Sex Drugs And Violence

Chords

Standard

# Intro
E    A   B
E   C#m  B

# Verse 1
E                      A                 E           A   E             
 All my life trouble follows me like a mystery girl
E                                 A              B  
 And I've been chasing round the memory like a mystery girl
E                         A                      E              A  E
 I've been getting lost searching my soul all around this town
E                          A                   B  
 I took a wrong turn in growing up and it's freaking me out

# Pre-Chorus
A                          B
 Back at school it never made much sense
A                        B
 Now I pay but I can't pay attention
A                          B            C#m
 Teaching me the hardest lessons of my life
A              B                Abm              C#m
 Too dumb to die I guess, but that's the way it goes
A              B
 Sometimes I must regress these 

# Chorus
E                    A  B
Sex, drugs & violence
E                       C#m  B
English, math & science,
E                A  B
Safety in numbers
E                       C#m  B
Give me, give me danger

# Verse 2
E             B           C#m  Abm      
 What little wanna be an imbecil
    A     E            B     B
But Jesus made me that way
E                        A                   E       A  E
 All my life I've been running wild like a runaway
E               A                      B
 Wherever the night takes me like a stowaway

# Pre-Chorus
A                          B
 Back at school it never made much sense
A                        B
 Now I pay but I can't pay attention
A                          B            C#m
 Teaching me the hardest lessons of my life
A              B                Abm              C#m
 Too dumb to die I guess, but that's the way it goes
A              B
 Sometimes I must regress these 

# Chorus
E                    A  B
Sex, drugs & violence
E                       C#m  B
English, math & science,
E                A  B
Safety in numbers
E                       C#m  B
Give me, give me danger

# Solo (x2)
E   A   E   A E
E   A   B

# Pre-Chorus
A                          B
 Back at school it never made much sense
A                        B
 Now I pay but I can't pay attention
A                          B            C#m
 Teaching me the hardest lessons of my life
A              B                Abm              C#m
 Too dumb to die I guess, but that's the way it goes
A              B
 Sometimes I must regress these 

# Chorus
E (hold)              A  B
Sex, drugs & violence
E (hold)                C#m  B
English, math & science,
E  (hold)          A  B
Safety in numbers
E  (hold)           C#m  B
Give me, give me danger

# Chorus (x2)
E                    A  B
Sex, drugs & violence
E                       C#m  B
English, math & science,
E                A  B
Safety in numbers
E                       C#m  B
Give me, give me danger

# Outro
A   B
A   B
A   B    E