The Black Parade - My Chemical Romance
Tuning: Standard, E A D G B E
Artist: My Chemical Romance
Album: The Black Parade (2006)
Track Listing:
1. The End.
2. Dead!
3. This Is How I Disappear
4. The Sharpest Lives
5. Welcome to the Black Parade
6. I Don't Love You
7. House of Wolves
8. Cancer
9. Mama
10. Sleep
11. Teenagers
12. Disenchanted
13. Famous Last Words
14. Blood (Hidden Track)
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Title: "The End."
Intro:
Verse 1: G
Come one, come all to this tragic affair
And wi
pe off that ma
keup, what's i
n is despair
So thr
ow on the blac
k dress, mix i
n with the lot
You mi
ght wake up an
d notice you'r
e someone you'
re not
If you
look in the m
irror and don'
t like what yo
u see
You ca
n find out fir
sthand what it
's like to be
me
So gat
her round pigg
ies and kiss t
his goodbye
I'd en
courage your s
miles, I'll ex
pect you won't
cry
Instrumental:(strum each once)
Verse 2: G
Another contusion, my funeral jag
Here's
my resignatio
n, I'll serve
it in drag
You've
got front row
seats to the
penitence ball
When I
grow up I wan
t to be nothin
g at all
Instrumental to End
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Title: "Dead!"
Intro:
And if
your heart st
ops beating, I
#
'll be here wo
ndering
Did yo
u get what you
deserve? The
ending of your
life
And if
you get to he
aven I'll be h
ere waiting, b
abe
Did yo
u get what you
deserve? The
end and if you
r life won't w
ait
Then y
our heart can'
t take this
Have yo
u heard the ne
ws that you're
dead?
No one
ever had much
nice to say
I think
they never li
ked you anyway
Oh, tak
e me from the
hospital bed
Wouldn'
t it be grand?
It ain't exac
tly what you p
lanned
And wou
ldn't it be gr
eat if we were
dead?
Tongue
tied and oh s
o squeamish, y
#
ou never fell
in love
Did yo
u get what you
deserve? The
ending of your
life
And if
you get to he
aven I'll be h
ere waiting, b
abe
Did yo
u get what you
deserve? The
end and if you
r life won't w
ait
Then y
our heart can'
t take this
Have yo
u heard the ne
ws that you're
dead?
No one
ever had much
nice to say
I think
they never li
ked you anyway
Oh, tak
e me from the
hospital bed
Wouldn'
t it be grand
to take a pist
ol by the hand
?
And wou
ldn't it be gr
eat if we were
dead?
And in
my honest obse
rvation, durin
g this operati
on
Found a
complication
in your heart,
so long
Cause n
ow you've got
maybe just two
weeks to live
Is that the most the both of you can give?
INSTRUMENAL (Intro chords)
Outro: G
La la la la la
La la la
la la la
La la la
la la la la
La la la
la la
La la la
la la la
La la la
la la la la
END ON G
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Title: "This Is How I Disappear"
Intro: (x2)
To un-
explain the un
forgivable
Drain
all the blood
and give the k
ids a show
By str
eetlight, this
dark night
A sean
ce down below
There'
s things that
I have done
You ne
ver should eve
r know
And wit
hout you is ho
w I disappear
And liv
e my life alon
e forever now
And wit
hout you is ho
w I disappear
And liv
e my life alon
e forever now
Who wa
lks among the
famous living
dead
Drowns
all the boys
and girls insi
de your bed
And if
you could tal
k to me
Tell m
e if it's so
That a
ll the good gi
rls go
To hea
ven, well heav
en knows
And wit
hout you is ho
w I disappear
And liv
e my life alon
e forever now
And wit
hout you is ho
w I disappear
And liv
e my life alon
e forever now
Can you
hear me cry o
ut to you?
Words I
thought I'd c
hoke on, figur
e out
I'm rea
lly not so wit
h you anymore,
I'm just a gh
ost
So I ca
n't hurt you a
nymore, so I c
an't hurt you
anymore
And now
, you wanna se
e how far down
I can sink? L
et me go, f###
So you
can, well now
so you can
I'm so
far away from
you, well now
so you can
And wit
hout you is ho
w I disappear
And liv
e my life alon
e forever now
And wit
hout you is ho
w I disappear
And liv
e my life alon
e forever now
END ON Dm
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Title: "The Sharpest Lives"
Verse 1 C#m
Well it rains and it pours when you're out on your own
If I c
rash on the co
uch can I slee
p in my clothe
s?
