Capo 2 is how its played live, sounds fine in standard. one nine six nine Intro (x4): On the C lift your middle finger, or which ever is holding the E on the D string G C D G Em7 C D press the tape recorder let's get this all down real fast G Em7 C D before the insignificant thought goes by G Em7 C D there's one more slow song left to write for the record G Em7 C D make all the metal heads cry G Em7 C D throw rocks but not rocking and stand there just mocking G Em7 C D with hands in their armpits that they'll later smell C Bm C Em7 when you live in the past there's one thing that will last C D G G it's resentment that time won't sit still INTRO x4 G Em7 C D the record business is fucked and it's kinda funny G Em7 C D it'll separate a boy from a man G Em7 C D you can buy every copy of your record with your money G Em7 C D but you'd be your only fan G Em7 C D if there's one thing my father said when he was younger G Em7 C D to a kid with a mullet that looked like his son C Bm C Em7 to want and to try is the difference why C D G G some people will walk and some run . . .thank you dad INTRO x4 G Em7 C D sharpen up all your pencils cause class will come early G Em7 C D there's so much you thought that you knew G Em7 C D while the b list celebrities all pay for the fame G Em7 C D they'll soak up what's left of the pool G Em7 C D while a kid in the corner becomes a savant G Em7 C D no one will care til he's dead C Bm C Em7 or he falls from his grace with it all over the place C D G G and a piece of it stuck in his head Intro x4