Half Step Down
Intro: muted strings into G
G
Someone asked me if I found God?
C
Yes I think we met a couple times
G
But Im not sure if it was him
D
Cause I cant look him in the eye
G
And all I heard were warnings
C
From my conscience in the guilty night
G D G
That said Ill see you on the day you die
C G
Ill see you on the day you die
D G
Ill see you on the day you die
G
Yes Ive never been to heaven
C
But they say my head is in the clouds
G
So Ill just sit here by myself
D
And hope I stand out in the crowd
G
I tried to make my father proud
C
But found out that I dont know how
G D G
Tomorrow there is only here and now
C G
Yes theres only here and now
D G
Yes theres only here and now
C G
And I hate to say it, but Ive heard it all before
D
Theres a war outside my window
G
Revolution at my door
C D
keep your corporate counter culture
Bm Em
That Im trying to ignore
C D G
Because I dont believe in nothing anymore.
G
All these teachers preaching right from wrong
C
Cant help the weak against the strong
G
Or save you from an end that comes
D
For you and I and everyone
G
So ill just write another song
C
For all the world to sing along
G D G
Cause after all some day we'll all be gone
C G
Yes some day we'll all be gone,
D G
Yes some day we'll all be gone
G
Now Ive washed my hands of everything
C
The fairy tales and fantasy
G
Apparently reality
D
Has finally got the best of me
G
And all those drugs I did in vain
C
They eased the pain, and numbed my brain
G D G
But life is just a high you cant sustain,
C G
Life's a high you cant sustain
D G
Life's a high you cant sustain.
C G
Yes I hate to say it, but Ive heard it all before
D G
Theres a devil in the details And salvation with the Lord
C D
No Im not one for compliance
Bm Em
And defiance makes me bored
C D G
I guess I dont believe in nothing anymore.
G (single strum)
Yeah Ive seen the writing on the wall
C
The darkness in the crystal ball
G
A house of cards about to fall
D
A peace of mind I cant recall
G
But man the worst thing that I saw
C
Was clearly the reflection of
G D G
A boy who said I think Ive seen it all
C G
Yes I think Ive seen it all
D G
Yes I think Ive seen it all
C G
and I hate to say it, but Ive heard it all before
D
After all these years those chandeliers
G
Have crashed upon the floor
C D
And there aint no way of knowing
Bm Em
What the future has in store
C D G
So I dont believe in nothing anymore