Cause
I spent the ni
ght dancing, I
'm drunk, I su
ppose
If it
looks like I'm
laughing I'm
really just as
king
To lea
ve this alone,
you're in tim
e for the show
You're
the one that
I need, I'm th
e one that you
loathe
You ca
n watch me cor
rode like a be
ast in repose
Cause
I love all the
poison, away
with the boys
in the band
I'v
e really been
on a bender an
d it shows
So
why don't you
blow me a kiss
before she go
es?
Chorus C#m
Give me a shot to remember
And you
can take all
the pain away
from me
A kiss
and I will sur
render
The sha
rpest lives ar
e the deadlies
t to lead
A light
to burn all t
he embers
So brig
ht the sun is
ashamed to ris
e and be
In love
with all of t
hese vampires
So you
can leave like
the sane aban
doned me
Verse 2 C#m
There's a place in the dark where the animals go
You ca
n take off you
r skin in the
cannibal glow
Juliet
loves the bea
t and the lust
it commands
Drop t
he dagger and
lather the blo
od on your han
ds, Romeo
I'v
e really been
on a bender an
d it shows
So
why don't you
blow me a kiss
before she go
es?
Chorus C#m
Give me a shot to remember
And you
can take all
the pain away
from me
A kiss
and I will sur
render
The sha
rpest lives ar
e the deadlies
t to lead
A light
to burn all t
he embers
So brig
ht the sun is
ashamed to ris
e and be
In love
with all of t
hese vampires
So you
can leave like
the sane aban
doned me
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Title: "Welcome to the Black Parade"
When I
was a young b
oy
My fat
her took me in
to the city to
see a marchin
g band
He sai
d, "Son when y
ou grow up wil
l you be
The sa
vior of the br
oken, the beat
en and the dam
ned?"
He sai
d, "Will you d
efeat them, yo
ur demons
And al
l the non-beli
evers, the pla
ns that they h
ave made?
Becaus
e one day I'll
leave you a p
hantom
To lea
d you in the s
ummer, to join
the Black Par
ade"
When I
was a young b
oy
My fat
her took me in
to the city to
see a marchin
g band
He sai
d, "Son when y
ou grow up wil
l you be
The sa
vior of the br
oken, the beat
en and the dam
ned?"
Someti
mes I get the
feeling she's
watching over
me
And ot
her times I fe
el like I shou
ld go
And th
rough it all,
the rise and f
all
The bo
dies in the st
reets
And wh
en you're gone
we want you a
ll to know
We'll c
arry on, we'll
carry on
And tho
ugh you're dea
d and gone, be
lieve me
Your me
mory will carr
y on, we'll ca
rry on
And in
my heart I can
't contain it
The ant
hem won't expl
ain it
A worl
d that sends y
ou reeling fro
m decimated dr
eams
Your m
isery and hate
will kill us
all
So pai
nt it black an
d take it back
Let's
shout it loud
and clear
Defian
t to the end,
we hear the ca
ll
To carr
y on, we'll ca
rry on
And tho
ugh you're dea
d and gone, be
lieve me
Your me
mory will carr
y on, we'll ca
rry on
And tho
ugh you're bro
ken and defeat
ed
Your we
ary widow marc
hes on
On and
on we carry th
rough the fear
s
Disappo
inted faces of
your peers
Take a
look at me bec
ause I could n
ot care at all
Do or
die, you'll ne
ver make me
Becaus
e the world wi
ll never take
my heart
Go and
try, you'll n
ever break me
We wan
t it all, we w
anna play this
part
I won'
t explain or s
ay I'm sorry
I'm un
ashamed, I'm g
onna show my s
cars
Give a
cheer for all
the broken
Listen
here, because
it's who we a
re
I'm ju
st a man, I'm
not a hero
I'm ju
st a boy who h
ad to sing thi
s song
I'm ju
st a man, I'm
not a hero
I don'
t care
We'll c
arry on, we'll
carry on
And tho
ugh you're dea
d and gone, be
lieve me
Your me
mory will carr
y on, we'll ca
rry on
And tho
ugh you're bro
ken and defeat
ed
Your we
ary widow marc
hes on
Do or di
e, you'll neve
r make me
Because
the world will
never take my
heart
Go and try, you'll never break me
We want
it all, we wan
na play this p
art (We'll car
ry on)
Do or di
e, you'll neve
r make me
Because
the world will
never take my
heart
Go and try you'll never make me
We want
it all, we wan
