The original song is played in standard tuning. In my YouTube video I play down a whole step. You can follow along to that video here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-4UB-mRU8SE Am F C G Am C D (a few times) E C D (once) C C/B Am C D (a few times) E C D (once) C C/B D

^AmWhere are all the stupid people ^Dmfrom? ^AmAnd ^Fhow'd they get to ^Cbe so dum^Gb? ^CBred on purple mountain ^C/Brange Feed amber waves of g^Bbrains To lesser human ^F/Abeings, zero feel^Fings

Am B C Blame it on

Huma^Fn nature, mans destiny (m^Cans destiny) ^FBlame it on the greedioc^Cracy (greediocracy) Fear of ^Dmgod The fear of ^Bbchange The fear of^F truth ^CAdd the bill of rights, subtract the ^Fwrongs ^G#There's no answers ^CMemorize and sing star spangled ^Fsongs ^G#When the questions ^CAren't ever ^Gasked Is anybody ^Amlearning from the ^Fpast? We're l^Civing in ^Gunited stagnatio^Fn ^E

Am F G E Am F G E

^AmFather what have I ^Gdone? I ^Ctook ^C/Bthat 2^Am2 A g^Fift to^C me from ^Gyou To be^Dmd with me each ^Amnight Kept it cl^Fean Polished it ^Cwell Che^Frished every ^Ccartridge, ^C/Bevery ^Fshell ^AmDown, by the creek, under ^Fbrush, under dirt There's a ^Gcarcass of my second k^Amill^G# ^G ^F# ^F ^E ^AmDown, by the park, under ^Fstone, under pine There's a ^Gcarcass of my brother W^Amilliam Brother w^Fhere, have you gone to? I swear, I never thought I ^Ccould

I see so many times

They told me to shoot ^Dmstraight Don't pull the trigger, squeeze That will insure a ^Ckill A kill is what you want A kill is why we b^Fre^Ced^F ^C ^F ^C

D D/C# C G D G D G D D D/C# D G D G D G D

The chr^Distians love their ^D/C#guns The chu^Crch and n^Gra^D ^G ^D ^G ^D Pray for^D their salvat^D/C#ions Prey on ^Cthe lower fa^Git^Dhs^G ^D ^G ^D ^EThe story book's been ^E/D#read And every line b^Delieved ^A ^E ^A ^E ^A ^E ^ECurriculum's been ^E/D#set Logic is a t^Dhreat Reason searched and sei^Aze^Ed ^A ^E ^A ^E

E E7 A Am E E7 A Am E E B A E C#m A B

^EJerry spent some time in Michi^Agan ^Am A t^Ewenty year vac^C#mation, after ^F#mall he had a dim^Be A d^Eime is worth a ^E/D#lot more in Det^C#mroit ^B A di^Ame in cali^Efornia, a tw^Aenty dollar ^Bfine

E E B A E C#m A B

^EJerry only stayed a couple ^Amonths ^Am ^EIt's hard to enj^C#moy yourself while b^F#mleeding out the ^Bass ^EAsphyxiation ^E/D#is simple and ^C#mfast ^B ^AIt beats seven^Eteen fun years of ^Abeing someones ^Bbitch

Don't thin^Ek (stay) Drink your w^Dine (home) Watch the fire ^D/C#burn (be) His problems not ^Amine (safe) Just be that model citi^Eze^An ^E ^E

^EI wish I had a schilling ^E7 For every senseless ^Akilling I'd b^Amuy a government ^EAmerica's for sale ^E7 And you can get a good deal ^Aon it ^AmAnd make a healthy profit

Or ma^Eybe, tear it ap^Cart ^AmStart with assump^Etion ^EThat a million people are ^Csmart ^AmSmarter than o^Ene ^C ^D ^G ^D/F#

