Capo : Fret 3

Intro C F G F C

C Dm
..I commit myself to sabotage
G
see I can get what I want then
F C
I make it hard to hold on
C Dm
..convince myself that I’m without a god
G
a spiritual fraud who
F C
got lost in her own sad song

Chorus
Dm G
..we’ve been talking outback
Dm
by the garbage cans
G
about dreams that we had

F
and the five-year plan
Em
missing the mark
Fm
we’re laughing in the dark
Em D7
‘cause after all, no one’s in control
G C
go easy, kid, it’s only rock and roll

Int. C F G F C

C Dm
..pledge allegiance to some sanity
G
it comes into view for
F C
a moment or two then it leaves me
C Dm
..apologize into the neighborhood
G
and all the pain,
F C
look I’d wanna be brave if I could

Chorus
Dm G
..I was talking outback
Dm
with an empty man, he said

G
“remember times that we had
F
before you got in that way?”
Em
left me in the dark
Fm
alone in the park
Em D7
‘cause after all, no one’s in control
G C
go easy, kid, it’s only rock and roll

Bridge
A Dm
..cut through the smoke
C B7
there’s no secret special code
Em
no deeper hidden wisdom
D C Bm Am
just accept we’ll never know..

Chorus
Dm G
..we’ve been talking outback
Dm
by the garbage cans
G
about dreams that we had
F
and the five-year plan
Em
missing the mark
Fm
we’re laughing in the dark
Em D7
‘cause after all, no one’s in control
G
go easy, kid,

Bb Dm
in twenty years, kid,
Em F
you’re going to look back
G
and wish you grabbed
E7 Dm
it all by the throat

and said, “**** it,
C
it’s only rock and roll”..

Outro Am Dm G Em Am Dm G C