This is a corrected version of the one posted before. chords used: FDAsus2 e|----2-----2-------0----| B|----2-----1-------0----| G|----3-----2-------2----| D|----4-----0-------2----| A|----4-----x-------0----| E|----x-----x-------0----| G There's a voice on the phone G Telling what had happened Bm Some kind of confusion D7 More like a disaster G And it wondered how you G Were left unaffected Bm But you had no knowledge D7 No, the chemicals covered you G And so a jury was formed G As more liquor was poured Bm No need for conviction D7 They're not thirsting for justice G But slept with the lies G I keep inside my head Bm I found out I was guilty D7 I found out I was guilty G But I won't be around G For the sentencing Bm Because I'm leaving D7 Oh, on the next airplane C D G Bm And though I know that my actions are impossible to justify C D G They seem adequate to fill up my time C D Bm Em And if I could talk to myself like I was someone else C D G Em Then maybe I could take your advice C D G And I wouldn't act like such an asshole all the time G There's a film on the wall G Makes the people look small Bm Who are sitting beside it D7 All consumed in the drama G They must return to their lives G Once the hero has died Bm They will drive to the office D7 Stopping somewhere for coffee G Where the folk singers, poets, G and playwrights convene Bm Dispensing their wisdom D7 Oh, dear amateur orator G They will detail their pain G In some standard refrain Bm They will recite their sadness D7 Like it's some kind of contest F# Well, if it is Bm I think I am winning it G All beaming with confidence Asus2 As I make my final lap F# The gold medal gleams Bm So hang it around my neck G Because I am deserving it Asus2 The champion of idiots C D G Bm But a kid carries his walkman on that long bus ride to Omaha C D G I know a girl who cries when she practices violin C D Bm Em Because each note sounds so pure, it just cuts into her C D G Em And then the melody comes pouring out her eyes C D G Now to me, everything else, it just sounds like a lie.