Basement

    B     A#/B   G#m     F#     E     C#m
E|--7------x------4------2------0------4--| 
B|--7------x------4------2------0------5--| 
G|--8------8------4------3------1------6--| 
D|--9------9------6------4------2------6--| 
A|--9------9------6------4------2------4--| 
E|--7------6------4------2------0------x--| 

[Intro]
  B            A#/B         G#m          F#           E            F#           E            F#
E|------------|------------|------------|------------|------------|------------|------------|-
B|------------|------------|------------|------------|------------|------------|------------|-
G|------------|------------|--9-8-------|------------|------------|------------|------------|-
D|----9---6---|-------6--9-|--------9---| 6-------6---|-9--6-------|6-----------|-9--6-------|
A|-6---------9|------------|------------|-----9------|--------9---|------6--9--|--------9---|-
E|------------|------------|------------|------------|------------|------------|------------|-
E|-----------|  
B|-----------|  
G|-----------|  
D|6-----------| 
A|------6-7-6|  
E|-----------|  

[Verse 1]

B                   A#/B   G#m
Your eyes are painted red
                   F#
Just to show your age
        E            F#                E           F#
As the man with the sharp teeth bites down on your brain
B                A#/B
Point me to your grave
   G#m                      F#
That's where you’ll play guitar
        E           F#
With a gun to your head
       E             F#
And a flame in your heart

[Break]

B  G#m  E F#

E|-----------------|    
B|-----------------|    
G|-----------------|    
D|-9--8-6----------|    
A|----------9--7-6-|    
E|-----------------| x6 

[Verse 2]

B                    A#/B       G#m
They keep you in the basement
                     F#
With no one you can hurt
          E                 F#
One more chain 'round your leg
            E            F#
And twelve rips in your shirt
    B           A#/B
And now you're counting
G#m        F#         E
Down till mother is dead
          F#          E
Like the rest of the world
       F#          B
You detested for so long

[Chorus]

C#m         E
They don’t tell you
       G#m
Not to try
 B          E
They just wear you down
   G#m                    E
As you run your fingers along the marked wall
          B
That you chipped and inscribed
          F#
With the thoughts you could never let go

[Break]
  B            A#/B         G#m          F#           E            F#           E            F#
E|------------|------------|------------|------------|------------|------------|------------|-
B|------------|------------|------------|------------|------------|------------|------------|-
G|------------|------------|--9-8-------|------------|------------|------------|------------|-
D|----9---6---|-------6--9-|--------9---| 6-------6---|-9--6-------|6-----------|-9--6-------|
A|-6---------9|------------|------------|-----9------|--------9---|------6--9--|--------9---|-
E|------------|------------|------------|------------|------------|------------|------------|-
E|-----------|  
B|-----------|  
G|-----------|  
D|6-----------| 
A|------6-7-6|  
E|-----------|  

[Verse 3]

B           A#/B        G#m          F#
And you're shaking your arm just to stay awake
    E              F#           E           F#
As you're getting grey hairs at age twenty-two
B           A#/B         G#m            F#
You've been counting the hours down today
            E               F#            E           F#          B
'Cause you know that you've got just one chance to escape all of this

[Chorus]

C#m         E
They don’t tell you
       G#m
Not to try
 B          E
They just wear you down
   G#m                    E
As you run your fingers along the marked wall
          B
That you chipped and inscribed
          F#
With the thoughts you could never let go

[Outro]

B  G#m  F#  G#m  E  F#  x3
E|----------------------------|     
B|----------------------------|     
G|----------------------------|     
D|----------------------------|     
A|--9-9-----6--7---7--6----6--|     
E|--------7--------------7----| x36