INSOMNIAC Guitar is tuned down to Eb. All chords are fifths (using three fingers) with their bass note on the E-string unless noted. A ' i ' after a chord means the bass note is on the A-string. A ' " ' after a chord means it's palm muted. A ' . ' after a chord means it stops immedately. All the following assumes you are very Green people and know the songs and where the words go and can work out the strumming yourself. ARMATAGE SHANKS Drums X4 Ei X4 A Di A Di F# Di E Stranded, lost inside myself. My own worst friend and my own closest enemy. Well A Di A Di F# Di E I'm branded. Maladjusted. Never trusted anyone let alone myself. Di A E A Di A Ei I must insist on being a pessimist. I'm a loner in a catastrophic mind. A Di A Di F# Di E A Di Elected, the rejected. I perfected the science of the idiot. No meaning, and no A Di F# Di E healing. Self loathing freak and introverted Deviot. Di A E A Di A Ei I must insist on being a pessimist. I'm a loner in a catastrophic mind. A F# A F# Di Ei A F# A F# Di Ei N.C X2 Say heyheyhey whoa, whoa. Say heyheyhey whoa, whoa. A Di A Di F# Di E Stranded, lost inside myself. My own worst friend and my own worsest enemy. A Di A Di F# Di E Elected, the rejected. I perfected the science of the idiot. Di A E A Di A Ei Di I must insist on being a pessimist. I'm a loner in a catastrophic mind. I'm getting A E A Di A Ei Ei Ei Ei. pissed of the work of pessimists. I'm a loner in a claustrophobic mind. BRAT Ci G Di Mum and dad don't look so hot these days they're getting over the hill. Death is G Ci G G Ci G Di G Ci G closing in and catching up as far as I can tell. Got a plan of action and cold blood Ci G Di G Ci G Ci and it smells of defiance. I'll just wait for mom and dad to die and get my G Di inheritance. Ci G Ci G Ci G Di Ci Well I want more 'cause I'm getting bored and I'm going nowhere fast. I was once G Ci G F Di filled with doubt but it's all figured out that nothing good can last. G Ci G Ci G Di G Ci G Crows feet and rot are setting in and time is running out. My parents' income interest Ci G Di G Ci G Ci G rate is gaining higher clout. I'm a snot-nosed slob without a job and I know I damn Di G Ci G Ci G Di well should. Mom and dad don't look so hot these days, but my future's looking good. Ci G Ci G Ci G Di Ci Well I want more 'cause I'm getting bored and I'm going nowhere fast. I was once G Ci G F Di filled with doubt but it's all figured out that nothing good can last. G Ci G F#/G Ci G Di X4 Ci G Ci G Ci G Di Ci Well I want more 'cause I'm getting bored and I'm going nowhere fast. I was once G Ci G F Di Di G filled with doubt but it's all figured out that nothing good can last. STUCK WITH ME Ei C#/B A X2 Ei" B A B A I'm not part of your elite I'm just allright. Class structures waving colours, bleeding B Ei B A B from my throat. I'm not subserving to you I'm just alright. Downclass by the powers A B that be, give me loss of hope. C# A Ei C# A Ei C# A Cast out, buried in a hole. Struck down, forcing me to fall. Destroyed, giving up the Ei A B Ei fight. Well I know I'm not alright. Ei B A B A What's my price and will you pay it if it's alright? Take it from my dignity and waste B Ei" B A it 'till it's dead. Throw me back into the gutter 'cause it's alright. Find another B A B pleasure fuck and drag them down to hell. C# A Ei C# A Ei C# A Cast out, buried in a hole. Struck down, forcing me to fall. Destroyed, giving up the Ei A B Ei Ei C#/B A X4 N.C X2 fight. Well I know I'm not alright. (1,2,3,4) C# A Ei C# A Ei C# A Cast out, buried in a hole. Struck down, forcing me to fall. Destroyed, giving up the Ei A B Ei Ei. fight. Well I know I'm not alright. GEEK STINK BREATH MAIN RIFF: G (played hard) Fi C (softer) you know the song. Intro: M.R X4 G" F" G" F" G" F" G" F G" F" G" F" G" F" G" F" G" I'm on a mission I made my decision lead a path of self-destruction. Slow F" G" F" G" F" G progression, killing my complexion and it's rotting out my teeth. Bbi F Bbi F Bbi F Bbi F I'm on a roll. No self-control. I'm blowing off steam with methamphetamine, and G F G F G F well don't know what I want, and that's all that I've got and I'm picking scabs off my G