American Eulogy

[Intro]
Sing us a song of the century
Sings like American Eulogy
The dawn of my love and conspiracy
Forgotten hope and the class of thirteen
Tell me a story into that goodnight
Sing us a song for me

[Chorus]
   C Db  Ab        C Db
Hysteria,  mass hysteria!
Ab        C Db
  Mass hysteria!
Ab        C Db  Ab
  Mass hysteria!

[Verse 1]
Db                 Ab
  Red alert is the colour of panic
Db         Gb
  Elevated to the point of static
Db                 Ab
  Beating into the hearts of the fanatics
        Gb                      Ab
And the neighborhood's a loaded gun
Db                      Ab
  Idle thoughts lead to fullthrottle screaming
Db                  Gb
  And the welfare's asphyxiating
Db                  Ab
  Mass confusion is all the new rage
            Gb                    Ab
And it's creating a feeding ground  for the bottomfeeders

[Chorus]
   C Db  Ab        C Db
Hysteria,  mass hysteria!
Ab        C Db
  Mass hysteria!
Ab        C Db  Ab
  Mass hysteria!

[Verse 2]
Db                 Ab
  True sounds of maniacal laughter
Db                   Gb
  And the deafmute's misleading the choir
Db                 Ab
  The punchline is a natural disaster
         Gb              Ab
And it's sung by the unemployed
Db           Ab
  Fight fire with a riot
Db                 Gb
  The class war is hanging on a wire
Db                      Ab
  Because the martyr is a compulsive liar
        Gb
When he said,
                          Ab
"It's just a bunch of niggers throwing gas into the...
"

[Chorus]
   C Db  Ab        C Db
Hysteria,  mass hysteria!
Ab        C Db
  Mass hysteria!
Ab        C Db  Ab
  Mass hysteria!

[Bridge]
Db                           Db/C
There's a disturbance on the oceanside
     Bbm                    Ab
They tapped into the reserve
Gb                      Ebm          Ab
  The static response is   so unclear  now
Db                Db/C
  Mayday, this is not a test!
Bbm                       Ab
As the neighborhood burns,
Gb       Ebm
  America   is falling
G Ab
    Vigilantes warning ya,
G Ab
    Calling Christian and Gloria

[Solo]
Gb Ab Ab Db Ab Db Gb
Ab A D A G A G A
D A G A G A

[Chorus]
D             A           G      A
I don't wanna live in the modern world!
D             A           G      A
I don't wanna live in the modern world!
D             A           G      A
I don't wanna live in the modern world!
D             A           G      A
I don't wanna live in the modern world!

[Verse 3]
             D            A
Well I'm the class of thirteen
       G         D
In the era of dissent
  D              A
A hostage of the soul
     G                 A
On a strike to pay the rent
    D           A
The last of the rebels
    G            D
Without a common ground
    D             A
I'm gonna light a fire
  G      A    D
Into the underground, well

[Chorus]
D             A           G      A
I don't wanna live in the modern world!
D             A           G      A
I don't wanna live in the modern world!
D             A           G      A
I don't wanna live in the modern world!
D             A           G      A
I don't wanna live in the modern world!

[Bridge]
Bm       F#m               G          D   A/C#
  I am a na tion without bureaucratic ties
Bm         F#m           G             A            D A
  Deny the al legation as it's written fucking lies!

[Solo]
G A D A G A D A
G A D A

[Verse 4]
G
A       D            A           G       D
 Well I wanna take a ride to the great divide
  D               A             G        A
Beyond the "up to date" and the neogentrified
    D        A              G       D
The high definition for the low resident
          D             A       G        A     D
Where the value of your mind is not held in contempt
D              A          G       D
I can hear the sound of a beating heart
     D               A              G        A
That bleeds beyond a system that is falling apart
     D        A         G       D
With money to burn on a minimum wage
      D
Well, I don't give a shit about the modern age,
wow!

[Chorus]
D             A           G      A
I don't wanna live in the modern world!
D             A           G      A
I don't wanna live in the modern world!
D             A           G      A
I don't wanna live in the modern world!
D             A           G      A
I don't wanna live in the modern world!

[Outro]
D             A           G      A
I don't wanna live in the modern world!
D             A           G      A
I don't wanna live in the modern world!
D             A           G      A
I don't wanna live in the modern world!
D             A           G      A
I don't wanna live in the modern world!
D             A           G      A
I don't wanna live in the modern world!
D             A           G      A
I don't wanna live in the modern world!
D             A           G      A
I don't wanna live in the modern world!
D             A           G      A
I don't wanna live in the modern world!