Screamland Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Verse 1]
[G]The[D] optimist[A][D]
[G]Swears hope dies [D]last[A]
[D]And[G] shoots the lamplight clean
[D]from the brakeman's [A]hand[D]
[G]It's always the darkest [D]right before
the end
[G][D][A]

[Verse 2]
[G]
And you could [D]say [A]that no one
[G]here really [D]believes[A]
In the fu[G]ture, in perfection,
that [D]things aren't what [A]they seem
[G]Like a sucker with a scratcher,
like a [D]fuck up with a dream
[G]Stabbing at the ashtray like
it might [D]give up the [A]truth
Like it might [G]finally confess who else
you're [D]nearly faithful [A]to
[D]Stay

[Verse 3]
[G]you[D]ng
[G]Get numb
[D]Kee[A]p dre[G]aming[D][A][G][D][A][D]
[G]Screamland

[Verse 4]
Picked me up and drove [G]by
the light of the [D]moon[A]
Four [Em]hours to the [G]desert [Em]from
the drawing [D]room[A]
This year's [G]wine tasted suspicious
[D]but just enough like [A]love
God [Em]must [G]be with the outcasts 'cause [D]when I call,
[A]you come

[Interlude 1]
[G][D][A][G]
And at this [Em]late [G]hour

[Verse 5]
[D][A]
Won't have to beg [G]mer
cy [Em]for def[G]eat[D][A]
Just drop your [G]hands
the way love taught you
[D]Ash white and[A] voodooed
[G]Deathless as a w[D]eed[A]
[D]Since [G]I lied to keep you,
I'm [D]starting [A]to feel
Like [G]how long can you love [Bm]someone
for the [D]weakness they [A]conceal
[D]Stay

[Verse 6]
[G]young[D][A][D]
Get [G]numb
[D]Kee[A]p d[D]reami[G]ng
[Bm][G][D][A][D][G]
Scream[Bm]land
[G]Lov[Bm]e

[Verse 7]
[D]mus[A]t f[D]ind a wa[G]y,
[D]love must find a way
After [A]every desperate measure,
just a [G]mir[Bm]acle will take
Love [G]must find a way,
[Bm]our [D]love must find a way
[A]After every desperate measure,
[D]just a [G]miracle will take

[Interlude 2]
[G][D]

[Verse 8]
[A]Roll the stone [D]away, I want to [A]go
Where everyone is [D]perfect
beneath [A]their robes
[D]Hon[A]ey, ta[D]ke m[A]e dow[D]n
to the water's [A]edge
Mama said that [Asus4]we
could get my hip brace [D]wet
[A]May[G]be we are living in a state
[D]of grace ret[A]urned
[G]Maybe faith like this has at
least [D]one [A]practitioner
[G]Rings up to the knuckles,
su[D]tures in the [A]bath
Here [G]lie the born losers,
God [A]won't take them [D]back[A]

[Verse 9]
[G]Stay young
[D]Get[A] nu[D]mb[A][G]
[D]Keep dre[G]aming,
[Bm]oh[G][D][A][G][D]
[A]Screamland, oh

[Verse 10]
Keep [G]dreaming, [Bm]oh[D]
[A]Screamland
[D][G][D][A][G][D][A]
[D][G][Bm][G][Bm][G][D]
[A]Scr[D]eam[A]land[D][G][Bm][G][D]
[A]Screamland, oh
Screamland, oh
Screamland, oh