G" F" G" F" face. G" F" G" F" G" F" G" F" G" Every hour my blood is turning sour and my pulse is beating out of time. I found a F" G" F" G" F" G treasure filled with sick pleasure and it sits on a thin white line. Bbi F Bbi F Bbi F Bbi F I'm on a roll. No self-control. I'm blowing off steam with methamphetamine, and G F G F G F well don't know what I want, and that's all that I've got and I'm picking scabs off my G M.R X8 face. G F G F G F G F I'm on a mission I've got no decision just to (reap-raow-reap-raow-reap-raow-wrist?). G F G F G F G Wish in one hand, shit in the other and see which one gets filled first. Bbi F Bbi F Bbi F Bbi F I'm on a roll. No self-control. I'm blowing off steam with methamphetamine, and G F G F G F well don't know what I want, and that's all that I've got and I'm picking scabs off my G M.R X4 face. M.R M.R G. G. Geek....Stink....Breath. NO PRIDE Intro: G# Ebi C#i X4 G# Ebi C#i G G Ebi Well I am just a mutt, and nowhere is my home. Where dignity's a land mine in the C#i G G Ebi C#i G G school of lost hope. I've panhandled for life, just I'm not afraid to beg. Hand me Ebi C#i G down your lost and founds of second-hand regret. Ebi C#i G# Ebi You better swallow your pride or your gonna choke on it. You better digest your C#i G# Ebi values 'cause they turn to shit. G# Ci C#i Ei Honour's gonna knock you down. Before your chance to stand up and fight well I G# Ebi N.C G# Ebi C#i X2 know I'm not the one I've got no pride. G# Ebi C#i G# G# Ebi Well sects of disconnection and traditions of lost faith. No culture's worth a stream of C#i G# G# Ebi C#i G# G# piss or bullet in my face. To hell with unity, separation will kills us all. Torn to Ebi C#i G# shreds and disjointed before the final fall. Ebi C#i G# Ebi You better swallow your pride or your gonna choke on it. You better digest your C#i G# Ebi values 'cause they turn to shit. G# Ci C#i Ei Honour's gonna knock you down. Before your chance to stand up and fight well I G# Ebi N.C G# Ebi C#i X6 know I'm not the one I've got no pride. Ebi C#i G# Ebi You better swallow your pride or your gonna choke on it. You better digest your C#i G# Ebi values 'cause they turn to shit. G# Ci C#i Ei Honour's gonna knock you down. Before your chance to stand up and fight well I G# Ebi N.C G# Ebi C#i G# Ebi C#i know I'm not the one I've got no pride. I've got no pride. (Words that I G# Ebi C#i G# Ebi C#i G# should die?) I've got no pride. BAB'S UVULA WHO? Intro: B A F# B. B. B. A Ei X2 B. B. B. A Ei I've got a knack for fucking everything up. My temper flies and I get myself all B. B. B. A wound up my fuse is short and my blood pressure is high. I lose control and I get Ei B. B. B. A myself all wound up tension mounts and I fly off the wall. I self-destruct and I get Ei B. B. B. A myself all wound up petulance and irritation set in. I throw a tantrum and I get Ei B myself all wound up. A Ei B A Ei B I loose myself and I'm all wound up. I loose myself and I'm all wound up. I lost A Ei B B A F# control and I'm all wound up. I loose myself and I'm all wound up. B. B. B. A Ei X2 B. B. B. A Ei Chip on my shoulder and a leech on my back. Stuck in a rut and I get myself all B B B. A wound up killed my composure and it will never come back. Loss of control and I get Ei B. B. B. A myself all wound up. Blown out of proportion again. My temper snaps and I get Ei B. B. B. myself all wound up. Spontaneous combustion, panic attack. I slipped a gear and I A Ei B get myself all wound up. A Ei B A Ei B I loose myself and I'm all wound up. I loose myself and I'm all wound up. I loose A Ei B B A F# myself and I'm all wound up. I loose myself and I'm all wound up. B B B A Ei X2 B B B A Ei I've got a knack for fucking everything up. My temper flies and I get myself all B B B A wound up my fuse is short and my blood pressure is high. I lose control and I get Ei B B B A myself all wound up tension mounts and I fly off the wall. I self-destruct and I get Ei B B B A myself all wound up petulance and irritation set in. I throw a tantrum and I get Ei B myself all wound up. A Ei B A Ei B I loose myself and I'm all wound up. I lost control and I'm all wound up. I loose A