(intro 4x) G5 C5 D5 (on the C5 lift your middle finger, or which ever is holding the E5 on the D5 string) G5 E5 C5 D5 press the tape recorder let's get this all down real fast G5 E5 C5 D5 before the insignificant thought goes by G5 E5 C5 D5 there's one more slow song left to write for the record G5 E5 C5 D5 make all the metal heads cry G5 E5 C5 D5 throw rocks but not rocking and stand there just mocking G5 E5 C5 D5 with hands in their armpits that they'll later smell C5 B5 C5 E5 when you live in the past there's one thing that will last C5 D5 G5 G5 it's resentment that time won't sit still ( G5 C5 D5 ) (4x) G5 E5 C5 D5 the record business is fucked and it's kinda funny G5 E5 C5 D5 it'll separate a boy from a man G5 E5 C5 D5 you can buy every copy of your record with your money G5 E5 C5 D5 but you'd be your only fan G5 E5 C5 D5 if there's one thing my father said when he was younger G5 E5 C5 D5 to a kid with a mullet that looked like his son C5 B5 C5 E5 to want and to try is the difference why C5 D5 G5 G5 some people will walk and some run . . .thank you dad ( G5 C5 D5 ) (4x) G5 E5 C5 D5 sharpen up all your pencils cause class will come early G5 E5 C5 D5 there's so much you thought that you knew G5 E5 C5 D5 while the b list celebrities all pay for the fame G5 E5 C5 D5 they'll soak up what's left of the pool G5 E5 C5 D5 while a kid in the corner becomes a savant G5 E5 C5 D5 no one will care til he's dead C5 B5 C5 E5 or he falls from his grace with it all over the place C5 D5 G5 G5 and a piece of it stuck in his head ( G5 C5 D5 ) (4x)