Lemmings

Blink 182

Lemmings

Dude Ranch

1997 MCA Records

Submitted by: [email protected]

Key: B

Tuning: Standard EADGBe

Chords used:

B - x24442

F# - 244322

G#m - 466444

E - 022100

C#m - x46654

F#/Bb - x143xx

B/Eb - x698xx

Intro: B--

B-E-B-G#m-F#-G#m-E-- x2

Verse 1:

B

A freight train to the right

feeling that sting of pride

F#/Bb

It's fucking with me

it's fucking with you

E G#m

All's fair in love and war until

E

you say it isn't but you're wrong

B

Words on the back of flyers

my clothes are in the

F#/Bb

dryer It means nothing

nothing is changing

E

La familia is dead and gone

G#m E

the children grew up and moved on

Chorus:

F# G#m

Is it too much to ask for the

E

things to work out this time?

I'm only asking for what is

F#

mine I wanted everything

G#m

I got it and now I'm

E

gonna Throw it away I'll

throw it away (yeah)

Interlude:

B-E-B-G#m-F#-G#m-E-- x2

Verse 2:

B

Time fading and a box of glazed

pulling fly-bys on days

F#/Bb

When we were young and innocent

E

Elbow-drop Sundays when

G#m E

Mark Eaton got beat to shit

B

Laughing at the bands we hate

all the spots we used to skate

F#/Bb

They're still there but

we've gone our own ways

E

I know it's for the best

G#m

but sometimes I wonder

E

Will I ever have friends

like you again?

(Repeat Chorus)

Interlude:

B--F#/Bb--E-G#m-E- x2

(Repeat Chorus)

Interlude:

B-C#m-B/Eb-E x2

B-C#m-G#m-E x2

Outro:

B

You're gonna drown

C#m

in the mess you make

G#m E

Your self-inflicted hate

B

You turn your back on

C#m

the friends you lose

G#m

When they don't

E

follow all your rules

B

But people are

C#m

what they wanna be

G#m

They're not lemmings

E

to the sea

B

Maybe it's time you

C#m

looked at yourself

G#m

And stop blaming life

E B(hold)

on someone else