Chords with lyrics
I like to play this in D#D# standard, capo on 2nd fret. Feel free to criticize and
correct, I'm open to it, as I'm not sure about these, so please correct if need be.
C majorC
It's a series of bars thrift stores and churches lining the streets
A minorAm G minorGm FF
While women with gold crosses push kids into half-formed beliefs
C majorC
And if Lot was righteous, I think I'd rather not be
A minorAm G minorGm FF
We lean on fences built from outdated morality
C majorC
It's a gang mentality, it's a dangerous thing
A minorAm G minorGm FF
They don't ask you to think, just to repeat after me
C majorC
And assume you're too careless to look at it critically
A minorAm G minorGm FF
You'll stop progress if it contradicts what you're told to believe
B5B5 A5A5 C majorC B5B5
I refuse to spend life on my knees
C majorC
These billboards that flaunt these scared tactics
A minorAm G minorGm FF
Make me think you're only good if you're afraid of being punished
C majorC
Every single Sunday, church bells wake me up
A minorAm G minorGm FF
But it's never enough to pull me out of bed
C majorC
The church on Main Street has got its doors painted red
A minorAm G minorGm FF
And I guess it's so the Angel of Death passes over it on its way to get gas
C majorC
The church over on Broad Street has got a neon sign that says Jesus Save Me
A minorAm G minorGm FF
And I guess it's so God can see from where he is in the cheap seats
B5B5 A5A5 C majorC B5B5
I refuse to spend life on my knees
FF
I won't let somebody else
A minorAm
Somebody else
C majorC
Somebody else
C majorC FF
If we're all just Christians or lions
C majorC FF
I think I'd rather be on the side with sharper teeth
B5B5 A5A5
I don't need saving