E5
C    G
E5
C    G   E


[Verse 1]
E5
From the alleys to the valleys
        E5
See 'em ridin' just like sally
         E5
When you wake up in the middle
        C          G
And you just can't stay

              E5
I've seen the movies and the groovies
        E5
And i'm searching for a ruby
       E5
In the gutter with a promise
        C     G
And i'm on my way


E              C    G      E
Send us all to high school
                C  G       E
Make us pray to statues
              C               D     C
So we hang on corners lookin' bored


[Verse 2]
        E5
All the rubbish that you cherish
          E5
With your hedonistic pleasures
         E5
And your latest status symbols
C          G
Just can't stay

         E5
Seen the majors chase the minors
         E5
With the military blinders
       E5
Dangle carrots in the faces
       C   G     E
Of the U.S.A
                 C   G      E
I hate the local stiffness
                    C   G    E
And all the capitol sickness
                 C            D
You know they're waiting on a war


[Chorus]
A             G    F
Whisper in my ear dear (tell me something)
A            G                F
Why does suicide have such appeal (never nothin')
A  G
No way
F
Goin' like sailors and valentine failures
F
Ducking rejection with walls of protection


[Verse 2]
E5
Degeneration cross the nation
       E5
Lonely callers masturbation
      E5
For a minute
C          G
Just can't stay
        E5
All the wheelers and the dealers
        E5
And the zombies kill the feelings
       E5
With a bottle and a vial
        C     G    E
And i'm on my way
          C   G   E
I seen my mother
                      C   G    E
Watch her dreams just smother
            C                  D
Don't wanna sing the graveyard song


[Chorus]
A             G   F
Whisper in my ear dear (tell me something)
A              G               F
Why do you pretend that it's unreal (never nothin')
A  G
No way
F
Heartfelt attraction that never takes action
F
Just meetings and functions and social corruptions


[Instrumental]
C  F  C  F
C  F  C  F
C  F  C  F
C  F  C  E  E  E


[Verse 3]
         E5
All your niches and your stitches
        E5
I'm not lyin' back and wishin'
      E5
For a Cinderella savior
      C          G
And i just can't stay
        E5
Call us fags and call us phonies
      E5
But i make the ginamone
        E5
And you hate it cause i shake it
        C     G    E
And i'm on my way
                  C     G    E
I can't wait till Christmas
               C   G    E
Barking in the darkness
         C           D
A broken hero at the bar


[Chorus]
A             G   F
Whisper in my ear dear (tell me something)
A           G                 F
Why does suicide have such appeal? (never nothin')
A  G   F
No way out
A  G   F
No way out
A  G   F
No way now
A  G
No way!
F
Fire to ashes and candy store flashes
F
Scars from the gashes and yesterday passes


[Outro]
         E5
From the alleys to the valleys
        E5
See 'em ridin' just like Sally
         E5
When you wake up and you
C          G
Just can't stay