Hi there! I was fed up with reading the wrong tab which has infested the
internet. The time signature can seem a little baffling, and the chord
progression never seems to resolve properly making you think "Eh?", but this
version is certainly closer to the real song. Enjoy!
GEmBmFm
Boys run like water from the barrel to the trough.
Fm
They'll never stop their running.
BmGGm
Gunning for their brothers.
GEm
This house is a hostel.
BmFm
It is peaceful, but it's always emptying.
BmGGm
Boys all want to be someone.
GEmBmFm
Haven't you heard? I am a flightless bird.
FmBmGGm
I am a liar, feeding facts to a false fire.
GEmBmFm
If pathos is borne, borne out of bullshit--in formal attire,
BmGGm
I'll score you a string ensemble.
GEBFFBGBmGEm
I saw my son at seventeen,
BmFmFmGm
The shutters made projections on his naked frame.
GEm
Now at twenty-five,
BmFmFmGm
He simply cannot stay away from the ketamine.
GEm
With makeup on his sores,
BmFmFmGm
He spends an hour a day composing little eulogies.
GEm
Sometimes he sends me letters,
BmFmFmGm
But it's mostly garbled phrases and apologies.
GEmBmFm
Haven't you heard? I am a flightless bird.
FmBmGGm
I am a liar, feeding facts to a false fire.
GEmBmFm
If pathos is borne, borne out of bullshit--in formal attire,
BmGBm
Cue the Bulgarian men's choir.