[Intro]
C   C   C   C  
[Strophe]
               C           C/B     Am 
The ground was wet and the sky was dark 
             C           C/B       Am        Am/G   
You took her bet and she took your heart . . . 
F                                       
Wrapped it 'round an oak tree like you 
C             G         
Did that '67 GTO. . . 
F             Fsus2 F      
Oh, no . . .  .     . . .
[Strophe]
       C       C/B     Am 
Lovers leave chaos and clothes 
         C                        C/B   Am     Am/G   
In quiet corners where you rarely ever  go . . . 
F                                     
One day you found proof that she was 
C                              G            
Real despite your struggle to forget. . . 
F              Fsus2 F      
Oh, yes . . .  .     . . .
[Refrain]
Em          Fm           C                
You're in a fight to the death my friend 
Em          Fm            C        
Black metal t-shirts your shield 
Em             Fm           C 
You've got the past on your breath my friend 
    G                            F 
Now name all the monsters you've killed 
      G                            F             Fsus2 F 
Let's name all the monsters you've killed . . .  .     . .
[Strophe]
            C        C/B       Am 
The man she chose to take your place . . 
         C                   C/B       Am       Am/G   
Turns his collar up to better frame his face . . . 
F                                      
  How you'd love to hate her, but you 
C                              G               
Just can't hate somebody you don't know. . . 
F             Fsus2 F      
Oh, no . . .  .     . . .
[Strophe]
        C       C/B      Am 
Did she leave a trail of crumbs 
             C                             C/B     Am       Am/G 
So you could find her when you're what you could become . . . 
   F 
Or did she know you well enough 
   C                          G                 
To realize that garden just won't grow? . . . 
F             Fsus2 F      
Oh, no . . .  .     . . .
[Refrain]
Em          Fm           C                
You're in a fight to the death my friend 
Em         Fm          C        
Airwaves a grand battlefield 
Em             Fm           C 
You've got the past on your breath my friend 
    G                            F 
Now name all the monsters you've killed 
      G                            F             Fsus2 F      
Let's name all the monsters you've killed . . .  .     . .
[Instrumentale]
Em Fm   C C/B   Em Fm   C   Em Fm   C C/B   
G . . . G/A   F   G . . . G/A   F   F
[Strophe]
      C       C/B     Am 
In my sleep I build machines, but nobody 
C                   C/B     Am         Am/G   
Ever wants to hear about my dreams . . . 
     F                             
Last night I saw a burning Ferris 
C                         G                  
Wheel. The meaning's anybody's guess . . . 
F              Fsus2 F      
Oh, yes . . .  .     . . .
[Strophe]
       C       C/B     Am 
Lovers leave chaos and clothes 
       C                              C/B    Am     Am/G   
More debris that you can sort through in one go . . . 
F                                   
You say love is hell, but it's the 
C                                    G           
Ghost of love that's made you such a mess . . . 
F              Fsus2 F      
Oh, yes . . .  .     . . .
[Refrain]
Em          Fm           C                
You're in a fight to the death my friend 
Em                Fm             C       
Fight like you're chained to the wheel 
Em             Fm           C 
You've got the past on your breath my friend 
    G                            F 
Now name all the monsters you've killed 
      G                            Fm            Fm        C    
Let's name all the monsters you've killed . . .  . . . .