The intro is pretty much just spazzing out on the higher strings in Em. Listen to 
the song if you want to get the timing and muting/harmonics right. 
Em (022000@1)                    C (x32010@1)Bad things happen everyday.
G (320003@1)                    D (xx0232@1)Cancer and murder and herpes and AIDS.
Em (022000@1)      C (x32010@1)  G (320003@1)      D (xx0232@1)We'll all die alone someday,
  Em (022000@1)          D (xx0232@1)   EmI (022000@1)hope we don't die alone.

Em (022000@1)                     CAnd (x32010@1)our vices make it bearable enough,
   G (320003@1)                             D (xx0232@1) 
To know our lives are shit, but to not give a fuck.
     Em (022000@1)    C (x32010@1)  G (320003@1)   D (xx0232@1)     Em (022000@1)    D (xx0232@1)    EmThey (022000@1)make it bearable enough to help us on our way.
     Em (022000@1)                         C (x32010@1)           
But still it feels nice to feel alive.
    G (320003@1)                            DTo (xx0232@1)try to find a house or home or someplace to thrive.
Em (022000@1)     C (x32010@1)      G (320003@1)  D (xx0232@1)    Em (022000@1)               C (x32010@1)           Em (022000@1)    
It feels great to be alive except for all those times we feel dead.

Em (022000@1)                         CAnd (x32010@1)how do we maintain our buoyancy in this
G (320003@1)                               D (xx0232@1) 
Salty lake of shit and tears and murder and disease?
    Em (022000@1)   C (x32010@1)    G (320003@1)       D (xx0232@1)     Em (022000@1)     C (x32010@1) EmHow (022000@1)do we keep ourselves afloat in all this sad stuff?

C (x32010@1)                        EmI've (022000@1)gotta know the answers I've gotta know it now.
      C (x32010@1)                        DAnd (xx0232@1)I need to know the answers I have to know how.
Em (022000@1)       C (x32010@1)  G (320003@1)     D (xx0232@1)    Em (022000@1)           D (xx0232@1) Em (022000@1)   
We'll all die alone someday, I hope we don't die alone.