E|------------|
B|--3---------|
G|--2---------|
D|------------|
A|------------|
E|--2---------|

**INTRO**  G / D / Em / D / C  x2

**VERSE**
                  G
You dreamed he'd shine like the sun

Now you son is set
  D
Hey dad, grab another cigarette
Em                  D
Ashes fall like an unpaid debt
   C
Come on everybody place your bets
       G
In seventh grade he dug his grave
  D
Trying to be cool with the cool kids hey
Em            D
  Follow everything they say
      C
You might fit in if you misbehave
   G
At sixteen he promised he'd be clean
    D
You didn't bend, but you sure did lean
Em     D             C
   You do not deserve this

**CHORUS**
G
Hey Mr. Wilmington
D
Yeah, I heard about your son
Em                  D
It's hard enough to hide your scars
C
In smalltown USA
G
Sweet Mr. Wilmington
D
Yeah I read about your son
     Em                    D
Don't blame yourself, you raised him right
C
Remember that when you can't sleep at night

**VERSE 2** (same as verse 1)
At twenty-one you found his gun
Hey dad, it's just begun
The ties that bind, they come undone
Come on everybody, just for fun
At twenty-four you found him on the floor
Decadence was all he wore
You do not deserve this

**CHORUS**


D     Em     C   x4
Na na na na na  

**VERSE 3**
At the funeral, read his eulogy
Insincere apologies
You do not deserve this
All the papers and press decide
Hey, just another suicide
You do not deserve this