The Futile
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Verse
e|-----------------------------|
B|-----------------------------|
G|--8-8-----8-8------8\--8-8-8-|
D|--9-9-----9-9------9\--9-9-9-|
A|--x-x-----x-x------7\--7-7-7-|
E|--7-7-----6-6----------------|
BBB5/E#
Chorus
e|-----------------------------|
B|-----------------5-------4---|
G|--3----4---------4-------4---|
D|--4----4---------x-------x---|
A|--x----x---------2-------2---|
E|--2----4---------------------|
FGEB5B
Outro
e|------------------------------|
B|----------------4-4-4---------|
G|--4-4-4--4-4-4--4-4-4--3-3-3--|
D|--4-4-4--4-4-4--x-x-x--4-4-4--|
A|--2-2-2--x-x-x--2-2-2--x-x-x--|
E|---------4-4-4---------2-2-2--|
BGEF#5
Verse
B5 BM7/A# B5/E
sh*t!Nothing makes sense, so I won't think about it. I'll go with the ignorance.
B5 BM7/A# B5/E
Eat, sleep, f**k and flee; in four words, that's me. I am full of indifference.
B5 BM7/A# B5/E
What do the old people teach us but how to die (die) die (die)
B5 BM7/A# B5/E
and what do those hissy fits teach you except how to cry, pussy, cry?
Chorus
F#5 G#m7 E5/B B5
Yeah the futile, the futile, it outweighs the beautiful.
F#5 G#m7 E5/B B5
Futile, the futile, it outweighs the beautiful.
F#5 G#m7 E5/B B5 B5/E (or strumming bar E)
Futile, the futile, the futile so (the futile, the futile)
Verse
(same as the 1st verse)
B5 BM7/A#B5/E
Taste. I have no taste.
B5 BM7/A# B5/E
I don't like these tiny portions with your artful abortions of sound,
B5 BM7/A# B5/E
sealed with a kiss, slathered in the sauce sarcastic.
B5 BM7/A# B5/E
So go choke on your irony.
B5 BM7/A# B5/E
What do the old people teach us but how to die (die) die (die)
B5 BM7/A# B5/E
and what do those hissy fits teach you except how to cry, pussy, cry?
Chorus
F#5 G#m7 E5/B B5
Yeah the futile, the futile, it outweighs the beautiful.
F#5 G#m7 E5/B B5
Futile, the futile, it outweighs the beautiful.
F#5 G#m7 E5/B B5 B5/E (or strumming bar E)
Futile, the futile, the futile so (the futile, the futile)
Outro
B5 G#m7
I'm eating rat poison for dinner.
E5/B F#5
Pull the cord from the phone. I am dining alone,
B5 G#m7
I'm eating rat poison for dinner.
E5/B F#5
Pull the cord from the phone. I am dining alone,
So goodnight.
Verse
B5 BM7/A# B5/E
Love! I shall not love, yet I'll still sing about it.
B5 BM7/A# B5/E
I hope it covers the ocean in slime, the drama and drool.
B5 BM7/A# B5/E
I'm leaking the blood of a fool. (I'm full of it, I'm full of it, I'm full.)
Outro
B5 G#m7
I'm eating rat poison for dinner.
E5/B F#5
Pull the cord from the phone. I am dining alone,
B5 G#m7
Tonight. Rat poison for dinner,
E5/B F#5
pull the chord from the phone. I am dining alone.
Tonight.
E5/B F#5
Oh I am dining alone.
F#5
Tonight. Tonight. Tonight.