Intro
F# C# D#m7 C#
[Verse]
F# C# D#m7 C#
Superman was killed in Dallas
F# C# D#m7 C#
There's no love left in the palace
F# C# D#m7 C# E C#
Someone took the Beatle's lead guitar
F# C# D#m7 C#
Have another Chivas Regal
F# C# D#m7 C#
You"re twelve years old and sex is legal
F# C# D#m7 C# E C#7
Your parents don't know where or who you are
B C# A#m D#7
Used to be the hero of the ball game
B C# A#m7 D#7
Took the time to shake the loser's hand
B C# A#m B
Used to be that failure only meant you didn't try
B C# A#m7 C#7
In a world where people gave a damn
F# C# D#m7 C#
Great big wars in little places
F# C# D#m7 C#
Look at all those frightened faces
F# C# D#m7 C# E
But don't come here we just don't have the room
F# C# D#m7 C#
Love thy neighbor's wife and daughter
F# C# D#m7 C#
Cleanse your life with holy water
F# C# D#m7 C#
We don't need to bathe we've got perfume
B C# A#m D#7
Used to be a knight in shining armor
B C# A#m7 D#7
Didn't have to own a shiny car
B C# A#m7 B
Dignity and courage were the measure of a man
B C# D#7 G#m D# G#m
Not the drugs he needs to hide the scar wooo hoo wooo hoo woooo
[Verse]
Cm
Can your teacher read
Cm7
Does your preacher pray
Gm
Does your president have soul
Cm7 G#7sus E7
Have you heard a real good ethnic joke today
Cm
Mama took her speed
Cm7
Daddy ran away
Gm7
But you mustn't lose control
G# break
Let's cut the class
G#
I've got some grass
A A#
The kids are wild we just can't tame 'em
B
Do we have a right to blame 'em
(back to picking)
E B C#m7 B
We fed them all our indecision
E B C#m7 B
We've wrecked their minds with television
E B C#m7 B D B
But what the hell they're too young to feel pain oh oh
A B G#m7 C#m7
But I believe that love can save tomorrow
A B G#m7 C#m7
I believe that truth can make us free
[Outro]
A B G#m7 C#m7
Someone tried to say it and we nailed him to a cross
A B A Am EM7
I guess it's still the way it used to be