[Intro]

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Bm       G          Bm  G D
   Pardon me while I burst
Bm       G          Bm  G D
   Pardon me while I burst

 Bm  G  Bm  G  D  Bm  G  Bm  D  A


[Verse]

Bass Only

F#m           D
   A decade ago I never
                C#
Thought I would be

A twenty three on the verge

Of spontaneous combustion
       Bm
Woe is me
                    A
But I guess that it comes
                Em
With the territory
                      C
An ominous landscape of
                   Bm
Never ending calamity
              F#m
I need you to hear
              D
I need you to see

That I have had all I can take

And exploding seems like a
  F#m
Definite
Bm      A
Possibility
   G
To me


[Chorus]

Bm          A          G       Em      Bm
   So pardon me while I burst into flames
          A            G
I've had enough of the world
        Em               Bm
And its people's mindless games
          G          A
So pardon me while I burn
    D     A        Bm
And rise above the flame
       G          A
Pardon me, pardon me

I'll never be the same


[Post-Chorus]

(Bass Only)

 F#m  D  F#m  D


[Verse]

F#m              D
   Not two days ago I was
         C#
Having a look in a book

And I saw a picture of a
                       Bm
Guy fried up above his knees
               A
I said I can relate

Cause lately I've been
Em
Thinking of combustication
C                      Bm
As a welcomed vacation from
            F#m           D
The burdens of the planet earth

Like gravity hypocrisy and
    F#m                  Bm
The perils of being in 3 D
    A
And thinking so much
G
Differently


[Chorus]

Bm          A          G       Em      Bm
   So pardon me while I burst into flames
          A            G
I've had enough of the world
        Em               Bm
And its people's mindless games
          G           A
So pardon me while I burn
    D     A        Bm
And rise above the flame
       G          A
Pardon me, pardon me
     D            Em
I'll never be the same


[Bridge]

 Bm  G

      Bm    G
Never be the same


 Bm  G  Bm  G


[Bridge]

Bm       G
   Pardon me while I
Bm     G  D
Burst into flames
Bm       G
   Pardon me, pardon
Bm        G (hold)
Me, pardon me


[Chorus]

Bm          A          G       Em   Bm
   So pardon me while I burst into flames
          A             G
I've had enough of the world
        Em               Bm
And its people's mindless games
          G          A
So pardon me while I burn
    D     A        Bm
And rise above the flame
       G          A
Pardon me, pardon me
     D     Em    Bm
I'll never be the same
       G         Bm    G     D
Pardon me, never be the same, yeah


[Final]

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