B Am G
B Am G
F F
[Verse 1]
B F#
I guess by now you're feeling sorry for me
B F#
Well that's the way this story's meant to be
B F#
Take a look around, you won't see much that's right
B F#
Your kid might be in the Boy Scouts, but he's kicking queers at night
[Chorus]
D G
Tell me a single thing life teaches you
D G
Tell me a single death that reaches you
D G
You deny you've got a soul to preach to
D G
Try and save him, I beseech you
[Verse 2]
B G
I've done all I can, he never cut his hair
B G
I washed my hands of the whole affair
D Bb
Twenty years in jail seems a little harsh
D Bb F F
But I bow to the law and the chosen path
[Bridge]
Abmaj7 Gsus4/C G/D
Is it me, for a moment
Cm Cm/Bb Abmaj7
The stars are falling
Eb Cm7 Abmaj9
The heat is rising,
Eb Cm7 Abmaj9
The past is calling
[Bridge]
Abmaj7 Gsus4/C G/D
Is it me, for a moment
Cm Cm/Bb Abmaj7
The stars are falling
Eb Cm7 Abmaj9
The heat is rising,
Eb Cm7 Abmaj9
The past is calling
[Interlude]
E
Ab
B
[Verse]
B F#
I guess by now you're feeling sorry for him
B F#
Well that's OK, 'cause they put him in the bin
B F#
Take a look around, take a walk out in the park
B F#
You can still see all the old ladies, scared stiff of the dark
[Chorus]
D G
Tell me a single thing life teaches you
D G
Tell me a single death that reaches you
D G
You deny you've got a soul to preach to
D G
Try and save him, I beseech you
[Verse 2 with the chorus lyrics going on at the same time]
B G
I've done all I can, he never cut his hair
B G
I washed my hands of the whole affair
D Bb
Twenty years in jail seems a little harsh
D Bb F F
But I bow to the law and the chosen path
F F
The chosen path
B
I've done all I can
F
I've done all I can
[Verse 2 with the chorus lyrics going on at the same time]
B G
I've done all I can, he never cut his hair
B G
I washed my hands of the whole affair
D Bb
Twenty years in jail seems a little harsh
D Bb F F
But I bow to the law and the chosen path
F F
[Outro]
Fmaj7 Cmaj7 D
Some nights I still sleep on the beach
Fmaj7 Cmaj7 D
Remember when stars were in reach...
