Intro: B-F#/Bb-G#m-F#-E-B/Eb-E-F#- x4 Verse 1: B a febrile shocking A violent smack and G#m the children are F# hoping for a heart attack tonight the B windows are watching Ebm the streets all conspire and the E lamppost can't stop F# crying if I could B fly high above the A world would I see G#m a bunch of living dots spell the world F# stupidity? or would B I see hungry lover Ebm homicides loving brother suicides E and olly olly oxenfrees F# who pickaside and hide Refrain: EFG#m the world is scratching at E FG#m my door my morning papers got E Ebm the scores the human C#m C#m interest stories and F# the obituary oh yeah Chorus 1: B F#/Bb Cockroach naps and G#m F# B rattling traps how F#/BbG#m F# many devils can you E B/Eb E F# fit upon a match head? B A caringosity killed G#m F# the Kerouac cat E F# sometimes truth is E F# F# stranger than fiction Verse 2: B in my alley around the A corner there's a wino with feathered shoulders G#m and a spirit giving head for crack and F# he'll never want it B back there's a little kid and his family Ebm eating crackers like thanksgiving and a E pack of wild desperados F# scornful of living (Repeat Refrain) Chorus 2: B A cradle for a cat G#m F# Wolfe looks back B F#/BbG#m F# how many angels can E B/Eb E F# you fit upon a match? B A I want to know why G#m F# Hemingway cracked E F# sometimes truth is E F# F# stranger than fiction Bridge: G#m F# life is the crummiest E book I ever read Ebm there isn't a hook C#m just a lot of cheap B shots pictures to E shock and characters A an amateur would F# never dream up Outro: B-F#/Bb-G#m-F#-E-B/Eb-E-F#- x2 B--A--G#m--F# E F# sometimes truth is E F# stranger than fiction B-F#/Bb-G#m-F#-E-B/Eb-E-F#- B(hold)