Intro
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[Verse]
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Superman was killed in Dallas
G# D# Fm7 D#
There's no love left in the palace
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Someone took the Beatle's lead guitar
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Have another Chivas Regal
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You"re twelve years old and sex is legal
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Your parents don't know where or who you are
C# D# Cm F7
Used to be the hero of the ball game
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Took the time to shake the loser's hand
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Used to be that failure only meant you didn't try
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In a world where people gave a damn
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Great big wars in little places
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Look at all those frightened faces
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But don't come here we just don't have the room
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Love thy neighbor's wife and daughter
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Cleanse your life with holy water
G# D# Fm7 D#
We don't need to bathe we've got perfume
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Used to be a knight in shining armor
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Didn't have to own a shiny car
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Dignity and courage were the measure of a man
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Not the drugs he needs to hide the scar wooo hoo wooo hoo woooo
[Verse]
Dm
Can your teacher read
Dm7
Does your preacher pray
Am
Does your president have soul
Dm7 A#7sus E7
Have you heard a real good ethnic joke today
Dm
Mama took her speed
Dm7
Daddy ran away
Am7
But you mustn't lose control
A# break
Let's cut the class
A#
I've got some grass
B C
The kids are wild we just can't tame 'em
C#
Do we have a right to blame 'em
(back to picking)
F# C# D#m7 C#
We fed them all our indecision
F# C# D#m7 C#
We've wrecked their minds with television
F# C# D#m7 C# Fb C#
But what the hell they're too young to feel pain oh oh
B C# A#m7 D#m7
But I believe that love can save tomorrow
B C# A#m7 D#m7
I believe that truth can make us free
[Outro]
B C# A#m7 D#m7
Someone tried to say it and we nailed him to a cross
B C# B Bm F#M7
I guess it's still the way it used to be