Chords with lyrics
Tuning: Standard (
E MajorE 
A augmentedA 
D MajorD 
G+G 
BB E MajorE)
Intro:
| G+G | G+G | D MajorD | D MajorD |
| 
E minorEm | E minorEm | 
C majorC | C majorC |
Verse 1:
G+G D MajorD
I'm breaking and waiting
E minorEm C majorC
Watching your hands on the clock and I
G+G D MajorD
Wonder if you see
E minorEm D MajorD C majorC
How I feel
G+G D MajorD
You're shifting and blaming
E minorEm C majorC G+G
Aiming your politics right in my neck
D MajorD
Trying to change
E minorEm D MajorD C majorC
How I feel
Chorus:
G+G D MajorD
I sing to the only home I've ever known
E minorEm D MajorD C majorC
I'm asking her how we've come
G+G D MajorD
To live in a nightmare, American-grown
E minorEm D MajorD C majorC
Where we let the good die young
C majorC D MajorD (G+G)
We let the good die young
Post-Chorus:
| G+G | G+G | D MajorD | D MajorD |
| E minorEm | E minorEm | C majorC | C majorC |
Verse 2:
G+G D MajorD
It's not just the classrooms
E minorEm C majorC G+G
It's our congregations and concert lines
D MajorD
Asking if you see
E minorEm D MajorD C majorC
How they feel
G+G D MajorD
And all those barstools
E minorEm C majorC G+G
All of the children who ran to hide
D MajorD
Are wishing that you'd see
E minorEm D MajorD C majorC
How they feel
Chorus:
G+G D MajorD
I sing to the only home I've еver known
E minorEm C majorC
I'm asking her how we'vе come
G+G D MajorD
To live in a nightmare, American-grown
E minorEm D MajorD C majorC
Where we let the good die young
G+G D MajorD
They're shooting the stars and you're watching them fall
E minorEm D MajorD C majorC
In the comfort of your own home
G+G D MajorD
We live in the nightmare, American-grown
E minorEm D MajorD C majorC
Where we let the good die young
C majorC D MajorD 
A minorAm
Yeah, we let the good die young
Post-Chorus:
C majorC E minorEm
Oh, oh, oh
D MajorD A minorAm
We let the good die young
C majorC E minorEm D MajorD
Oh, oh, oh
Chorus:
G+G D MajorD
So I sing to the only home I've ever known
E minorEm C majorC
Asking her how we've come
G+G D MajorD
To live in a nightmare, American-grown
E minorEm D MajorD C majorC
Where we let the good die young
G+G D MajorD
Well, I've spoken up, but it wasn't enough
E minorEm D MajorD C majorC
'Cause a son lost a father today
G+G A minorAm
A augmentedA woman was gunned down today
G+G C majorC
Tell me your heart doesn't break
Tag:
G+G D MajorD
Don't send me your thoughts and prayers
E minorEm D MajorD C majorC
'Cause they don't go anywhere
C majorC D MajorD G+G
When we let the good die young
