Verse 1:
Em
Virginia was a lot lizard from FLA
Em B
She had a compound fracture in the trunk
Am
It started when she ran away
Em
Thumbs out on the interstate
B Em
She hitched a ride to misery
Em
Mr. Whirly had a catastrophic incident
Em B
He fell into the city by the bay
Am
He liquidated his estate
Em
Now he sleeps upon the haight
B Em
Pan handling misery
Chorus 1:
---No chord------- B
And he's gonna get high-igh-igh
Em
When he's low low low
B Em
The fire burns from better days
Bm
And she screams, "Why, oh why?"
Em
I said, "I don't know"
Am B
The catastrophic hymns from yesterday
Em
Of misery
(The second verse is the same with the first one)
Verse 2:
Well Vinnie was a hustler out of Amsterdam
He ran the drug cartel in Tinseltown
They found him in a Cadillac
Bludgeoned with a baseball bat
In the name of misery
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Verse 3:(The same goes with the third verse):
Regina hit the road to New York City
Mysteriously the night Vinnie croaked
She stopped in Vegas to elope
With Virginia and the dope
And kissed the bride eternally
Chorus 2:
---No chord--------- B
And they're gonna get high-igh-igh
Em
When they're low low low
B Em
The fire burns from better days
Bm
And she screams, "Why, oh why?"
Em
I said, "I don't know"
Am B
The catastrophic hymns from yesterday
Em
Of misery
Bridge:
B Em
Hell hounds on your trail now once again boy
B Em
It's groping on your leg until it sleeps
B Em
The emptiness will fill your soul with sorrow
Am Bm Bm Bm
Cause it's not what you make it's what you leave
Chorus 3:
---No chord-------- Bm
And we're gonna get high-igh-igh
Em
When we're low low low
B Em
The fire burns from better days
Bm
And she screams, "Why, oh why?"
Em
I said, "I don't know"
Am B
The catastrophic hymns from yesterday
Em
Of misery
