[Intro & Verse] 
E|--------| e|--------|  e|--------|
B|---1----| B|---1----|  B|---1----|
G|---2----| G|---0----|  G|---0----|
D|---3----| D|---2----|  D|---0----|
A|---3----| A|---3----|  A|---2----|
E|--------| E|---3----|  E|---3----|
     F/C          F/G          G6

E|--------| e|---3----|
B|---1----| B|---2----|
G|---2----| G|---3----|
D|---2----| D|---0----|
A|---0----| A|--------|
E|--------| E|--------|
    Am            D

[Chorus]
E|--------| e|---------|  e|--------| e|--------|
B|---1----| B|---1-----|  B|---1----| B|---1----|
G|---2----| G|---2-----|  G|---2----| G|---0----|
D|---2----| D|---0-----|  D|---0----| D|---2----|
A|---0----| A|---0-----|  A|---0----| A|---3----|
E|--------| E|---3-----|  E|---2----| E|---3----|
     Am           Am/G          Am/F#       F/C
        
        
[Intro]
F/C   F/G   G6
F/C   F/G   G6


[Verse 1]
F/C              F/G               G6        F/C
There's nothing funny about just slipping away
             F/G               G6              F/C
It's nothing funny how you're spending your days
           F/G              G6       Am   D
But you're laughing like a kid at a carnival

F/C            F/G                     G6     F/C
I watched you stumbling around this dusty town
             F/G             G6       F/C
I heard your bottle talking way too loud
          F/G              G6        Am
As the Federales tried to hunt you down
                  D                       F/C
For something you can't remember what was about


[Chorus]
Am          Am/G
The curtain falls to applause and the
Am/F#                   F/C
Band plays you off, the band plays you off
Am        Am/G           Am/F# 
He's a superhero growing bored
               F/C
With no one to save anymore


[Verse 2]
F/C        F/G               G6         F/C
I used to watch you on the late night scene
           F/G          G6    F/C
The timely rescue of a metal teen
    F/G                     G6         Am
Six strings were strumming rhythm and lead
                  D
And that hadn't occurred to me

F/C     F/G            G6  F/C
When I met you I was 22
       F/G         G6      F/C
Trying so hard to play it cool
              F/G             G6        Am
But there was so much that I needed to say
                 D             F/C
And nothing came out the right way


[Chorus]
Am          Am/G
The curtain falls to applause and the
Am/F#                   F/C
Band plays you off, the band plays you off
Am        Am/G           Am/F#
He's a superhero growing bored
               F/C
With no one to save anymore

Am          Am/G
The curtain falls to applause and the
Am/F#                   F/C
Band plays you off, the band plays you off
Am        Am/G           Am/F#
He's a superhero growing bored
               F/C
With no one to save anymore


[Verse 3]
F/C              F/G         G6      F/C
There's nothing elegant in being a drunk
             F/G              G6        F/C
It's nothing righteous being 60 and a punk
                F/G             G6            Am
But when you're looking in the mirror do you see
                  D
That kid that you used to be?

F/C        F/G           G6      F/C
Broke and working in a record store
   F/G                 G6       F/C
Daydreaming about the upcoming tour
         F/G      G6            Am
Were you happier when you were poor?
         D                     F/C
Were you happier when you were poor?


[Chorus]
Am          Am/G
The curtain falls to applause and the
Am/F#                  F/C
Band plays you off, the band plays you off
Am        Am/G           Am/F#
He's a superhero growing bored
               F/C
With no one to save anymore

Am          Am/G
The curtain falls to applause and the
Am/F#                   F/C
Band plays you off, the band plays you off
Am        Am/G           Am/F#
He's a superhero growing bored
               F/C
With no one to save anymore