E -    022100
B -    x24442
C#m -  x46654
A -    x02220
Am -   x02210
E/G# - 476xxx


[Intro]
E E C#m A

then
E E E/G# E A A E/G#


[Verse 1]
     E
Far away as far as the eye can see
                E/G# E     A
Is a place that I    don't understand
A place we know as Sonderland
  E/G# E  E
I call it home call it hell
I'm sure if it could it would
        E/G#  E  A
call me names as well
Like a walking detriment
On the world's worst carousel


[Refrain 1]
E
  These strange times that we
       C#m
live in  Will slowly eat you
 A                 Am
alive if you don't fit in


[Chorus 1]
E           A
  Welcome to my dark despair
C#m             A
   Everyone here is a nightmare
E                  A
  As they all keep talking in
                 C#m
their sleep I am wondering
      A
If it surely gets
Am              E
better than this


[Verse 2]
E
  Why do good things come to
                   E/G# E
all those terrible peo--ple?
A
  And would God be the next big
thing If you heard her on the
E/G# E E
radio?  Where did all the good
ones go? They finish last or
     E/G# E    A
they die  young Then it's
onto the next post
The story of a generation


[Refrain 2]
C#m            B
So dead set on novelty
         A
But some honesty now and
Am
then would be quite nice


[Chorus 2]
E           A
  Welcome to my dark despair
C#m             A
   Everyone here is a nightmare
E                  A
  As they all keep talking in
                 C#m
their sleep I am wondering
      A
If it surely gets
Am
better than this


[Bridge]
B            C#m
  No I don't want wanna sit
               A
and talk about politics
   A
Or social sciences in
             B
contradiction Not when
     C#m
I'm staring down the
            A
edge of the precipice
     E/G#
With grim ambition


[Instrumental]
E E C#m Am


[Refrain 3]
E
  These strange times
E
  that we live in
C#m
   Will slowly eat you
 A                 Am
alive if you don't fit in


[Chorus 3]
E           A
  Welcome to my dark despair
C#m             A
   Everyone here is a nightmare
E                  A
  As they all keep talking in
                 C#m
their sleep I am wondering
      A
If it surely gets
Am
better than this


[Outro]
E                         E/G# A
  Surely gets better than this
E                            E/G# A
  It surely gets better than this
E                            E/G# A E
  It surely gets better than this