Em                 D      C
watch this picture blow
Em            D     C
it makes you wonder
Em                D    C
bless this broken low
Em            D             C
it takes time to explain to you
C                            D
that underneath your skin is mother dear
C                                   D
and if you paint your face again you'll disappear
              G    D
how you gonna feel
C                               Em
if superman and sonic youth are fairy tales?
                     Am
its time to face the truth
C                        
you'll throw your life away
Am                         G     D
as a woman dressed as baby jane
Em             C  G                  D
like a phantom of the american mother
Em            C
and it's here again
    G         D
and it's here 
Em             C  G                  D
like a phantom of the american mother

Em    D      C (x2)


Em                                                         D
all that you're concealing are the things that are good in you
    C
and you do
Em               D              C
and you're still abandoning the news
Em                                 D
now there's a sinking look in your eyes
     C                  Em     D C
like black holes in the sky

C                          D
and every time you moved I realized
C                     D
everything in you was hypnotized
              G    D
how you gonna feel
C                               Em
if superman and sonic youth are fairy tales?
                     Am
its time to face the truth
C
you walked the hall of fame
Am                      G     D
a woman dressed as baby jane
Em             C  G                  D
like a phantom of the american mother
Em            C
and it's here again
         G    D
and it's here again 
Em             C  G                  D
like a phantom of the american mother


Em    D      C (x4)

Am
so here it is, you needed proof
C
there's no rock n' roll parade for you
Em               Am
its time to face the truth

C      Am      G     D

Em             C  G                  D
like a phantom of the american mother
Em            C
and it's here again
         G    D
and it's here again 
Em             C  G                  D
like a phantom of the american mother
        G    D
and it's here again 
Em             C  G                  D      Em
like a phantom of the american mother