Tone: [A]
Intro:
[D7] [Bm7] [E7] [Dbm] [D7] [Bm7] [E7]
[Dbm]
Verse 1:
[D7] Animals on T[Bm7]V singing a[E7]
bout some pain that they[Dbm] once felt
[D7] There's no one I dis[Bm7]disapprove of
more [E7]or root for more than[Dbm]than myself
[D7] I wanted to pretend[Bm7] that it
was be[E7]tter better be[Dbm]tter on the phone
[D7] I didn't wanna tell[Bm7] you I was
jea[E7]lous jealous jea[Dbm]lous and alone
Chorus:
So we [Bm7]talk about[A] our[Gbm]selves in hell[E]
To for[Bm7]forget the love[A]love we [Gbm]never felt[E]
All the [Bm7]old jokes[E]jokes that [A]worked so well[D]well
[Gbm]Univ[Bm]Universal truth[E]truth [A]was the moment's lie
[Gb]Don't try to [Db]stop us
[E]Don't try to [B]stop us
[D]Don't try to [A]stop us
Get out of the [Db]way
Pre-Verse:
[D7] [Bm7] [E7] [Dbm]
Verse 2:
[D7] Got to get to climb[Bm7]climb your tree in
the [E7]light of the living ghost[Dbm]ghost I see
[D7] She sees her father in that [Bm7]old man's
eyes while se[E7]secretly he stares at[Dbm]at her thighs
[D7] Animals on T[Bm7]V singing a[E7]bout
some pain they[Dbm] felt at some point
[D7] I didn't wanna tell[Bm7] you I was
jea[E7]lous jealous jea[Dbm]lous what's the point
Chorus:
As I [Bm7]watch the vel[A]velvet [Gbm]drapes appear[E]appear
And the [Bm7]door was closed[A]closed for [Gbm]forty years[E]years
As we [Bm7]hide what we[E]we don't [A]wanna hear[D]hear
[Gbm]As we [Bm]hide what's rea[E]really [A]in our e[D]_a[Db]rs
Solo:
[D7] [Bm] [E] [D7] [Bm] [E] [D7] [Bm7]
[E7] [Dbm] [D7] [Bm7] [E7] [Dbm]
Chorus:
He is [Bm7]coming from[A]from a [Gbm]part of hell[E]hell
Where light[Bm7]lightning blue eyes[A]eyes don't [Gbm]go down well[E]
He can [Bm7]tell that we're[A] o[Gbm]blivious[E]
It's a[Bm7]ddiction and[A] rou[Gbm]tine as well[E]
Making [Bm7]fools out of[E]of the [A]best of us[D]us
[Gbm]Making [Bm7]robots of[E]of the [A]rest of us[D]us
[Gbm]Inno[Bm7]cence itself[E] in A[A]merica today[D]
[Gbm]Is a [Bm7]crime just like[E]like [A]Cornel West might say
Outro:
[Gb]Don't try to [Db]stop us
[E]Don't try to [B]stop us
[D]Don't try to [A]stop us
Get out of the [Db]way
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