Intro: C#maj7 C#maj7 Abmaj7 C#maj7 Abmaj7 Abmaj7/Bb How cruel is the golden rule? Cm (x3101x@1) C#maj7 (x43111@1) Abmaj7 (xx4321@3) C/EF When the lives we lived are only golden-plated C#maj7 (x43111@1) Abmaj7 (xx4321@3) C#maj7Abmaj7 And I knew that the lights of the city were too heavy for me C#maj7 (x43111@1) Abmaj7 (xx4321@3) C/EF And though I carried karats for everyone to see Fm (133111@1) Cm/G Ab (xx1114@1) EbAnd (x43121@3)I saw God cry in the reflection of my enemies Fm (133111@1) Cm/G Ab (xx1114@1) EbAnd (x43121@3)all the lovers with no time for me Fm (133111@1) Cm/G Ab (xx1114@1) EbEb Eb/C# And all of the mothers raise their babies Cm (x3101x@1) C#maj7To (x43111@1)stay away from me C#maj7 (x43111@1) Abmaj7 (xx4321@3)C#maj7 (x43111@1) Abmaj7Abmaj7/Bb (xx4321@3)Tongues on the sockets of electric dreams Cm (x3101x@1) C#maj7 (x43111@1) Abmaj7 (xx4321@3) C/E (x3111x@5)FWhere (133211@1)the sewage of youth drowned the spark of my teens C#maj7 (x43111@1) Abmaj7 (xx4321@3) C#maj7 (x43111@1) And I knew that the lights of the city were too heavy for me (too heavy for Abmaj7 me) C#maj7 (x43111@1) Abmaj7 (xx4321@3) C/EF And though I carried karats for everyone to see (everyone to see) Fm (133111@1) Cm/G Ab (xx1114@1) EbAnd (x43121@3)I saw God cry in the reflection of my enemies Fm (133111@1) Cm/G Ab (xx1114@1) EbAnd (x43121@3)all the lovers with no time for me Fm (133111@1) Cm/G Ab (xx1114@1) EbEb Eb/C# And all of the mothers raised their babies Cm (x3101x@1) C#maj7C#maj7 C#maj7/Eb To stay away from me C#maj7Cm C#maj7And (x43111@1)pray they don't grow up to be me