The Decline

[Am]   [F]   [C]   [G]
[Am]   [C]   [D]
[E]   [C]   [D]
[C]    [C/B]
[Am]   [C]   [D]
[E]   [C]   [D]
[C]   [C/B]   [D]

[Am]Where are all the stupid people [Dm]from?
[Am]And [F]how'd they get to [C]be so dum[G]b?
[C]Bred on purple mountain [C/B]range
Feed amber waves of g[Bb]rains
To lesser human [F/A]beings, zero feel[F]ings

[Am]   [B]  [C]

Blame it on
Huma[F]n nature, mans destiny (m[C]ans destiny)
[F]Blame it on the greedioc[C]racy (greediocracy)
Fear of [Dm]god
The fear of [Bb]change
The fear of[F] truth
[C]Add the bill of rights, subtract the [F]wrongs
[Ab]There's no answers
[C]Memorize and sing star spangled [F]songs
[Ab]When the questions
[C]Aren't ever [G]asked
Is anybody [Am]learning from the [F]past?
We're l[C]iving in [G]united stagnatio[F]n      [E]

[Am]    [F]    [G]     [E]
[Am]    [F]    [G]     [E]

[Am]Father what have I [G]done?
I [C]took [C/B]that 2[Am]2
A g[F]ift to[C] me from [G]you
To be[Dm]d with me each [Am]night
Kept it cl[F]ean
Polished it [C]well
Che[F]rished every [C]cartridge, [C/B]every [F]shell
[Am]Down, by the creek, under [F]brush, under dirt
There's a [G]carcass of my second k[Am]ill[Ab]   [G]     [F#]        [F]          [E]
[Am]Down, by the park, under [F]stone, under pine
There's a [G]carcass of my brother W[Am]illiam
Brother w[F]here, have you gone to?
I swear, I never thought I [C]could

I see so many times
They told me to shoot [Dm]straight

Don't pull the trigger, squeeze
That will insure a [C]kill
A kill is what you want
A kill is why we b[F]re[C]ed[F]  [C]    [F]      [C]

[D] [D/C#] [C]    [G] [D] [G] [D] [G] [D]
[D] [D/C#] [D]    [G] [D] [G] [D] [G] [D]

The chr[D]istians love their [D/C#]guns
The chu[C]rch and n[G]ra[D]  [G]    [D]      [G]        [D]
Pray for[D] their salvat[D/C#]ions
Prey on [C]the lower fa[G]it[D]hs[G]  [D]    [G]      [D]
[E]The story book's been [E/D#]read
And every line b[D]elieved   [A]     [E]       [A]         [E]           [A]             [E]
[E]Curriculum's been [E/D#]set
Logic is a t[D]hreat
Reason searched and sei[A]ze[E]d [A]   [E]     [A]       [E]

[E]   [E7]   [A]   [Am]
[E]   [E7]   [A]   [Am]
[E]   [E]     [B]   [A]
[E]   [C#m]   [A]    [B]

[E]Jerry spent some time in Michi[A]gan    [Am]
A t[E]wenty year vac[C#m]ation, after [F#m]all he had a dim[B]e
A d[E]ime is worth a [E/D#]lot more in Det[C#m]roit          [B]
A di[A]me in cali[E]fornia, a tw[A]enty dollar [B]fine

[E]   [E]   [B]   [A]
[E]   [C#m]   [A]   [B]

[E]Jerry only stayed a couple [A]months       [Am]
[E]It's hard to enj[C#m]oy yourself while b[F#m]leeding out the [B]ass
[E]Asphyxiation [E/D#]is simple and [C#m]fast     [B]
[A]It beats seven[E]teen fun years of [A]being someones [B]bitch

Don't thin[E]k (stay)
Drink your w[D]ine (home)
Watch the fire [D/C#]burn (be)
His problems not [A]mine (safe)
Just be that model citi[E]ze[A]n [E]   [E]

[E]I wish I had a schilling          [E7]
For every senseless [A]killing
I'd b[Am]uy a government
[E]America's for sale          [E7]
And you can get a good deal [A]on it
[Am]And make a healthy profit

Or ma[E]ybe, tear it ap[C]art
[Am]Start with assump[E]tion
[E]That a million people are [C]smart
[Am]Smarter than o[E]ne  [C]      [D]          [G]            [D/F#]

Weird rhythm
[Em]    [C]   [D]   [Em]
[Em]    [C]   [D]   [Em]
[Em]   [C]   [D]   [G]
[Em]   [B]   [C]   [G]

