The Kids Aren't Alright

Chords

Standard

F
Stuck in the jet wash.
         C
Bad trip I couldn't get off.
                      Dm
And maybe I bit off more than I could chew
                 Bb
And overhead of the aqua blue.
                      F
Fall to your knees, bring on the rapture.
                            C
Blessed be the boys time can't capture
       Dm
On film or between the sheets.
                                       Bb
I always fall from your window to the pitch-black streets.
                       Dm
And with the black banners raised
               Bb
As the crooked smiles fade.
Dm                            Bb
Former heroes who quit too late.
         Dm                            Bb                  C
Who just wanna fill up the trophy case again.
                   F
And in the end
                     C
I'd do it all again.
                                     Dm
I think you're my best friend.
                                       Bb
Don't you know that the kids aren't al-, kids aren't alright?
        F
I'm yours.
                            C
When it rains it pours.
                            Dm
Stay thirsty like before.
                                       Bb
Don't you know that the kids aren't al-, kids aren't alright?
Interlude: F C Dm Bb
                 F
I'm not passive but aggressive.
           C
Take note it's not impressive.
                      Dm                                                                                    Bb
Empty your sadness like you're dumping your purse on my bedroom floor

We put your curse in reverse.
              F
And it's our time now if you want it to be.
                  C
Maul the world like a carnival bear set free.
                               Dm
And your love is anemic.
                                                                     Bb
And I can't believe that you couldn't see it coming for me.
       Dm                 Bb
And I still feel that rush in my veins.
     Dm                   Bb
It twists my head just a bit to think.
                 Dm                                  Bb                              C
All those people in those old photographs I've seen are dead.
                  F
And in the end
                   C
I'd do it all again.
                                     Dm
I think you're my best friend.
                                       Bb
Don't you know that the kids aren't al-, kids aren't alright?
         F
I'm yours.
                            C
When it rains it pours.
                           Dm
Stay thirsty like before.
                                        Bb
Don't you know that the kids aren't al-, kids aren't alright?
                  Dm                                                                   Bb
And sometimes I just wanna sit around and gaze at my shoes, yeah.
       Dm                                                                Bb
And let your dirty sadness fill me up just like a balloon.
                  F
And in the end
                   C
I'd do it all again.
                                     Dm
I think you're my best friend.
                                       Bb      
Don't you know that the kids aren't al-, kids aren't alright?
        F
I'm yours.
                            C
When it rains it pours.
                           Dm
Stay thirsty like before.
                                        Bb
Don't you know that the kids aren't al-, kids aren't alright