Bass Solo:
[E/G#]
Verse 1:
You got a sad sad [E/G#]song
so sing it without me[E/G#]
You got a sad sad [E/G#]song
so sing it without me[E/G#]

Chorus 1:
Stab out my eyes
cut off my ears
Cause I don’t want
to hear what you
say And now you’re
blaming me for all
your bad memories
When you’re the one
who threw them away

Verse 2:
You got a sad sad [E/G#]song
so sing it without me[E/G#]
You got a sad sad [E/G#]song
so sing it without me[E/G#]
Cause I don’t want to
sing along No I don’t
want to sing your
sad sad song

Chorus 2:
You get a good thing
going then you turn
it around I’m beginning
to think you went nuts
To tell you the truth
I don’t really care
E(hold) E7
Ok I really hate your guts

Bridge:
No no no no
no no no no no
No no no no
no no no no no
No no no no
no no no no no
No no no no
no no no no no
(Repeat)

Interlude:
[E/G#]

(Repeat Verse 2)
(Repeat Bridge)

Outro:
A E/G# F#m E A(hold)

Tuning: Standard EADGBe

Chords used:
Em – 022000
D/F# – x023xx
G – 320033
Am – x02210
G/B – x2x003
C – x32010
D – xx0232
B – x24442

Intro: Em–D/F#–G–Am–G–B–

Verse 1:
The ballast has come
down it’s left me
[G/B]aimless and afraid
That’s [G/B]not how I was
C(hold) C Em
made My head
inside my knees if
I can’t [G/B]think than
I can’t breathe [G/B]I
just want to leave
this place at last

Refrain 1:
When you live you
gotta live [D/F#]large
Let the world
know who is in
charge There will
never be a [D/F#]better
time than now

Chorus 1:
Never better than
now never better
than now There
will never be
a better time
C(hold) C Em D/F# G Am G B
than now

Verse 2:
I finally changed my
number keep the [G/B]calls
from coming in I’m
G/B C(hold) C
just not interested
The medicine is not
working but I’m
[G/B]feeling the effects
From [G/B]all the side
effects warned
on the box

(Repeat Refrain 1)

Chorus 2:
Never better than
now never better
than now There
will never be
a better time
than now

Bridge:
I’ve [D/F#]left here
wondering Was
there [D/F#]poison in
the sting that
pierced my heart
Cause I feel
momentarily
paralyzed?
But I [D/F#]get back
on the horse and
cor[D/F#]rect my current
course Cause I have
run aground yes I
have let you down
Cause I have run
aground yes I
have let you down

Refrain 2:
G(hold)
When you talk you
D/F#(hold)
gotta talk fast
Am(hold)
Your next breath
may be your last
Em(hold)
The road has
been winding
down for a while

Chorus 3:
Never better than
now never better
than now There
will never be
a better time
than now
Never better than
now never better
than now There
will never be
a better time
C Em(hold) D(hold) C(hold)
than now

Dm C Dm Eb F(hold)

Verse 1:
can i get a new
head? cause the
one i’ve got is
worn out and
so very broken
and now my mind
feels dead it’s
like an arcade
game an arcade
game that won’t
take a token no
we get lost lost
along the way it
happens everyday
lost along the way

Chorus 1:
how will the story
end? where does
the time go? how
will the story
end? all we really
wanna know how
will this life end?
how will the story
end? where does the
time go? how will
the story end? all
we really wanna
know how will
Dm F Gm A Dm x4
our lives end?

Verse 2:
can i get a new
soul? the one i
got’s been trampled
on the push and the
pull like a bottle
of gin at Al Anon
can i get a new
heart? the one i
got works way too
hard like a prisoner
of war that’s come
home bruised and
scarred we get lost
lost along the way
it happens everyday
lost along the way

Chorus 1:
how will the story
end? where does
the time go? how
will the story
end? all we really
wanna know how
will this life end?
how will the story
end? where does the
time go? how will
the story end? all
we really wanna
know how will
our lives end?

