Coward Be Thy Name

A# D# A# A# D# A# F My next door neighbor got murdered last week I can hear his widow cryin through the wall we share A# D# A# F A# I only hung out wit him a couple of times im not sure if or why I even care A# D# A# F The city grinds me down but the suburbs are worse, so much Green grass that gets mowed but never laid in, A# D# A# F A# I used to blame my choices for my depression, now I just think it's the world we're living in A# D# A# F Our father, lord in heaven, coward be thy name, A# D# A# F A# I’m sick of seein all these people always singin your praises and I’m sick of always playin their games A# D# A# F This guy I worked for wouldn't pay me last week, i keep dreaming about goin out and slashin his tires, A# D# A# F A# wore a crucifix necklace and a Trump bumper sticker like these all these other thieves and liars A# D# A# F Existentialism is the bastion of the lucky ones who have the time to sit and wonder why we're here A# D# A# F A# Religion is for those who are too damn lazy to wonder why they're always living in fear A# D# A# F Our father, lord in heaven, coward be thy name, A# D# A# F A# You got all these people so damn confused I aint never heard your name not taken in vain A# D# A# F I'll write when I’m drunk and I’ll edit when I’m sober but I’ll never join a band that quotes Hemingway, A# D# A# F A# and I’ll sing every word to Streams of Whiskey knowing which way those winds will carry me away A# D# A# F Cause nihilism is cheap and hope is expensive, and we know we got better fuckin bills to pay A# D# A# F A# So before you pray for some lost souls' salvation keep my name outcha mouth when I hear you say A# D# A# F Our father, lord in heaven, coward be thy name, A# D# A# F A# I'm sick of all these politicians singing your praises and I'm sick of always playing their games A# D# A# F Our father, lord in heaven, coward be thy name, A# D# A# F A# I'm sick of all these politicians singing your praises and I'm sick of always playing their games A# D# A# F Our father, lord in heaven, coward be thy name, A# D# A# F A# You got all these people so damn confused I aint never heard your name not taken in vain