[Em]Serotonin's gon[B]e
She gave up, dr[C]ifted away        [G]
[Em]Sara f[D]led, thought process [D/C#]gone
[C]She left her an[D]swering machine [G]on
[Em]The greeting l[D]eft spoken sinc[D/C#]ere
[C]Messages [D]no one will ever [G]hear

[Am]Ten thousand [C]messages a[G] day
A million [D]more transmissions [Am]lay
Victims [C]of the laissez [G]faire
[Am]Ten thousand [C]voices, a hundred [G]guns
A hundred [D]decibels turns to [Am]one
One [C]bullet, one empty [G]head

[Em]Now with serotonin [D]gone

[C] [B] [Am] [G]     Eoctave  [E] with maj3   Eoctave   Emaj3
[C] [B] [Am] [G]    [E]

[C]The man who used to speak
Perfor[E]ms a cute routine
[D]Feel a little patro[D/C#]nized
Don't feel b[C]ad
They found a way inside your [G]head
And you feel a bit mis[D]led
It's not that they don't [Am]care, yeah

The tel[C]evision's put a [E]thought inside your head
[D]Like a barry mani[D/C#]low, jingle
I'd li[C]ke, to teach the world to [G]sing
In perfect harmo[D]ny
A symphonic blank [Am]stare, yeah
[C]It doesn't make you [E]care (make you care)
[C]Not designed to make you [E]care (make you care)
[C]They're betting you won't [E]care (you won't...)

[C]     [E]         [C]  [Am]  [G]
[C]   [D]   [G]  [Em]
[C] [B] [Am] [G] [Em]

Tough Bass (I just play chords)   [D]   [Em]   [G]   low E ring
[Em]   [D]   [Em]   [D]

[C]Place a [G]wager [D]on your [Em]greed
A wa[C]ger [Em]on your p[D]ride
[C]Why [G]try to [D]beat them [Em]when, a mi[C]llion [Em]others t[D]ried?

[C]We are the w[Em]hore
[G]Intellectually [D]spayed
[C]We are the q[Em]ueer
[G]Dysfunctionally r[D]aised

[Em]   [C]   [D]   [G] [D/F#]
[Em]   [C]   [D]   [G] [D/F#]
[Em]D string picked
5th fret G string picked
4th fret G string picked
1st fret G string picked

[E]   [Abm]

One more pill to kill the pain
One more pill to kill the pain
[E]One more pill to kill the [C]pain
[D]Living through con[A]formity

[E]   [Abm]
[E]One more prayer to keep me [Abm]safe
One more prayer to keep us warm
[E]One more prayer to keep us [C]safe
[D]There's gonna be a [A]better place

[E]   [B]   [D]

[A]Lost the battle, lost the [E]war
Lost the things worth living [Bm]for
Lost the will to win the [D]fight

One more pill to kill the pain

[A]Na na na na na
[F#m]La na na na na
[D]Na na na na na
[E]Na na na na na

[A]The going get tough, the tough get debt
[F#m]Don't pay attention, pay the rent
[D]Next of kins pay for your sins
[E]A little faith should keep us [A]safe

[Dm]   [F]   [C]   [E]
[Dm]Sa[F]ve us
[C]The human, existence
[E]Is failing, resistance
[Dm]Essential, the future
[F]Written off, the odds are
[C]Astronomically against us
[E]Only moron and genius
[Dm]Would fight a losing battle
[F]Against the super ego
[C]When giving in is so damn comfor[E]ting

And so we [Dm]go, on with our [F]lives
We know the [C]truth, but prefer [E]lies
Lies are [Am]simple, simple is [C]bliss
Why [Dm]go against tradition when we [F]can
Admit de[C]feat, live in dec[E]line
[Am]Be the victim of our own de[F]sign
The status [Dm]quo, built on sus[F]pect
[C]Why would any[C/B]one stick out their [Am]neck?
Fellow mem[F]bers
Club "we've got [G]ours"
I'd [C]like to intro[C/B]duce you to our [Am]host
He's got [F]his, and I've got [Fm]mine
Meet the dec[C]line

[Em]   [C]   [D]   [G] [D/F#]

We are the queer
We are the whore
Ammunition
In the class war
We are worker
We love our queen
We sacrifice
We're soilent green

We are the queer
We are the whore
Ammunition
In the class war

[Em]   [C]   [D]   [G] [D/F#]

(Eventually modulates up a whole step to)
[F#m]   [D]   [E]   [A] [A/Ab]