[ A ] you’re strong , you’re stubborn [ C# ] now
in an [ D ] endless symbolic [ A ] war
brave or [ F# ] bored , either/ [ F ] or A Am x2
[ A ] sometimes i rico [ C# ] chet from the past
and at [ D ] times a future ive [ A ] already had be [ F# ] fore
champion or [ F ] chore , either/ [ A ] or A Am x2
[ E ] i’ll write the [ D ] pages [ A ] you rip [ E ] out
back in their places again ( ( lick notes ) ) [ E D C# B A F# A E F# ]
[ E ] one day youll [ D ] know what youre [ A ] talking [ E ] about
i can [ Bm ] hardly [ F# ] imagine , but [ G ] until [ D ] then ill be
[ A ] filling in these [ C# ] blanks that you [ D ] create
every time you [ A ] win some petty [ F# ] score
posing as hard [ F ] core , oh yeah , either/ [ A ] or A Am x2
instrumental verse prog . x 2
[ E ] look at the [ D ] spin chief , [ A ] battered and [ E ] broken
clutching a plastic rose ( ( lick notes ) ) [ E D C# B A F# A E F# ]
were [ E ] all in the [ D ] downpour you [ A ] carry aro [ E ] und for
[ Bm ] trashing A [ F# ] lifestyle [ G ] youve never [ D ] known
[ A ] it’s a useful [ C# ] dream that makes
[ D ] quite an entertaining [ A ] show and not much [ F# ] more
up against and [ F ] for , either/ [ A ] or A Am x3 end on A
[ A ] you’re strong , you’re stubborn [ C# ] now
in an [ D ] endless symbolic [ A ] war
brave or [ F# ] bored , either/ [ F ] or A Am x2
[ A ] sometimes i rico [ C# ] chet from the past
and at [ D ] times a future ive [ A ] already had be [ F# ] fore
champion or [ F ] chore , either/ [ A ] or A Am x2
[ E ] i’ll write the [ D ] pages [ A ] you rip [ E ] out
back in their places again ( ( lick notes ) ) [ E D C# B A F# A E F# ]
[ E ] one day youll [ D ] know what youre [ A ] talking [ E ] about
i can [ Bm ] hardly [ F# ] imagine , but [ G ] until [ D ] then ill be
[ A ] filling in these [ C# ] blanks that you [ D ] create
every time you [ A ] win some petty [ F# ] score
posing as hard [ F ] core , oh yeah , either/ [ A ] or A Am x2
instrumental verse prog . x 2
[ E ] look at the [ D ] spin chief , [ A ] battered and [ E ] broken
clutching a plastic rose ( ( lick notes ) ) [ E D C# B A F# A E F# ]
were [ E ] all in the [ D ] downpour you [ A ] carry aro [ E ] und for
[ Bm ] trashing A [ F# ] lifestyle [ G ] youve never [ D ] known
[ A ] it’s a useful [ C# ] dream that makes
[ D ] quite an entertaining [ A ] show and not much [ F# ] more
up against and [ F ] for , either/ [ A ] or A Am x3 end on A
