Intro
Hm (It goes on for two rounds.)
Verse:
C#m E
Eternal evil
C#m
Yeah it stares behind the desk
C#m E
B shark dressed up in money
G# C#m
Zombie secretary head
Pre chorus:
B E
I wasn't looking for control
B E
Or for a hand to hold
B E G#
I got arrested on the way
Verse:
C#m E
I went for the police
C#m
But they were all over town
C#m E
For the fireengines
C#m
But they were all upside down
Pre-Chorus:
B E
It's not because Im dirty
B E
Not because Im clean
B E G#
Read all about me in the magazines
Chorus:
E
Innoncent in jail
B
Guilty on the street
G# C#m
Notify the the people of my needs
E
Why should they care
B
With bitter eyes
G# C#m (Let it ring out)
They've already paid the price
Money always takes the place of life
Verse:
C#m E
Yeah, do you see the running crowds
C#m
And do they serve an unknown end
C#m E
If you live a certain place
C#m
Do you hurt a certain way?
Pre-Chorus:
B E
It's a cemetery city
B E
With a pace so boring slow
B E G#
Looks like faded, crumbled secondhand clothes
Verse:
C#m E
The flies are buzzing
C#m
Feel a storm is coming on
C#m E
On the T.V a teenage landlord
C#m
Hides his face and goes to court
Pre-Chorus
B E
It's the mouthpiece of a nation
B E
With unhealthy gums
B E G#
It's hard to keep your head above the ground
Chorus:
E
Innoncent in jail
B
Guilty on the street
G# C#m
Notify the the people of my needs
E
Why should they care
B
With bitter eyes
G# C#m (Let it ring out)
They've already paid the price
Money always takes the place of life
SOLO: (C#m E C#m C#M E C#M // B E B E B E F#)
e|-------------------------------|------------------------------|
B|----7-7-7-7---------7----------|---7-7-7-7---------7--10-10-7-|
G|------------9--7-9----7s6------|-----------9--7-9-------------|
D|-9--------------------------9--|-9----------------------------|
A|-------------------------------|------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------|------------------------------|
e|---------------|---------------|-----------------------|
B|--------7-8-7--|--------7-8-7--|---------7-------------|
G|-9-9-9---------|-9-9-9---------|-9-9-9-9---7-7-7-7s6~--|
D|---------------|---------------|-----------------------|
A|---------------|---------------|-----------------------|
E|---------------|---------------|-----------------------|
Chorus:
E
YEAH! Innoncent in jail
B
Guilty on the street
G# C#m
Notify the the people of my needs
E
Why should they care
B
With bitter eyes
G# C#m (Let it ring out)
They already know the price
G#
Money always takes the place of life
E
Money always takes the place of life
C#m
Money always takes the place of life