Intro:
e|-------------------0---|
B|---7-------9-----5---5-|
G|-7---7---9---9---------|
D|---------------9-------|
A|-----------------------|
E|-----------------------|  x3

From the way the intro is played, it seems like these are the fingerings he's using...

D: 557775
E: 779997  (Of course, since this is E, you can leave the E strings open sometimes)
A: x07650

Bass lead in: (E|-0---2---4...)

Verse: (Throughout the song, different little two-note pickings
are added to the ends of lines, just improvise using the fingerings
above and sometimes hammering up to fret 7 on the B string when on
the A chord)

A
It's ok... you can take a condom
A                  D
It's ok... you can take a Vouchex(?)
A
It's ok... you can get an abortion
       D          E            A  (Intro riff plays during this progression)
And then, Keep on...keepin' on
D         E            A
  Keep on...keepin' on

A
It's ok... you can take a Prilosec
A                  D
It's ok... you can take Vioxin
A
It's ok... you can get a quadruple bipass and then
D       E            A
Keep on...keepin' on
D       E            A ... E
Keep on...keepin' on

Chorus:
D                 A
You are... never alone
D                 A
You are... never alone
D                 A
You are... never alone
E
You------ are------

(E|-0---2---4)

(Brief interlude in A)

A
It's ok... in moderation
A         D
It's ok... cuttin' down
A
It's ok... you can quit tomorrow
        D            E            A
But for now, keep on...keepin' on
D       E         A  (Here he jumps up to a xx[11]9[10]9 fingering)
keep on...keepin' on

A...E

e|-----9----9----9----9--0-0-0--|(let this one ring)
B|-[10]-[10]-[10]-[10]--9-9-9---|

(E|-0---2---4)

A
It's ok... you can take the bible
A         D
It's ok... you can be saved
A
It's ok... you can be forgiven
        D           E            A
And for now keep on...keepin' on
    D           E            A
for now keep on...keepin' on

Chorus:
D                 A
You are... never alone
D                 A
You are... never alone
D                 A
You are... never alone
E
You------ are------    x2

Hold the last strum on "are" and let it fade.


--Tristan Bowersox
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