(capo: 4th fret) Verse 1 C Em In this film there's no director C Dm Just a lot of method actors C Em Am Dm And no one knows when they'll say "It's a wrap" C Em You just gotta wonder why they don't get bored C Dm there's no reward, there's no award C Em F G C And no one knows who's gonna pay the tab Chorus C Em You play the leading role F G The first person on the set C Em You are in control F G And don't you ever let C Dm anyone say it's just a scene you stole C Em A movie sure brings on regret F G But don't you ever forget F Em C That you play the leading role Verse 2 In this theater there is no script Just a cradle and a crypt Can't you hear the ringing of the bells? It may not be the finest of arts But it can still touch a lot of hearts And you might give the most important parts to someone else Chorus You play the leading role The first person on the set You are in control And don't you ever let anyone say it's just a scene you stole A play sure brings on regret But don't you ever forget That you play the leading role Bridge Dm C You play that role with precision Dm F You take your best and give it Dm C On some private mission Dm G if you mess it up, you won't forgive it Dm C Imagination, your unit is Dm F of thoughts and memories, so bright and vivid Dm C Life is full of opportunities Dm F G And all you gotta do is live it Chorus You play the leading role The first person on the set You are in control And don't you ever let anyone say it's just a scene you stole Life sure brings on regret But don't you ever forget That you play the leading role You play the leading role

(capo: 3rd fret) Verse 1 D G I've stared at the watch for hours D A Feeling just as anxious every time it reached twelve D Em I saw the big hand move with strength and power G A7 D But I couldn't keep my little hand to myself G A You set fire to my hour glass D Bm Tried to control the time instead of letting it pass G Em Then I inhale the scent of burning sand A A7 D As I observe that little hand Verse 2 I've sat around watching the seasons Only experienced a starlit night once Did the right thing for all the wrong reasons and did wrongs for all the right ones And when summer turns to fall it gets harder to keep track of it all I found out what the little note in my treasure meant You forget your traditional measurements Verse 3 I tried to find my way back from Nowhere Like a warrior, but still so weak Like a character described by Homer badly translated from ancient Greek And as I'm coming back home To my toothbrush and my comb I pretend to be my own therapist with a checkered pattern and an ironic twist Verse 4 I distance myself from my own views I don't mean to justify the end The recent events are no longer news they're just old stories repeated all over again My once fragile skin has become hardened I'm facing my trial until I get pardoned I'm a secured jail, but I take no prisoners I fall and I fail, but where are my listeners?

Vers 1 A5 B5 E5 D5 Nye capser, nye skjorter, nye flasker med øl A5 B5 Gje meg någen eg kan hørra på D5 E5 Så eg slepppe stola på meg sjøl B5 C#5 Forskjellige folk, men di e di same B5 C C#5 D Alt blir om te en jævla reklame A5 Målet dis e likt C5 D5 C5 kjøb det produktet A5 Det e kje spiselikt C5 D5 C5 men nå har du slukt det A5 E5 Gje meg et navn og tittel F#5 D5 E5 Det blir det besta hittil Ref. A5 B5 A5 (Spons meg) Du kan kontrollera meg D5 E5 D5 (spons meg) Spons meg ihel E5 F#5 E5 (spons meg) Du har møye å lera meg D5 (spons meg) Sett en pris på min sjel Vers 2 Tell alt i kreditt og debitt, dollartegn kor enn du kan se Eg vett at dokker Vett kor pengane e Signer ditt navn, signer kontrakten Fra nå e det me så har makten Bli kul, bli het Så blir allting kaldt Glem din ytringsfrihet Det e di så bestemme alt Eg love eg ikkje bråge Eg vil bare vera någe Bridge G5 A5 Det e merker så forene G5 A5 det e di så tjene G5 A5 Me får det me fortjene G5 D5 A5 Hvis me gjer di den makten E5 D5 Sponsorer sidde me pengane E5 D5 A5 De e fienden i sengane E5 D5 Du føle deg hjelpetrengande G5 D5 A5 Itte du har signert den kontrakten Nå e det på dis regning Det blir så jyseli Men seie du di meining Då bare avlyse di Pass deg hvis du arve jorden Du sidde i sakså te sponsoren

