Nofx – The Decline chords

The original song is played in standard tuning.  In my YouTube video I play down a 
whole step.  You can follow along to that video here:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-4UB-mRU8SE



Am   F   C   G
Am   C   D (a few times)
E   C   D (once)
C    C/B  
Am   C   D (a few times)
E   C   D (once)
C   C/B   D





Am                              DmWhere are all the stupid people from? 
Am  F                 C        GAnd how'd they get to be so dumb? 
C                       C/BBred on purple mountain range
                     BbFeed amber waves of grains
                F/A              FTo lesser human beings, zero feelings

Am   B  C

Blame it on
    F                        CHuman nature, mans destiny (mans destiny)
F                       CBlame it on the greediocracy (greediocracy)
        DmFear of god
            BbThe fear of change
           FThe fear of truth
C                                    F         Add the bill of rights, subtract the wrongs
G#There's no answers
C                               FMemorize and sing star spangled songs
G#When the questions
C           GAren't ever asked
           Am                FIs anybody learning from the past? 
       C        G               F      EWe're living in united stagnation

Am    F    G     E
Am    F    G     E


Am                 GFather what have I done? 
  C    C/B   AmI took that 22
   F     C        GA gift to me from you
     Dm             AmTo bed with me each night
          FKept it clean
            CPolished it well
   F            C          C/B   F                 Cherished every cartridge, every shell
Am                        FDown, by the creek, under brush, under dirt
          G                     Am G# G F# F EThere's a carcass of my second kill
Am                       FDown, by the park, under stone, under pine
          G                      AmThere's a carcass of my brother William
         FBrother where, have you gone to? 
                           CI swear, I never thought I could
               
I see so many times
                      DmThey told me to shoot straight

Don't pull the trigger, squeeze
                   CThat will insure a kill
A kill is what you want
                  F C F C F CA kill is why we breed

D D/C# C    G D G D G D
D D/C# D    G D G D G D

       D                  D/C#The christians love their guns
       C        G D G D G DThe church and nra
        D            D/C#Pray for their salvations
        C           G D G D G DPrey on the lower faiths
E                     E/D#The story book's been read
                D         A E A E A EAnd every line believed
E                 E/D#Curriculum's been set
            DLogic is a threat
                       A E A E A EReason searched and seized

E   E7   A   Am
E   E7   A   Am
E   E     B   A
E   C#m   A    B


E                             A      AmJerry spent some time in Michigan
   E             C#m          F#m             BA twenty year vacation, after all he had a dime
   E              E/D#           C#m           BA dime is worth a lot more in Detroit
    A         E           A           BA dime in california, a twenty dollar fine

E   E   B   A
E   C#m   A   B

E                          A            AmJerry only stayed a couple months
E               C#m                F#m             BIt's hard to enjoy yourself while bleeding out the ass
E            E/D#          C#m      BAsphyxiation is simple and fast
A             E                 A              BIt beats seventeen fun years of being someones bitch

          EDon't think (stay)
            DDrink your wine (home)
               D/C#Watch the fire burn (be)
                 AHis problems not mine (safe)
                       E A E EJust be that model citizen

E                                 E7I wish I had a schilling
                    AFor every senseless killing
     AmI'd buy a government
E                           E7America's for sale
                            AAnd you can get a good deal on it
AmAnd make a healthy profit
     
     E              COr maybe, tear it apart
Am               EStart with assumption
E                         CThat a million people are smart
Am            E   C   D   G D/F#Smarter than one

Weird rhythm
Em    C   D   Em
Em    C   D   Em
Em   C   D   G
Em   B   C   G

Em             BSerotonin's gone
               C                 GShe gave up, drifted away
Em    D                    D/C#Sara fled, thought process gone
C              D               GShe left her answering machine on
Em            D              D/C#The greeting left spoken sincere
C        D                GMessages no one will ever hear

Am           C         GTen thousand messages a day
          D                  AmA million more transmissions lay
        C              GVictims of the laissez faire
Am           C                 GTen thousand voices, a hundred guns
          D                 AmA hundred decibels turns to one
    C                 GOne bullet, one empty head

Em                 DNow with serotonin gone

C B Am G     Eoctave  E with maj3   Eoctave   Emaj3
C B Am G    E

C                              The man who used to speak
      E                            Performs a cute routine
D                  D/C#      Feel a little patronized
            CDon't feel bad
                             GThey found a way inside your head
                      DAnd you feel a bit misled
                         AmIt's not that they don't care, yeah

       C               EThe television's put a thought inside your head
D                D/C#Like a barry manilow, jingle
      C                         GI'd like, to teach the world to sing
                DIn perfect harmony
                  AmA symphonic blank stare, yeah
C                   EIt doesn't make you care (make you care)
C                        ENot designed to make you care (make you care)
C                         EThey're betting you won't care (you won't...)

C     E         C  Am  G
C   D   G  Em
C B Am G Em

Tough Bass (I just play chords)   D   Em   G   low E ring
Em   D   Em   D

C       G     D       EmPlace a wager on your greed
    C   Em       DA wager on your pride
C   G      D         Em        C     Em      DWhy try to beat them when, a million others tried? 

C           EmWe are the whore
G              DIntellectually spayed
C           EmWe are the queer
G                DDysfunctionally raised

Em   C   D   G D/F#
Em   C   D   G D/F#Em (let ring)
D string picked
5th fret G string picked
4th fret G string picked
1st fret G string picked

E   G#m

One more pill to kill the pain
One more pill to kill the pain
E                         COne more pill to kill the pain
D                 ALiving through conformity

E   G#m
E                          G#mOne more prayer to keep me safe
One more prayer to keep us warm
E                          COne more prayer to keep us safe
D                  AThere's gonna be a better place

E   B   D

A                         ELost the battle, lost the war
                             BmLost the things worth living for
                         DLost the will to win the fight
                                       
One more pill to kill the pain

A Na na na na na
F#mLa na na na na
DNa na na na na
ENa na na na na

AThe going get tough, the tough get debt
F#mDon't pay attention, pay the rent
DNext of kins pay for your sins
E                             AA little faith should keep us safe

Dm   F   C   E
Dm
FSave us
C                The human, existence
EIs failing, resistance
DmEssential, the future
FWritten off, the odds are
CAstronomically against us
EOnly moron and genius
DmWould fight a losing battle
FAgainst the super ego
C                               E (hold)When giving in is so damn comforting

          Dm              FAnd so we go, on with our lives
            C                 EWe know the truth, but prefer lies
         Am                CLies are simple, simple is bliss
    Dm                           FWhy go against tradition when we can
        C                EAdmit defeat, live in decline
Am                         FBe the victim of our own design
           Dm               FThe status quo, built on suspect
C            C/B                 AmWhy would anyone stick out their neck? 
          FFellow members
                GClub "we've got ours"
    C            C/B             AmI'd like to introduce you to our host
         F                 FmHe's got his, and I've got mine
            CMeet the decline

Em   C   D   G D/F#

We are the queer
We are the whore
Ammunition
In the class war
We are worker
We love our queen
We sacrifice
We're soilent green

We are the queer
We are the whore
Ammunition
In the class war

Em   C   D   G D/F#

(Eventually modulates up a whole step to)
F#m   D   E   A A/G#