Key: D major•
Verse 1
D
Bm
G
This is the tale of a bearded sloth
D
G
Who debases himself so they
can get their rocks off.
Bm
D
G
Recruits five skinny better looking men
D
G
To play guitar parts he'll never play again.
D
G
So it's lash after lash like
a budget Christ
D
G
From every blog or zine that took
the chance to look twice.
D
Bm
G
I'm not saying that this
dude is me
D
G
Or speaking brutally of myself
Bm
D
to gain traction. Ac tion!
G
D
G
There goes the camera. Click.
D
G
American Indie- Rock is a
game of pricks.
D
Bm
D
They're the gods of what was
D
G
And now is vaguely refined
Bm
D
G
Jacket patched up with
a Wesleyan degree.
D
G
Legs bound, tongue out,
Bm
D
G
D
But I don't care, it's what I'm known for,
Verse 2
Bm
D
G
and you're right
D
G
That's my thesis here tonight
Bm
D
G
With my gut and my bulge
Bm
D
G
I'll lose for your gain
D
G
If it'll spruce up my refrain
D
G
The band plays while
the ship goes down.
D
G
(Theship goes down. The ship
C#
G
"I hate that dude
Verse 3
now that he's married.
D
C#
G
He's got a baby on the way,
poor Sherri.
C#
G
He's not the wretch we know.
Bm
D
G
Spike his fifteenth espresso with drugs
Bm
D
G
Be 19 with a joint in hand.
G
D
Never ever be a... real man."
Verse 4
Bm
A
G
I'm wrong and you're right
D
G
That's my thesis here tonight
Bm
D
G
With my gut and my bulge
Bm
D
G
I'll lose for your gain
D
G
If it'll spruce up my re frain
D
G
while the ship goes down.
Verse 5
F#m
Bm
This isn't for the ones who
Bm
G
F#m
They just follow follow follow oth
Bm
G
F#
Bm
er people's dreams.
G
F#m
They were told by a friend
G
F#m
Bm
G
F#m
Mu sic made to be used and forgotten again like a whore,
Bm
G
F#m
Bm
like a pair of washed out expensive ret ro boys underwear
We can never repair.
Verse 6
Bm
G
I'm wrong and you're right
D
G
That's my thesis here tonight
Bm
D
G
With my gut and my bulge.
Bm
D
G
I'll lose for your gain
D
G
If it'll spruce up my refrain
Bm
D
G
It's what they want. The band
The ship goes down!
It's what they want!
Bm
D
G
The band plays while
It's what they want!
Bm
D
G
D
G
The band plays while
the ship goes down
The ship goes down! The
Verse 7
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TunerE A D G B E
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