Tom: Dm Dm A# A G E# E|--5-----6-----5-----3----X-----------------------------------------| B|--6-----6-----5-----3----10----------------------------------------| G|--7-----7-----6-----4----10----------------------------------------| D|--7-----8-----7-----5----10----------------------------------------| A|--5-----8-----7-----5----8-----------------------------------------| E|--X-----6-----5-----3----X-----------------------------------------| Dm Just another suburban stereotype Love for the rhythms and the grooves despite that I'm not from the islands and I'm the palest of white I put the reggae grooves together with the words that I write A# But I can't relate to a struggle that I've never seen G I can't praise a god that I don't believe in A# You might think Ive been lying when it comes from the seems A But I'm not a fucking lion I'm a drunk with a dream Dm And I'm a million miles away from everything,I thought I'd become I've lost all my faith in the Lord above And if I work real long and keep my convictions I could still fill and satisfy everyone's predictions A# So I drink to stay numb but I sing to stay alive G There's no shot big enough to keep me satisfied A# No rhymes smart enough for me to save my pride A There's a fire burning in me that I cannot deny Dm And I ain't preaching shit all I want is to be able to make enough money with music to quit waiting tables My blood runs cold as I try to comprehend the words we deify that are creations of men A# I'm just a hopeless romantic with the focus on hopeless G writing love song after love song in a hope that I can cope with A# The truth of my reality, It's hard for me to swallow A The realest love I've known is between my liver and a bottle Dm Decidedly rough I've confided enough I am forever in possession of unrequited love So I tether my confessions to the words I supply I would rather die alone then settle for a lie A# Because I'm a dying breed the extinction of a race G Separating heads from shoulders just to spite the face A# I've been coming around looking for the right sound to escape from the mold that's been worn in the ground A with the walls closing in on my coffin of sin i would like to explain but before we begin E# A If you're waiting for me to fall Dm Take a seat and hold your breath it's almost last call A# And I'm just one shot away from an early grave G I've been running at a pace that I can't maintain A# There's a demon living in me who's controlling my brain G A poison running through me that I'll never contain Dm So I siphon it off with a mic and a pen But the growth is exponential it's drawing me in Acting inconsequentially I'm lost to the sin A You call it white boy reggae, I call it sanity's end. Solo E|------------------------------------8-10----8------------------------------|