Ei B A Ei B. B. B. myself and I'm all wound up. I loose myself and I'm all wound up. 86 Drums X2 (pick scrape) Ei G# A X2 E" B" A" E" (A.) What brings you around? Did you loose something the last time you were here? E" B" A E You'll never find it now. It's buried deep with your identity. B A B A So stand aside and let the next one pass. Don't let the door kick you in the ass. Ei G# A Ei G# A Ei G# A There's no return from 86. There's no return from 86. There's no return from 86. Ei G# A There's no return from 86. Don't even try. E" B" A" E" (A.) E" B" Exit out the back. And never show your head around again. Purchase your ticket. A E And quickly take the last train out of town. B A B A So stand aside and let the next one pass. Don't let the door kick you in the ass. Ei G# A Ei G# A Ei G# A There's no return from 86. There's no return from 86. There's no return from 86. Ei G# A Ei G# A X4 B A. N.C B A There's no return from 86. Don't even try. Ei G# A Ei G# A Ei G# A There's no return from 86. There's no return from 86. There's no return from 86. Ei G# A B A. There's no return from 86. Don't even try. PANIC SONG Bass (B) B (let ring) Main Riff on Clean Guitar: e|--------------2----2---- B|---4---5---------------- X2 G|-4-----4----4----4---- Then four times with distortion. Pick scrapes between last notes for eight times. Bi. Bi. Bi. Bi. Bi. Bi. Bi. Bi. G# Ready for a cheap escape. On the brink of self-destruction. Widespread F# B F# panic. Broken glass inside my head. Bleeding down these thoughts of anguish. Mass F# confusion. E B F# B E Well the world is a sick machine breeding a mass of shit. With such a desolate B A F# conclusion fill the void with I don't care. B G# F# B There's a plague inside of me. Eating at my disposition. Nothing's left. Torn out of G# F# reality. Into a state of no opinion, limp with hate. E B F# B E Well the world is a sick machine breeding a mass of shit. With such a desolate B A F# conclusion fill the void with I don't care. B A F# B A F# B A F# B A F# I want to jump out. I want to jump out. I want to jump out. I want to jump out. STUART AND THE AVE. Di. (Bass) A Di E G A Di E G Di Di E Standing on the corner of Stuart and the Avenue. Ripping up my transfer and a G A Di E G Di Di photograph of you. You are a blur of my dead past and rotting existence. As I stand E G A laughing on the corner of insignificance. B G B G Di E Well destiny is dead. In the hands of bad luck. Before it might've made some sense, G N.C Di A Di E G A but now it's all fucked up. Di E G Di Di Season change as well as minds and I'm a two-face clown. You're mummy's little E G A Di E G nightmare driving daddy's car around. I'm beat down and half brain dead the long lost Di Di E G A king of fools. I may be dumb but I'm not stupid enough to stay with you. B G B G Di E Well destiny is dead. In the hands of bad luck. Before it might've made some sense, G N.C Di A Di E G Di Di E G A X2 but now it's all fucked up. B G B G Di E Well destiny is dead. In the hands of bad luck. Before it might've made some sense, G N.C Di A Di A Di A Di (ring) but now it's all fucked up. We're all fucked up. You're all fucked up. BRAIN STEW CHORD PROGRESSION: A. G. F#. F. E. Intro: C.P X2 C.P X4 I'm having trouble trying to sleep. I'm counting sheep but running out. As time ticks by, still I try. No rest for crosstops in my mind. On my own, here we go. C.P X2 C.P X4 My eyes feel like they're gonna bleed. Dried up and bulging out my skull. My mouth is dry, my face is numb. Fucked up and spun out in my room. On my own, here we go. C.P with harmonics between X2 C.P X4 My mind is set on overdrive. The clock is laughing in my face. Crooked spine, my sense is dulled. Passed the point of delirium. On my own, here we go. C.P with harmonics between X2 C.P with mutes between X4 My eyes feel like they're gonna bleed. Dried up and bulging out my skull. My mouth is dry, my face is numb. Fucked up and spun out in my room. On my own, here we go. C.P as loud and sick as possible. X8 goes into Jaded. JADED A G Di X4 A G Di A G Di A G Di A G Di A Somebody keep my balance I think I'm falling off. Into a state of regression. The G Di