[Intro]
E|----------------|----------------|-----------------|----|
B|----------------|----------------|-----------------|----|
G|----------------|----------------|-----------------|----|
D|-3-2~-----------|-3-2~-----------|--3-2---0--------|----|
A|0-0---------3-2-| 0-0---------3-2-|-3-3---------3-2-|-0~-|
E|----------------|----------------|-----------------|----|

Am C D (x2)

[Verse]
Am
All we are is entertainment
caught up in our own derangement
C               Dm              Am
Tell us what to say and what to do
Am
All we are are pretty faces,
picture perfect bottled rage
C               Dm                Am
Packaged, synthesized versions of you

[Chorus]
F                    Dm                    Am       E
We've all made petty fortunes but we can't afford a life
   F                 G               Am                 
Confined to pull out quotes in hotel rooms
     F              Dm              Am         E
They all scream California and it's toppling empire
              F          G          Am
But can't you see the end is coming soon?

[Interlude]
Am C Dm

[Verse]
     Am
Come one, come all, the new sensations
guarantees then obligations
C                 Dm           Am
Spotlights follow every single move
Am
Basking here on ten foot stages,
pouty lips and oh so jaded
C            Dm                Am
All as if we have something to prove

[Chorus]
F                   Dm                Am             E
Despite these petty fortunes we still can't afford a life
    F                G               Am       
Confined to pull out quotes in hotel rooms
     F              Dm              Am       E
They all scream California and it's toppling empire
              F              G       
But can't you see the end is near?

[Bridge 1]
Am F7M (For the transition just put your pinky on D 4th
(relative to the Capo, it's D 3rd))

[Bridge 2]
          G                       Dm
And if we cared at all about this unknown plight
             F                         G5   G#5  Am
Then we'd do something more to finally make this right

[Bridge 3] 
(3/4 time, on the first quarter note you A
string is played, on the last two quarters, play the G
and the H string twice. Also, play staccato for more
intense 3/4 feeling)
Am
Is this only entertainment? Pull the curtains, places please
   C                   Dm/A             Am
We learned to sing and dance and cry on cue
    Am
But this is more than entertainment in a world so sick with pain
     C           Dm/A                 Am
This is the only thing that's real or true

[Chorus]
      F              Dm              Am             E
We've all made petty fortunes but we can't afford a life
   F                 G               Am
Confined to pull out quotes in hotel rooms
     F                 Dm          Am             E
They all scream bloody murder over graves already dug
    F                 G
But can't you see the end?