The Downtown Fiction - Where Dreams Go To Die

Intro: G D C

G (320003@1)                           D (xx0232@1)   Your breath hangs in the air.
                                   EmIt's (022000@1)freezing, but the bus ain't there.
                     CYou're (x32010@1)wishing for someone to stop this.
G (320003@1)                  D (xx0232@1)    Back in class again,
                            EmYou (022000@1)feel just like an empty pen,
                     CLoss (x32010@1)for words and void of purpose.

G (320003@1)                    D (xx0232@1)          CThey (x32010@1)cornered you, there's nowhere to get out.
How? How?

Em (022000@1)            CThey'll (x32010@1)try to convince you
     G (320003@1)                   Dand (xx0232@1)tell you that they're right.
          Em (022000@1)         CThey'll (x32010@1)break you and beat you
       G (320003@1)           Dand (xx0232@1)steal away your life
     Em (022000@1)                   C (x32010@1)               G (320003@1)           DAnd (xx0232@1)tell you that you're nothing and they'll never get it right,
     Em (022000@1)                           D (xx0232@1)             
But high school's the place where dreams go to die.

Inst: G D C

G (320003@1)                       D (xx0232@1)  Teacher thinks you're rude
                          Em (022000@1)                     
Says, "I dont like your attitude".
                         CWell (x32010@1)maybe you're just condescending
G (320003@1)                             D (xx0232@1)    But bring us up to follow rules
                            EmAnd (022000@1)throw us all in cubic rooms
                     CBut (x32010@1)we're not gonna sit by idle.

G (320003@1)               D (xx0232@1)            CWe're (x32010@1)getting out, we're gonna find our way
Hey, hey.

Chorus
       G (320003@1)                         DWell, (xx0232@1)we'll be more than they'll ever be
 Em (022000@1)                   C (x32010@1)   
Just bitter from their own failed dreams.
          G (320003@1) D (xx0232@1)                      Em (022000@1)      CThey're (x32010@1)desperate, and do anything to bring you down.
        G (320003@1)                     DWell, (xx0232@1)we'll do more than they ever did
Em (022000@1)                CTalk (x32010@1)down to some poor old kid.
   G (320003@1)        D (xx0232@1)              C (x32010@1)             
We are the ones, the ones who made it.

Em (022000@1)            CThey'll (x32010@1)try to convince you
     G (320003@1)                   Dand (xx0232@1)tell you that they're right.
          Em (022000@1)         CThey'll (x32010@1)break you and beat you
       G (320003@1)           Dand (xx0232@1)steal away your life
     Em (022000@1)                   C (x32010@1)               G (320003@1)           DAnd (xx0232@1)tell you that you're nothing and they'll never get it right,
     Em (022000@1)                            DBut (xx0232@1)high school's the place where dreams,
     Em (022000@1)                             DBut (xx0232@1)high school's the place where dreams,
     Em (022000@1)                             D (xx0232@1)       G (320003@1) D (xx0232@1) CBut (x32010@1)high school's the place where dreams go to die.
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