Good Rhymes For Bad Times

                            D    
There's electrical tape around my 
  A
shoes
                          D        
To prevent them from breaking in 
 A
two

And there's a crown on the end of my
 tooth
                          D
Some royal filler and some superglue
             A       Bm         D
And there are broken things all over
 my room
A       Bm             D
 Old and borrowed, stolen and used
A              Bm       D
 Instruments that can't hold a tune
       A                Bm        
I recline on my mattress and become 
D
one too


[Chorus]
            Bm    A
I've never had satisfaction
     F#m        E
In the chemical reactions
         Bm   A     F#m  E
That happen in my head
        Bm         A
There are faults in these cracks
          F#m        E
They send volts then relax
    Bm      A                     
Then realize the wrong message was
   F#m   E
 sent
    Bm  A             F#m  E
It's disillusion, and confusion
Bm   A            E
This illusion of me
         Bm     A
Through solemn seclusion
        F#m      E
(And my neurons' delusion)
         Bm   A
I've come to this conclusion
          F#m    E      A
That I'll never fully be

Bm   D   A   Bm   D


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[Verse 2]
A       Bm                D
In my mind, I can't find an 
inclination
     A      Bm             D
Or a basic impulse for self 
preservation
       A      Bm      D
So I'll sit here, teetering and 
waiting
      A              Bm      
For a big gust of wind or some 
      D
stabilisation
    A          Bm           D
I'm treading water, I'm juggling 
knives
   A         Bm      D
I'm doing both at the same time
      A            Bm              
Dude! Put down the blades and swim 
D
to the shore line
     A     Bm          D
Well, oh God, I've tried


[Chorus]
            Bm    A
I've never had satisfaction
     F#m        E
In the chemical reactions
         Bm   A     F#m  E
That happen in my head
        Bm         A
There are faults in these cracks
          F#m        E
They send volts then relax
    Bm      A                     
Then realize the wrong message was
   F#m   E
 sent
    Bm  A             F#m  E
It's disillusion, and confusion
Bm   A            E
This illusion of me
         Bm     A
Through solemn seclusion
        F#m      E
(And my neurons' delusion)
         Bm   A
I've come to this conclusion
          F#m    E      A
That I'll never fully be

No not fully


[Bridge]
      A
I first saw you from my plastic cage
        E          A
From the wedding band at the back of
 the stage
  E       Bm              A
In slow motion, you caught the 
bouquet
  E               A
In slow motion, I smiled and walked 
away

Isn't this the same story? We've 
heard it before

The same melody and the same score
          F#m         Am          
Well, these hairs won't stand up 
      C#m
in my pores
            A#m             
These shouts of calamity are 
   A
becoming a bore


[Chorus]
            Bm    A
I've never had satisfaction
     F#m        E
In the chemical reactions
         Bm   A     F#m  E
That happen in my head
        Bm         A
There are faults in these cracks
          F#m        E
They send volts then relax
    Bm      A                     
Then realize the wrong message was
   F#m   E
 sent
    Bm  A             F#m  E
It's disillusion, and confusion
Bm   A            E
This illusion of me
         Bm     A
Through solemn seclusion
        F#m      E
(And my neurons' delusion)
         Bm   A
I've come to this conclusion
          F#m    E      A
That I'll never fully be