* Am Am F E * Am Am F E * Am Am F E * F E * * slower parts go * * Am F C G * * but it is easier to think about it like this * * Am Am F F * C C G G * [Intro] E|-----------------------------------------------------------------| B|------0--1-----1-0-3--1-0-1-0---------0--1--0--1--3--1--3-/5-----| G|-0--2-------------------------2----2-----------------------------| D|-----------------------------------------------------------------| A|-----------------------------------------------------------------| E|-----------------------------------------------------------------| E|-1---0-------0---1---0-------0---1-------------------------------| B|---------3---------------3---------------------------------------| G|---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2--------0h2-0---0----0h2-0-2p0---| D|----------------------------------------------2----------------2-| A|-----------------------------------------------------------------| E|-----------------------------------------------------------------| E|------------------------------------3-1-0-1-0---0----------------| B|-----0--1--0--1--3--1--0--1--0----------------3------------------| G|-0h2----------------------------2--------------------------------| D|-----------------------------------------------------------------| A|-----------------------------------------------------------------| E|-----------------------------------------------------------------| [Verse 1] Am Am F E There is a man with no face And a name I don't remember. Am Am F E Who lives in a house in the middle of the woods. Am Am F E And he said once 'Son, don't you laugh out loud F E for they are listening, Oh they are listening Am Am F E Ooooooooooh you've got to be strong. Am Am F E Am Am F E Ooooooooooh you've got to keep holding on. F E Am Now it's just a matter of time [Horn fill] Am Am F E Am Am F E (Head for the hills, go!) Am Am F E Am Am F E F E Am F C G Am F C G [Verse 2] Am Am F E They provide the paint for the picture perfect masterpiece Am Am F E that you will (paint on!) the insides of your eyelids; Am Am F E Can you possibly see anything you want to see? F E No (Hell No!) There's nothing wrong with the way I see. Am Am F E and he wanted to be a soldier in the next great war. Am Am F E he wanted to kill and fight and maim but not be told what he was fighting for. Am Am F E And that's the way it's going to have to be my friend, F E And that's the way it's going to have to be my friend, [Horn fill] Am F C G Am F C G [Verse 3] Am Am F E I passed a man on the corner in the city yesterday singing Am Am F E 'Yada yada yada and tomorrow it'll never end' Am Am F E and I never thought I'd live to see another sunny day F E but I'm here and I fear I'll be here till the end. [Chorus] Am Am F E So watch your mouth. Or you're going to make a grave mistake. Am Am F E Hold your tongue. Or you're going to catch a bullet in the head. Am Am F E So watch your mouth. Or you're going to make a grave mistake. F E Don't die for anything less than the best of life. [Horn fill] Am Am F E Am Am F E Am Am F E F E Am is just strummed for 4 measures; palm muted| (Faster) Am Am F E Am Am F E Am Am F E F E Am Am F E Am Am F E Am Am F E F E (Slow down) [Bridge] Am F The things you said went to your head, C G But you never tried to understand: Am F What they'll take: you will never take back, cause they take, (what they take) what C G they can because they can from you. Am F You follow me and you follow me but you never ask why. C G And I wonder what you're under could this be another piece of the Am F 'I don't know I just do what they say because C G they say what to do in a matter of fact way' Am F But don't stop because you might get burned. C G And you might just learn to stand on your own two feet. Am F And I think that it's neat how you learn to C G repeat everything that you hear in the street so well. Am F C G (Am) You learn to repeat everything that you hear so well. Am F C G (Am) You learn to repeat everything that you hear so well. [Interlude] Am (strum with the horn blasts: buh ... buh buh ... buh ) (Normal Speed) [Verse 3] Oh well.. Am Am F E And everyone was resting because they thought it was the end. Am Am F E And even if it wasn't they decided they'd pretend. Am Am F E And somewhere in the distance I could hear him whispering F E 'You can fight all you want you'll never win in the end'. [Horn fill] Am Am F E Am Am F E Am Am F E F E Am F C G Am F C G [Verse 4] Ai, Ai, Ai, Ai, Am Am F E Sometimes in the evening when I'm lying in my bed Am Am F E I am taken to the forest to the isolated shed. Am Am F E And I wake with his words resonating in my head. F E And I can't stop thinking about the gist of what he said. [Chorus] He said: Am Am F E Watch your mouth. Or you're going to make a grave mistake. Am Am F E Hold your tongue. Or you're going to catch a bullet in the head. Am Am F E Watch your mouth. Or you're going to make a grave mistake. F E Don't die for anything less than the best of ... F E Everyone settles for the rest not the best of ... F E Am E Am I will die for no less than the best of life.