Key: G

Tuning: Standard EADGBe

Chords used:
G – 320033
D – xx0232
Em – 022000
C – x32010
Am – x02210
Bm – x24432
[-]
Bb [-]- x13331
Eb – 68886

Verse 1:
[Bm–D-G] Stop the wrecking ball
[Bm–D-G] Are you getting off?
[Bm–D-G] This course in melodrama
Wake me when it’s o[Bm–D-G]ver
Thin skin we’re whipped a[Bm–D-G]gain
They’re merciless[Bm–D-G]
Flag wavers prey and prosper
Escape with me [Bm–D-G]father
Come on come on

Chorus 1:
You and I have been around
Beaten up run out of town
Don’t say “God’s planned
the world we live in
Take what you can get” it’s written
Earth shakes and waters rise

A plague hits my
lover dies And you say
“Best of all possible worlds
Get by while it all unfurls”

Verse 2:
[Bm–D-G] Syphilis aren’t
you sick of this
[Bm–D-G] Give me a hand
[Bm–D-G] To the taking
back of our fate
Believe in ano[Bm–D-G]ther
There’s a little
patch of land [Bm–D-G]there
Just up ahead[Bm–D-G]
Slow and steady we can prosper
Trot on with me fa[Bm–D-G]ther
Come on come on

(Repeat Chorus 1)

Interlude: G–F–Am–F#– x2

Bridge:
This land needs tiling
Come on and help out
The pirate swine
We’ll bluff and cop out
oh yeah!!!
Am (hold)
Your worlds just burn out

Chorus 2:
You and I have been around
Beaten up run out of town
Don’t say “God’s planned
the world we live in
Take what you can get” it’s written
Tragic comic repartee
This schlep has
had it’s day I say
Get by or you’re a goner
Hands on and we’ll get stronger
Get by or you’re a goner
Hands on and we’ll get stronger

Guitar Solo: G–Bb-F–Em-Eb-D-Eb–F–Bb-Am-G- x2

Outro:
Oh The water has spat us out
Coast is clear again
Hush up now
And don’t get bored
Work a-way
Am G(hold)
We’re on the mend