Author's note - Here's the riff that is used during the F & C chords
in the Intro, Verses & Interlude.
e|-------1-------1-|----------------------|
B|-----------------|-------1-------1------|
G|---2-------2-----|----------------------|
D|-3---3---3---3---|---2-------2----------|
A|-----------------|-3---3---3---3--------|
E|-----------------|----------------------|
[Intro]
F C F C
F C
e|-------1-------1-|----------------------|
B|-----------------|-------1-------1------|
G|---2-------2-----|----------------------|
D|-3---3---3---3---|---2-------2----------|
A|-----------------|-3---3---3---3--------|
E|-----------------|----------------------| X2
[Verse 1]
F C
Genocidal tendencies are silly to extreme
F C C D
After all you're still quite small, you don't know where you've been
G A D G
You was only swearing yesterday, Oh you want to win the world away
A D C Esus4 E
But now you got nothing to say
[Chorus]
A D E A E
Boy, you're getting out of hand, you've got to make a stand, so put the coke away
A D E
Boy, you got the do the show, got to let the people know, you've got the strength to stay
[Bridge]
A C#m B#m E
I can see you run, I can see you hide, Oh your heart is aching
A F#m Bm E
Lost in a dream of what might have been
A C#m Bm E
You're the guide, you're the number one and your knees are shaking
A F#m Bm E E
Stand and deliver in an endless dream
[Verse 3]
F C
Schizophrenic, photogenic, aggravates me so
F C C D
Only yes men have a guess man, watch the spirit go
G A D G
Batman zips the monster as he bleeds and gets off on the buzz he needs
A D C
And a kid on the street just reads and reads and reads and reads
E
And reads and reads and reads
[Chorus]
A D E A E
Boy, its them hard case city blues, Cagney is the news, does "The Giant" ring a bell?
A D E
Boy, its the Hudson East River cruise, its the Empire State of booze, Oh you know the story well
[Bridge]
A C#m B#m E
Do you have to run, do you have to hide, there's a new tomorrow
A F#m Bm E
Yes, you're a mess, but you're more than less
A C#m Bm E
When this battle's won, you can look inside, all you did not borrow
A F#m Bm E
Yes you're the best, but you still can't rest
Am D G
You know you know, the carnival is closed
E Am D G
Your streets are lined with ghosts, but a princess don't look back
E Am D G
Don't look back don't look round, your vision is your fight
E Am C F
Through long electric nights, when a woman helps you write
[Interlude]
C G F
Na na na. Na na na. Na
C G
Na na na. Na na na
F C
e|-------1-------1-|----------------------|
B|-----------------|-------1-------1------|
G|---2-------2-----|----------------------|
D|-3---3---3---3---|---2-------2----------|
A|-----------------|-3---3---3---3--------|
E|-----------------|----------------------| X4
[Bridge]
G A D G
Cheer up mate put the dramas in the past, see you did not have to fast
A D C E
Euphemism lasts and lasts and lasts and lasts and lasts and lasts and lasts and lasts
[Chorus]
A D E A E
Boy, if you've got an axe to grind, be thankful for this time, for it gives you what you need
A D E A E
Boy, you've got an eighty-eight to play, it'll tell you what to say, it'll tell you when to breathe
[Chorus]
A D E A E
Boy, take a turnpike heading west, turn the people on to Beau Geste, cause that's what you did the best
A D E
Boy, play the pipes till they're old and worn, sing the words till they fall forlorn
A E
Like the pieces of a jigsaw jet
[Chorus]
A D E A E
Boy, don't let the earth get in your face, its a middle-aged displace, its the middle ages snide
A
Boy, we're a million miles away and to think its so insan, take a chance on a one way ride
[Chorus]
A D E A E
Boy, shoot a rocket clean out of your mind, Oh these people ain't your kind, no they ain't your kind at all
A D E A E
Boy, shoot a rocket clean out of your brain. No these people ain't the same, you can hear another call
[Chorus]
A D E A E
Boy, the other book starts with no, they don't show us how to grow, they only show us how to win
A D E A E
Boy, the secret's in the bicycle shed, in't no answers now they're dead, to seek is a mortal sin
A D E A E
Hey, you know boy let your madness be the clue
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