Standard (EADGBE)

Riff 1

Riff 2

 They put angels in the electric chair

 Straight-up angels in the electric chair

And no-one knew or no-one cared

But burning stars lit up their hair

And burning stars lit up their hair

And crawled to heaven on golden stairs

 And oh! How we to and fro! To and fro! To and fro!

This is our torched estates

(and we are your sweet mistakes)

Riff 1

And all them vulgar kings on their dirty thrones

Riff 2

Who among us will avenge miss nina simone?

 There's fresh meat in the club tonight

 God bless our dead marines

 Someone had an accident

 Above the burning trees

 While somewhere distant peacefully

 Our vulgar princes sleep

 Dead kids dont get photographed

 God bless our dead marines

 The hungry and the hanged

 The damaged and the done

 Striving 'long this spinning rock

 Tumbling past the sun

 Get through this life without killing anyone

 And consider yourself golden

 Lost a friend to cocaine

 Couple friends to smack

 Troubled hearts map deserts

 And they rarely do come back

 Lost a friend to oceans

 Lost a friend to hills

 Lost a friend to suicide

 Lost a friend to pills

 Lost a friend to monsters

 Lost a friend to shame

 Lost a friend to marriage

 Lost a friend to blame

 Lost a friend to worry and

 Lost a friend to wealth

 Lost a friend to stubborn pride

 And then I lost myself

 I love my dog and she loves me

 The world's a mess and so are we

 She tumbles long green muddy fields

 Sick with joy and glee

 And as she dreams sweet puppy dreams

 Whimpering gently

 There's fresh meat in the club tonight

 God bless our dead marines

 Someone had an accident

 Above the burning trees

 While somewhere distant peacefully

 Our vulgar princes sleep

 Dead kids dont get photographed

 God bless this century

 When the world is sick can't no one be well

 But i dreamt we was all beautiful and strong