Intro
D A7sus4/F# Em7 Asus4 
 
Verse 1
D 
Blue light, police my world 
A7sus4/F# 
Since I was a little kid 
Em7 
I knew so little then 
           Asus4 
Well, it’s nice to see some things never change 
 
D 
Through my nativity 
A7sus4/F# 
In the month of the nativity 
Em7 
You saw right through my proclivity 
Asus4 
For the silence between the words 
 
D 
I miss the awkward conversation 
A7sus4/F# 
The pleasantries and niceties 
Em7 
The fleeting words, the meaningless 
Asus4 
That I’ll forget before morning 
 
D 
Cause now I’m left with an empty mouth 
A7sus4/F# 
And the weight of sincerity 
Em7 
I want to lift it up and carry it 
Asus4 
But I just seem to up and run 
 
Chorus
         G                 Dsus2 
And it’s never the pain we expect 
     Aadd4           E7 
That sends us to our knees 
         G                 Bm7              A 
And it’s never the ones we keep our targets on 
 
         G                       Dsus2 
And it’s never the ones with the big loud guns 
     Aadd4              E7 
That get us while we’re down 
         G                    Bm7             A  D 
And that bullet we’ve all got coming is never on time 
 
Verse 2
D 
Blue light, police my world 
         A7sus4/F# 
You’re a thought I had in binary 
Em7 
And miles through the wires 
Asus4 
I can admire your face again 
 
D 
But love in ones and zeroes 
             A7sus4/F# 
Baby, it’s a damn shame you’re material too 
          Em7 
I’m still searching for that story 
Asus4 
Embedded in the numbers 
 
D 
But so are you 
A7sus4/F# 
And so is every modern vagabond 
Em7 
Across the pond and hemispheres 
Asus4 
Nightmares for nameless fears 
 
D 
I heard them screaming 
A7sus4/F# 
Animal and man alike 
Em7 
I saw Noah’s ark 
Asus4 
It was capsized in an oil spill 
 
Chorus
       G                    Dsus2 
And it wasn’t the pain they expected 
     Aadd4              E7 
That sent them to their graves 
         G                 Bm7              A 
And it’s never the ones we keep our targets on 
 
         G                       Dsus2 
And it’s never the ones with the big loud guns 
     Aadd4              E7 
That get us while we’re down 
         G                    Bm7             A  D 
And that bullet we’ve all got coming is never on time 
 
Bridge
D 
And you said 
      Bm            A 
Don’t build another monument 
   Bm                       D 
To someone you don’t really know 
          Em        Bm7            A 
And don’t idolize a pain you never felt 
 
         Bm    A 
Set your final table place 
        Bm      D 
In this burning naval base 
         Em           Bm7           A 
And quit navel gazing at your quiet guilt 
 
    Bm                 A 
The storefronts are in ruins 
         Bm         D 
And this mall is on fire 
      Em                           Bm7          A 
Every shopper in tears cause their coupons have expired 
 
    Bm              A 
The windows are all shattered 
         Bm               D 
Somebody set this mall on fire 
      Em                   Bm7          A 
Every customer crying, all coupons have expired 
 
Chorus
         G                 Dsus2 
And it’s never the pain we expect 
     Aadd4           E7 
That sends us to our knees 
         G                 Bm7                 A 
And it’s never the ones we keep our crosshairs on 
 
         G                       Dsus2 
And it’s never the ones with the big loud guns 
     Aadd4         E7 
That get us in the back 
         G                    Bm7             A  D 
And that bullet we’ve all got coming is never on time 
 
Outro
D A7sus4/F# Em7 Asus4