| or Sligbtly Flat(5-20 Cents | |
| Tuning is Standard |
| Verse |
| A | C#7 | |
| You're strong, you're stubborn | now |
| D | A | |
| In an | endless symbolic | war |
| F# | Dm | |
| Brave or | bored, either/ | or |
| A-Am-A-Am |
| Verse |
| A | C#7 | |
| Sometimes I ricochet f | rom the past |
| D | A | |
| And at | times a future I've | already had before |
| F# | Dm | |
| Champion or c | hore, either/or |
| A-Am-A-Am |
| Bridge |
| Riff A; Below | |
| E D A E | D |
| I'll write the pages you rip out, back in their places again |
| E | D | A | E | |
| One day you'll | know what you're | talking a | bout |
| Bm | F#m | G | D | |
| I can | hardly i | magine, but | until | then I'll be |
| A | C#7 | D | |
| Filling in these | blanks that you cre | ate |
| A | F# | |
| Every time you | win some petty | score |
| Dm | A | |
| Posing as | hardcore, oh yeah, either | /or |
| Solo |
| Bridge |
| E | D | A | E | |
| Look at the | spin chief, | battered and | broken |
| Riff A | |
| D |
| Clutching a plastic rose |
| E | D | A | E | |
| We're | all in the | downpour | you carry a | round for |
| Bm | F#m | G | D | |
| Trashing a l | ifestyle | you've never | known |
| Verse |
| A | C#7 | |
| It's a useful | dream that makes |
| D | A | F# | |
| Quite an entertaining | show and not much | more |
| Dm | A | |
| Up against and | for, either/ | or |
A-Am-A-Am-A-Am-A
| =End= |
| Riff A |
| D |
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