Intro: C C/B Am F GInterlude: (C) G CVerse 1:
C I had a friend who had to vent C/B On a time that left him quite verklempt Am I asked exactly what he meant F G And helplessly he said: C "I'm just a boy with a broken dream C/B And a chemical dependency Am That's eating up what's left of me F G While they say plan ahead" Am C/B He asked his father "what's the point? F G The future ain't too bright." Am C/B Then dad replied for the first time: F G "I think you might be right" C G Cause your generation's on medication C G Blinded by inebriation C G Wallowing in procrastination C G Frankly bored of education C G Live in fear of foreign nations C G Nuclear annihilation C G Searching for an explanation C G F G While I have the realization that it's all my fault C And such is lifeInterlude: (C) G CVerse 2:
C I held a girl for a bit of a while C/B In an age where a smile was out of style Am She made denial seem worth while F G I never quite knew how C She had a voice and a wish for fame C/B And claimed the world would know here name Am I told her I once felt the same F G But look where I am now Am C/B So darling, keep your head on straight F G The vision won't pan out Am C/B She'd say "I always get my way and F G You can just get out!" C G So she worked real hard and she danced away C G But she put a play for her mirror all day C G And the years went by, she turned 28 C G Over the hill and a little too late C G With deteriorating mental health C G The president's dead cause she proved herself C G And though you never heard her sing C G She's on magazines and TV screens C G While she sits and smiles in a prison cell C G Where she hung herself with a studded belt F G She went out like a star C And such is lifeInterlude: (C) G C C My thought on everybody else C/B Would lead me back to view myself Am And take the sorrow that I felt F G To build a case-in-point C My home sweet home of lemon drops C/B Where dinner's served on counter tops Am The healthy family unit stops F G When parents disappoint Am C/B F G The stranger's hand that feeds you is a jackal in disguise Am C/B F G That sends us poison arrows from apocalyptic skies C G There's a fallout child with an empty face C G Who'll finish last in the human race C G In a vegetative state at his parents' place C G An ashamed disgraced who's afraid to age C G His rage enslaves a caged white dove C G Who's raised on drugs and selfish love C G C G The product of a time defined by me, myself, and I combined C G With a slow decline on a string of pills C G While the world keeps turning, we're standing still F G And growing up all wrong F G The sandbox lines are drawn F G The backward beat goes on C And such is life Outro (C) G CVerse 3:
C I knew a fella so tried and true C/B He's a lot like me and a bit like you Am Who struggled through what bound him to F G A social web of lies C He saw the things he chose to see C/B Inside a world of fantasy Am And never fit too comfortably F G In anybody's eyes Am C/B But, when the system pulled his card F G And said, "You turned out right" Am C/B We fed you fear for 18 years F G Preparing for a fight C G C G So, son get off that unicorn and come try on this uniform C G Cause these are the colors that never run: C G Red, white, blue, and a silver gun C G C G Though he never laid a finger on anyone, he just sang his songs and had his fun C G On the battlefield he met his end C G When he took a bullet to save his friend C G His mom got word the other day C G In a letter that read, "Thanks anyway" F G C But that's how freedom rings. And such is life
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