B - x24442
F#/Bb - x143xx
G#m - 466444
F# - 244322
E - 022100
B/Eb - x698xx
C#m - x46654
Ebm - x68876
A - x02220
Verse 1: B
a febrile shocking
A
violent smack and
G#m
the children are
F#
hoping for a heart
attack tonight theB
windows are watching
Ebm
the streets all
conspire and theE
lamppost can't stop
F#
crying if I could
B
fly high above the
A
world would I see
G#m
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# G#m
the world
is scratching at E F# G#m
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
G#m F# B
rattling traps how
F#/Bb G#m F#
many devils can you
E B/Eb E F#
fit upon a match head?
B A
caringosity killed
G#m 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 G#m
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 aE
pack of wild desperados
F#
scornful of living
Chorus 2:B A
cradle for a cat
G#m F#
Wolfe looks back
B F#/Bb G#m F#
how many angels can
E B/Eb E F#
you fit upon a match?
B A
I want to know why
G#m F#
Hemingway cracked
E F#
sometimes truth is
E F# B F#
stranger than fiction
Bridge:G#m 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
E F#
sometimes truth is
E F#
stranger than fiction
