Intro: C-F-G-- x2
Verse 1:
C# F#
Chalk it up to the public's
G#
request for a style
F# C#
that they just don't understand
C# F#
Chalk it up to the difference
G#
between the industries
F# C#
supply and demand
C# F#
Say please with the stab
G#
of a knife to the heart of
F# C#
what you've always believed
C#
Well I'll pull that bloody
F#
knife back out and wave
G# F# C#
it at the pessimism in me
Refrain:
F#
Say goodbye
to all the
C#
preconceptions
that you had
F#
Say goodbye to
C# A G#
everything you know
F# G#
Take the time and draw
C#
the line to what you
G#/C A#m G#
have and what you think
F# G#
you'll find Cause I know
Chorus 1:
C#
Let's hear it for
F# G#
lack of origination
C#
It's all the same
F#
thing if you look at it
G# C#
right I can tell you
F# G#
without any hesitation
A Cb
That this will not survive
Post Chorus: C-F-G--
Verse 2:
C#
So what's the catch what's
F#
the trick to the trade
G#
Is it luck or is it
F# C#
all just a game
C#
What's the rule for
F#
the pile of charades
G#
Is it all about
F# C#
what's in a name
C# F#
Say please with the stab
G#
of a knife to the heart of
F# C#
what you've always believed
C#
Well I'll pull that fucking
F#
knife back out and wave
G# F# C#
it at the pessimism in me
(Repeat Refrain)
Chorus 2:
C#
Let's hear it for
F# G#
lack of origination
C#
It's all the same
F#
thing if you look at it
G# C#
right I can tell you
F# G#
without any hesitation
A Cb
That this will not survive
C#
Three cheers for
F# G#
the loser generation
C#
It's all the same thing
F# G#
if you look at it right
C#
I can tell you
F# G#
without any hesitation
A
That this will
Cb Cm-Eb/G-G#-Bb-Cm-Eb/G-G#-Bb-Cm-Eb/G-G#-Bb-G#--Eb-Bb/D-
not survive Tonight
Cm-Eb/G-G#-Bb-Cm-Eb/G-Eb-Bb/D-Cm-Eb/G-G#-Bb-G#--Bb--F--
Chorus 3:
C#
Let's hear it for
F# G#
lack of origination
C#
It's all the same
F#
thing if you look at it
G# C#
right I can tell you
F# G#
without any hesitation
A Cb
That this will not survive
C#
Three cheers for
F# G#
the loser generation
C#
It's all the same thing
F# G#
if you look at it right
C#
I can tell you
F# G#
without any hesitation
A
That this will
Cb
not survive
A
No this will
Cb
not survive
A Bb--
So kiss it all
Cm-Eb/G-G#-
Goodnight
Cb Cm-Eb/G-G#-
Kiss it goodnight
Cb Cm-Eb/G-G#-
Kiss it goodnight
Cb Cm-Eb/G-G#-Bb-Fm-Bb-Cm(hold)
Kiss it goodnight