A2 (x02420@1)  B2e-----------| (135211@7)B--5--------|
G--6---9--8-|
D--7---9--9-|
A--0---x--x-|
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INTRO:

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B--4--2--4--2---2--2--2--2-|
G--2--2--2--2---4--2--4--2-|
D--2--2--2--2---2--2--2--2-|
A--0--0--0--0---0--0--0--0-|
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first verse is the intro repeated

AThe (x02220@1)bricks get laid,
and they get torn up,
and laid again,
                C#mbut (x13321@4)the bricks always get torn up again.

AYour (x02220@1)friends won't wait,
so don't believe that shit,
when they say they'll wait.
                C#mTrust (x13321@4)me; your friends will not wait for you.

C#m - B - A

                A (x02220@1)           B7Then (x21202@1)you'll be stoned in some park,
                   C#m (x13321@4)                   Ejust (022100@1)nodding your head and pinching your arms,
                    Awhen (x02220@1)a girl walks along.
                    B7She's (x21202@1)humming your song,
                C#mwith (x13321@4)your t-shirt on.
                    EThat's (022100@1)when you're done,
                          A2Oh, (x02420@1)that's when you're done...

A2-B2-A

AThere's (x02220@1)a cotton crush
Adown (x02220@1)in the southern states.
ABut (x02220@1)back up here, man, we've got
         C#mso (x13321@4)much thread and space
to waste, waste, waste.

C#m - B - A

AThere's (x02220@1)a microphone
picking every word up
and it shuts itself off
                           C#mwhen (x13321@4)it's sure that's its heard enough.....

          B (x2444x@1)    AThe (x02220@1)quiet can scrape
                        Ball (x2444x@1)the calm from your bones,
               C#mbut (x13321@4)maybe it should.
                     EMaybe (022100@1)we need to be hollowed
                  Ato (x02220@1)get up and grow,
                   Band (x2444x@1)stop fucking around,
                 C#m (x13321@4)                          Eto (022100@1)kick off our braces and start straightening out.
                       ALet's (x02220@1)sift through the static
                   Bto (x2444x@1)find a simpler sound
                        C#mLet's (x13321@4)sift through the static
                   Eto (022100@1)find a simpler sound...
           A (x02220@1)              BA (x2444x@1)simpler sound, a simpler sound
         C#m (x13321@4)                        E (022100@1)                Asimpler (x02220@1)sound than the shit that's clouding our heads now

A - B7 - C#m - E