E You've read the books, E7M You've watched the shows, A B What's the best way no one knows, yeah, E E7M (Medicated?), hypnotized. A B Anything to take it from your mind. A B But it won?t go, E C#m You're doing all these things out of desperation, A B Oh, whoa, E You're going through six degrees of separation. E E7M You hear the drinking, take a toll A B Watch the past go up in smoke. E E7M Fake a smile, yeah, lie and say A B You're better now than ever, and your life's okay A B When it's not, whoa E C#m You're doing all these things out of desperation, A B Oh, whoa, E You're going through six degrees of separation. C#m A E First, you think the worst is a broken heart B C#m What's gonna kill you is the second part A E B And the third, is when your world splits down the middle C#m A E And fourth, you're gonna think that you fixed yourself B Fifth, you see them out with someone else C#m A E And the sixth, is when you admit that you may have fucked up a little C#m A E B ((My mother ain't no help?), it's every man for himself) x2 E E7M You tell your friends, yeah, strangers too, A B Anyone flowing all around you, yeah E E7M Tarot cards, Gems and stones, A B Believing all that shit is gonna heal your soul. A B We'll it's not, no E C#m Your only doing things out of desperation, A B Oh, no E Your goin' through six degrees of separation. C#m A E First, you think the worst is a broken heart B C#m What's gonna kill you is the second part A E B And the third, is when your world splits down the middle C#m A E And fourth, you're gonna think that you fixed yourself B Fifth, you see them out with someone else C#m A E And the sixth, is when you admit that you may have fucked up a little A No there's no starting over, B Without finding closure, C#m You take them back, no hesitation, A That's when you know you've reached the sixth degree of separation (Repeat) C#m A E First, you think the worst is a broken heart B C#m What's gonna kill you is the second part A E B And the third, is when your world splits down the middle C#m A E And fourth, you're gonna think that you fixed yourself B Fifth, you see them out with someone else C#m A E And the sixth, is when you admit that you may have fucked up a little C#m A E B ((My mother ain't no help?), it's every man for himself) x2 and fade