Standard (EADGBE)

 Key:

Chords used:

E - 022100 in Verses, 079900 in Chorus

Intro

Verse 1

Everybody's got

 their problems

Everybody says

 the same thing to you

It's just a matter

 how you solve them

And knowing how

to change the

things you've

been through

I feel I've come

to realize

How fast life can

be compromised

Step back to see

what's going on

I can't believe

 this happened to you

 This happened to you

Verse 2

It's just a problem

 that I'm faced with

 Am I not the only one

 who hates to stand by

Complications that are

first in this line

With all these pictures

 running through my mind

Knowing endless

consequences

I feel so useless in

 this Get back step

back and as for me

 I can't believe

Chorus

 Part of me won't agree

 Cause I don't know

 if it's for sure

 Suddenly suddenly

 I don't feel

 so insecure

(Repeat)

Post Chorus

 Anymore

Solo

S S S S E S S S S S S E S S

Interlude

G#m(hold)---G#m-F#

Verse 3

Everybody's got

 their problems

Everybody says

 the same thing to you

It's just a matter

 how you solve them

But what else are

 we supposed to do

(Repeat Chorus)

Outro

Why do things that

 matter the most

 Never end up

 being our choice

(Anymore)

 Now that I find out

 it ain't so bad

 I don't think I

knew what I had

(Anymore)

(Repeat)

End on G#m

2.) Over My Head

 Key:

Chords used:

Intro

x x x x x x x x x x x

Deryck: * means Harmonics

Verse 1

 What happened to you?

You've played the victim for

 so long now in this game

 What I thought was true

 Is made of fiction and

 I'm following the same

 But If I

Refrain

try to make

 sense of this

 mess I'm in

I'm not sure where

 I should begin

 I'm falling

 I'm falling

Now I'm in

x2

Chorus

Over my head with

something I said

 Completely misread

 I'm better off dead

 And now I can see

 how fake you can be

 This hypocricy's

 beginning to get to me

Interlude

 Deryck: --- x2

Verse 2

 It's none of my concern

Well look to me cause

 I don't believe in fame

 I guess you never heard

I've met our makers they

 don't even know your name

 But if I

Refrain 2

had to say

 goodbye to

 leave this hell

I'd say my time

 has served me well

 I'm falling

 I'm falling

Now I'm in

(Repeat Chorus)

Post Chorus:

This came long before

Those who suffer more

I'm too awake for this

 to be a nightmare

What's with my disgrace

I lost the human race

No one plans for it to

Blow up in their face

Interlude

Deryck: Em--D/F#--G--Am x2

Bridge

Who said it was easy to put

 back all these pieces

Who said it was so easy to

 put back all of these pieces

Now I'm in

(Repeat Chorus)

Outro

O--ver my head

better off dead

(Repeat)

3.) My Direction

 Key:

Chords used: Drop D only

Chords used: for Standard EADGBe

Chorus

Perfection is my direction

Even if that's all I had

It's not like I need no correction

I just know that life's not so bad

Verse 1

Picture this everyday kids

 that just can't find a way

 Stuck in disarray can't

 find hope for better days

 It's the degenera-tion of

childhood frustration

 In the last 30 years

 Teenage suicide has increased

 300% in North America

 It is the second major

 cause of death in Canada

(Repeat Chorus)

Interlude

F--Eb--Bb x4

Verse 2

When will all my

problems disappear

 Am I just going crazy

 from the fear

 Oh my oh my I'm going

 far past the brink

 The pressure's

like a weight

 And I still can't

 think straight

(Repeat Chorus)

Interlude

F--Eb-F-Eb-F-Bb x2

Verse 3

 I've met my destinations

 So what's left to complain about

 With all these aggravations

Building till the seams fall out

 I'm running my mouth dry

 With every time I lie

Don't tell me without a doubt

 This dumbfound luck has all run out

Don't tell me without a doubt

 This dumbfound luck has all run out

(Repeat Chorus)

4.) Still Waiting

 Key:

Chords used:

