Tom: Bm
Intro:
E G F# E G F# E G F# A E G F#
Chorus:
E G
When the sun burns out
F# E
We’ll light the world with tiny glowing screens
G F#
Tiny glowing screens, glowing screens
E G
When the sun burns out
F# A E
We’ll light the world with tiny glowing screens
G F#
Tiny glowing screens
Verse 1:
E G
I’ve seen a person go to shows and raise a lighter app
F#
But if you’re at my concert please don’t ever try that crap
E G
Let’s set fire to the heavens
F#
Turn the motherfucking speakers to 11, this is Spinal Tap
E G
The future might defeat me, the internet can eat me
F# A
It really tastes like chicken when I bite the hand that feeds me
E G F#
And I say me me, me me, play my CD, CD
Yes indeedy deedy
E
We be greedy
G
And it’s tragic that we yawn
F#
We got every gadget but don’t care there’s magic in our palm
E G
‘Cause it’s been getting so hot, I can feel the slow rot
F# E
But let’s not die before we get to fuck a robot
G F# A E
Because we all need something to live for, something to live for, something to live for
G F#
We all need something to live for, something to live for
Chorus:
E G
When the sun burns out
F# E
We’ll light the world with tiny glowing screens
G F#
Tiny glowing screens, glowing screens
E G
When the sun burns out
F# A E
We’ll light the world with tiny glowing screens
G F#
Tiny glowing screens
Verse 2:
E G
There was a time before the pot really got strong
F#
Before the hippies got jobs talking long, long
E G
Before the people talked in English out in Hong Kong
F#
Before the holy Dalai Lama had a dot com
E G
Before God’s dad got it on with God’s mom
F# A
Before he made us pretty things on which to drop bombs
E
Before the war crimes
G
The rich and poor times
F#
I’m talking in the land before The Land Before Time
E G
But then the planet lost its baby fat and got crazy
F#
And we’ve been acting like some fraidy-cats a lot lately
E G
Something’ll kill us like cigarettes or the commies maybe
F#
Or maybe AIDS or scabies, rabies or zombie babies
E G F#
Even the KGB, pray we be free from ADD, wade in and bathe in Hades
A
No army or Navy’s saving me
E G
And I can’t tell our little victories from epic fails
F#
It’s either heaven or hell and I can’t make heads or tails
Bridge:
E
Are we useless?
G
No excuses
F#
We took the peace sign, reduced it to deuces
E
Are we useless?
G
No excuses
F#
We took the peace sign, reduced it to deuces
E G
We took the peace sign, reduced it to deuces
F# A
So raise your peace sign, if you’re not useless
E G
Raise your peace sign, no excuses
F#
We took the peace sign, reduced it to deuces
E G F# E G F# E G F# A E G F#
Chorus:
E G
When the sun burns out
F# E
We’ll light the world with tiny glowing screens
G F#
Tiny glowing screens, glowing screens
E G
When the sun burns out
F# A E
We’ll light the world with tiny glowing screens
G F#
Tiny glowing screens
[Repeat Chorus]
Outro:
E G F# E G F# E G F# A E G F#
[Fade out after this, because the rest is the music turning digital]
