G                   Am
the moralist on the mountaintop
C                        D
the capgun cowboy caught playin dressup
G                   Em                    C
patrols his cartoon beat with his costume clothes


G                          Am
the damn fool with his ten ton chip
    C
his bourgeois blues
        D
and his heartbreak habit
G                    Em
slings his lightning bolts
               D
his arrows and stones


C
but you could do it forever
G       Em
it wont make you better
C                        Am
cause you wont find your mark
C
you could use a mirror
G                  Am
to see your target clearer
    D
but bad blood hijacked your heart


            C               G
but you got what you asked for
            Am
so dont even start
               C
you're never a victim
                D
so own what you did son
               G
admit what you are.


G                    Am
dead weight in a tightrope trance
    C                               D
the painpill creatures stray in his wasteland
G                         Em         Am
clenched teeth and a canyon he cant cross
G                      Am
theres me racing right along
C                               D
the jukebox jester stuck on the same song
G               Em                D
mouth full of lies a head full of holes


C
until i got worried
    G                    Em
you saw the life i could lead
C          Am            Em
if i backed up off that rope
C
and let the ground come to me
Am
steady under my knees
        D
and my anger blurrin into hope


            C       G
i asked for perspective
                 Am
and it untied my hands
               C
i see the role I play
           D
i chose my own way
                  G
cant blame me for that



(Interlude)

C              
so when you're sorry
G
and one day you will be
Am                 Em
i wish you all the best


C
i hope that you drop softly
G
and it dont end too badly
          D
and your ragin head can finally rest
                 C    G
and you could be honest
             Am
and rescue yourself

                C
but ill walk my own way
                 D
ill go where you wont go
                        Em        D                         
you wont put me through hell, no no.
                C
cause now i see through you
                 D
believe what you need to
                 C   Cm    G
go haunt someone else