Chords for Bad Religion-The Hopeless Housewife
Tempo:
85.9 bpm
Chords used:
G
E
D
C
Em
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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[C] [D]
[Em] [G] [Em]
Get [E] [C] out of your [G] 1950s fantasy [Em] Your face [C] shines with [G] misery transparently
[E] Scoot [C] out that sobering [G] half-assed victim [D]
rhetoric
[E] They come [C] all squirmed [G] while [D] into our audience
[E] A secret [C] handshake and a passing [D] wink of the eye
[E] Ask the whiskey-braised [C] club, he reads up and the [D] devil's sly
But they [Em] never ask [G] why, [D] oh why
[E] So we raise our [G] voices to [D] the sky
[E] Instead we're [C] mute and fawn, [G] just [D] waiting to die
[E] Like some [C] kind of [G] hopeless [D]
housewife
[E] But you can't [G] change why [D] you're alive
[E] And now [G] we'll know [D] at least yet time
To kill [Em] the demons inside
[C] [Em]
[G] [Em]
[E] Damn your [C] transcendental [G] paralysis
[E] We can [C] work together [G] and make sense of it if
[E] Don't [C] be so sure [G] you can't take it [D] all away
[E] You've got [C] to proceed no [G] matter how bad you [D] want to stay
[E] There's a natural [C] cause and a comfort zone [D] there in your head
And [E] the world sees a [C] way as it touches this [D] body of yours
But [E] nobody can [G] hear a word [D] you said
[E] Your history [G] was [D] never lent
[E] Instead you're [C] mute and [G] fawn, just waiting [D] to die
[E] Like some [C] kind of [G] hopeless housewife
[E] But you can't [G] change why [D] you're alive
[E] And now we'll [G] know [D] at least yet time
To kill the [Em] demons [C] inside
[Em] To kill the demons [G] [Em]
inside
[Em] [G] [Em]
Get [E] [C] out of your [G] 1950s fantasy [Em] Your face [C] shines with [G] misery transparently
[E] Scoot [C] out that sobering [G] half-assed victim [D]
rhetoric
[E] They come [C] all squirmed [G] while [D] into our audience
[E] A secret [C] handshake and a passing [D] wink of the eye
[E] Ask the whiskey-braised [C] club, he reads up and the [D] devil's sly
But they [Em] never ask [G] why, [D] oh why
[E] So we raise our [G] voices to [D] the sky
[E] Instead we're [C] mute and fawn, [G] just [D] waiting to die
[E] Like some [C] kind of [G] hopeless [D]
housewife
[E] But you can't [G] change why [D] you're alive
[E] And now [G] we'll know [D] at least yet time
To kill [Em] the demons inside
[C] [Em]
[G] [Em]
[E] Damn your [C] transcendental [G] paralysis
[E] We can [C] work together [G] and make sense of it if
[E] Don't [C] be so sure [G] you can't take it [D] all away
[E] You've got [C] to proceed no [G] matter how bad you [D] want to stay
[E] There's a natural [C] cause and a comfort zone [D] there in your head
And [E] the world sees a [C] way as it touches this [D] body of yours
But [E] nobody can [G] hear a word [D] you said
[E] Your history [G] was [D] never lent
[E] Instead you're [C] mute and [G] fawn, just waiting [D] to die
[E] Like some [C] kind of [G] hopeless housewife
[E] But you can't [G] change why [D] you're alive
[E] And now we'll [G] know [D] at least yet time
To kill the [Em] demons [C] inside
[Em] To kill the demons [G] [Em]
inside
Key:
G
E
D
C
Em
G
E
D
_ _ _ [C] _ [D] _ _ _ _
_ [Em] _ _ [G] _ _ [Em] _ _
Get [E] _ [C] out of your [G] 1950s fantasy [Em] Your face [C] shines with [G] misery transparently
_ [E] Scoot [C] out that sobering [G] half-assed victim [D]
rhetoric
[E] They come [C] all squirmed [G] while [D] into our audience
[E] A secret [C] handshake and a passing [D] wink of the eye _
[E] Ask the whiskey-braised [C] club, he reads up and the [D] devil's sly
But they [Em] never ask [G] why, _ [D] oh why
[E] So we raise our [G] voices to [D] the sky
_ [E] Instead we're [C] mute and fawn, [G] just [D] waiting to die
[E] Like some [C] kind of [G] hopeless _ [D]
housewife
[E] But you can't [G] change why [D] you're alive
[E] And now [G] we'll know [D] at least yet time
To kill [Em] the demons inside
[C] _ _ [Em] _ _ _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ [Em] _ _ _
_ [E] Damn your [C] transcendental [G] paralysis _
_ [E] We can [C] work together [G] and make sense of it if
_ [E] Don't [C] be so sure [G] you can't take it [D] all away
[E] You've got [C] to proceed no [G] matter how bad you [D] want to stay
[E] There's a natural [C] cause and a comfort zone [D] there in your head
And [E] the world sees a [C] way as it touches this [D] body of yours _
But [E] nobody can [G] hear a word [D] you said
[E] Your history [G] was [D] never lent
_ [E] Instead you're [C] mute and [G] fawn, just waiting [D] to die
[E] Like some [C] kind of [G] hopeless _ housewife
[E] But you can't [G] change why [D] you're alive
[E] And now we'll [G] know [D] at least yet time
To kill the [Em] demons [C] inside
_ [Em] To kill the demons _ _ [G] _ _ [Em] _ _
inside _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Em] _ _ [G] _ _ [Em] _ _
Get [E] _ [C] out of your [G] 1950s fantasy [Em] Your face [C] shines with [G] misery transparently
_ [E] Scoot [C] out that sobering [G] half-assed victim [D]
rhetoric
[E] They come [C] all squirmed [G] while [D] into our audience
[E] A secret [C] handshake and a passing [D] wink of the eye _
[E] Ask the whiskey-braised [C] club, he reads up and the [D] devil's sly
But they [Em] never ask [G] why, _ [D] oh why
[E] So we raise our [G] voices to [D] the sky
_ [E] Instead we're [C] mute and fawn, [G] just [D] waiting to die
[E] Like some [C] kind of [G] hopeless _ [D]
housewife
[E] But you can't [G] change why [D] you're alive
[E] And now [G] we'll know [D] at least yet time
To kill [Em] the demons inside
[C] _ _ [Em] _ _ _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ [Em] _ _ _
_ [E] Damn your [C] transcendental [G] paralysis _
_ [E] We can [C] work together [G] and make sense of it if
_ [E] Don't [C] be so sure [G] you can't take it [D] all away
[E] You've got [C] to proceed no [G] matter how bad you [D] want to stay
[E] There's a natural [C] cause and a comfort zone [D] there in your head
And [E] the world sees a [C] way as it touches this [D] body of yours _
But [E] nobody can [G] hear a word [D] you said
[E] Your history [G] was [D] never lent
_ [E] Instead you're [C] mute and [G] fawn, just waiting [D] to die
[E] Like some [C] kind of [G] hopeless _ housewife
[E] But you can't [G] change why [D] you're alive
[E] And now we'll [G] know [D] at least yet time
To kill the [Em] demons [C] inside
_ [Em] To kill the demons _ _ [G] _ _ [Em] _ _
inside _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _