D               A
One more set, baby, you'll survive
G               D       
Just play guitar, don't look them in the eye
D               A
They're all here to see you tonight
G               D
Such expectations, impress the writers
D               A
All boy band, all boy attitude
G               D
Break your bass, we'll get them in the mood
D               A
If you want I will sing for you
G               D/A
Anything girl, anything girl

D  G  A (4x)

D               A
When every mouth that sings complains
G               D
And honesty can be replaced
D               A
There are sadder things to say
G               D
I guess it's true, I looked for it
D               A
A tragedy that's gonna fit
G               D
The chorus that I need
          A
More than anything

D               A
Is it happiness is so impossible 
G
That you can't touch it 
D
Even when it's close to you?
D               A
Or is it emptiness is still so probable
G               D
That you're too scared to even reach for it?

D               A
Is it happiness is so impossible 
G
That you can't touch it 
D
Even when it's close to you?
D               A
Or is it emptiness is still so probable
G               D
That you're scared to even reach for it?

D
You can't pretend 
G
Is that what this is about?  
G               A               D
The feeling's gone but the album just came out
D                       G
And even though there is no meaning now
A
I can't stop singing, can't stop singing

D               A
Well, here's the book I stole it from
D               G
All repeated and tired-tounged
D       A       G
There's still nothing to say
D               A
And I can say with confidence
D               G
There are a hundred bands that sound like us
D       A       G
But that's not important
       A
And it never was

         A                                 D
It's the feeling that creeps in when it is late
        A                                         D           
And you pull the van to the side of the interstate
    A
you lay on the roof, the stars hang above
                                                    G
And you wonder what they'd look like if you were in love

D                       A               G
Well tonight I am ecstatic with the sound of the amplifiers
D               A       G
Filling up the emptiness with distortion
D                       A               G
I can see the kid has been crying, he puts his mouth on a pacifier
D               A       G
A microphone, a memory, an emotion
D                       A               G
Are those people at the bar, they look more like statues
D               A       G
Expressionless, they listen to the first band
D               A       G
I'm looking for a payphone, a familiar voice
D               G
I need someone who understands
D               G
I need someone who understands
D               G
I need someone who understands
D       A               D
That this isn't how I wanted it to be.