Intro

So am I still waiting

For this world to stop hating

Can't find a good reason

Can't find hope to believe in

Post Chorus: Em--C--Em--C-Bm x2

Verse 1

Drop dead a

bullet to my head

Your words are

 like a gun in hand

You can't change the

 state of the na-tion

We just need

 some motivation

Since I have

seen no conviction

Just lies and

more contradiction

So tell me

what would you say

I'd say its up, to me

Chorus 1

So am I still waiting

For this world to stop hating

Can't find a good reason

Can't find hope to believe in

(Repeat Post Chorus once)

Verse 2

Ignorance and

Un-derstanding

We're the first

 ones to jump in line

Out of step for

what we believe in

But whos left? To

 start the pleading

How far will

we take this

It's not hard to see

through the thickness

So tell me what

would you say

I'd say its up to me

(Repeat Chorus)

Bridge

This can't last for--ever

Time won't make

things better

I feel so a-lone

 Can't help myself

 And no one knows

 If this is worthless

Tell me so

Interlude

Dave: Sweeping guitar Solo: Fast fingers are required to play this part

Verse 3

What have we done

We're in a war

that can't be won

This can't be real

I don't know

what to feel

(Repeat Chorus 1)

Chorus 2

So am I still waiting

For this world to stop hating

Can't find a good reason

Can't find hope to believe

5.) ANIC

 Key:

Chords used: Drop D only

Chords used: For Standard EADGBe

Intro

Fucking Shit

Verse

 You look like ass

 You smell like shit

 So why are you

 such a dick?

 You walk around

 like you're the

 tits You always

 make me sick

Bound for agony

 You life's

 catastrophe

(Repeat)

Chorus

 You're an asshole

 You're an asshole

 You're an asshole

 You're an asshole

You make me sick

6.) No Brains

 Key:

Chords used: Drop D only

Chords used: Standard EADGBe

Verse 1

Can't step in my way

Head first and

 love and dismay

It's like beating the dead

I can't stop going

 out on my head

Whatever this could

 be I never know

I never said it'd be

 the end all to be all

Refrain 1

 I hate you today

 I can't find a way

 Don't drag me down now

Chorus 1

 Goodbye

 I've had enough

 frustration

 I won't get stuck

 Goodbye

 This dead end

 situation

 Is just not

E/G# F#m-- x4

worth my time

Verse 2

It's no better today

I never thought it

 would end up this way

You've got something to say

Don't want to hear it

 if it gets in my way

All this confusion wondering

is so overwhelmed

All Disillusion

seems so clear now

Can't find your conclusion

to supporting evolution

 Not all Things aren't

what they appear

Refrain 2

So what's the

point of this now

 I know you too well

 We're running backwards

Chorus 2

 Goodbye

 I've had enough

 frustration

 I won't get stuck

 Goodbye

 This dead end

 situation

 Is just not

worth my time

but waiting

so frustrating

I'm so sick of

All this tension

not to mention

I'm so sick of

Can't take it

We won't make it

Just save yourself

this trouble

Can't take it

quite for yourself

Cause I'm just fine

Guitar solo

Dave 1:

S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S Q E E E E S S E

  Q S S

W

Dave 2:

S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S Q E E E E S S E

Steady gliss.

tr

Interlude

Deryck 2: x6

Bridge

You speak for all of us when

You can't be heard

I bet you haven't listened

To not one word

You speak for all of us when

You can't be heard

I bet you haven't listened

To not one word

Chorus 3

 Goodbye

 I've had enough

 frustration

 I won't get stuck

 Goodbye

 This dead end

 situation

 Is just not

worth my time

but waiting

so frustrating

I'm so sick of

All this tension

not to mention

I'm so sick of

 sick of you

7.) All Messed Up

 Key: then

Chords used:

