Chords with lyrics
Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)
Intro:
FF G+G A minorAm C majorC x4
Verse:
FF G+G
Back in '99
After Columbine
A minorAm C majorC
I had the strangest dream
FF G+G
Liquid angels swam thru the halls of
A minorAm C majorC
Waretown Elementary
FF G+G
Teaching us little hicks new ways to exist
A minorAm C majorC
New ways to see
FF G+G
Way out there in the dark space
A minorAm C majorC
Between the galaxies
FF G+G
My friend Jimmy was sitting next to me
A minorAm C majorC
Then suddenly he was not
FF
And when they got to me
G+G
Asked if I believed
A minorAm C majorC
I said "believe in what?"
FF G+G
Then I woke up
Chorus:
FF G+G
Mama take me mallwalking
FF G+G
You know that I'm an empty kid
FF G+G
You buy me stuff to try and fill me up
A augmentedA
But I think I am bottomless
Verse:
FF G+G
All the daddies drive every Friday night
A minorAm C majorC
Way out past oyster creek
FF
Put their pickup trucks
G+G
In a semicircle
A minorAm C majorC
Pass the pints of rye whiskey
FF G+G
With the ghosts of original people
A minorAm C majorC
Dancing in halogen blue
FF G+G
Then I came to
Chorus 2:
FF G+G
Mama takes me mallwalking
FF G+G
She knows that I'm an empty kid
FF G+G
She buys me stuff to fill me up
A augmentedA
But I think I am bottomless
FF G+G
Mama sing a song to me
FF G+G
When it's time to put the dog to sleep
FF G+G
You are strong when we are weak
A augmentedA
Keep the name tags on your key ring