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