4 Chords used in the song: Em, D, C, G
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Em Em Em Em
D D D D
C C D D
G G D D
Em D
Sometimes life it takes you by the hand
C D
It puts you down before you know it
G D
It's gone and you're dead again
Em D
I've been in places and I won't pretend
C D
That I make it I just
G D Em
Follow my head
Em D
When it's strange to take a walk downstairs
C D
Sweep you all up on a corner
G D
And pay for my bread
Em D
You know that I cannot believe my own truth
C D
To show what a truth
G D Em
Got nothing to lose
Em D
Yeah yeah and it's okay
C D
I tie my hands up to a chair
G D
So I don't fall that way
Em D
Yeah yeah and I'm alright
C D
I took a sip of something poison
G D Em
But I'll hold on tight
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About this song: Helena Beat
The Helena Beat Songfacts says that bass player Cubbie Fink explained at the Lollapalooza festival that the song is about: "The facade in Hollywood that there's all these young, beautiful people partying in this drug culture and getting lost in it. They're searching for the fountain of youth." http://t.opsp.in/P4Uw A download link as provided in their mailing list email.