Key: G# minor•
Verse 1
D#
From the top to the bottom (bottom to top,
I stop)
E
D#
At the core of the rotten
(stoppin' right when I thought)
But sun has escaped us (so I'm
fightin' the sky)
And I'm far from my weightless
(thinkin', "Why did I try?")
From the top to the bottom (bottom to top,
I stop)
At the core of the rotten
(stoppin' right when I thought)
But sun has escaped us (so I'm
fightin' the sky)
D#
F#
(thinkin', "Why did I try?")
Verse 2
G#m
D#
From the thread to the needle,
E
B
middle to end
When skies cock back and shock
G#m
D#
The rain then sends dripping
E
B
an acidic question
G#m
D#
Then, with the eyes tightly shut
E
B
looking through the rust
And rotten dust,
G#m
D#
Pours itself upon the world of pretend
Verse 3
D#
From the top to the bottom (bottom to top,
I stop)
E
D#
At the core of the rotten (stoppin' right
when I thought)
But sun has escaped us (so I'm
fightin' the sky)
E
D#
And I'm far from my weightless
(thinkin', "Why did I try?")
From the top to the bottom (bottom to top,
I stop)
E
D#
At the core of the rotten
(stoppin' right when I thought)
But sun has escaped us
(so I'm fightin' the sky)
D#
G#m
(thinkin', "Why did I try?")
E
B
In a minute you'll find
Verse 4
G#m
me
E
B
Eyes burn me up
G#m
E
B
G#m
You say you'll never forget me
E
B
But the lies have piled up
Verse 5
D#
E
B
swinging of the ups and downs
Pollution manifested in per
G#m
D#
And as the wheels go 'round,
The street lamps, cars,
G#m
D#
A window then grows,
F#
And cries out yellow light as it passes it by
G#m
D#
A small black figure sits in front of a box
G#m
D#
Nothing stops in this land of the pain
G#m
D#
And then the insides change,
D#
E
self in this world of pretend
Verse 6
E
D#
From the top to the bot tom (bottom to top,
I stop)
E
D#
At the core of the rotten (stoppin' right
when I thought)
E
D#
But sun has escaped us (so I'm
fightin' the sky)
E
D#
And I'm far from my weightless
(thinkin', "Why did I try?")
From the top to the bottom (bottom to top,
I stop)
E
D#
At the core of the rotten
(stoppin' right when I thought)
E
D#
But sun has escaped us
(so I'm fightin' the sky)
E
D#
And I'm far from my weightless
E
B
In a minute you'll find
Verse 7
G#m
me
E
B
Eyes burn me up
G#m
E
B
G#m
You say you'll never forget me
E
B
G#m
But the lies have piled up
Interlude 1
Verse 8
B
F#
Yeah, I got you caught in the act,
you better step back
E
F#
Telling me that I'm seeing
G#m
F#
Yeah, I got you caught in the act,
you better step back
right through you
F#
G#m
F#
Yeah, I got you caught in the act,
G#m
F#
Yeah, I got you caught in the act,
Telling me that I'm see
D#
E
ing right through you
G#m
D#
F#
Yeah, I got you caught in the act,
G#m
F#
Yeah, I got you caught in the act,
G#m
D#
Yeah, I got you caught in the
F#
E
act, you better step back
E
B
In a minute you'll find
Verse 9
G#m
me
E
B
Eyes burn me up
G#m
E
B
G#m
You say you'll never forget me
E
B
But the lies have piled up
Verse 10
B
me up
B
You say you'll never forget me
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TunerE A D G B E
ChordsD# E F# G#m B
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