E - 022100 or 079900

Intro

B--B/Eb--E--F#-- x2, B

Verse 1

 Another day wasted out of time

I can't get out of this

Altered state of mind

I'm going overboard

 My conscience meets

 decline Into Reality

 I know this can't be fine

Chorus 1

 Cause I'm all messed up

 Making prefect nonsense

Drowning in my doubt too well

 Cause I'm all messed up

 Going nowhere fast

 but circles in my

mind So blind

Interlude

B--B/Eb--E--F#--

Verse 2

 Who are these voices in my

head I can't go on like

 this Living like the dead

I haven't slept so long

Feeling sad I dread

I'm talking to myself

 Forgot what I just said

Chorus 2

 Cause I'm all messed up

 Making prefect nonsense

Drowning in my doubt too well

 Cause I'm all messed up

 Going nowhere fast

 but circles in my

B A G#m-F#-A--G#m-F#-A--G#m-F#-F#---

mind So blind

Bridge

 Well I hold my only

enemy as closely as a friend

 And I sold my own re---ality

 to further my descent

 Self-des--truction taking

over it's so easy to pretend

Intro

-duction to this

nightmare can you

A B---

seize may never end

Interlude

Verse 3

 Can anyone help me drag my

heels I'm running overtime

 I can't hold down my meals

My mind is racing by

 Staring blankly feels

Like pulling out my teeth

While this engine winds

(Repeat Chorus 1)

Outro

B--B/Eb--E--F#-- x2, B

8.) Mr. Amsterdam

 Key:

Chords used:

/ - 143xxx

Intro

Ebm(hold) x2, Ebm--Bbm--F#--Bbm--F#-C#/F-|

Ebm--Bbm--F#--C# x2, Ebm------------------------|

Verse 1

 I've said this before

 No matter how hard I try

 I can't help be bored

 While this world passes by

 So this revelation's

got no meaning

 We lost it all in

hopeless dreaming

 Am I just losing grip

Paint it black and

just forget me

 This worlds a sinking ship

coz our baggage is too heavy

Chorus 1

I can't stop believing there's

something to be said

What are we achieving with

 the bullshit that we're fed

 I know I'm not going to stay

 Or live to see the day

 this world comes to be

 So here's a resignation from

me a resignation from me

 a resignation from me

Interlude

Ebm--Bbm--F#--C# x2

Verse 2

 I've said this before

 No matter how hard I try

 I can't help be bored

 While this world passes

by Don't tell me we're

closed to something

That we don't even understand

 Were prisoners to our homes

Some might say that

 were all to blame

 The outsides so unknown

 And no one here to complain

Chorus 2

I can't find the answers

 to save humanity

I can't find the anger here's

 a resignation from me

 a resignation from me

 a resignation from me

B C# Ebm--E-E-Ebm--E-E-Ebm--E-E-Ebm-Ebm-Ebm-Ebm

a resignation from me

Outro

Ebm--F#-C#/F--Ebm--Bb/D--Ebm--F#-C#/F---C#-C#--C#-Bb/D------| x2

Ebm--Bbm--F#--C# x2, Ebm--Ebm--Ebm--Ebm---------------------|E(hold)

9.) Thanks For Nothing

 Key:

Chords used: Drop D only

Chords used: Standard EADGBe

Intro

Dm--Bb--F--C-- x4

Verse 1

 I'll never take part in

 the growing population

 Or waste my time with

further education

 Forget what we know

 It's just a big show

What they want to control

 So jaded, frustrated

 Its all so complicated

Fashion no passion

 surrounds me

Chorus 1

All I know is

I've heard this

 all before

 Reality's a bore

 You ask me to believe

 in something fake

 Well I can't bring myself to

 Do what you want me to

 This is who we are and

Nothing's gonna change

Nothing's gonna change

Verse 2

 I can't take part in the

businessman illusion

 I'll take my chance in

 the real world confusion

Don't blame us

Who do we trust

 When they're so dishonest?

 No patience this nation's

 obsessed with exploitation

Lying, denying surrounds me

Chorus 2

All I know is

I've heard this

 all before

 Reality's a bore

 You ask me to believe

 in something fake

 Well I can't bring myself to

 Do what you want me to

 This is who we are and

Bb Dm C F-C/E-Dm--C--F-C/E

Nothing's gonna change

Interlude

Dm--Bb--F--Em-- x2

Bridge

Don't think you

can ignore us

Don't tell me that

we're to blame

Don't pick our

 future for us

 Or act like we're

the same

Chorus 3

All I know is

I've heard this

 all before

 Reality's a bore

 You ask me to believe

 in something fake

 Well I can't bring myself to

 Do what you want me to

 This is who we are and

Nothing's gonna change

Nothing's gonna change

Outro

(Thanks for nothing)

