Tom: C Intro Riff repeats throughout verses E|------------------------------------------12--10--10-----------------------------------------| B|-------------------------------------8--8------------8h10--8h10------------------------------| G|--------------------------------7--7---------------------------------------------------------| D|--------9--9--9------9--9--9-----------------------------------------------------------------| A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| E|---8--8---------8--8-------------------------------------------------------------------------| C G C G C G C G C [Verse] G C Dear Mr. Good I'm writing to tell you about my child G C He's in the fifth grade and very dangerous He thinks he's smarter than you and I G C and everybody else G C So play him like a Maestro would play a cheap violin G C G Let him think he's the ringleader then in mid-circus pull the rug out from under him [Chorus] F C G My fear is that he's nearing the third rail F C G He's kneeling to another angry idol F C G And I can see it as his face is getting pale F C G That he's on his way out of this world [Verse] G C This sudden spat of insanity needs a good fat dose of humility G C G C Otherwise a dictator will arise in class and rule by fear G C So, before he gets too old to know what we're doing right now G C G Before he gets too old to turn a deaf ear, turn it back my way [Chorus] F C G My fear is that he's nearing the third rail F C G He's kneeling to another angry idol F C G And I can see it as his face is getting pale F C G Getting nowhere on no one's referrals F C G Getting nowhere on no one's referrals F C G He's on his way out of this world F C G He's on his way out of this world F C G He's on his way