Art Is Dead Cifras

C E Am F x2
 
C        E
  Art is dead
Am       F
  Art is dead
C        E
  Art is dead
Am       F
  Art is dead
 
C              E                  Am
Entertainers like to seem complicated
    F               C
But we're not complicated
        E               Am
I can explain it pretty easily
         F              C                   E
Have you ever been to a birthday party for children
               Am                  F
And one of the children won't stop screaming
                C                E
Cuz he's just a little attention attractor
              Am                  F
When he grows up to be a comic or actor
           C                   E
He'll be rewarded for never maturing
           Am                F
For never understanding or learning
           C            E
That every day can't be about him
              Am                  F
There's other people, you selfish asshole
 
              C
I must be psychotic
             E
I must be demented
                   Am                  F
To think that I'm worthy of all this attention
                C                      E
Of all of this money you worked really hard for
           Am                           F
I slept in late while you worked at the drug store
             C
My drug's attention
        E
I am an addict
          Am                    F
But I get paid to indulge in my habit
 
               C
It's all an illusion
            E
I'm wearing make-up
            Am
I'm wearing make-up
         F
Make-up, make-up, make-up
 
C        E
Art is dead
     Am
So, people think you're funny
F
How do you get those people's money
C               E
I said art is dead
      Am                     F                   C
We're rolling in dough while Carlin rolls in his grave
     E
His grave
     Am     F
His grave
 
     C              E
This show has got a budget
     Am             F
This show has got a budget
    C                   E
And all the poor people way more deserving
        Am         F
Of the money won't budge it
          C                E
'Cause I wanted my name in lights
       Am               F
When I could have fed a family of four
    C             E
For forty fucking fortnights
Am            F
Forty fucking fortnights
 
         C
I am an artist
               E
Please God, forgive me
         Am
I am an artist
                F
Please don't revere me
         C
I am an artist
                E
Please don't respect me
         Am
I am an artist
               F
Feel free to correct me
 
                 C
A self-centered artist
               E
Self-obsessed artist
         Am
I am an artist
         F
I am an artist
                C
But I'm just a kid
            E
I'm just a kid
            Am
I'm just a kid, kid
    F                          C
And maybe I'll grow out of it
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