[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

     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

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