Intro 
A D G D x4 
 
Verse w/intro 
This is a public service announcement 
This is only a test 
Emergency evacuation protest 
May impair your ability to operate machinery 
Can't quite tell, just what it means to me 
Keep out of reach of children 
Don't talk to strangers 
Get your philosophy from a bumper sticker 
 
Chorus w/intro 
Warning: Live without warning 
Warning: Live without warning 
 
Bridge 
A 
 
Verse w/intro 
Better homes and safety-sealed communities? 
Did you remember to pay the utility? 
Caution: police line: you better not cross 
Is it the Cop or am I the one that's really dangerous? 
Sanitation, Expiration date, Question Everything? 
Or shut up and be the victim of authority 
 
Chorus w/intro 
Warning: Live without warning 
Warning: Live without warning           x2 
 
Bridge 
A 
 
A 
Better homes and safety-sealed communities? 
A 
Did you remember to pay the utility? 
w/intro 
Caution: police line: you better not cross 
Is it the Cop or am I the one that's really dangerous? 
Sanitation, Expiration date, Question Everything? 
Or shut up and be the victim of authority 
 
Chorus w/intro 
Warning: Live without warning 
Warning: Live without warning           x2 
 
Verse w/intro 
This was a public service announcement 
This was only a test 
 
BLOOD SEX AND BOOZE (power chords) 
 
Intro 
E 
 
Verse 
E 
Waiting in a room 
All dressed up and bound and gagged 
C 
To a chair 
It's so unfair 
E 
I won't dare move, for the pain 
                             C 
She puts me through is what I need 
                  E 
So make it bleed 
 
Chorus 
C# 
I'm in distress, oh mistress 
             E 
I confess so do it one more time 
These handcuffs are too tight 
C# 
You know I will obey, so please 
Don't make me beg 
A                  B 
For blood, sex and booze you give me 
E 
Some say I'm disturbed 
         D                C# 
But it's what I deserve, another lesson 
              A        B           E 
To be learned...from a girl called kill 
 
Verse w/verse 
My head is in the gutter 
Thank you sir, strike up another mandolin 
Of discipline 
Throw me to the dogs 
Let them eat my flesh down 
To the wood 
It feels so good 
 
Chorus 
 
Bridge 
E    C G C G C G C G  x2 
 
Chorus 
 
Bridge 
 
E D C# C B 
 
CHURCH ON SUNDAY 
 
A  D  E x2 
 
Verse w/intro 
Today is the first day of the rest 
Of our lives 
Tomorrow is too late to pretend 
Everything's alright 
I'm not getting any younger as long 
As you don't get any older 
I'm not going to state that yesterday never was 
 
Bridge 
              F#m                A 
Bloodshot deadbeat and a lack of sleep 
       E 
Making your mascara bleed 
                F#m 
Tears down your face 
        A            E 
Leaving traces of my mistakes 
 
Chorus 
A                     D         E 
If I promise to go to church on Sunday 
A                      D      E 
Will you go with me on Friday night? 
A                         D       E 
If you live with me, I'll die for you 
         A           E 
And this compromise 
 
A D E 
 
Verse w/intro 
I hereby solemnly to tell 
The whole truth 
And nothing but the truth is what 
I'll ever hear from you 
"Trust" is a dirty word that comes 
Only from such a liar 
But "respect" is something I will earn.. 
If you have faith 
 
Bridge 
 
Chorus x2 
 
Solo w/intro 
 
Chorus x2 
 
         A           E 
And this compromise 
         F           A 
And this compromise 
 
FASHION VICTIM 
 
Intro 
A 
 
Verse 
       A         C#m     F#m 
He's a victim of his own time 
        D       C#m       E 
In his "vintage suit" and tie 
     A     C#m        F# 
He's casualty dressed to the teeth 
       D      C#m E 
In the latest genocide 
 
w/verse 
The new seasons come and go 
At the dog and pony show 
Gonna sit and beg and fetch the names 
And follow the dress codes 
            A 
WHAT'S IN A NAME?...HEY! 
 
w/verse 
She's a scented magazine 
Looking sharp and living clean 
Living well and dressed to kill 
But she looks like hell to me 
 
w/verse 
So when you're dancing through your wardrobe 
Do the anorex ­ a go-go 
Cloaked with style 
For paedophiles as the credit card explodes 
 
Chorus 
    Bm                      A 
You auctioned off your life 
        G                      F#m 
For the "most" expensive price 
E 
Going once... 
Going twice... 
         A G F#m E A G F#m E 
Now it's gone 
 
w/verse 
(Youth Crew) 
 
w/Chorus 
You auctioned off your life 
For the "most" expensive price 
Going once... 
Going twice... 
Now it's gone 
 
A G F# E x2    A 
 
       E    A 
What's in a name, hey? 
       E    A 
What's in a name, hey? 
       E    A     E A E A 
What's in a name? 
 
