VERSE:CGC
Amy was a waitress at The Fire Street Grill
AmGCF
Up route 611 she was slaving for the pill
CGC
Oxy's got her pupils pinned up, a junkie centerfold
AmGCF
With grey hairs and a death wish, she was 22 years old
FG
Had it all, took the fall
FG
Had it all, took the fall
VERSE:CGC
Specialist Jeg, a much more honest man than you
AmGCF
Came back from the desert where he never found the truth
CGC
Now he screeches tires, fills his head with alcohol
AmGCF
While the morbid brown faces hang like portraits on the wall
FG
Had it all, took the fall
FG
Had it all, took the fall
C
Something happened on the way to hell,
F
The new guard they took my sister
C
Something happened on the way to hell,
F
The old guard they took my brother away
C
Something happened on the way to hell,
F
The same greed it took our parents
C
Something happened on the way to hell,
F
The west wall it took us with it
VERSE:CGC
McTiernan was a good ol' boy, he cheated and he skimmed
AmGCF
'A favor for a favor, it can't be called a sin'
CGC
Some may see it different, and some don't see at all
AmGCF
When the papers started calling he closed his eyes and took the fall
FG
Had it all, took the fall
FG
Had it all, took the fall
BRIDGE:CGC
Now we're standing on the ledge and we're looking at the ground
AmGCF
I feel my body breaking on the asphalt, hear the sound
CGC
Red and blue lights screaming saying, 'Step up off that ledge'
AmGCF
So we wrap our hearts up in our heads and take the fall instead
FG
Had it all, took the fall
FG
Had it all, took the fall
C
Something happened on the way to hell,
F
The new guard they took my sister
C
Something happened on the way to hell,
F
The old guard they took my brother away
C
Something happened on the way to hell,
F
The same greed it took our parents
C
Something happened on the way to hell,
F
The west wall it took us with it