The Winning Side

F F A# F F A# A# F Well I admit to the mistakes At least privately in takes A# And here's another one F I said "we'd be okay" "But that's a lie, man" A# I mean.. "Hey, we're all dying.. young!!" F It's no worse off than it seems.. but it's more like a terrifying dream A# And I'm serious!! F It's either whiskey, or a bong, or a car crash, or a bomb A# I'm serious!! C It's the only thing I think Dm When I wake up in my bed C Dm When my stomach churns, as these pages turn A# Is the world burnin' C Or is it only.. in my head? F On a screen on a TV On a scene in front of me A# With all the white noise n the static And the stifling of the screams F This is war, this is death, this is real you better bet! A# On the winning side, the winning side, The winning side, the winning side F And I'm sittin' in a train Over Brooklyn in the rain A# All by myself F When a thought occurs to me.. That all these people wanna be A# Just somewhere.. else F Like every day is just a loss, spent arguing with your boss A# Over a coffee break F Oh and the same is true for me, I mean, one more indignity A# And I’m going to break C Dm Because the only thing I think when he walks out on the screen C Dm He says, “The sky falls, and your duty calls” A# C Man it takes some balls to be so obscene F On a screen on a TV On a scene in front of me A# With all the white noise n the static And the stifling of the screams F This is war, this is death, this is real you better bet! A# On the winning side, the winning side The winning side, the winning side C The right side, the right side Dm Well they shipped you off, and your parents cried C And it all falls away so quietly Dm When you wake up to reality.. A# But Reality? C What's reality? What's reality? What's reality? F A# It's a fucking bullet!! F Well I got a brother in Iraq I got no way to get him back A# Like all those people in the sands, Buried in Afghanistan F I got a child in a crib I got a father in a bib A# I got no pills I got no skills I got no idea what I did F I just wonder every second of every minute that passes by A# Are we living? Are we dreaming? Are we winning where we die? C In a cloud of dust, in a mushroom burst Dm In a series of degradations first A# All alone, in a hospital bed? C Wondering what we might of done instead! F With a lifetime, lifetime A# D lifetime, D lifetime F D lifetime, D lifetime A# D lifetime, D lifetime C D lifetime, D lifetime Dm Well, we paid our dues, and we did our time C But tell me what exactly was our crime? Dm Well I stand and stood for this fallen line A# While you decide who lives, who dies C F I hope you choke on all.. your... lies