Handbook for the Sellout
Five Iron Frenzy
(Reese Roper/Scott Kerr & Dennic Culp)
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A C# F# E (X4)

A               C#                F#
You found a way to draw a line, between the world and you.
E                         A
Faking your identity it's true.
                  C#
Did you think the word "alternative,"
    F#                 E
Was only meant for the likes of you?
B                             E
Do you think that they're too cool now?
B                E
Being popular is lame.
C#                           F# E D
You're the one who made them popular,
                              E
All their songs are still the same.
A                    C#                            F#
You found them first, it made you stand apart, you know?
                         E
But then everyone jumped on the same bandwagon,
A
Making you an average Joe.
  C#
A lemming for the mediocre,
F#                               E
You were just a plain old joker, status quo.
B               E        B                          E
Blame it on the band now, if you prick them do they bleed?
C#                          F#        E D
What's the point in playing what they want,
                         E
If you won't let them succeed?

A        D     G             E
Do you remember where we all came from?
A        D                G    E
Do you remember what it's all about?
A        D               G    E
When you made a point to be objective,
A          D                G                E   A C# F# E
Before you started writing, Handbook for the Sellout?

A C# F# E (X3) A
A C# F# E (X4)

B                            E
You sunk your worth in being different,
B                        E
Just to be like your own kind.
C#              F#     E D
You traded in objectiveness,
                        E
For the underground you follow blind.

A        D     G             E
Do you remember where we all came from?
A        D                G    E
Do you remember what it's all about?
A        D               G    E
When you made a point to be objective,
A          D                G                E   A G#/G
Before you started writing, Handbook for the Sellout?