CASTAWAY 
 
Intro 
B  G#m  E  B 
 
Verse 
    B         F# 
I'm on a sentimental journey 
E              B 
Into sight and sound 
        F#          E               B 
Of no return and no looking back or down 
                  F# 
A conscientious objector to the 
E             B 
War that's my mind 
               F# 
Leaving in the lurch and I'm 
E                  B 
Taking back what's mine 
 
Bridge 
E 
I'm on a mission 
                   B   Bb B  Bb B 
Into destination unknown 
E 
An expedition 
                F# 
Onto desolation road 
Where I'm a... 
 
Chorus w/intro 
Castaway ­ going at it alone 
Castaway ­ now I'm on my own 
Castaway ­ going at it alone 
Castaway ­ now I'm on my own 
E                       F 
Lost and found, trouble bound 
       w/intro 
Castaway 
 
w/verse 
I'm riding on the night train and 
Driving stolen cars 
Testing my nerves out of the blvd. 
Spontaneous combustion in the 
Corners of my mind 
Leaving in the lurch 
And I'm taking back what's mine 
 
w/bridge 
I'm on a mission 
Into destination unknown 
An expedition 
Onto desolation road 
Where I'm a... 
 
w/Chorus 
Castaway ­ going at it alone 
Castaway ­ now I'm on my own 
Castaway ­ going at it alone 
Castaway ­ now I'm on my own 
Lost and found, trouble bound 
       w/intro 
Castaway 
 
F# for solo bit 
 
Bass only 
 
Verse (no guitar) 
 
Bridge 
 
Chorus 
 
MISERY 
 
Capo 1 
 
Intro 
Am 
 
Verse 
   Am 
Virginia was a "lot lizard" from F.L.A. 
                                    E 
She had a compound fracture in the "trunk" 
Am 
It started when she run away 
D                    F 
Thumbs out on the interstate 
    E                     Am 
She hitched a ride to misery 
 
w/verse 
"Mr. Whirly" had a catastrophic incident 
He fell into the city by the bay 
He liquidated his estate 
Now he sleeps upon the Haight 
Panhandling misery 
 
Chorus 
               E 
He's gonna get high 
          Am 
When he's low 
    E                      Am 
The fire burns from better days 
                E 
And she screams why 
       Am 
I said I don't know 
    D            F           E 
The catastrophic hymns from yesterday 
       Am 
Of misery 
 
w/verse 
Vinnie was a hustler out of Amsterdam 
He ran the drug cartel in "tinseltown" 
They found him in a Cadillac 
Bludgeoned with a baseball bat in the name 
Of misery 
 
w/verse 
Gina hit the road to New York City 
Mysteriously the night Vinnie croaked 
She stopped in Vegas to elope 
With Virginia and the dope 
And kissed the bride eternally 
 
w/Chorus 
And they're gonna get high 
When they're low 
The fire burns from better days 
And he screams why 
I said I don't know 
The catastrophic hymns from yesterday 
Of misery 
 
Bridge 
Dm                  E               Am 
Hell hounds on your trail now once again..boy 
     Dm              E            Am 
It's groping on your leg until it sleeps 
    Dm             E                   Am 
The emptiness will fill your soul with sorrow 
F                                             E 
Because it's not what you make, it's what you leave 
 
w/verse 
 
w/Chorus 
And we're gonna get high 
When I'm low 
The fire burns from better days 
And she screams why 
I said I don't know 
The catastrophic hymns from yesterday 
Of misery 
 
DEADBEAT HOLIDAY 
 
Verse 
G            D                 G 
Wake up, The house is on fire 
                     C             G 
And the cat's caught in the dryer 
          Em 
Philosophy's a liar when 
     C                D 
Your home is your headstone 
 
w/verse 
"Icon" is the last chance for hope 
When there's no such thing as heroes 
Your faith lies in the ditch that 
You dug yourself in 
 
