Bad Religion - Stranger Than Fiction Chords

Intro: B-F#/Bb-G#m-F#-E-B/Eb-E-F#- x4


Verse 1:
          B
a febrile shocking
         A
violent smack and
    G#m
the children are
             F#
hoping for a heart
attack tonight the
B
windows are watching
     Ebm
the streets all
conspire and the
E
lamppost can't stop
F#
crying if I could
B
fly high above the
A
world would I see
           G#m
a bunch of living
dots spell the world
   F#
stupidity? or would
      B
I see hungry lover
          Ebm
homicides loving
brother suicides
    E
and olly olly oxenfrees
    F#
who pickaside and hide


Refrain:
E F# G#m
        the world
is scratching at
   E   F# G#m
my door      my
morning papers got
     E         Ebm
the scores the human
          C#m       C#m
interest stories and
            F#
the obituary  oh yeah


Chorus 1:
B         F#/Bb
Cockroach naps and
G#m      F#    B
rattling traps how
F#/Bb G#m    F#
many  devils can you
E    B/Eb  E     F#
fit upon a match head?
B        A
caringosity killed
    G#m     F#
the Kerouac cat
E         F#
sometimes truth is
 E            F#     B F#
stranger than fiction


Verse 2:
      B
in my alley around the
                 A
corner there's a wino
with feathered shoulders
       G#m
and a spirit giving
head for crack and
      F#
he'll never want it
               B
back there's a little
kid and his family
       Ebm
eating crackers like
thanksgiving and a
E
pack of wild desperados
 F#
scornful of living


(Repeat Refrain)


Chorus 2:
B            A
cradle for a cat
G#m         F#
Wolfe looks back
B   F#/Bb G#m    F#
how many  angels can
    E    B/Eb  E     F#
you fit upon a match?
  B       A
I want to know why
G#m       F#
Hemingway cracked
E         F#
sometimes truth is
 E            F#     B F#
stranger than fiction


Bridge:
G#m         F#
life is the crummiest
       E
book I ever read
      Ebm
there isn't a hook
       C#m
just a lot of cheap
      B
shots pictures to
          E
shock and characters
    A
an amateur would
F#
never dream up


Outro:
B-F#/Bb-G#m-F#-E-B/Eb-E-F#- x2
B--A--G#m--F#

E         F#
sometimes truth is
 E            F#
stranger than fiction

B-F#/Bb-G#m-F#-E-B/Eb-E-F#-

B(hold)