PART I:
Verse 1:
C#
(no chords)
I'm the son of rage and love
Bb
(no chords)
The Jesus of suburbia
F#
The bible of none-of-the-above
G#
On a steady diet of...
C#
(no chords)
Soda pop and Ritalin
Bb
(no chords)
No one ever died for my sins
F#
In hell, far as I can tell
G#
At least the ones I got away with
Chorus 1
F# G#
And there's nothing wrong with me
F# G#
This is how I'm supposed to be
F# G#
In a land of make-believe
(no chords)
I don't believe in me
DO# LAb FA# (repeat 2x)
Verse 2:
C#
(no chords)
Get my television fix
Bb
(no chords)
Sitting on my crucifix
F#
A living room on my private womb
G#
While the moms and brads are away
C#
(no chords)
So fall in love and fall in debt
Bb
(no chords)
To alcohol and cigarettes
F#
And Mary-Jane, to keep me insane
G#
Doing someone else's cocaine
Chorus 1
F# G#
And there's nothing wrong with me
F# G#
This is how I'm supposed to be
F# G#
In a land of make-believe
(no chords)
I don't believe in me
DO# LAb FA# (repeat 2x)
Bridge 1:
C# Bb F# G#
C# F Bb G# F#
G#
PART II:
Verse 3:
(soft) DO# LAb
At the center of the Earth in the parking lot
Bb G#
Of the Seven-Eleven where I was taught
F# G#
The motto was just a lie
(soft) DO# LAb
It says home is where your heart is, but what a shame
Bb G#
Cuz' everyone's heart doesn't beat the same
F# G#
It's beating out of time
Chorus 2
Bb G#
City of the dead
C# F#
At the end of another lost highway
Bb G# F#
Signs misleading to nowhere
Bb G#
City of the damned
C# F#
Lost children with dirty faces today
Bb G# F#
No one really seems to care
Verse 4:
(soft) DO# LAb
I read the graffiti on the bathroom stall
Bb G#
Like the holy scriptures of a shopping mall
F# G#
And so it seemed to confess
(soft) DO# LAb
It didn't say much but it only confirmed
Bb G#
That the center of the Earth is the end of the world
F# G#
And I can really care less.
Chorus 2
Bb G#
City of the dead
C# F#
At the end of another lost highway
Bb G# F#
Signs misleading to nowhere
Bb G#
City of the damned
C# F#
Lost children with dirty faces today
Bb G# F#
No one really seems to care
PART III:
Solo:
G# C# G# F# Eb C# G F# Eb C# Eb G#
Chorus 3
G# C#
I don't care if you don't |
LAb MIb | Repeat this part
I don't care if you don't | 4 times
F# C# G#
I don't care if you don't care |
/
Bb G#
I don't care...
Bridge 2:
DO# LA LAb (repeat 4x)
Verse 5:
(no chords) LA LAb
Everyone's so full of shit
(no chords) LA LAb
Born and raised by hypocrites
(no chords) LA LAb
Hearts recycled but never saved
(no chords) LA LAb
From the cradle, to the grave
(no chords) LA LAb
We are the kids of War and Peace
(no chords) LA LAb
From Anaheim to the Middle East
(no chords) LA LAb
We are the stories and disciples of
(no chords) LA LAb
The Jesus of Suburbia
Pre-Chorus 3:
F# G# C# G#
Land of make-believe
F# G# C# G#
And it don't believe in me.
F# G# C# G#
Land of make-believe
F# G# C# G#
And I don't believe.
Chorus 3
F# G# C#
And I don't care.
F# G# C#
I don't care.
F# G# C#
I don't care.
F# G# C#
I don't care.
F# G# C#
I don't care.
C# G#
PART IV:
Verse 6:
G# C
Dearly beloved are you listening
C# G# Eb
I can't remember a word that you were saying
G# C
Are we demented or am I disturbed
C# G# Eb
The space that's in between insane and insecure
G# C C# G# Eb
G# C
Oh therapy can you please fill the void
C# G# Eb
LAmI retarded or am I just overjoyed
G# C
Nobody's perfect and I stand accused
C# G# Eb
For lack of a better word and that's my best excuse (sigh)
G# C C# G# Eb
PART V:
Verse 7:
LAb(root only) FA# DO# (repeat 4x)
G# F# C# G# F# C#
To live and not to breathe
G# F# C# G# F# C#
is to die in tragedy
G# F# C# G# F# C#
To run, to run away
G# F# C# G# F# C#
To find what you believe
Chorus 4
C# G# C# G# C# G#
And I
EbLAbMIbLAbMIbLAb
leave behind
C#LAbDO#LAbDO# G#
This hurricane
EbLAbMIbLAbMIbLAb
of fucking lies
Verse 8:
G# F# C# G# F# C#
I lost my faith to this
G# F# C# G# F# C#
This town, that don't exist
G# F# C# G# F# C#
So I run, I run away
G# F# C# G# F# C#
The light of masochist
Chorus 4
C#LAbDO#LAbDO# G#
And I
EbLAbMIbLAbMIbLAb
leave behind
C#LAbDO#LAbDO# G#
This hurricane
EbLAbMIbLAbMIbLAb
of fucking lies
C#LAbDO#LAbDO# G#
And I
Eb G# Eb G# Eb G#
walked this line
C# G# C# G# C# G#
On million and one
Eb G# Eb G# Eb G#
fucking times
But not this time
Solo 2:
LAb(oct) FA# DO# (repeat 2x, then the part below)
PART VI:
Verse 9:
(no chords, just piano)
I don't feel any shame, I won't apologize
When there ain't nowhere you can go
Running away from pain when you've been victimized
Tales from another broken...home
Outro:
G# F# C#
You're leaving
G# F# C#
You're leaving
G# F# C#
You're leaving
G# F# C#
You're leaving home.
LAb(oct) FA# DO# (repeat 2x)
G#
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