[Chords Used]   E(022100); F#m11/C#(X44200); G#m7b13/D#(X66400); Am/E(x7755x)
                Cmaj/G(x[10][10]98x); A(x02220); B(add11)/F#(xx4440)

[Intro]         | E  F#m11/C#  | G#m7b13/D#  F#m11/C#  |
                | E  F#m11/C#  | G#m7b13/D#  F#m11/C#  |
                | E  F#m11/C#  | G#m7b13/D#  F#m11/C#  |
                | E  F#m11/C#  | G#m7b13/D#  F#m11/C#  |

[Verse 1]    E             F#m11/C#    G#m7b13/D#  F#m11/C#
                Blistered, cracked and bleeding,
             E          F#m11/C#    G#m7b13/D#  F#m11/C#
                Cold no-one should know,
             E             F#m11/C#    G#m7b13/D#  F#m11/C#
                Rain falls down a      freezing,
                    E               F#m11/C#    G#m7b13/D#  F#m11/C#
                And sticking like a snow.

[Link]          | E  F#m11/C#  | G#m7b13/D#  F#m11/C#  |
                | E  F#m11/C#  | G#m7b13/D#  F#m11/C#  |

[Verse 2]    E        F#m11/C#    G#m7b13/D#  F#m11/C#
                Lingering      suspicio------ns,
             E            F#m11/C#    G#m7b13/D#  F#m11/C#
                Screaming in my      head,
             E           F#m11/C#        G#m7b13/D#  F#m11/C#
                Lies all mixed up with omission,
                   E             F#m11/C#    G#m7b13/D#  F#m11/C#
                Aw welcome home again.

[Bridge]             Am/E                            Cmaj/G
                It's too late for apologies, they're falling at my feet.

[Chorus]     E                                            A
                "This is just the way of the world", Joe said,
                                B(add11)/F#      E
                "I had to put a bullet into his head,
                                            A
                And then lit up a cigarette",
                           G#m7b13/D#           E
                Decided to call his fat friend Fred,
                                                    A
                Well he said "Fred, I just killed a man,
                             B(add11)/F#         E
                I caught him laying with my girlfriend,
                                            A                G#m7b13/D#         F#m11/C#
                And now they're both dead", people can be so cold when they're dead.

[Link]          | E  F#m11/C#  | G#m7b13/D#  F#m11/C#  |
                | E  F#m11/C#  | G#m7b13/D#  F#m11/C#  |

[Verse 3]    E          F#m11/C#    G#m7b13/D#  F#m11/C#
                Calling all the     neighbours,
             E          F#m11/C#    G#m7b13/D#  F#m11/C#
                Time to make      amends,
             E          F#m11/C#    G#m7b13/D#  F#m11/C#
                Whiskey floods a    table,
                   E                     F#m11/C#    G#m7b13/D#  F#m11/C#
                Aw good friends 'til the end.
[Bridge]                    Am/E                        Cmaj/G
                And they're making silly faces and it's tasting bitter sweet.

[Chorus]     E                                            A
                "This is just the way of the world", Joe said,
                                B(add11)/F#      E
                "I had to put a bullet into his head,
                                           A
                And then lit up a cigarette",
                           G#m7b13/D#           E
                Decided to call his fat friend Fred,
                                                     A
                Well he said "Fred, I just killed a man,
                             B(add11)/F#         E
                I caught him laying with my girlfriend,
                                            A             G#m7b13/D#         F#m11/C#
                And now they're both dead", you can be so cold when they're dead.

[Solo/Bridge]   | E  F#m11/C#  | G#m7b13/D#  F#m11/C#  |
                | E  F#m11/C#  | G#m7b13/D#  F#m11/C#  |
                     Am/E                            N.C.
                It's too late for apologies, they're falling at my feet.

[Link]          | E  F#m11/C#  | G#m7b13/D#  F#m11/C#  |
                | E  F#m11/C#  | G#m7b13/D#  F#m11/C#  |

[Outro]         E                                            A
                "This is just the way of the world", Joe said,
                                B(add11)/F#      E
                "I had to put a bullet into his head,
                                            A
                And then lit up a cigarette",
                           G#m7b13/D#           E
                Decided to call his fat friend Fred,
                                                    A
                Well he said "Fred, I just killed a man,
                             B(add11)/F#         E
                I caught him laying with my girlfriend,
                                            A                G#m7b13/D#         E
                And now they're both dead", people can be so cold when they're dead.
                                                            A
                A "This is just the way of the world", Joe said,
                                B(add11)/F#      E
                "I had to put a bullet into his head,
                                            A
                And then lit up a cigarette",
                           G#m7b13/D            E
                Decided to call his fat friend Fred,
                                                     A
                "What he said Fred, I just killed a man,
                             B(add11)/F#         E
                I caught him laying with my girlfriend,
                                            A                G#m7b13/D          F#m11/C#
                And now they're both dead", people can be so cold when they're dead. (.)