capo on 4th fret**


[Intro: spoken]
("What the fuck are y'all doing is the question
This is the question")
B#m F fis B#m
The animals break out their cages, now
B#m F fis B#m
Chaos is raining down around us
B#m F fis B#m
But here we stand with our arms folded
B#m F fis B#m
Do you wanna be free of this?
B#m F fis B#m
When panic rises like the oceans, we
B#m F fis B#m
Just keep on flicking through the stations, 'cause
B#m F fis B#m
If we don't post it does it happen?
B#m F fis B#m
Oh I wanna be free of this


[Pre-Chorus]
F c B#m
Have you and I been sleepwalking way too long?
F c B#m
Won't someone pour ice water on me?
It only mattersc if we care now,  G         F 
c B#m
If you're way beyond that
F fis B#m
Then I'm gonna dust you off of my shoulders
And I remember cwhen we cared now,              G       F 
c B#m
If you're way beyond that
F fis B#m
Then I'm gonna dust you off of my shoulders,
my shouldcers
B#m F fis B#m
Movies and news on television
Sometimes it's hard to tell the difference, oh
When real life's more fucked up than fiction
Do you wanna be free of this?


[Pre-Chorus]
F c B#m
Have you and I been sleepwalking way too long?
F c B#m
Won't someone pour ice water on me?
It only mattersc if we care now,  G         F 
c B#m
If you're way beyond that
F fis B#m
Then I'm gonna dust you off of my shoulders
And I remember cwhen we cared now,              G       F 
c B#m
If you're way beyond that
F fis B#m
Then I'm gonna dust you off of my shoulders
I don't wanna cplay dumb, dumb anyGmore                    c  
B#m F
I just wanna feel something, like before
I don't wanna pclay dumb, dumb anymGore                     c  
B#m F c
I just wanna feel something, like before
It only mattersc if we care now,  G         F 
c B#m
If you're way beyond that
F fis B#m
Then I'm gonna dust you off of my shoulders
And I remember cwhen we cared now,              G       F 
c B#m
If you're way beyond that
F fis B#m
Then I'm gonna dust you off of my shoulders,
my shoulcders


[Spoken]
G("Television viewers have the choice of                  F 
watching the tragedy play outc  
B#m F
from the seating and comfort of their living
rofisoms
B#m c
But victims have to respond to the pressure of
the media while still in shock")  G              F 
c B#m
If you're way beyond that
F fis B#m
Then I'm gonna dust you off of my shoulders,
my shoulcders