The "~" means play that stuff quickly. Like, one strum of the chord then move on [Intro] G... G ~ B C Bm D G G ~ B ~ C C Bm D G G ~ G/F# ~ Em [Verse] Em Am Picture yourself in the living room G your pipe and slippers set out for you Bm I know you think that it ain't too far
Em C But I hear the call of a lifetime ring C ~ D ~ G felt the need to get up for it Am Oh, you cut out the middleman Bm get free from the middleman [Chorus] C G You got no time for the messenger, C D G ~ B ~ C got no regard for the thing that you don't understand, C Bm you got no fear of the underdog, D that's why you will not survive G C G D D G C ~ G C Bm D G G Bm C Bm D G G ~ G/F# ~ Em [Verse] Em C I want to forget how conviction fits D G but can I get out from under it? Bm Can I gut it out of me? C G It can't all be wedding cake Am It can't all be boiled away Bm I try but I can't let go of it B I can't let go of it, [Chorus] C G 'Cause you don't talk to the water boy C D G ~ B ~ C and there's so much you could learn but you don't want to know, C Bm You will not back up an inch ever, D that's why you will not survive, G C G D D G C ~ G C Bm D G B ~ C C Bm D G.... G ~ G/F# ~ Em [Verse] Em Am The thing that I tell you now D G G It may not go over well Em Am And it may not be photo-op D G in the way that I spell it out [Chorus] C Bm But you won't hear from the messenger, C D G ~ B ~ C don't wanna know 'bout something that you don't understand, C Bm You got no fear of the underdog, D that's why you will not survive [Outro] G C G D D G C ~ G C Bm D G G ~ B ~ C x2 C Bm D G C G D D G C-G C Bm D G G ~ B ~ C