[intro] Am C F Am C F Am A# C Dm C A# F [verse 1] Am C F Blacken the sky and sharpen the axe Am C F Forever cursed to live unrelaxed Am A# C Dm We make no bones, a house is not a home C A# F And a home is nowhere we can stay [verse 2] Am C F Dodged the draft but can't dodge the war Am C F Forever cursed to live insecure Am A# C Dm The curtain drops, a gang of Gen X cops assembles C A# F Trembling before our human nature [chorus 1] Gm F It wasn't built for me Gm Dm C It's your academy A# F C Dm But in my time, you taught me how to see C A# F Each generation makes its own apology [instrumental] Am C F Am C F Am A# C Dm C A# F [verse 3] Am C F Welcome back, my oldest friend Am C F Are you cursed to depart again? Am A# C Dm Your ways and means, eternally obscene C A# F And always looking for obscenity and hatred [chorus 2] Gm F It wasn't built for me Gm Dm C It's your academy A# F C Dm But in my time, you taught me how to see C A# F Each generation makes its own apology [instrumental] Am C F Am C F Am A# C Dm C A# F [outro] Gm F It wasn't built for me Gm Dm C It's your academy A# F C Dm But in my time, you taught me how to see C A# F Each generation makes its own apology A# C Dm It's by design and consequentially C A# F Each generation makes its own apology
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