Verse 1:
D A# D
I never lie to myself tonight.
D A# D
Rose-tinted eyes, color my sorrow a shade of wine.
A G A# A A#
Bye-bye black balloon.
See you real soon.
Chorus:
D5 C#5 G5 A#5 C5
Oh, why you so sad? What have they done?
D5 C#5 G5 A#5 C5
Forget those mindless baboons, they’re off playing God.
D5 C#5 G5 A#5 C5
Copycats in cheap suits are playing it safe,
D5 C#5 G5 A5 A#5
While cannibals of bad news consume the parade.
Is it wonderful?
Bridge: D | A# D
A G A# A A# | D
Verse 2:
D D A# D
Far, far from shore, the land of nightmares gone forever more.
D A# D
And I love you more than I can control.
A G A# A A#
I don’t e--ven try. Why would I?
Chorus:
D5 C#5 G5 A#5 C5
Oh, why the long face? You’ve got it all wrong.
D5 C#5 G5 A#5 C5
Forget the rat in the race, we’ll choke chain them all.
D5 C#5 G5 A#5 C5
Fates favor the ones who help themselves.
D5 ~~~ D5 ~~~ C#5 ~~~ G5
The rest feel the sting of the lash as they row,
A#5 C5
the boat, the boat to
D5 ~~~ D5 ~~~ C#5 ~~~ C#5 ~~~
Hell!
Outro: G5 A#5 G5 A#5 }x3
G5 A#5 G5 ~~~
Verse 1: 0:10-1:09
e|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---7-9-11-9-7-------7-------7-9-11-9-7---------------5-7-5--------5-7-5-----|
A|-9------------9---9---9---9------------9---9-7-5---8-------8-5--8-------5/7-|
E|-------------------------------------------------6-----------6--------------|
e|-----------------|
B|-----------------|
G|-----------------|
D|---7-9-11-9-7----|
A|-9------------9--|
E|-----------------|
e|------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---7-9-11-9-7-------7-------7-9-11-9-7--------------5-7-5---------|
A|-9------------9---9---9---9------------9--9-7-5---8-------8-5---7-|
E|------------------------------------------------6-----------6-----|
e|------------------------------------------------------8---8--|
B|------------------------------------------------------10--8--|
G|--------------11--------------------------------------10--10-|
D|---7-9-11-9-7-11------(10)--(9)--(12)--(10)--(12)------------|
A|-9------------9--------12----10---13----12----13-------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------|
e||------------------------------------------||
B||*----------------------------------------*||
G||------------------------9-11-9-11-9-11-9--||
D||------------------------------------------||
A||*-9-12-9-12-9-12-9-12-9------------------*||
E||------------------------------------------||
Chorus? 1:10-1:50
e||-------------------------------------------||
B||*-----------------------------------------*||
G||--7777777--6666666-------------------------||
D||--7777777--6666666--5555555--8888888--10---|| Repeat 3x
A||*-5555555--4444444--5555555--8888888--10--*||
E||--------------------3333333--6666666--8----||
Finish on:
e|--------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------|
G|-7777777--6666666---------------|
D|-7777777--6666666--5555555--7-8-|
A|-5555555--4444444--5555555--7-8-|
E|-------------------3333333--5-6-|
Second guitar part after second repeat
e||---------------------------------------------------||
B||*-------------------------------------------------*||
G||--7777777-9-11-6666666-7-9-76-4-4-4-4-4-4-3---(5)--||
D||---------------------------------------------------||
A||*-5555555-7-9--4444444-5-7-54-2-2-2-2-2-2-1---(3)-*||
E||---------------------------------------------------||
Interlude 1:53-2:37
e||---------------||
B||*-7-----5-----*||
G||--6-----6------|| Repeat 6x
D||--7---7-7---7--||
A||*-------------*||
E||---------------||
e|----------------------------|
B|-6--6--6--6--7----5----7--5-|
G|-7--7--7--7--6----6----6--6-|
D|-8--7--8--8--7--7-7--7-7--7-|
A|----------------------------|
E|----------------------------|
e|----------------------------------------------------------------8---8--8--8--8--8-|
B|----------------------------------------------------------------10--10-8--8--10-8-|
G|----------------------------------------------------------------10--10-10-10-10-10|
D|----------------------------------------------------10----10----------------------|
A|----12----12--------10----10--------13----13-----12----12----12-------------------|
E|-13----13----13--12----12----12--15----15----15-----------------------------------|
e|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|------------------------9-11-9-11-9-11-9----------------------------9h11p9h11p9p11p9-|
D|----------------------------------------------------------9h11p9---------------------|
A|-9-12-9-12-9-12-9-12-9---------------------9-12-9-12-9-12--------12------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
2:37-3:27 Repeat Verse 1
3:28-3:58 Repeat Chorus
Outro 3:58-End
Rhythm
e|----------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------|
G|-7--7--6--6-----------------------|
D|-7--7--6--6--55-5-55--88-8-88--10-|
A|-5--5--4--4--55-5-55--88-8-88--10-|
E|-------------33-3-33--66-6-66--8--|
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|Lead
e|-------------------------------------------------|
B|-10--10--9--9------------------------------------|
G|---------------109-10/9-7-7/12--10--109-109-7----|
D|-7---7---6--6------------------------------------|
A|----------------8--8/7-5-5/10--8----8--8-5-------|
E|-------------------------------------------------|
e|------------|
B|------------|
G|-7--7--6--6-|
D|-7--7--6--6-|
A|-5--5--4--4-|
E|------------|
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e|------------|
B|------------|
G|-7--7--6--6-|
D|-7--7--6--6-|
A|-5--5--4--4-|
E|------------|
1st ending
e|-21b22---------21b22---------21b22---------||-24b22-24b22----------|
B|-------22b21---------22b21---------22b21--*||-------------22b24b22-|
G|-------------------------------------------||----------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------||----------------------|
A|------------------------------------------*||----------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------||----------------------|
2nd ending
e|-21b22-------|
B|-------22b23-|
G|-------------|
D|-------------|
A|-------------|
E|-------------|