Intro
B F# G#m7 F#
[Verse]
B F# G#m7 F#
Superman was killed in Dallas
B F# G#m7 F#
There's no love left in the palace
B F# G#m7 F# A F#
Someone took the Beatle's lead guitar
B F# G#m7 F#
Have another Chivas Regal
B F# G#m7 F#
You"re twelve years old and sex is legal
B F# G#m7 F# A F#7
Your parents don't know where or who you are
E F# D#m G#7
Used to be the hero of the ball game
E F# D#m7 G#7
Took the time to shake the loser's hand
E F# D#m E
Used to be that failure only meant you didn't try
E F# D#m7 F#7
In a world where people gave a damn
B F# G#m7 F#
Great big wars in little places
B F# G#m7 F#
Look at all those frightened faces
B F# G#m7 F# A
But don't come here we just don't have the room
B F# G#m7 F#
Love thy neighbor's wife and daughter
B F# G#m7 F#
Cleanse your life with holy water
B F# G#m7 F#
We don't need to bathe we've got perfume
E F# D#m G#7
Used to be a knight in shining armor
E F# D#m7 G#7
Didn't have to own a shiny car
E F# D#m7 E
Dignity and courage were the measure of a man
E F# G#7 C#m G# C#m
Not the drugs he needs to hide the scar wooo hoo wooo hoo woooo
[Verse]
Fm
Can your teacher read
Fm7
Does your preacher pray
Cm
Does your president have soul
Fm7 C#7sus E7
Have you heard a real good ethnic joke today
Fm
Mama took her speed
Fm7
Daddy ran away
Cm7
But you mustn't lose control
C# break
Let's cut the class
C#
I've got some grass
D D#
The kids are wild we just can't tame 'em
E
Do we have a right to blame 'em
(back to picking)
A E F#m7 E
We fed them all our indecision
A E F#m7 E
We've wrecked their minds with television
A E F#m7 E G E
But what the hell they're too young to feel pain oh oh
D E C#m7 F#m7
But I believe that love can save tomorrow
D E C#m7 F#m7
I believe that truth can make us free
[Outro]
D E C#m7 F#m7
Someone tried to say it and we nailed him to a cross
D E D Dm AM7
I guess it's still the way it used to be