Capo: 2nd fret Verse 1 G C How do you find a way (in a world) Em D Full of roads that lead out of sight? G C And can words help to describe Em D How to walk (in streets) where there's no light C D I'm not making up stories C D This is how I feel C D There's nothing left to unveil Chorus G Am I may look like an open book C D but who is gonna wanna read me? oh oh G Em I'd like someone to care for, to be there for C D But who is ever gonna need me? G D And I sure ain't good literature C D Just pulp fiction of the fair G D I'm just a soul that you can't trust C D G Mixed up with affliction and despair Verse 2 Even when life is sweet you always find good reasons to be bitter And sometimes literature seems a whole lot more like litter I'm not making up fiction this is really real C D Em Just a banana opened peel by peel Chorus 2 I may look like an open book but who is gonna wanna read me? oh oh I'd like someone to care for, to be there for But who is ever gonna need me? And I sure ain't good literature Just kiosk novels, trash TV I'm just a song that you can't trust A melody sung awful, out of key Chorus 3 I may look like an open book but who is gonna wanna read me? oh oh I'd like someone to care for, to be there for But who is ever gonna need me? And I sure ain't good literature Just pulp fiction off the fair I'm just a narrator that you can't trust Mixed up with contradiction and despair

Capo: 2nd Fret Verse 1 C F You said you be mine ‘til the end of time G C now I feel rejected C Am I said I’d be good like I know I should F G C but things never go as expected C F You said it’d be alright, you said you’d stay all night G C but now I just feel like a freak C F You said you’d be mine ‘til the end of time E/F G C but you were barely mine for a week Verse 2 You said you’d be mine ‘til the end of time but you’ll leave sometime tomorrow You made me a boy so full of joy now I’m a man that’s filled with sorrow You made me feel so strong for so long but now I feel so weak You said you’d be mine ‘til the end of time but you were barely mine for a week Verse 3 You said you’d be mine ‘til the end of time but now you’re gone away You said it’d be better if we were together but you couldn’t stay another day I found you in a book in which I wasn’t looking cuz I didn’t know what to seek You said you’d be mine ‘til the end of time but you were barely mine for a week

Verse 1 C# D#m Your story is relatable G# F# but I think it’s lost its plot D# A#m Your words are understandable G# F# but the meaning is not You might as well be speaking an entirely different language when I can’t even tell If you’re saying “bagel” or “sandwich” Chorus C# F# Cuz every time you speak to me G# F# It always sounds like Greek to me G# and I can’t find the answers that I seek C G# Every time you say a word F# G# it always sounds strange and absurd C# F# G# and to me it might as well be Greek Verse 2 You’re a philosopher but I don’t understand how you think your thoughts are not unthinkable at least not when you drink but you sound like a raving madman with slurs straight from the bottle You speak the language of Francis Bacon but I could mistake you for Aristotle Chorus 2 C# F# Cuz every time you speak to me G# F# It always sounds like Greek to me G# and I can’t find the answers that I seek C G# Every time you say a word F# G# it always sounds strange and absurd C# F# G# D# and to me it might as well be Greek Chorus 3 and 4 E A Cuz every time you speak to me B A It always sounds like Greek to me B and I can’t find the answers that I seek E A B Every time you say a word E A B it always sounds strange and absurd E A B (E) and to me it might as well be Greek

Capo: 1st fret Verse 1 Am Asus4 G This little place Em7 Em Am In the middle of nowhere Am Asus4 G Asus4 Em I'm not sure how to word it D Dmai7 I guess I'll stay D6 Dmaj9 No one else wants to go here Asus4 D7 G It's a place so quiet and deserted Chorus G G6 Am Bm Em F/F#m I'd visit all my old friends G Gb(b9) Am Em Bm Like I used to do before G G6 Am Bm Em F/F#m But it doesn't make much sense G Em Am D D7 G G7 The bus doesn't go here anymore Verse 2 I'm thinking now 'member drinking on Friday night? Ever wondered why they felt so good then? But now I just think Of reasons why they might Never be that way again Chorus Got my first kiss, tried to melt her Heart and said "forever yours" Now they tore down that old bus shelter Cuz the bus doesn't stop here anymore Bridge C B I'll never go the labor union A(barred with opened high E) G Or attend my high school reunion C B D6 Gm They are also far away C B Maybe I've made a mistake in A(open high E) C6 Staying in this god forsaken C B A#m Am Place that gets lonelier each day Verse 3 Now and then I Will think again of where the hell God is And what he is doing now But it seems to me That even he forgot us There's nothing left of the place I grew in now Chorus You might ask me why I stay When everything is such a bore I want to pack my bags and move away But the bus doesn’t go here anymore