Key: G Tuning: Standard EADGBe Verse 1: Bm- - D - G Stop the wrecking ball Bm- - D - G Are you getting off? Bm- - D - G C This course in melodrama Bm- - D - G Wake me when it's over Bm- - D - G Thin skin we're whipped again Bm- - D - G They're merciless C Flag wavers prey and prosper Bm- - D - G Escape with me father Am Bm G Am Bm Come on come on Chorus 1: C You and I have been around Beaten up run out of town G Don't say "God's planned Am Bm the world we live in G Am Bm Take what you can get" it's written C Earth shakes and waters rise A plague hits my lover dies And you say G Am Bm "Best of all possible worlds G Am Bm Get by while it all unfurls" Verse 2: Bm- - D - G Syphilis aren't you sick of this Bm- - D - G Give me a hand Bm- - D - G To the taking C back of our fate Bm- - D - G Believe in another There's a little Bm- - D - G patch of land there Bm- - D - G Just up ahead C Slow and steady we can prosper Bm- - D - G Trot on with me father Am Bm G Am Bm Come on come on (Repeat Chorus 1) Interlude: G- - F- - Am- - F#-- x2 Bridge: G F This land needs tiling Am F# Come on and help out G F The pirate swine Am F# We'll bluff and cop out G F oh yeah!!! Am (hold) Your worlds just burn out Chorus 2: C You and I have been around Beaten up run out of town G Don't say "God's planned Am Bm the world we live in G Am Bm Take what you can get" it's written C Tragic comic repartee This schlep has had it's day I say G Am Bm Get by or you're a goner G Am Bm Hands on and we'll get stronger G Am Bm Get by or you're a goner G Am Bm Hands on and we'll get stronger Guitar Solo: G- - Bb - F- - Em - Eb - D - Eb- - F- - Bb - Am - G- x2 Outro: G Bb F Em Eb D Oh The water has spat us out Eb F Bb Am G G Coast is clear again Bb F Hush up now Em Eb D Eb And don't get bored F Bb Work a-way Am G(hold) We're on the mend