Art Is Dead

[Intro]
| E | G# | C#m | A |
| E | G# | C#m | A |

[Verse 1]
E       G#
 Art is dead
C#m       A
   Art is dead
E       G#
 Art is dead
C#m       A
   Art is dead

[Verse 2]
E                 G#                C#m
 Entertainers like  to seem complicated
         A            E
But we're not complicated
             G#            C#m
I can explain  it pretty easily
         A         B         E                  G#
Have you ever been to a birthday party for children
                    C#m                 A
And one of the children won't stop screaming
            B         E                   G#
'Cause he's just a little attention-attractor
                C#m                  A
When he grows up   to be a comic or actor
      B       E                 G#
He'll be rewarded for never maturing
            C#m                A
For never understanding or learning
      B       E              G#
That every day can't be about  him
                 C#m
There's other people,
               A
you selfish asshole!
       B        E
I must be psychotic
               G#
I must be demented
                     C#m                  A
To think that I'm worthy of all this attention
       B         E                         G#
Of all of this money you worked really hard  for
               C#m                            A
I slept in late   while you worked at the drug store
   B           E
My drug's attention
          G#
I am an addict
              C#m                   A
But I get paid   to indulge in my habit
         B      E
It's all an illusion
                G#
I'm wearing makeup
                C#m
I'm wearing makeup
Makeup
    A
Makeup Makeuuup
B

[Verse 3]
E       G#
 Art is dead
    C#m
So, people think you're funny
   A                   B
How do we get those people's money?
E              G#
 I said art is dead
      C#m                       A         B      E
We're rolling in dough while Carlin rolls in his grave
    G#
His grave
    C#m
His grave

[Verse 4]
A B    E              G#
   The show has got a budget
    C#m            A     B
The show has got a budget
    E                   G#
And all the poor people way more deserving
       C#m         A       B
Of the money won't budge it
         E                       G#
'Cause I wanted my name in lights
       C#m                A           B
When I could have fed a family of four
    E             G#
For forty fucking fortnights
C#m           A
Forty fucking fortnights!
  B       E
I am an artist
                   G#
Please God, forgive  me
          C#m
I am an artist
                   A
Please don't revere me
  B       E
I am an artist
                    G#
Please don't respect  me
          C#m
I am an artist
                    A
Feel free to correct me
       B          E
A self-centered artist
                G#
Self-obsessed artist
          C#m
I am an artist
          A
I am an artist
        B         E
But I'm just a kid
              G#
I'm just a kid
               C#m
I'm just a kid,   kid
    A                   B    E
And maybe I'll grow out of it