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