INTRO: D C# B C#
       DE BC#

VERSE:
D A G
He's thinking of the hungry rats
Inside his stomach and he knows that
Nothing ever changes anyway

He can see himself there
He knows that look, it's called despair
His father taught him to wear it well

So he put his ear to the door of his youth
And he heard a groundswell of remorse now

CHORUS:
           Bm (x24432@1)        DThere's (xx0232@1)no splendid isolation
         E (022100@1)          GFor (320003@1)the abandoned generation

F#m D B G
It gets hard 
F#m (244222@1)  F#mD BG
to maintain
F#m (244222@1)    F#m (244222@1)        D (xx0232@1)    BWhen (x2444x@1)the brightest of shells
G (320003@1)                   F#mWeather (244222@1)and fade anyway
F#m (244222@1)       D (xx0232@1)B (x2444x@1)G (320003@1)                 F#mDo (244222@1)what you can before it's too late

G (320003@1)A (x02220@1)VERSE

CHORUS

BRIDGE:  
e|------    e|-------     e|-----    e|-0~-
A|----3-    A|-------     A|-----    A|-0~-
D|---4--    D|-------     D|-----    D|-0~-
G|--4---    G|-----5-     G|---4-    G|-0~-
B|-2----    B|----5--     B|--4--    B|-0~-
E|------    E|-0-3---     E|-2---    E|-0~-
  Bm (x24432@1)         G (320003@1)           F#m (244222@1)     OPEN

F#m (244222@1)     Bm (x24432@1)               GF#m         Bm (x24432@1)  OPEN  GF#m
I spent a lifetime searching    with tired eyes
          Bm (x24432@1)            OPEN  G (320003@1)F#m (244222@1)            BmI (x24432@1)had the best intentions            but they went away*

CHORUS

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