Key: F# major
Intro 1
G#m
B
F#
D#m
G#m
B
F#
D#m
G#m
B
F#
D#m
G#m
B
Verse 1
F#
B
F#
The Lite-Brite's now black and white
A#
B
Pitch burning on a shining sheet
G#
B
The only maker that you'd want to meet
D#m
B
F#
The dying man in a living room
G#m
D#m
Who's shadow paces the floor
G#
B
Who'll take you out in the open door
Chorus 1
G#m
B
This is not my life
G#m
B
It's not what I'm like
F#
D#m
It's just a fond farewell to a friend
G#m
B
Who couldn't get things right
F#
D#m
Fond farewell to a friend
G#m
B
Verse 2
F#
B
F#
He said really I just want to dance
A#
B
I can deal with some physic pain
G#
B
If it'll slow down my higher brain
D#m
B
F#
Veins full of disap pearing ink
G#m
D#m
Vomiting in the kitchen sink
G#
B
Disconnecting from the missing link
Chorus 2
G#m
B
This is not my life
G#m
B
It's not what I'm like
F#
D#m
It's just a fond farewell to a friend
G#m
B
Who couldn't get things right
F#
D#m
Fond farewell to a friend
G#m
B
C#
Verse 3
F#
B
F#
I see you're leaving me
G#m
D#m
and taking up with the enemy
A#
B
The cold comfort of the in between
G#
B
A little less than a human being
D#m
B
F#
A little less than a happy high
G#m
D#m
A little less than a suicide
A#
B
The only things that you really tried
Chorus 3
G#m
B
This is not my life
G#m
B
It's not what I'm like
F#
D#m
It's just a fond farewell to a friend
G#m
B
Who couldn't get things right
F#
D#m
Fond farewell to a friend
G#m
B
This is not my life It's just a
F#
D#m
fond farewell to a friend
Outro 1
G#m
B
Bm
F#
D#m
G#m
B
Bm
F#
D#m
G#m
B
Bm
F#
D#m
G#m
B
Bm/F#
Bm/F#
Bm/F#
F#
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