na play this p
art (We'll car
ry on)
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Title: "I Don't Love You"
Intro
Well w
hen you go, do
n't ever think
I'll try to m
ake you stay
And ma
ybe when you g
et back I'll b
e off to find
another way
And after all this time that you still owe
You're
still a good-
for-nothing I
don't know
So tak
e your gloves
and get out
Better
get out while
you can
When yo
u go would you
even turn to
say
"I don'
t love you lik
e I did yester
day"
Verse 2 C
Sometimes I cry so hard from pleading
So sic
k and tired of
all the needl
ess beating
But ba
by, when they
knock you
Down a
nd out is wher
e you oughta s
tay
And after all the blood that you still owe
Anothe
r dollar's jus
t another blow
So fix
your eyes and
get up
Better
get up while
you can
When yo
u go would you
even turn to
say
"I don'
t love you lik
e I did yester
day"
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Title: "House of Wolves"
Intro
Verse 1
Well, I know a thing about contrition
Because I got enough to spare
And I'll be granting your permission
Cause you haven't got a prayer
Well, I said hey, hey, hallelujah
I'm going come on sing the praise
And let the spirit come on through you
We got innocence for days
Wel
l I think I'm
gonna burn in
hell
Eve
rybody burn th
e house right
down
And say
what I want t
o say
Tell me
I'm an angel,
take this to
my grave
Tell me
I'm a bad man
, kick me like
a stray
Tell me
I'm an angel,
take this to
my grave
Verse 2
You play "Ring Around the Ambulance"
Well, like you never gave a care
So get the choir boys around you
It's a compliment, I swear
And I said, ashes to ashes, we all fall down
I want to hear you sing the praise
I said, ashes to ashes, we all fall down
We got innocence for days
Wel
l I think I'm
gonna burn in
hell
Eve
rybody burn th
e house right
down
And say
what I want t
o say
Tell me
I'm an angel,
take this to
my grave
Tell me
I'm a bad man
, kick me like
a stray
Tell me
I'm an angel,
take this to
my grave
You bet
ter run like t
he devil
Cause they're never gonna leave you alone
You better hide up in the alley
Cause they're never gonna find you a home
And as the blood runs down the walls
You see me creeping up these halls
I been a bad motherfucker
Tell your sister I'm another
And say
what I want t
o say
Tell me
I'm an angel,
take this to
my grave
Tell me
I'm a bad man
, kick me like
a stray
Tell me
I'm an angel,
take this to
my grave
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Title: "Cancer"
Turn a
way, if you co
uld get me a d
#
rink of water
Cause
my lips are ch
apped and fade
d
Call m
y Aunt Marie,
help her gathe
r all my thing
s
And bu
ry me in all m
y favorite col
ors
My sis
ters and my br
others
Still,
I will not ki
ss you
Cause
the hardest pa
rt of this is
leaving you
Turn a
way, cause I'm
awful just to
see
Cause
all my hair ha
s abandoned al
l my body
Oh my
agony, know th
at I will neve
r marry
Baby,
I'm just soggy
from the chem
o
But co
unting down th
e days to go
It jus
t ain't living
, and I just h
ope you know
That if
you say goodby
e today
I'd ask
you to be true
Cause th
e hardest part
of this is le
aving you
Cause th
e hardest part
of this is le
aving you
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Title: "Mama"
Intro
Verse 1 Em
Mama, we all go to hell
Mama,
we all go to h
ell
I'm wr
iting this let
ter
And wi
shing you well
Mama,
we all go to h
ell
Verse 2 Em
Mama, we're all gonna die
Mama,
we're all gonn
a die
Stop a
sking me quest
ions
I'd ha
te to see you
cry
Mama,
we're all gonn
a die
Chorus C
And when we go don't blame us, yeah
We'll l
et the fires j
ust bathe us,
yeah
You mad
e us oh, so fa
mous
We'll n
ever let you g
o
And whe
n you go don't
return to me,
my love
Verse 3 Em
Mama, we're all full of lies
Mama,
we're meant fo
r the flies
And ri
ght now they'r
e building
A coff
in your size
Mama,
we're all full
of lies
Verse 4 Em
