G# -   466544
D# -   x68886
Fm -   133111
C# -   x46664
A#m -  x13321
C -    x32010
Cm -   x35543
E -    022100
F# -   244322
D#/G - 365xxx
A# -   x13331


[Intro]
G# Cm C# D#

then
G# Cm A#m C# D# G#


[Verse 1]
    G#
Goodbye my dearest foe
          Fm
Here's to fledging teen sorrow
         C#
Today forgotten, tomorrow
     D#            E  F#
Is a promise to be broken
G#
We should not prolong
           Fm
What seems right until it's wrong
Cm
One more sad so long
D#
One more Dear John letter


[Chorus 1]
C#         A#m  D#  G#
I am not afraid to step
          C
into this grave
     A#m
It's not enough
        D#
No it's not enough


[Verse 2]
         G#
I wanted to live long enough
      Fm
To regret the billy clubs
      C#
And lament the gateway drugs
        D#                     E  F#
See the first missteps through wisdom
G#              D#               Fm    Cm
In a round room fit for battered clowns
A#m                            D#
We agree the circus freaks are buttoned-down


[Chorus 2]
C#         A#m  D#  G#
I am not afraid to step
               C
down from the stage
     A#m
It's not enough
        C#   D#
No it's not enough


[Bridge]
G#                D#
  Can you see the light
              Cm            C#
the tunnel is dead-end is inside
A#m                                 D#
   We're almost there, we've almost made it
G#                  D#             Fm  Cm
  Everybody is transcending in the dark
A#m
   Every one of us leaves his mark
D#
  Every one of us wears a
       D#
self-inflicted Purple Heart


[Guitar Solo]
G# D#/G Fm D# A# D#
G# Cm A#m D#


[Chorus 3]
C#         A#m  D#  G#
I am not afraid to step
          C
into this grave
     A#m
It's not enough
        D#
No it's not enough