Bridge 
Bm             C           G      C  G 
Last chance to piss it all away 
Em          Bm 
Nothing but hell to pay 
         C                D 
When the lights are going down 
 
Chorus 
G            Bm       C               G 
Deadbeat Holiday celebrate your own decay 
          C                  G 
There's a vacant sign that's hanging high 
     F               D 
On a noose over your home 
 
w/Chorus 
Deadbeat Holiday ­ get on your knees and pray 
There's a vacant sign that's hanging high 
But at least you're not alone 
 
w/verse 
Christmas lights in the middle of August 
Grudges come back to haunt us 
Your oldest allies are your long lost enemies 
Grounded in a duplex to find that 
You're living on a landmine 
Vacation hotspots is a cemetery drive 
 
w/bridge 
Last chance to piss it all away 
Nothing but hell to pay 
When the lights are going down 
 
w/Chorus 
Deadbeat Holiday ­ celebrate your own decay 
There's a vacant sign that's hanging high 
On a noose over your home 
 
w/Chorus 
Deadbeat Holiday ­ get on your knees and pray 
There's a vacant sign that's hanging high 
But at least you're not alone 
 
Solo 
D 
 
w/bridge 
Last chance to piss it all away 
Nothing but hell to pay when all you 
Want to do is...not to....give up...... 
 
Chorus 
 
HOLD ON 
 
Intro 
G  C  G  C  G  C  D 
 
Verse 
     G              C 
As I stepped to the edge 
           G           D 
Beyond the shadow of a doubt 
G       C          G   D 
With my conscience beating 
         G          C 
Like the pulse of a drum 
     G              D 
That hammers on and on 
        C         D            G 
Until I reach the break of the day 
 
w/verse 
As the sun beats down 
The halfway house 
Has my conscience beating 
The sound in my ear 
The will to persevere 
As I reach the break of the day 
 
Chorus 
                  Em        G 
When you lost all hope and excuses 
        D             G 
And the cheapskates & losers 
          Em            G 
Nothing's left to cling onto 
           C    D      play intro 
You got to hold on yourself 
 
w/verse 
A cry of hope 
A plea for peace 
And my conscience beating 
It's not what I want for 
It's all that I need 
To reach the break of the Day 
 
w/verse 
So I run to the edge 
Beyond the shadows of a doubt 
With my conscience bleeding 
Here lies the truth 
The lost treasures of my youth 
As I hold on to the break of the day 
 
w/Chorus 
When you lost all hope and excuses 
And the cheapskates & losers 
Nothing's left to cling onto 
You got to hold on yourself 
 
Solo w/verse 
 
w/Chorus 
When you lost all hope and excuses 
And the cheapskates & losers 
Nothing's left to cling onto 
You got to hold on yourself 
 
JACKASS 
 
Intro 
C  Em  Am  C  D  Am  C  Em  Am  D 
 
G  F  C x4 
 
Verse 
G 
To know you is to hate you 
                           D 
So loving you must be like suicide 
C       Am      C         Am 
I don't mind if you don't mind 
C           Am                  D 
I'm not the one that's going to die 
 
w/verse 
I guess I just can't listen 
To this one sided conversation again 
`cause I don't care if I don't care 
No one ever said that life is fair 
 
Chorus 
Em 
Everybody loves a joke 
    Bm 
But no one likes a fool 
           C                                  G    G/F# 
And you're always cracking the same old lines again 
       Em 
You're well rehearsed on every verse 
    Bm 
And that was stated clear 
    C                           D 
But no one understands your verity 
 
w/verse 
The centre of attention 
Got an honourable mention once again 
Congratulations and salutations 
You're a figment of your own imagination 
 
w/Chorus 
Everybody loves a joke 
But no one likes a fool 
And you're always cracking the same old lines again 
You're well rehearsed on every verse 
And that was stated clear 
But no one understands your verity 
 
Solo 
G  F  C x4  D  C  G x3  D 
 
w/verse 
To know you is to bait you 
And you fell victim to your own denial 
I don't mind if you don't mind 
          C  C/B  Am       E 
If you're wasting all your time 
 
