Standard (EADGBE)

 It like to play the song using barre chords: , ,

and Bm(II) in the "things you learnt" bit

you could use power (5th) chords. They often use "normal" open position chords live

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 Bm fade out w/vol or whatever

All around you slow decay

Wanna feel the sun of a new day

Forget all tme chances lost

Shedding innocence like falling dust

 All the things you learned too young

 The songs you knew but never sung

Waited a long time and wasted more

 Forgotten what you waited for

 Excuse me ma'am for being so rude

 Feels like 100 years of solitude

 My mind is numb but my mouth's ok

 And you can listen or walk away

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No solutions built to last

Just your petty scores to settle fast

 The n.m.e was nothing to you

 And the maker, well the maker of who

 This walkman generation

 In search of sweet sedation

 While forests choke under a'lever sky

 And the exxon birds that'll never fly

Chorus

Bridge

We tried, we cried. We fell. We lied

X\\\

This life's like a white knuckle ride

 Crack babies born too young

 And l.a. kids who dance to the gun

 So forget this so called dirt of mine

 It's tust the dust and diesel of passing time

 It's all around you - a tragedy, look

 So forget the cover and read the book.

Chorus

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Outro

E5 Palm Muted then as Bridge to End

Have fun!

oh if anyone can tell me what is meant by the whole "a'lever sky" and "exxon birds" (or any) bit

please tell me!

its been buggin me for ages