Intro: [repeat 4x, then strum single G]
 D                  C               G
E|-5---7p5---5h7-----X--3--3--3-3----3-3---|-----3----|
B|-7-------7---------5--5--5--5-5----3-3---|-----3----|
G|-7-----------------5--5--5--5-5----4-4---|-----4----|
D|-7-----------------5--5--5--5-5----5-5---|-----5----|
A|-5-----------------3--3--3--3-3----5-5---|-----5----|
E|-5-----------------3--3--3--3-3----3-3---|-----3----|

[Fingerpicked]
         D                    Cadd9           G
You were voted most likely to have your name go up in lights
D               Cadd9             G
Only took a few years to see that through
D                         Cadd9                  G
Now you're most likely to end up dead alone in a hotel room
D       Cadd9   G
31      /       32


G
Roust the boy, smack the wife
G
Might have one... case tonight
G
Alcoholic breath, thick drool
G
Repetitive, belligerent, cruel


      E            G
Can't get away, no hiding place
        E                                    G
The boy hesitates, when grown he'll make the same mistakes


G
Grocery checkout line
G
Residing in the welfare file
G
Child support, don't receive
G
Mama crying, no relief


     E                           G
They got no home, three kids and on her own
  E                        G
Revenge his name, pay back all the pain


Am                       D
Gutshot defender, hole inside
Am                                 D
Shell-shocked commander, are you alright?
Am                           D            Cadd9  
Gutshot defender, bloodstain bright, hold tight
Am                G
Shell-shocked commander


G
Age adult, mother gone
G
Friends with dad don't really talk
G
Wanted to, now you're a star
G
Make a living milking scars


        E          G
The boy hesitates, lost his way
        E                    G
The boy hesitates, first and last mistake


Am                         D
Gutshot defender, fill the hole
Am                       D
There is no commander anymore
Am                        D         Cadd9  
Gutshot defender, will survive, yes I
Am            Em     G
You are no pretender... 
Am       Em
   No pretender


         D                    Cadd9             G
You were voted most likely to have your name go up in lights
D               Cadd9             G
Only took a few years to see that through
D                         Cadd9                  G
Now you're most likely to end up dead alone in a hotel room
D       Cadd9   G
31      /       32