Bridge:
woah yesterday
seems so long
ago woah like
a childhood
dream that
shrank as you
began to grow

Interlude: Dm Eb G# A x4

Dm C Dm Eb F(hold)

Chorus 3:
how will the story
end? where does
the time go? how
will the story
end? all we really
wanna know how
will this life end?
how will the story
end? where does the
time go? how will
the story end? all
we really wanna
know how will
our lives end?
where’s my voice?
has it lost it’s
way? as if we
have a choice
our character is
measured by the
words we say
it happens everyday
Dm Dm F Gm A Dm x6
lost along the way
Dm F Gm Am Dm Dm(hold)
lost a–long the way

Tuning: Standard EADGBe

Chords used:
G – 320033
D – xx0232
Em – 022000
C – x32010
Am – x02210
G/B – x2x003
A/C# – x476xx

Verse 1:
They said We need
to kick it harder?
They said Rewrite
the lyrics smarter?
We can’t quite
smell platinum yet

Chorus 1:
Cause everybody wants
to be a big celebrity
Everybody wants to
win the lottery
Am(hold)
From the bottom of
C(hold)
our hearts to the
top of the charts

Verse 2:
They said You need
to play it better?
They said Just sing
like Eddie Vedder?
And bring us
something we
can sell

Chorus 2:
Cause everybody wants
to be a big celebrity
Everybody wants to
win the lottery
Cause everybody
wants to be like
the people on TV
Everybody wants
to see the
show for free
From the bottom of
C(hold)
our hearts to the
top of the charts

Bridge:
Somebody said it
right When they said
this life ain’t easy
Maybe tonight is
the night When it
[G/B]all comes down and
we [A/C#]get it right

Chorus 3:
Cause everybody wants
to be a big celebrity
Everybody wants to
win the lottery
Cause everybody
wants to be like
the people on TV
Everybody wants
to see the
show for free
From the bottom of
our hearts to the
top of the charts
From the bottom of
our hearts to the
top of the charts
From the bottom of
C(hold)
our hearts to the
top of the charts

Verse 1:
Get a clue
I’m not here
for you And
I’m not
F#(hold)
like you

Verse 2:
I’m not gonna
do what you say
is right Cause
then I’ll end up
just like you I’m
gonna rebel I’m
gonna fight
This organized
manipulation

Interlude:

B--F#--G#m--E--Ebm-E-Ebm-
B--F#--G#m--E--Ebm-E-F#-
B--F#--G#m--E--Ebm-E-Ebm-
B--F#--G#m--E--Ebm-E-F#-

Chorus:
Learn to think
before you speak
And you just
might make a point

[B/Eb]

Bass Solo: B--G#m--B--F#--

Verse 3:
I’m just an average
guy is that hard to
accept? I live a
normal life I’ve
got no regrets
Don’t make me
out to be
something
that I’m not
I never said I
was anything
so don’t expect
me to be

Interlude:

B--F#--G#m--E--Ebm-E-Ebm-
B--F#--G#m--E--Ebm-E-F#-
B--F#--G#m--E--Ebm-E-Ebm-
B--F#--G#m--E--Ebm-E-F#-

(Repeat Chorus)

Verse 4:
Why is your problem
always my emergency?
This is no court
of law you’re all
speculation
Sex masquerades as
rock and roll And
manufactured music
to save your soul
So go and do your
homework Demographics
target marketing

Outro:



B([B/Eb]hold)

Tuning: Standard EADGBe

Chords used:
A – x02220
D – xx0232
G – 320033
Bm[-] – x24432
C – x32010

Intro: A–D– x4

Verse 1:
We accelerate the
death process as
we draw towards the
end open the door
to your mind and
climb deep inside
a window breaks so
easily the glass cuts
skin in the process
but pain brings you
closer to feeling
more alive

Chorus 1:
for the first time
in a long time
you can take that
slow ride the first
time in a long time
you can take that
slow ride down

Verse 2:
a pictures worth a
thousand words a
thousand words are
useless when there’s
nothing to say that
makes any sense any
more machines
are always breaking
down the people
always turn away
but pain brings
you closer to
feeling so alive

Chorus 2:
for the first time
in a long time
you can take that
slow ride the first
time in a long time
you can take that
slow ride down

Bridge:
don’t fall asleep
behind the wheel
just slow it down
don’t fall asleep
behind the wheel
F F(hold)
you’re too close now

Interlude: A F A F A D F G(hold)

Chorus 3:
for the first time
in a long time
you can take that
slow ride the first
time in a long time
you can take that
A D A D A D(hold)
slow ride down

Tuning: Standard EADGBe

Chords used:
A – x02220
E – 022100
D – [-] xx0232
Bm – x24432

Intro: A–E-F#m-A-D- x2

Verse 1:
Do you find pleasure
in the pain? Or
something I haven’t
seen You’re so sad
and you’re a sadist
I’m not the only
one to say this