Well, mother, what the war did to my legs and to my tongue
You sh
ould have rais
ed a baby girl
, I should hav
e been a bette
r son
If you
can coddle th
e infection, t
hey can amputa
te at once
"You s
hould've been"
, I could have
been a better
son
Chorus C
And when we go don't blame us, yeah
We'll l
et the fires j
ust bathe us,
yeah
You mad
e us oh, so fa
mous
We'll n
ever let you g
o
Chorus 2 C
She said, "You ain't no son of mine
For w
hat you did th
ey're gonna fi
nd
A pla
ce for you and
just you mind
Your
manners when y
ou go
And w
hen you go, do
n't return to
me, my love
Verse 5 Em
Mama, we all go to hell
Mama,
we all go to h
ell
It's r
eally quite pl
easant
Except
for the smell
Mama,
we all go to h
ell
Interlude (go crazy on Em)
MAMA, MAMA, MAMA...
Verse 6 Em
And if you would call me your sweetheart
I'd ma
ybe then sing
you a song
But th
ere's shit tha
t I've done
With t
his fuck of a
gun
You wo
uld cry out yo
ur eyes all al
ong
Outro Em
We're damned after all
Through
fortune and fl
ame we fall
And if y
ou can stay th
en I'll show y
ou the way
To retur
n from the ash
es you call
We all c
arry on
Though o
ur brothers in
arms are gone
So raise
your glass hi
gh for tomorro
w we die
And retu
rn from the as
hes you call
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Title: "Sleep"
Some s
ay now suffer
all the childr
en
And wa
lk away a savi
or
Or a m
adman and poll
uted
From g
utter institut
ions
Don't
you breathe fo
r me
Undese
rving of your
sympathy
Cause
there ain't no
way that I'm
sorry for what
I did
Chorus Ab
And through it all
How cou
ld you cry for
me
Cause I
don't feel ba
d about it
So shut
your eyes, ki
ss me goodbye
And sle
ep, just sleep
The har
dest part is l
etting go of y
our dreams
A drin
k for the horr
or that I'm in
For th
e good guys an
d the bad guys
For th
e monsters tha
t I've been
Three
cheers for tyr
anny
Unapol
ogetic apathy
Cause
there ain't no
way that I'm
coming back ag
ain
Chorus Ab
And through it all
How cou
ld you cry for
me
Cause I
don't feel ba
d about it
So shut
your eyes, ki
ss me goodbye
And sle
ep, just sleep
The har
dest part is t
he awful thing
s that I've se
en
Just sl
eep, just slee
p
Just sleep, just sleep
Just sleep, just sleep
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Title: "Teenagers"
Verse 1 E
They're gonna clean up your looks
With a
ll the lies in
the books
To mak
e a citizen ou
t of you
Becaus
e they sleep w
ith a gun
And ke
ep an eye on y
ou, son
So the
y can watch al
l the things y
ou do
Verse 2 E
Because the drugs never work
They'r
e gonna give y
ou a smirk
Cause
they've got me
thods of keepi
ng you clean
They'r
e gonna rip up
your heads
Your a
spirations to
shreds
Anothe
r cog in the m
urder machine
Chorus E
They say "The teenagers scare the living shit out of me"
They co
uld care less
as long as som
eone'll bleed
So dark
en your clothe
s or strike a
violent pose
Maybe t
hey'll leave y
ou alone, but
not me
Verse 3 E
The boys and girls in the clique
The aw
ful names that
they stick
You're
never gonna f
it in much kid
But if
you're troubl
ed and hurt
What y
ou've got unde
r your shirt
Will m
ake them pay f
or the things
that they did
Chorus E
They say "The teenagers scare the living shit out of me"
They co
uld care less
as long as som
eone'll bleed
So dark
en your clothe
s or strike a
violent pose
Maybe t
hey'll leave y
ou alone, but
not me
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Title: "Disenchanted"
Verse 1 D
Well, I was there on the day
They sold the cause for the queen
And wh
en the lights
all went out
We watched our lives on the screen
I hate
the ending my
self
But it
started with
an alright sce
ne
Verse 2 D
It was the roar of the crowd
That gave me heartache to sing
It was
a lie when th
ey smiled
And said, "You won't feel a thing"
And as
we ran from t
he cops
We lau
ghed so hard i
t would sting
If
I'm so wrong
How
can you liste
n all night lo
ng?
