[Verse 1]

C    N.C.
  I'm the son of rage and love
Am       N.C.
   The Jesus of Suburbia
    F
The Bible of none of the above
     G
On a steady diet of

C   N.C.
  Soda pop and Ritalin
Am   N.C.
   No one ever died for my
F
Sins in hell, as far as I can tell
             G
At least the ones that I've gotten away with


[Chorus 1]

            F                  G
And there's nothing wrong with me
        F                   G
This is how I'm supposed to be
     F              G
In a land of make-believe
     N.C.             C
That don't believe in me


[Instrumental]

C   G   F       (x2)


[Verse 2]

C  N.C.
  Get my television fix
Am  N.C.
   Sitting on my crucifix
    F
The living room or my private womb
          G
While the moms and brads are away

C     N.C.
  To fall in love and fall in debt
Am      N.C.
   To alcohol and cigarettes
    F
And Mary Jane to keep me insane
      G
Doing someone else's cocaine


[Chorus 1]

            F                  G
And there's nothing wrong with me
        F                   G
This is how I'm supposed to be
     F              G
In a land of make-believe
     N.C.             C
That don't believe in me


[Instrumental]

C   G   F       (x2)

C  N.C. Am  N.C.  F   G

C  N.C. Em  N.C. Am   G   F   G


[II. City of the Damned]


[Verse 3]

       C
At the center of the earth
       C/B
In the parking lot
       Am         G
Of the 7-11 where I was taught
F                      G
  The motto was just a lie

         C
It says "home is where your heart is"
    C/B
But what a shame
      Am                       G
Cause everyone's heart doesn't beat the same
F                     G
  It's beating out of time


[Chorus 2]

Am      G
   City of the dead
C                F
  At the end of another lost highway
Am          G            F
   Signs misleading to nowhere

Am      G
   City of the damned
C                    F
  Lost children with dirty faces today
Am        G               F
   No one really seems to care


[Verse 4]

  C
I read the graffiti
       C/B
In the bathroom stall
         Am                   G
Like the holy scriptures of a shopping mall
F                        G
  And so it seemed to confess

   C
It didn't say much
       C/B
But it only confirmed
         Am                         G
That the center of the earth is the end of the world
F                         G
  And I could really care less


[Chorus 2]

Am      G
   City of the dead
C                F
  At the end of another lost highway
Am          G            F
   Signs misleading to nowhere

Am      G
   City of the damned
C                    F
  Lost children with dirty faces today
Am        G               F
   No one really seems to care


[III. I Don't Care]


[Instrumental]

G   C   G   C   F   C   G


[Interlude]

G            C
I don't care if you don't
G            C
I don't care if you don't
F            C            G
I don't care if you don't care

G            C
I don't care if you don't
G            C
I don't care if you don't
F            C            G
I don't care if you don't care

G            C
I don't care if you don't
G            C
I don't care if you don't
F            C            G
I don't care if you don't care

G            C
I don't care if you don't
G            C
I don't care if you don't
F            C            G
I don't care if you don't care
  F     C
I don't care...


[Instrumental]

C   C   C   Ab   G   (x4)


[Verse 5]

C                        Ab   G
  Everyone is so full of shit
C                        Ab   G
  Born and raised by hypocrites
C                           Ab   G
  Hearts recycled but never saved
C                        Ab   G
  From the cradle to the grave
C                            Ab   G
  We are the kids of war and peace
C                            Ab   G
  From Anaheim to the Middle East
C                                  Ab   G
  We are the stories and disciples of
C                   Ab   G
  The Jesus of Suburbia


[Pre-Chorus 3]

F            G     C   G
Land of make-believe
F            G          C   G
And it don't believe in me
F            G    C   G
Land of make-believe
F            G
And I don't believe


[Chorus 3]

    F G     C
And I don't care
F G     C
I don't care
F G     C
I don't care
F G     C
I don't care
    F G     C   G
And I don't care


[IV. Dearly Beloved]


[Verse 6]

G                      Bm
Dearly beloved are you listening?
C                         G                D
  I can't remember a word that you were saying
G                       Bm
  Are we demented or am I disturbed?
C                               G            D
  The space that's in between insane and insecure

G   Bm   C   G D

G                            Bm
  Oh therapy, can you please fill the void?
C                     G          D
  Am I retarded or am I just overjoyed
G                        Bm
  Nobody's perfect and I stand accused
C                                G                D
  For lack of a better word, and that's my best excuse


[Instrumental]

G   Bm   C   G D


[V. Tales of Another Broken Home]


G   F   C   (x4)


[Verse 7]

   G        F   C   G
To live and not to  breathe
F    C  G      F  C G   F
  Is to die in tragedy
C    G       F   C G   F
  To run, to run a-way
C    G         F   C G
  To find what you believe


[Chorus 4]

F     C   G   C   G   C     G    D   G   D   G   D
  And I..             Leave be.. hind

G    C   G    C    G  C   G     D   G   D   G   D
This hu..rri..cane of fu..cking lies


[Verse 8]

  G       F     C   G   F
I lost my faith to this
C       G        F     C G   F
  This town that don't exist
C      G      F   C G   F
  So I run, I run a-way
C        G         F C G
  To the lights of masochists


[Chorus 4]

    C   G   C   G   C     G    D   G   D   G   D
And I..             Leave be.. hind

G    C   G    C    G  C   G     D   G   D   G   D
This hu..rri..cane of fu..cking lies

    C   G   C   G   C      G    D   G   D   G   D
And I..             Walked this line

G    C    G    C   G   C   G     D   G   D   G   D   G
A    mil..lion and one fu..cking times       But not this time


[Instrumental]

G   F   C   (x10)

C   G   C   G   C   G

D   G   D   G   D   G  (x2)


[Bridge]

C              D
  I don't feel any shame
  G           C
I won't apologize
C                  D               G
  When there ain't nowhere you can go

C         D
  Running away from pain
     G                C
When you've been victimized
C            D
Tales from another broken...


[Outro]

G
Home...
       F  C    G
You're leaving...
       F  C    G
You're leaving...
       F  C    G
You're leaving...
        F  C
Are you leaving home?


G   F   C

G   F   C   G