Key: A
Introduction: G# G# G# G# G# G# G# G#
A
She ordered me Newcastle
And handed me a Marlboro
G#
She took a quick picture
But even when we squinted
A
She flew a flag she made from a bedsheet
A sideways skull and a lopsided pentagram
B
Said asymmetrical's way more diabolical
A E
You don't want to make it look too perfect, man
B
The trick is not getting cynical
A E
She had a hairbrush mic and a fantasy band
A E
She opened up with We Are The Champions
A E
Went right into Under my Wheels
A
I was trying to figure out how I feel
E D
Faded denim with the buttons and badges
A
Laminates and backstage passes
E D A
Jacket held together by the rock band patches
E D
They let her smoke but she can't have matches
B
After last week's pyro disaster
E D A
She'd like me better if I didn't wear glasses
A
She said we're gonna do a show at The Pyramids
She said she needs to take a call from her lawyers
G#
Introduced me to the dudes that she's calling her crew
An assortment of sad self destroyers
A
Sitting six to a table in the room off the kitchen
Telling stories about things they imagined
B
Like after the show we got roofed on the Reeperbahn
A E
Woke up in a video cabin
B
I was rolling my eyes at the ritual lies
A E A
Okay, maybe half of that happened
E
She bites down on the the caplet
D
And the blood comes from her mouth
A
But it's hard to fully rock in a halfway house
E D A
The band would be better if they weren't such burnouts
E D
The Beatle boots and the glam rock top hat
B
Isn't gonna make any difference
E D A
It never works when no one listens
E D
Faded denim with the buttons and badges
A
Laminates and backstage passes
E D
Jacket held together by the rock band patches
A
They let her smoke but she can't have matches
E
Bites down on the capsule and
D
The blood comes from her mouth
B
But it's hard to really rock in a halfway house
E D A
The pesky problem of the tepid turnout
E
I said I've got a band too
D
We're called The Price of Progress
A
We've got a reputation as New Hampshire's hardest
E D
Our singer's psycho and our fans are violent
A
Once they let me loose we're probably touring Europe
E D
Morning meetings in the room off the kitchen
B
New medication for the same old depression
E D A
It never works when no one listens
E D A
But it's sure nice to meet some fellow musicians