WAITING (Eb tuning) 
 
Verse 
A         D 
I've been waiting for a long time 
Bm       D 
For this moment to come 
    A 
I'm destined 
D                 Bm   D 
For anything...at all 
 
w/verse 
Downtown lights will be shining 
On me like a diamond 
Ring out under the midnight hour 
No one can touch me now 
And I can't turn my back 
It's too late ready or not at all 
 
Chorus 
F#          F#/F 
I'm so much closer than 
E           B 
I have ever known... 
        D  A  D  A 
Wake up 
 
w/verse 
Dawning of a new era 
Calling...don't let it catch you falling 
Ready or not at all 
So close enough to taste it 
Almost...I can embrace this 
Feeling....on the tip of my tongue 
 
w/Chorus 
I'm so much closer than 
I have ever known... 
Wake up 
Better thank your lucky stars.... 
 
Solo w/verse 
 
Chorus 
 
Verse chords. No vox. 
 
w/verse 
I've been waiting for a long time 
For this moment to come 
I'm destined for anything at all 
 
w/verse 
Dumbstruck 
Colour me stupid 
Good luck 
You're gonna need it 
Where I'm going if I get there... 
At all.... 
 
w/verse 
Wake up 
Better thank your lucky stars.... 
 
MINORITY 
 
Intro (Acoustic) 
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Chorus (dist) 
C       F        G   F 
I wanna be the minority 
C       F           G    F 
I don't need your authority 
C             F       G   F 
Down with the moral majority 
      C       F        G   F 
Cause I wanna be the minority 
 
Verse (Acoustic, Open chords) 
  C        G        F           C 
I pledge allegiance to the underworld 
                 G            F             G 
One nation under dog there of which I stand alone 
  C           G        F                G 
A face in the crowd, unsung against the mold 
    C            F                G          C 
Without a doubt, singled out, the only way I know 
 
Chorus 
 
Bridge (dist, power chords) 
A              E   F    C 
Stepped out of the line 
A            E    F        G 
Like a sheep runs from the herd 
A            E  F     C 
Marching out of time 
A         F    G 
To my own beat now 
                    B 
The only way I know 
 
w/verse 
One light, one mind flashing in the dark 
Blinded by the silence of a thousand broken hearts 
For crying out loud, she screamed unto me 
A free for all, fuck em all, you are your own sight 
 
Chorus 
 
Bridge 
 
Play first two lines of verse. No vox. 
 
w/verse 
One light, one mind flashing in the dark 
Blinded by the silence of a thousand broken hearts 
For crying out loud, she screamed unto me 
A free for all, fuck em all, you are your own sight 
 
Chorus 
 
w/Chorus 
The minority x4 
 
Play intro 
 
MACY`S DAY PARADE 
 
Intro 
B 
 
Verse 
B 
Today's the Macys Day Parade 
    G#m 
The night of the living dead is on its way 
E               F#            B 
With a credit report for a duty call 
 
w/verse 
It's a lifetime guarantee 
Stuffed in a coffin "10% more free" 
Red light special at the mausoleum 
 
Bridge 
E 
Give me something that I need 
F# 
Satisfaction guaranteed to you 
E 
What's the consolation prize? 
F#                      B 
Economy sized dreams of hope 
 
w/verse 
When I was a kid I thought 
I wanted all the things that I haven't got 
Oh, I learned the hardest way 
 
w/verse 
Then I realized what it took 
To tell the difference between 
Thieves and crooks 
When all along it was me and you 
 
E 
Give me something that I need 
F# 
Satisfaction guaranteed 
 
Chorus 
            B 
Because I'm thinking about 
  F#        G#m 
A brand new hope 
    F#             E 
The one I've never known 
             F# 
`cause now I know 
                B 
It's all that I wanted 
 
Instrumental w/verse 
 
w/bridge 
What's the consolation prize? 
Economy sized dreams of hope 
Give me something that I need 
Satisfaction guaranteed 
 
w/Chorus 
Because I'm thinking about 
A brand new hope 
The one I've never known 
And where it goes 
 
w/Chorus 
And I'm thinking about 
The only road 
The one I've never known 
And where it goes 
 
w/Chorus 
Because I'm thinking about 
A brand new hope 
The one I've never known 
`cause now I know 
It's all that I wanted