Before The Lobotomy

F#  C#/F  E   B  Bm

Verse 1:
F#
Dreaming
           C#/F
I was only dreaming
E
Of another place and time
B                    Bm
Where's my family is from
F#
Singing
                C#/F
I can hear them singing
E
When the rain had washed away
B                   Bm
All these scattered dreams
F#
Dying
             C#/F
Everyone's reminded
E
Hearts are washed in misery
B               Bm
Drenched in gasoline
F#
Laughter
                C#/F
There's no more laughter
E
Songs of yesterday
         B           Bm
Now live in the underground


Interlude: beat switch from slow to fast
C#  F#  G# (6x)

Verse 2:
C#                      C# F# G# F# G# C#
Life before the lobotomy
C#                       C# F# G# F# G# C#
Christian sang the eulogy
C#                        C# F# G# F# G# C#
Sign my love a lost memory
C#                         C# F# G# F# G# C#
From the end of the century


Refrain 1:
     F#   C# G#       F#   C#  G#
Well It's e--nough to make you sick
   F#   C# G#       F#    C# G#
To cast a stone and throw a  brick
    F#   C#   G#    F# C#   G#
And when the sky is falling down
   F#     C#   G#       F# C#  G#
It burned your dreams into the ground

Verse 3:
C#                                       C# F# G# F# G# C#
Christian's lesson is what he's been sold
C#                              C# F# G# F# G# C#
We are normal and selfcontrolled
C#                         C# F# G# F# G# C#
Remember to learn to forget
C#                          C# F# G# F# G# C#
Whiskey shots and cheap cigarettes


Refrain 2:
     F#  C#   G#
Well i'm not stoned
    F#   C#     G#
I'm just fucked up
  F#  C# G#     F#     C#   G#
I got so high I can't stand up
F#  C#  G#            F#   C#   G#
I'm not cursed 'Cause i've been blessed
    F#  C# G#          F#  C# G#--
I'm not in love 'Cause i'm a  mess

Chorus:
     C#  G#
Like refugees

      C#          G#
We're lost to refugees
     C#  G#
Like refugees
      C#          G#
We're lost to refugees
       B   F#      D  a
The brutality of reality
       C#                    Guitar solo
Is the freedom that keeps me from

Outro:
F#
Dreaming
           C#/F
I was only dreaming
E
Of another place and time
B                    Bm
Where's my family is from
F#
Singing
                C#/F
I can hear them singing
E
When the rain had washed away
B                   Bm
All these scattered dreams
F#
Dying
             C#/F
Everyone's reminded
E
Hearts are washed in misery
B               Bm
Drenched in gasoline
F#
Laughter
                C#/F
There's no more laughter
E
Songs of yesterday
         B           Bm
Now live in the underground

• B
• Bm
• C#

  4
• C#/F

  6
• E
• F#
• G#