(4:4)
(Amajor)
INTRO:
(A)
(riff: A B E F# E B A)
(Em6 Em) (Dm6 Dm Dmsus2 Dm)
(bass: A (F#) E (G B C#) D (B) A)
(change to “shuffle” beat:)
(A7 A) (A) (D6 D6)
(A7 A) (A) (D6 Dm6)
(A A) (A) (A9 A9)
(A A) (A) (Gm Gm)
(riff: G A Bb A G)
VERSE 1:
(A) (Adim) (F#7) (Bm7)
(as doomed as all my fallen holy roman soldiers…)
(D7) (D6) (Dm7)
(dumb enough to jump the gun…)
(A7 A)
(get back!)
CHORUS:
(trump!)
(A) every (Asus2 A) body’s
(A A6) (dis a) (A) (pointed in) (Asus2) (me)
(A D6 A) (that’s life)
everybody’s disappointed in me…
(that’s life!)
(trump!)
(stump!)
(stomp!)
(Dm6)
even my so-called
(Adim)
supporters
VERSE:
(A6 A) (A)
and it’s not fair…
(A6 A) (Am Adim)
but i don’t care…
(D7) (Bm) (F#m F#) (D7)
but i’m going for broke as the butt of the joke
BRIDGE:
(A) (D6 A)
come commandeer our army…
(A) (Bm Cm C#m)
prepare to set them free…
(A A) (G D)
let them be…
(A A)
set them free
(clark: “they can stay with me…”)
(D D A) (G G6 G6) (D7)
(bass: D D (A) A G (B D E) D (C A))
i think fast…
i don’t let my body get in the way
i feel young…
though i only grow older everyday
i fell down…
the day before yesterday
i got up…
and found that my breath had been taken away
as faulty as my former field of vision…
staring down a setting sun…
get back…