D# F A#
Standing on the edge of someone’s shadow
A# Gm D# F
I put my hands above my head
A# Gm D# F
But I got several mannequins in my bed
D# F
So what do I do? (take the high road)
D# F
Teenage alien blues (take the high road)
Oh, no, no
D# F Gm
Can’t stand the truth
B(single note)
D#
G - - -0-2-
D -1-3- - -
A# Gm D# F
I threw my mind out in the garbage yesterday
A# Gm D# F
Whether I’m on drugs or not, I’m brain dead, either way
D# F
So what do I do? (take the high road)
D# F
See you making out (take the high road)
Oh, no, no, no, no, no
D# F Gm
Can’t stand the high road, baby
D# F Gm
If you want some of my love, darlin’
D# F Gm
You can walk to my house, babe
A G A D# x4
A G A D#
I will stand up for my rights
A G A D#
From Jesus Jones and all his parasites
A G A D#
They’re doing testings on mice
A G A D#
In a psychedelic chromosome device
A G A D#
I will stand up in my mind
A G C D
And tear your heart right down
(Guitar comes in)
A G A D# A G C D
A G A D#
The current state of our minds
A G A D#
In six or seven years won’t matter
A G A D#
I will stand up in my mind
A G C D
And tear your heart right down
A G A D#
A G C D
And recognize the future is now
A G A D#
A G C D
A G A D# x4
F
Oh, but it gets so hard
A# Am Gm
With both feet on the ground
F
I could make you my own
A# Am Gm
But now you’re down
F
And make you my own
A# Am C
But now you’re down
C
Now I’ve got a sweetie
A#
Who knows just how to treat me
F A#
But everyone’s talkin’ ‘bout haircuts
F A#
No, no, everyone’s talkin’ ‘bout Jesus Jones
C A# C A# xAlot
D# Gm D xAlot