Standard (EADGBE)

My Papa told me to stay out of trouble,

"When you've found your man, make sure he's for real!".

I've learned that nothing really lasts forever,

I sleep with the scars I wear that won't heal,

they won't heal.

Cos every time I seem to fall in love,

Crash! Boom! Bang!

I find the heart but then I hit the wall,

Crash! Boom! Bang!

That's the call, that's the game and the pain stays the same.

I'm walking down this empty road to nowhere,

I pass by the houses and blocks I once knew.

My Mama told me not to mess with sorrow,

but I always did, and Lord, I still do,

I'm still breaking the rules

I kick it up

I kick it down.

Cos every time I seem to fall in love,

Crash! Boom! Bang!

I find the heart but then I hit the wall,

Crash! Boom! Bang!

That's my real middle name,

it has always been the same

That's the call, that's the game and the pain stays the same.

I still feel the heat,

(slowly fallin' from the sky)

and the taste of the kissing

Shattered by rain,

(comin' tumblin' from behind)

and the wild holy war.

I kick it up

I kick it down

And every time I seem to fall in love,

Crash! Boom! Bang!

I find the roses dying on the floor,

Crash! Boom! Bang!

That's the call, that's the game and the pain stays the same.

That's my real middle name,

it has always been the same

Oh Yeh, Oh Yeh,

it has always been the same

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it has always been the same