the treasures of our day make 
     C                         A#
Life easier to complicate, the treasure thrown away,
G   G# F                G      G# F
I'm so tired of all the fucked up minds 
           G    G#     F                 G   G#   F
Of all the terrorist religions and their bullshit lines,
           G    G# F                G   G#   F
Of all the hand-me-downs from all industrial crimes 
        G  G#   F                         G   G# F
And the weeping mothers and those who are led so blind,
         G   G#  F                G     G# F 
From the plastic protests and the hands of time
        G  G#   F                G G#   F
And the pursuit of mirth and all hating kind

 

Turn On The Light
Tom: D
Intro:  F F
D         C                 G             D
  I had a friend who kept a candle in his pocket
D            C                 G                D
  He used to touch it when the wind was blowing high
D            C                  G                 D
  I guess it made him feel like he could buck the system
D             C                G                D
  And when it flickered out we laid him down to die
    D    F      G
  I turn on the light,
            C                G                 F
  Turn on a million blinding brilliant white incendiary lights
   D      F      G
  A beacon in the night,
C             G            F
  I'll burn relentlessly until my juice runs dry
D  F   G    F   F
D              C               G                  D
  And I'll construct a rack of tempered beams and trusses
D      C                   G            D
  And equip it with just a million tiny suns
D         C             G             D
  I'll install upon the roof of my compartment
D               C         G               D
  And place tinfoil on my floor and on my walls
            D    F      G
  Then I'll turn on the light,
            C                G                 F
  Turn on a million blinding brilliant white incendiary lights
    D      F      G
  A beacon in the night,
C             G            F
  I'll burn relentlessly until my juice runs dry
D   F   G  F  F     
D  D  C  D  D  C      D    (During Bass "Solo")
       D
  And I'll 
  D  G           C             F
  Bu  urn, like a Roman fucking candle
  D  G           C            F
  Bu  urn, like a chasm in the night
  D  G          C           F
  Bu  urn, for a miniscule duration
     D         C         G            D
  Ecstatic immolation, incorrigible delight
D F G


You Are (The Government)
Tom: F
Intro:  F  G#  A#  C#  D#   F  G#  A#  C#  C    (x4)
     C#           G#                 D#                   F
Hey, sit down and listen and they'll tell you when you're wrong,
 C#           G#            D#                A#
Eradicate but vindicate as "progress" creeps along,
C#           G#              D#               F
Puritan work ethic maintains its subconscious edge,
   C#            D#                  F
As old glory maintains your consciousness
C#  D#  F   
F  G#  A#  C#  D#   F  G#  A#  C#  C    (x2)
          C#           G#          D#          F
There's a loser in the house and a puppet on a stool,
      C#             G#         D#               A#
And a crowded way of life and a black reflecting pool,
    C#            G#       D#           F
And as the people bend the moral fabric dies,
     C#               D#                 F#
Then country can't pretend to ignore its people's cries
C#  D#  F
C#  D#
F  D#  F    G#  D#  G#  D# 
You are the government,
F  D#  F     G#  D#  G#  D#
You are jurisprudence,
F  D#  F    G#  D#  G#  D#
You are the volition,
F  D#  F     G#  D#  G#  D#
You are jurisdiction 
    F C#     G#   D#    F
And I make a difference too

 

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