Weird rhythm Em C D Em Em C D Em Em C D G Em B C G

^EmSerotonin's gon^Be She gave up, dr^Cifted away ^G ^EmSara f^Dled, thought process ^D/C#gone ^CShe left her an^Dswering machine ^Gon ^EmThe greeting l^Deft spoken sinc^D/C#ere ^CMessages ^Dno one will ever ^Ghear

^AmTen thousand ^Cmessages a^G day A million ^Dmore transmissions ^Amlay Victims ^Cof the laissez ^Gfaire ^AmTen thousand ^Cvoices, a hundred ^Gguns A hundred ^Ddecibels turns to ^Amone One ^Cbullet, one empty ^Ghead

^EmNow with serotonin ^Dgone C B Am G Eoctave E with maj3 Eoctave Emaj3 C B Am G E

^CThe man who used to speak Perfor^Ems a cute routine ^DFeel a little patro^D/C#nized Don't feel b^Cad They found a way inside your ^Ghead And you feel a bit mis^Dled It's not that they don't ^Amcare, yeah

The tel^Cevision's put a ^Ethought inside your head ^DLike a barry mani^D/C#low, jingle I'd li^Cke, to teach the world to ^Gsing In perfect harmo^Dny A symphonic blank ^Amstare, yeah ^CIt doesn't make you ^Ecare (make you care) ^CNot designed to make you ^Ecare (make you care) ^CThey're betting you won't ^Ecare (you won't...)

C E C Am G C D G Em C B Am G Em Tough Bass (I just play chords) D Em G low E ring Em D Em D

^CPlace a ^Gwager ^Don your ^Emgreed A wa^Cger ^Emon your p^Dride ^CWhy ^Gtry to ^Dbeat them ^Emwhen, a mi^Cllion ^Emothers t^Dried?

^CWe are the w^Emhore ^GIntellectually ^Dspayed ^CWe are the q^Emueer ^GDysfunctionally r^Daised

Em C D G D/F#

^EmEm (l^Cet r^Ding)^G ^D/F# D string picked 5th fret G string picked 4th fret G string picked 1st fret G string picked

E G#m One more pill to kill the pain One more pill to kill the pain

^EOne more pill to kill the ^Cpain ^DLiving through con^Aformity

E G#m

^EOne more prayer to keep me ^G#msafe One more prayer to keep us warm ^EOne more prayer to keep us ^Csafe ^DThere's gonna be a ^Abetter place

E B D

^ALost the battle, lost the ^Ewar Lost the things worth living ^Bmfor Lost the will to win the ^Dfight

One more pill to kill the pain

^ANa na na na na ^F#mLa na na na na ^DNa na na na na ^ENa na na na na

^AThe going get tough, the tough get debt ^F#mDon't pay attention, pay the rent ^DNext of kins pay for your sins ^EA little faith should keep us ^Asafe

Dm F C E Dm

^FSave us ^CThe human, existence ^EIs failing, resistance ^DmEssential, the future ^FWritten off, the odds are ^CAstronomically against us ^EOnly moron and genius ^DmWould fight a losing battle ^FAgainst the super ego C E (hold) When giving in is so damn comforting

And so we ^Dmgo, on with our ^Flives We know the ^Ctruth, but prefer ^Elies Lies are ^Amsimple, simple is ^Cbliss Why ^Dmgo against tradition when we ^Fcan Admit de^Cfeat, live in dec^Eline ^AmBe the victim of our own de^Fsign The status ^Dmquo, built on sus^Fpect ^CWhy would any^C/Bone stick out their ^Amneck? Fellow mem^Fbers Club "we've^G got ours" I'd ^Clike to intro^C/Bduce you to our ^Amhost He's got ^Fhis, and I've got ^Fmmine Meet the dec^Cline

Em C D G D/F# We are the queer We are the whore Ammunition In the class war We are worker We love our queen We sacrifice We're soilent green We are the queer We are the whore Ammunition In the class war Em C D G D/F# (Eventually modulates up a whole step to) F#m D E A A/G#

Nofx - The decline