E     B      F#m
(1, 2, 3, 4) (1, 2, 3, 4)
 E  E   A            A
(1, 2) (1, 2, 3, 4) (1, 2, 3, 4)
 E     B      F#m
(1, 2, 3, 4) (1, 2, 3, 4)
 E  E   A            A
(1, 2) (1, 2, 3, 4) (1, 2, 3, 4)

[Verse 1]
E           B    F#m
   We labor in obscurity, but
E     E  A        A
Never in vain
         E          B        F#m
Play our hearts out in these dirty little bars, but
E     E  A        A
Never in vain
          E            B           F#m
Now we're sleepwalking through the soundcheck
             E  E  A      A
Turn 'em all up to 10
E                B        F#m
   I'm wondering if tonight we'll make it
E   E  A
Fly again, I...

[Chorus 1]
F#m                      E
   Love this ghost we're chasing
F#m                 E
   Patterns we keep tracing
              A
Scattered and strange
         F#m      F#m
Never in vain

[Verse 2]
        E           B         F#m
It's like screaming in a deaf ear sometimes, but
E     E  A        A
Never in vain
  E         B          F#m
Unspendable riches and secret fame
E     E  A        A
Never in vain
       E          B      F#m
If the van breaks down tomorrow
          E  E   A        A
Just more of the same
E                B            F#m
   We'll beg and steal and borrow
            E   E  A
And make it fly again, I...

[Chorus 2]
F#m                      E
   Love this ghost we're chasing
F#m                 E
   Patterns we keep tracing
              A
Scattered and strange
         F#m      F#m
Never in vain

[Bridge]
G#m                A
   I do admit it's hurting my feeliings
E                          B
   We're going broke while everybody's stealing
       G#m                     A
But we made a new friend gonna let us all
          B      A     G#m     F#m
Spend the night...             never in

[Solo]
(1x thru Verse and Chorus change)
(VERSE change)
E     B      F#m
Vain (3, 4) (1, 2, 3, 4)
 E  E   A            A
(1, 2) (1, 2, 3, 4) (1, 2, 3, 4)
 E     B      F#m
(1, 2, 3, 4) (1, 2, 3, 4)
 E  E   A            A
(1, 2) (1, 2, 3, 4) (1, 2, 3, 4)
 E     B      F#m
(1, 2, 3, 4) (1, 2, 3, 4)
 E  E   A            A
(1, 2) (1, 2, 3, 4) (1, 2, 3, 4)
 E     B      F#m
(1, 2, 3, 4) (1, 2, 3, 4)
 E  E  A
(1, 2, 3, 4)
(CHORUS change)
 F#m          E
(1, 2, 3, 4) (1, 2, 3, 4)
 F#m          E
(1, 2, 3, 4) (1, 2, 3, 4)
 A            F#m          F#m
(1, 2, 3, 4) (1, 2, 3, 4) (1, 2, 3, 4)

[Verse 3]
             E          B       F#m
Looks like a drowsy old crowd tonight boys
          E     E  A        A
But we're never in vain
E           B       F#m
Wake 'em up time to make a little noise
E     E  A        A
Never in vain
      E            B         F#m
We're tripping all over our destiny
         E    E    A        A
Don't it look like rain
            E         B             F#m
And there's really no place I would rather be
E     E  A
Never in vain, I...

[Chorus 3]
F#m                      E
   Love this ghost we're chasing
F#m                 E
   Patterns we keep tracing
              A
Scattered and strange
         F#m      F#m
Never in vain...     never

[Interlude]
 E     B      F#m
(1, 2, 3, 4) (1, 2, 3, 4)
 E  E   A            A
(1, 2) (1, 2, 3, 4) (1, 2, 3, 4)
 E     B      F#m
(1, 2, 3, 4) (1, 2, 3, 4)
 E  E   A            A
(1, 2) (1, 2, 3, 4) (1, 2, 3, 4)
       E          B      F#m
If the van breaks down tomorrow
 E  E   A            A
(1, 2) (1, 2, 3, 4) (1, 2, 3, 4)
       E          B      F#m
If the van breaks down tomorrow
 E  E   A            A
(1, 2) (1, 2, 3, 4)     make it fly

[Coda]
       E          B      F#m
If the van breaks down tomorrow, alright
 E  E   A            A
(1, 2) (1, 2, 3, 4) (1, 2, 3, 4)
           E          B      F#m
And if the van breaks down tomorrow, well
 E  E   A            A
(1, 2) (1, 2, 3, 4) (1, 2, 3, 4)
           E          B      F#m
And if the van breaks down tomorrow, alright
 E  E   A            A
(1, 2) (1, 2, 3, 4) (1, 2, 3, 4)
           E          B      F#m
And if the van breaks down tomorrow, well
 E  E   A            A
(1, 2) (1, 2, 3, 4)     make it fly, yeah!

[Outro]
 E     B      F#m
(1, 2, 3, 4) (1, 2, 3, 4)
 E  E   A            A
(1, 2) (1, 2, 3, 4) (1, 2, 3, 4)
 E     B      F#m
(1, 2, 3, 4) (1, 2, 3, 4)
 E  E   A            A
(1, 2) (1, 2, 3, 4) (1, 2, 3, 4)
 E     B      F#m
(1, 2, 3, 4) (1, 2, 3, 4)
 E  E   A            A
(1, 2) (1, 2, 3, 4) (1, 2, 3, 4)
 E     B      F#m
(1, 2, 3, 4) (1, 2, 3, 4)
 E  E   A
(1, 2) (HOLD)