Intro
C#m G# A B x3
C#m C#m
[Verse 1]
C#m G# G#/C A G#
Don’t lean on me
C#m G# G#/C A
cause these bones are weak
G# F#m E G# C#m
They’re held up by friction and force
A G#
And I’m not sure it’s in me to be so mean
C#m G# G#/C A
Can people change
G# C#m G# G#/C A
in any meaningful way?
G# F#m E G# C#m A
We cover up We renovate Can you really fool
G# C#m C#m
the world with a fresh coat of paint
[Chorus 1]
C#m E
Save me
F#m E C#m E
I am a little lost
F#m E C#m E
G# real head case
F#m E C#m
Why don’t you box me up?
A G#
You can bury me in the backyard
C#m E
Save me
F#m E C#m E
I got no--body else
F#m E C#m E
G# real psycho
F#m E C#m
But I could use some help
A G#
You can bury me in the backyard
A
You can tell the world
G# F#m E F#m E F#m
that you did your part
[Post Chorus]
C#m G# A B
[Verse 2]
C#m G# G#/C A G# C#m
I love that music saved you and
G# G#/C A G#
Lord knows it’s saved me too
F#m E G# C#m
But songs never love you back
A G#
Can you never know the person
C#m
preaching to you? You can’t
G# G#/C A G# C#m G#
believe what you hear and
G#/C A G# F#m E G# C#m
see History is calling me
A G#
But I was up all night and
C#m C#m
I just want to sleep
[Chorus 2]
C#m E
Save me
F#m E C#m E
I am a little lost
F#m E C#m E
G# real head case
F#m E C#m
Why don’t you box me up?
A G#
You can bury me in the backyard
C#m E
Save me
F#m E C#m E
I got no--body else
F#m E C#m E
G# real psycho
F#m E C#m
But I could use some help
A G#
You can bury me in the backyard
A
You can tell the world
G# F#m E F#m E F#m C#m C#m C#m C#m
that you did your part
[Breakdown]
C#m C#m C#m x3
[Guitar Solo]
C#m x4
[Bridge]
C#m C#m
I’m guilty by association
C#m C#m
I gotta work real hard
C#m
to change some minds
C#m
I want your respect
C#m
but not your praise
C#m
Don’t think of me
A G#
on your dying day
[Chorus 3]
C#m E
Save me
F#m E C#m E
I am a little lost
F#m E C#m E
G# real head case
F#m E C#m
Why don’t you box me up?
A G#
You can bury me in the backyard
C#m E
Save me
F#m E C#m E
I got no--body else
F#m E C#m E
G# real psycho
F#m E C#m
But I could use some help
A G#
You can bury me in the backyard
A
You can tell the world
G# F#m E F#m E F#m
that you did your part