The Airborne Toxic Event - The Winning Side
Tabbed by: Jamin_Time

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Capo: 5

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Intro:
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CWell (x32010@1)I admit to the mistakes 
At least privately in takes
      FAnd (133211@1)here's another one
CI (x32010@1)said "we'd be okay"
"But that's a lie, man"
           FI (133211@1)mean.. "Hey, we're all dying.. young!!"
CIt's (x32010@1)no worse off than it seems.. 
but it's more like a terrifying dream 
        FAnd (133211@1)I'm serious!!
        CIt's (x32010@1)either whiskey, or a bong, or a car crash, or a bomb
      FI'm (133211@1)serious!!

GIt's (320003@1)the only thing I think 
       AmWhen (x02210@1)I wake up in my bed
       G (320003@1)                      AmWhen (x02210@1)my stomach churns, as these pages turn 
        FIs (133211@1)the world burnin'
                      GOr (320003@1)is it only.. in my head?

COn (x32010@1)a screen on a TV
On a scene in front of me
              FWith (133211@1)all the white noise n the static 
And the stifling of the screams
        CThis (x32010@1)is war, this is death, this is real you better bet!
        FOn (133211@1)the winning side, the winning side, 
The winning side, the winning side

CAnd (x32010@1)I'm sittin' in a train 
Over Brooklyn in the rain
        FAll (133211@1)by myself
CWhen (x32010@1)a thought occurs to me..
That all these people wanna be 
       FJust (133211@1)somewhere.. else
        CLike (x32010@1)every day is just a loss, 
spent arguing with your boss
        FOver (133211@1)a coffee break
        COh (x32010@1)and the same is true for me, 
I mean, one more indignity
         FAnd (133211@1)I'm going to break

G (320003@1)                        AmBecause (x02210@1)the only thing I think when he walks out on the screen
               G (320003@1)                AmHe (x02210@1)says, "The sky falls, and your duty calls"
       F (133211@1)                           GMan (320003@1)it takes some balls to be so obscene

COn (x32010@1)a screen on a TV
On a scene in front of me
              FWith (133211@1)all the white noise n the static 
And the stifling of the screams
        CThis (x32010@1)is war, this is death, this is real you better bet!
        FOn (133211@1)the winning side, the winning side 
The winning side, the winning side

GThe (320003@1)right side, the right side
          AmWell (x02210@1)they shipped you off, and your parents cried
           G (320003@1)And it all falls away so quietly
         AmWhen (x02210@1)you wake up to reality..
      FBut (133211@1)Reality?
                        GWhat's (320003@1)reality? What's reality? What's reality?
                 C (x32010@1)               FIt's (133211@1)a fucking bullet!!

CWell (x32010@1)I got a brother in Iraq
I got no way to get him back
               FLike (133211@1)all those people in the sands, 
Buried in Afghanistan 
        CI (x32010@1)got a child in a crib
I got a father in a bib
         FI (133211@1)got no pills 
I got no skills
I got no idea what I did
       CI (x32010@1)just wonder every second 
of every minute that passes by
        FAre (133211@1)we living?
Are we dreaming?
Are we winning where we die?

GIn (320003@1)a cloud of dust, in a mushroom burst
     AmIn (x02210@1)a series of degradations first
FAll (133211@1)alone, in a hospital bed?
                                   GWondering (320003@1)what we might of done instead!

CWith (x32010@1)a lifetime, lifetime
       FA (133211@1)lifetime, A lifetime
       C (x32010@1)A lifetime, A lifetime
       FA (133211@1)lifetime, A lifetime
       GA (320003@1)lifetime, A lifetime
         AmWell, (x02210@1)we paid our dues, and we did our time
             GBut (320003@1)tell me what exactly was our crime?
       AmWell (x02210@1)I stand and stood for this fallen line
      FWhile (133211@1)you decide who lives, who dies
           G (320003@1)                    CI (x32010@1)hope you choke on all.. your... lies