Intro: Am C F Am C F Am Bb C Dm C Bb F Am Verse: C F Blacken the sky and sharpen the axe Am C F Forever cursed to live unrelaxed Am Bb C Dm We make no bones, a house is not a home C Bb F And a home is nowhere we can stay Am C F Dodged the draft but canʼt dodge the war Am C F Forever cursed to live insecure Am Bb C Dm The curtain drops, a gang of Gen X cops assembles C Bb F Trembling before our human nature Chorus: Gm F It wasnʼt built for me Gm Dm C Itʼs your academy Bb F C Dm But in my time, you taught me how to see C Bb F Each generation makes its own apology Am C F Am C F Am Bb C Dm C Bb F Am Verse: C F Welcome back, my oldest friend Am C F Are you cursed to depart again? Am Bb C Dm Your ways and means, eternally obscene C Bb F And always looking for obscenity and hatred Chorus: Gm F It wasnʼt built for me Gm Dm C Itʼs your academy Bb F C Dm But in my time, you taught me how to see C Bb F Each generation makes its own apology Am C F Am C F Am Bb C Dm C Bb F Am Outro: Gm F It wasnʼt built for me Gm Dm C Itʼs your academy Bb F C Dm But in my time, you taught me how to see C Bb F Each generation makes its own apology Bb F C Dm Itʼs by design and consequentially C Bb F Each generation makes its own apology
