[Verse 1]
E D#/E C#m
Your eyes are painted red
B
Just to show your age
A B A B
As the man with the sharp teeth bites down on your brain
E D#/E
Point me to your grave
C#m B
That's where you’ll play guitar
A B
With a gun to your head
A B
And a flame in your heart
[Break]
E C#m A B
e|-----------------|
B|-----------------|
G|-----------------|
D|-9--8-6----------|
A|----------9--7-6-|
E|-----------------| x6
[Verse 2]
E D#/E C#m
They keep you in the basement
B
With no one you can hurt
A B
One more chain 'round your leg
A B
And twelve rips in your shirt
E D#/E
And now you're counting
C#m B A
Down till mother is dead
B A
Like the rest of the world
B E
You detested for so long
[Chorus]
F#m A
They don’t tell you
C#m
Not to try
E A
They just wear you down
C#m A
As you run your fingers along the marked wall
E
That you chipped and inscribed
B
With the thoughts you could never let go
[Break]
E D#/E C#m B A B A B
e|------------|------------|------------|------------|------------|------------|------------|------------|
B|------------|------------|------------|------------|------------|------------|------------|------------|
G|------------|------------|--9-8-------|------------|------------|------------|------------|------------|
D|----9---6---|-------6--9-|--------9---|6-------6---|-9--6-------|6-----------|-9--6-------|6-----------|
A|-6---------9|------------|------------|-----9------|--------9---|------6--9--|--------9---|-------6-7-6|
E|------------|------------|------------|------------|------------|------------|------------|------------|
[Verse 3]
E D#/E C#m B
And you're shaking your arm just to stay awake
A B A B
As you're getting grey hairs at age twenty-two
E D#/E C#m B
You've been counting the hours down today
A B A B E
'Cause you know that you've got just one chance to escape all of this
[Chorus]
F#m A
They don’t tell you
C#m
Not to try
E A
They just wear you down
C#m A
As you run your fingers along the marked wall
E
That you chipped and inscribed
B
With the thoughts you could never let go
[Outro]
E C#m B C#m A B x3
e|----------------------------|
B|----------------------------|
G|----------------------------|
D|----------------------------|
A|--9-9-----6--7---7--6----6--|
E|--------7--------------7----| x36
End on B