Now
will it matte
r after I'm go
ne?
Bec
ause you never
learned a god
damn thing
Chorus D
You're just a sad song with nothing to say
Another
lifelong wait
for a hospita
l stay
And if
you think I'm
wrong
This ne
ver meant noth
ing to you
Verse 3 D
I spent my high school career
Spit on and shoved to agree
So I c
ould watch all
my heroes
Sell a car on TV
Bring
out the old gu
illotine
We'll
show them what
we all mean
If
I'm so wrong
How
can you liste
n all night lo
ng?
Now
will it matte
r after I'm go
ne?
Bec
ause you never
learned a god
damn thing
Chorus D
You're just a sad song with nothing to say
Another
lifelong wait
for a hospita
l stay
And if
you think I'm
wrong
This ne
ver meant noth
ing to you
So go,
go away, just
go, run away
But whe
re did you run
to? Where did
you hide?
Go find
another way,
price you pay
Chorus D
You're just a sad song with nothing to say
Another
lifelong wait
for a hospita
l stay
And if
you think I'm
wrong
This ne
ver meant noth
ing to you
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Title: "Famous Last Words"
Now I kn
ow that I can'
t make you sta
y
But wher
e's your heart
?
But wher
e's your heart
?
But wher
e's your...
And I kn
ow there's not
hing I can say
To chang
e that part
To chang
e that part
To chang
e...
So man
y bright light
s, they cast a
shadow
But ca
n I speak?
Well,
is it hard und
erstanding
I'm in
complete?
A life
that's so dem
anding
I get
/
so weak
A love
that's so dem
anding
I can'
t speak
I am no
t afraid to ke
ep on living
I am no
t afraid to wa
lk this world
alone
Honey,
if you stay I'
ll be forgiven
Nothing
you can say c
an stop me goi
ng home
Can yo
u see, my eyes
are shining b
right
Becaus
e I'm out here
on the other
side
Of a j
et black hotel
mirror
And I'
m so weak
Is it
hard understan
ding
I'm in
complete?
A love
that's so dem
anding
I get
weak
I am no
t afraid to ke
ep on living
I am no
t afraid to wa
lk this world
alone
Honey,
if you stay I'
ll be forgiven
Nothing
you can say c
an stop me goi
ng home
Thes
e bright light
s have always
blinded me
Thes
e bright light
s have always
blinded me
I see y
ou lying next
to me
With wo
rds I thought
I'd never spea
k
Awake a
nd unafraid
Asleep
or dead
I am no
t afraid to ke
ep on living
I am no
t afraid to wa
lk this world
alone
Honey,
if you stay I'
ll be forgiven
Nothing
you can say c
an stop me goi
ng home
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Title: Blood (Hidden Track)
[Verse]
Well they enco
urage your com
plete co-opera
#
tion
Send you roses
when they thi
nk you need to
smile
I can't contro
l myself becau
se I don't kno
w how
B B N.C.
And they love me for it honestly, I'll be here for a while
[Chorus]
So give them b
lood, blood, g
#
allons of the
stuff
Give them all
that they can
drink and it'l
l never be eno
ugh
So give them b
lood, blood, b
#
looood
Grab a glass b
ecause there's
going to be a
flood
[Verse]
A celebrated m
an amongst the
gurneys
They can fix m
e proper with
a bit of luck.
The doctors an
d the nurses t
hey adore me s
o,
But it's reall
y quite alarmi
ng cause I'm s
(
uch an awful f
uck.
[Chorus]
I gave you blo
od, blood, gal
lons of the st
uff
I gave you all
that you can
drink and it h
as never been
enough
I gave you blo
od, blood, blo
od
I'm the kind o
f human wrecka
ge that you lo
ve!