Intro
E B C#m7 B
[Verse]
E B C#m7 B
Superman was killed in Dallas
E B C#m7 B
There's no love left in the palace
E B C#m7 B D B
Someone took the Beatle's lead guitar
E B C#m7 B
Have another Chivas Regal
E B C#m7 B
You"re twelve years old and sex is legal
E B C#m7 B D B7
Your parents don't know where or who you are
A B G#m C#7
Used to be the hero of the ball game
A B G#m7 C#7
Took the time to shake the loser's hand
A B G#m A
Used to be that failure only meant you didn't try
A B G#m7 B7
In a world where people gave a damn
E B C#m7 B
Great big wars in little places
E B C#m7 B
Look at all those frightened faces
E B C#m7 B D
But don't come here we just don't have the room
E B C#m7 B
Love thy neighbor's wife and daughter
E B C#m7 B
Cleanse your life with holy water
E B C#m7 B
We don't need to bathe we've got perfume
A B G#m C#7
Used to be a knight in shining armor
A B G#m7 C#7
Didn't have to own a shiny car
A B G#m7 A
Dignity and courage were the measure of a man
A B C#7 F#m C# F#m
Not the drugs he needs to hide the scar wooo hoo wooo hoo woooo
[Verse]
A#m
Can your teacher read
A#m7
Does your preacher pray
Fm
Does your president have soul
A#m7 F#7sus E7
Have you heard a real good ethnic joke today
A#m
Mama took her speed
A#m7
Daddy ran away
Fm7
But you mustn't lose control
F# break
Let's cut the class
F#
I've got some grass
G G#
The kids are wild we just can't tame 'em
A
Do we have a right to blame 'em
(back to picking)
D A Bm7 A
We fed them all our indecision
D A Bm7 A
We've wrecked their minds with television
D A Bm7 A C A
But what the hell they're too young to feel pain oh oh
G A F#m7 Bm7
But I believe that love can save tomorrow
G A F#m7 Bm7
I believe that truth can make us free
[Outro]
G A F#m7 Bm7
Someone tried to say it and we nailed him to a cross
G A G Gm DM7
I guess it's still the way it used to be