 I've heard this all before

(Thanks for nothing)

 Reality's a bore

(Thanks for nothing)

 It'll never be the same

(Thanks for nothing)

 And nothings gonna change

10.) Hyper-Insomnia-Para-Condroid

 Key:

Chords used: Drop D only

- 555xxx or 5553xx

Chords used: Standard EADGBe

Am - x02210 or 577555

Intro

Dm--x15 Am-Gm

Dm--Gm--Bb--Am-C x2

Verse 1

Silence is ringing

 in my head

Stuck on repeat

Not much longer

 I'll be dead

 So just forget me

I'm losing my mind

 And I don't think you

could save me this time

Chorus 1

And it goes

On and on

 And I just

 feel helpless

How long will this

 take to wear out

On and on When will

I get through this

Welcome to my

 own down and out

Verse 2

I'm falling deeper in

 this hole to disaster

I'm gripping what I thought

 control was falling faster

I'm losing my mind

 And I don't think you

could save me this time

(Repeat Chorus 1)

Bridge

It's dragging on

 I'm wearing thin

 I can't stop these walls

They keep caving in

It's gone too far

 Where's my mind

 Why can't I stop

C Dm--x4

fear this paranoia

It's a never ending story

And it starts with me

It's a never ending story

And it starts with me

Chorus 2

And it goes

On and on

 And I just

 feel helpless

How long will this

 take to wear out

On and on When will

I get through this

Welcome to my

 own down and out

welcome It's

never ending

Welcome to my

 own down and out

welcome I'm

falling further

Welcome to my

 own down and out

11.) Billy Spleen

 Key: then

Chords used: Drop D only

Chords used: Standard EADGBe

Intro

Em-- x4

Verse 1

 I'm heading for the end

 On top of this bullshit

 I don't want to hear it

 I found my way a-gain

 It's hard to explain it

 I know that I hate it

I don't feel

this could be real

 I find it so hard

 I'm falling apart

So much so much

 For what for

what we said

Chorus

No matter

 what I say

You turn your

 back away

It's never going

to break you

It's never going

 to make you fall

(Repeat)

Verse 2

Fake reality

 I never can make up

 The time that

you take up

 It's my worst enemy

Im on a mission

 To feed my addiction

So sick of

thoughts so empty

 It's well overflowed

 I'm bound to explode

So much so much

For what for

what we said

(Repeat Chorus)

Verse3

Somehow Between

the lines it's clearer

Locked down And

chained up to the mirror

Somehow Between the

ines it's clearer

Locked down It takes

a part of me

Interlude

(Repeat Verse 1 and Chorus)

12.) Hooch

 Key: then

Chords used: Drop D only

Chords used: Standard EADGBe

Intro

Em--D-Em--D-Em--D-Em--G--D-- x4

Verse 1

 It's your last chance to

find yourself in consequence

It's so hard to find

a simple reason

Maybe I'll find myself

with evidence

Hate breeds

 with nothing

to believe in

Another day another

day in paradise

If you only knew

wouldn't it be nice

Get away get

away get away

 I'm about to detonate

Chorus

 Everything to prove

 Nothing to lose

 Just when everything has

fallen to the ground

 Gonna knock it down

 Just believe me when I

tell you it's alright

Verse 2

This time we're on

our way to tragedy

Forever bored and our

side from the in crowd

I've come to grip

confronting my reality

Numbstruck it's me

against the world now

For all you know for all

you know it's not for real

Spare me the obsession

that you deal

Get away get

away get away

 I'm about to detonate

(Repeat Chorus twice)

Bridge

I should've know

right from the start

 That you'd take this

 trust and rip me apart

Em pick slide up

Could be a change of heart

Guitar solo

Dave:

S S S S T T S S E E E E S

--16-L-14-L-12-L-11-L-L-L-L-L-L-L-L-L-|

--14-L-12-L-10-L--9-L-L-L-L-L-L-L-L-L-|

Interlude

beat switches from 4/4 to 3/4

G--D/F#-D

Outro

I'll fall into

you but don't

believe that

 this is real

(Repeat x4)