Chorus 1:
You’re not nothing
you’re less than
nothing I trusted
much too easily
You’re not nothing
you’re less than
nothing to me
Nothing to me

Post Chorus: A–D-A-D–E–D-E-D- x2

Verse 2:
I can’t believe that I
believed all the lies
you conceived I just
can’t see how you can’t
see the plague that
you brought on me

(Repeat Chorus 1)
(Repeat Post Chorus)

Interlude: A–D–Bm–D–

Bridge:
Goosfraba
Goosfraba
I’ve got to
calm myself down
Goosfraba
Goosfraba
I’ve got to
calm myself down
Goosfraba
Goosfraba
I’ve got to
calm myself down
Goosfraba
Goosfraba
I’ve got to
D(hold) E
calm myself down

Chorus 2:
You’re not nothing
you’re less than
nothing I trusted
much too easily
You’re not nothing
you’re less than
nothing to me
Nothing to me
nothing to me
Nothing to me

Outro: A–D-A-D–E–D-E-D- x4, A(hold)

Tuning: Standard EADGBe

Chords used:
G – 320033
D – xx0232
Am – x02210
C – x32010
C# [-]- x46664

Verse 1:
It’s all the same
same old town with
a different name
That’s fine by me
there’s only one
place that I
want to be

Chorus 1:
Southbound on I 5
and windows down
and music on the
stereo I’m driving
and I’m dreaming
there’s no place
I’d rather go
Staring at white
lines on the side
of the road

Verse 2:
Been on the road
a while I gotta get
back to a place
with style Hang out
having fun I gotta
get back to the
beach in the sun

Chorus 2:
Southbound on I 5
and windows down
and music on the
stereo I’m driving
and I’m dreaming
there’s no place
I’d rather go
Playing every
night with the
occasional fight

Outro:

G–C–Am–D– x6 G(hold)

then

1, 2, 3 go!

[Bb–Eb-Dm-]
[Bb–Eb-Dm-]
[Bb–Eb-Dm-]
[F–Eb–]

Verse 1:
Asleep at the wheel
40 miles left to go
rolling in on fumes
to rock the show
we don’t need fortune
and we don’t need
fame we don’t need
bright lights to
spell our name
All we ever wanted
was to play

Chorus 1:
Play it loud
play it loud
raise your voice
shout it out

Verse 2:
We weren’t the first
but were holding our
own 10 long years ago
those seeds were sewn
A song in your heart

gets you up when you’re
down like the songs we
play we love this sound
we’re just like you
straight from the crowd

Chorus 2:
Play it loud
play it loud
raise your voice
shout it out
Play it loud
play it loud
raise your voice
shout it out

Bridge:
Hold fast to your
friends Be true
to yourself
And stop trying
to be just like
somebody else

Chorus 3:
Be yourself
play it loud
raise your voice
shout it out
Play it loud
play it loud
raise your voice
shout it out
Play it loud
Play it loud
Play it loud
Eb Bb Eb Dm Bb Eb Dm Bb(hold)
Play it loud

Outro: Bb–G#–Eb–Bb–

Verse 1:
Somewhere deep inside
your mind You don’t
want anyone to find
That you’re Someone
with very big ideas
The words that just
came off your lips
Just crossed your
name off the list
It’s long gone and
already forgotten

Refrain 1:
I was thinking
just the other day

Chorus 1:
Some things are
better left undone
Some battles are
better left unwon
Some sad songs
better left unsung

Verse 2:
Is there something
more to know? And
is there someplace
left to go? Some
place with something
there to see?
Is there anyone at
all? Not one to make
that final call To all
those people wondering?

Refrain 2:
And I was thinking
just the other day

Chorus 2:
Some things are
better left undone
Some battles are
better left unwon
Some sad songs
better left unsung
Some times are
better left unfazed
Some things are
better left unread
Some words are
D Dm(hold)
better left unsaid

Bridge:
What kind of person
would you be? If less
is what you see then
less is everything
And if you look what
will you find? Would
that make up your mind?
And [E/G#]make up everything
make up everything
whoa

Guitar Solo:

A–D–A–Bm-C#m-D-E-

Chorus 3:
Some things are
better left undone
Some battles are
better left unwon
Some sad songs
better left unsung
Some times are
better left unfazed
Some things are
better left unread
Some words are
better left unsaid whoa
A D A D A Bm C#m D E A(hold)
whoa whoa whoa