A G Di A G Di A expiration date is rapidly coming up. It's leaving me behind to rank. Di Di A G/A G/A Di Always move forward, going straight will get you nowhere. There is no progress Ei A G Di evolution killed it all I found my place in nowhere. A G Di A G Di A G Di A G Di A I'm taking one step sideways leading with my crutch. Got a fucked up equilibrium. G Di A G Di A G Di Count down from 9 to 5 hooray we're gonna die. Blessed into our extinction. Di Di A G/A G/A Di Always move forward, going straight will get you nowhere. There is no progress Ei A G Di X8 evolution killed it all I found my place in nowhere. Di Di A G/A G/A Di Always move forward, going straight will get you nowhere. There is no progress Ei A G Di A G Di A G Di A G Di A. evolution killed it all I found my place in nowhere. In nowhere. In nowhere. WESTBOUND SIGN B G# Ei X4 B F# G# E B Boxed up, all of her favourite things. Sold the rest at a rainy yard sale. Big plans and F# G# E B F# leaving friends and a westbound sign. Weighed out, her clothes on a scale. G# E B F# G# E Prevailing, nothing makes sense. Just transportation and a blank decision. B G# Ei X4 She's taking off. Taking off. Taking off. Taking off. B F# G# E B Look on, there's no coming out. She's burning daylight and petrol. Looked out the F# G# E B F# G# E rearview mirror westward on. Strung out, on confusion road, and ten minute nervous B F# G# E breakdowns. Xanex a beer for thought and she's determined. B G# Ei X4 She's taking off. Taking off. Taking off. Taking off. F# A Ei B F# A Ei Is it salvation, or an escape from discontent? Will she find her name in the California B F# A Ei B F# cement? Punched out of the grind that punched her one too many times. Is tragedy A Ei 2000 miles away? B F# G# E X4 B G# Ei X6 She's taking off. Allright? TIGHT WAD HILL A G A G. Cheapskate on the hill. A thrill seeker making deals. Sugar city urchin wasting time. A G Town of lunatics. Begging for another fix. Turning tricks for speedballs one more A night. C G A C G A C G Making your rounds once again. Turning up empty handed. Bumming a ride. C G C.... G.... A Burning daylight. Last up at dawn tight wad hill. A G A G. Drugstore hooligan. Another white trash mannequin. On display to rot up on the hill. A G A Living out a lie. But having the time of his life. Hating every minute of his existence. C G A C G A C G Making your rounds once again. Turning up empty handed. Bumming a ride. C G C.... G.... A Burning daylight. Last up at dawn tight wad hill. A A G A G. A A G A G/A C G A C G A C G Making your rounds once again. Turning up empty handed. Bumming a ride. C G C.... G.... A Burning daylight. Last up at dawn tight wad hill. WALKING CONTRADICTION A" A A Di G A A Di G A A Di Do as I say not as I do because the shit's so deep you can't run away. I beg to differ G A A Di G A A Di G and on the contrary, I agree with every word that you say. Talk is cheap and lies are G A Di G A A Di G A expensive my wallet's fat and so is my head. Hit and run and then I'll hit you again. A Di G A A Di G A X2 I'm a smart-ass but I'm playing dumb. A Di G A A Di G A A Di Standards set and broken all the time. Control the chaos behind a gun. Call it as I see G A A Di G A A Di G A A it even if I was born deaf, blind and dumb. Losers win it big on the lottery, rehab Di G A A Di G A A Di G A rejects still sniffing glue. Constant refutation with myself I'm a victim of catch-22. Di G A Di G A Di G A Di I have no belief. But I believe I'm a walking contradiction. And I ain't G A A Di G A X2 got no right. A Di G A A Di G A A Di Do as I say not as I do because the shit's so deep you can't run away. I beg to differ G A A Di G A A Di G and on the contrary, I agree with every word that you say. Talk is cheap and lies are G A Di G A A Di G A expensive my wallet's fat and so is my head. Hit and run and then I'll hit you again. A Di G A I'm a smart-ass but I'm playing dumb. Di G A Di G A Di G A Di I have no belief. But I believe I'm a walking contradiction. And I ain't G A got no right. Di G A Di G A Di G A Di I have no belief. But I believe I'm a walking contradiction. And I ain't G A A Di G A X4 got no right.