Standard Tuning, no capo, works for ukulele or guitar

Intro
A A Bm D (x2)

Verse 1
Time to put priorities in order
As we dance across the border
Of what is love and what is madness
Time to deal with all the sadness
Buried deep beneath the floorboards
In the houses entertainment built
Where the silence seems to double every day

Interlude

Verse 2
Mother, tell me is this what you wanted
I have tried my best to keep away
From the privilege in my father’s name
So who’s to blame for certain?
Who can it be behind the curtain?
The one who orchestrates the violence
Boasting overtures of blinding rage from the family stage

Pre-Chorus
It's changing us (changing us)
Never waking up (waking up)
Just look at us
And see we are the way we are because you are the way you are

Chorus
It's simple
Yeah so simple
But if it’s so simple
Why can’t we just get it?

Verse 3
It’s torture
Rumors whispered around the corners
Scratching at our brains like fingernails
I guess that’s what we get for telling tales

Until there’s none to tell

Pre-Chorus
It's changing us (changing us)
Never waking up (waking up)
Just look at us
And see we are the way we are because you are the way you are

Chorus
It’s simple
Yeah so simple
But if it’s so simple
Why can’t we just get it?
(And see we are the way we are because you are the way you are)

It’s simple
Yeah so simple
But if it’s so simple
Why can’t we just get it?
(And see we are the way we are because you are the way you are)

It's simple.

Key: E

INTRO: E6 A F#m A/F# E

A/F#:

e|---0---|
B|---2---|
G|---2---|
D|---2---|
A|---0---|
E|---2---|

Finger picking at ends of chord sequence:

e|----14p12---12---------------------------------------------------------|
B|----------14---12------------------------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|

VERSE 1:
Julia sang late into the night
Salvation was a light hanging in the [A/F#]street for the cars on Alvarado
Spanish words advertising fast food chains
Line the dirty streets, cracking in the [A/F#]heat that lead to Alvarado
There’s water still although it is unnatural
But the price is getting high as the hours roll [A/F#]by like the cars on Alvarado
She’s sleeping drunk in the desert vegetation
Go out for a walk it’s colder when it’s d[A/F#]ark but we can always go home

CHORUS:
Oh desire, you have a really twisted sense of humor
To turn a saint into a sinner your lessons are so cruel
Hello desire, you always seem to find me when I’m hiding
If I could lose you I wouldn’t use you,
you know you’ve got me slipping and sliding
in and out of my mind

finger picking

VERSE 2:
Resistance can submit to an existence
Pinch behind the ear, getting wetter every [A/F#]year and the oxygen is fading
There’s dust in the wind getting kicked up by the traffic jam
Brings it to my door so I have to scrub the [A/F#]floor outside on the patio
I hear restless girls playing hard to get with desperate boys
Standing in a line but I haven’t got the [A/F#]time to wait here for the doors to open.

CHORUS:
Oh desire, you have a really twisted sense of humor
To turn a saint into a sinner your lessons are so cruel
Hello desire, you always seem to find me when I’m hiding
If I could lose you I wouldn’t use you,
you know you’ve got me slipping and sliding
in and out
In and out
In and out of my mind

BREAK

(strummed backwards)

Picking (repeat 2x):

e|----14--12------------------------------------------------------------|
B|----12--14----14--12--------------------------------------------------|
G|--------------11--9---------------------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------------------------|

CONCLUSION:
I can’t make it without you
You’re blood is in my head
Swaying like wine
And all the bullsht I said
I’ll take it back now
I really want you to know
I’m sorry
The way you seem so disappointed
When I’m not trying
And the healing around us
It makes me think we’re further
Than you expected
Brother
Sister

Repeat^ and add 2nd time:
Lover
Mother

OUTRO same as INTRO:
E6 A F#m A/F# E (end with finger picking)

END