Standard Tuning C is played as 332010 G Am the moralist on the mountaintop C D the capgun cowboy caught playin dressup G Em C patrols his cartoon beat with his costume clothes G Am the damn fool with his ten ton chip C his bourgeois blues D and his heartbreak habit G Em slings his lightning bolts D his arrows and stones C but you could do it forever G Em it wont make you better C Am cause you wont find your mark C you could use a mirror G Am to see your target clearer D but bad blood hijacked your heart C G but you got what you asked for Am so dont even start C you're never a victim D so own what you did son G admit what you are. G Am dead weight in a tightrope trance C D the painpill creatures stray in his wasteland G Em Am clenched teeth and a canyon he cant cross G Am theres me racing right along C D the jukebox jester stuck on the same song G Em D mouth full of lies a head full of holes C until i got worried G Em you saw the life i could lead C Am Em if i backed up off that rope C and let the ground come to me Am steady under my knees D and my anger blurrin into hope C G i asked for perspective Am and it untied my hands C i see the role I play D i chose my own way G cant blame me for that (Interlude) C so when you're sorry G and one day you will be Am Em i wish you all the best C i hope that you drop softly G and it dont end too badly D and your ragin head can finally rest C G and you could be honest Am and rescue yourself C but ill walk my own way D ill go where you wont go Em D you wont put me through hell, no no. C cause now i see through you D believe what you need to C Gm go haunt someone else