Strange Days

Dm G F Bb C Dm Dm G F Bb C Dm Dm Try to stay away from the small talk Dm Bb G Try to keep an eye on your friends Dm Though you were instrumental I can’t be sentimental Dm I was standing ‘round the corner Bb G But I knew that this would happen again Dm My heroes are leaving me Bb G And now we do what we’re told Dm My heroes are leaving me end of the day Bb G Somebody’s got to pay Dm Strange days G F When you try to give a hand Bb But the dog just wants to bite C Dm He doesn’t want to understand Dm Strange days G F Some can take it like a man Bb Strange days C Dm Strange days Dm Go ahead and act like a martyr Bb G But you can never handle the sting Dm Keep ‘em misdirected your story is accepted Dm I was going to try to help you Bb G But you had to throw your hat in the ring Dm My heroes are leaving me Bb G Don’t want to do what I’m told Dm My heroes are leaving cold manipulation Bb G A nasty defamation Dm Strange days G F Who’s the man behind the mask? Bb With the poison in his pocket C Dm While he’s eyeing up your glass Dm Strange days G F Another gutless sycophant Bb My heroes have gone C Dm Strange days G F Better swallow up your pride Bb If you want to pay the rent C Dm Then you better let it slide strange days G F The truth will always be denied Bb Strange days C Dm C G F Strange days Dm Power Junky Monkey he’s going to have a flunky C G F Best to get him off your back right now Dm G F Bb C Dm Dm G F Bb C Dm Dm Strange days G F It doesn’t matter about the facts Bb When you’re outside looking in D Dm And they’re papering the cracks strange days G F Trying to cover up the past Bb C My heroes have gone Dm Strange days G F ‘Cause he has to be a Star Bb Demands and ultimatums C Dm Lowering the bar strange days G F We all know it’s gone too far Bb Strange days C Dm Strange days