[Intro]
G D A D [x2]

    A                            G                    D
The smell of virgin pages wafted through the swinging doors
        A                                         G          D
And the croaking speech he'd heard from countless councelors before
              B                 G
They said "we all care for you, we know how you suffer
      A
But I know you can succeed, I used to have it so much rougher"

        G           D          A             D
There's hope in the words and emotion in the eyes
        G       D                 A            D
It's so easy to be mislead by the savvy gentle guise
         G        D         A      B
And like fools we trust the delivery
         G        D        A   D
But it's all just drunk sincerity
     G        D        A   D
It's all just drunk sincerity

     A                               G                D
In maternal family assembly poised regarding the blue tube
    A                               G                   D
The numbers crept up higher and the hawks stayed out of view
         B                       G
Then the generals said "we don't want our boys dead
     A
Your sons and your husbands will be coming back heroes soon"

       G           D          A             D
There's hope in the words and emotion in the eyes
        G       D                 A            D
It's so easy to be mislead by the savvy gentle guise
         G        D         A      B
And like fools we trust the delivery
         G        D        A   D
But it's all just drunk sincerity
     G        D        A   D
It's all just drunk sincerity

e|----------------------|
B|-------------------0--|
G|----------2--2-2------|
D|----------------------|
A|----------------------|
E|----------------------|


                                                                        
|-------------2---0------|----------------------|--0--------------------|
|--2---0--------------3--|--3------3--2------3--|------3---2--0---------|
|----------2-------------|----------------------|------------------2----|
|------------------------|----------------------|-----------------------|
|------------------------|----------------------|-----------------------|
|------------------------|----------------------|-----------------------|


                                                        
|-----------------------9--|--9---10---12--9------9--7--|
|-----------------0-2-3----|----------------------------|
|--2------------2----------|----------------------------|
|-----------2-4------------|----------------------------|
|--------------------------|----------------------------|
|--------------------------|----------------------------|


                                                                             
|--5----------7---9---10--|--------7--5--3--5--3----|--2----------7----5--3--|
|-------------------------|--10---------------------|------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|------------------------|


                                                                  
|--2----0-----2--0-------|-----------|
|----------3----------3--|--3--------|
|------------------------|-----------|
|------------------------|-----------|
|------------------------|-----------|
|------------------------|-----------|
 


    A                              G                D
With steam, heat, and rythym in the back seat of the car
       A                                     G               D
And adolescent perspective projecting life's forecast to the stars
          B                               G
You heard love from the lips and you were rapt by the hips
        A
And the promise was eternal but you couldn't see that far


       G           D          A             D
There's hope in the words and emotion in the eyes
        G       D                 A            D
It's so easy to be mislead by the savvy gentle guise
         G        D         A      B
And like fools we trust the delivery
         G        D        A   D
But it's all just drunk sincerity
     G        D        A   D
It's all just drunk sincerity