[Intro] 
B-F#/Bb-G#m-F#-E-B/Eb-E-F#- x4
 
 
[Verse 1]
          B
a febrile shocking
         A
violent smack and
    Abm
the children are
             F#
hoping for a heart
attack tonight the
B
windows are watching
     Ebm
the streets all
conspire and the
E
lamppost can't stop
F#
crying if I could
B
fly high above the
A
world would I see
           Abm
a bunch of living
dots spell the world
   F#
stupidity? or would
      B
I see hungry lover
          Ebm
homicides loving
brother suicides
    E
and olly olly oxenfrees
    F#
who pickaside and hide
 
 
[Refrain]
E F# Abm
        the world
is scratching at
   E   F# Abm
my door      my
morning papers got
     E         Ebm
the scores the human
          C#m       C#m
interest stories and
            F#
the obituary  oh yeah
 
 
[Chorus 1]
B         F#/Bb
Cockroach naps and
Abm      F#    B
rattling traps how
F#/Bb Abm    F#
many  devils can you
E    B/Eb  E     F#
fit upon a match head?
B        A
caringosity killed
    Abm     F#
the Kerouac cat
E         F#
sometimes truth is
 E            F#     B F#
stranger than fiction
 
 
[Verse 2]
      B
in my alley around the
                 A
corner there's a wino
with feathered shoulders
       Abm
and a spirit giving
head for crack and
      F#
he'll never want it
               B
back there's a little
kid and his family
       Ebm
eating crackers like
thanksgiving and a
E
pack of wild desperados
 F#
scornful of living
 
 
(Repeat Refrain)
 
 
[Chorus 2]
B            A
cradle for a cat
Abm         F#
Wolfe looks back
B   F#/Bb Abm    F#
how many  angels can
    E    B/Eb  E     F#
you fit upon a match?
  B       A
I want to know why
Abm       F#
Hemingway cracked
E         F#
sometimes truth is
 E            F#     B F#
stranger than fiction
 
 
[Bridge]
Abm         F#
life is the crummiest
       E
book I ever read
      Ebm
there isn't a hook
       C#m
just a lot of cheap
      B
shots pictures to
          E
shock and characters
    A
an amateur would
F#
never dream up
 
 
[Outro]
B-F#/Bb-G#m-F#-E-B/Eb-E-F#- x2
B--A--G#m--F#
 
E         F#
sometimes truth is
 E            F#
stranger than fiction
 
B-F#/Bb-G#m-F#-E-B/Eb-E-F#-
 
B(hold)