Written by Greg Barnett/Eric Keen/Joe Godino
VERSE: C G C Amy was a waitress at The Fire Street Grill Am G C F Up route 611 she was slaving for the pill C G C Oxy's got her pupils pinned up, a junkie centerfold Am G C F With grey hairs and a death wish, she was 22 years old F G Had it all, took the fall F G Had it all, took the fall VERSE: C G C Specialist Jeg, a much more honest man than you Am G C F Came back from the desert where he never found the truth C G C Now he screeches tires, fills his head with alcohol Am G C F While the morbid brown faces hang like portraits on the wall F G Had it all, took the fall F G Had it all, took the fallhide this tabINTRO RIFF: C F eb|-------1---0--------0-------------|-------1---0-------0-------0------| Bb|----------------3-------3---1-----|-----1---------3-------3-------1--| Gb|-----0-------0----0---0---0---0---|---2-----2---2---2---2---2---2----| Db|---2----------------------------2-|-3--------------------------------| Ab|-3--------------------------------|----------------------------------| Eb|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|VERSE: C G C McTiernan was a good ol' boy, he cheated and he skimmed Am G C F "A favor for a favor, it can't be called a sin" C G C Some may see it different, and some don't see at all Am G C F When the papers started calling he closed his eyes and took the fall F G Had it all, took the fall F G Had it all, took the fall BRIDGE: C G C Now we're standing on the ledge and we're looking at the ground Am G C F I feel my body breaking on the asphalt, hear the sound C G C Red and blue lights screaming saying, "Step up off that ledge" Am G C F So we wrap our hearts up in our heads and take the fall instead F G Had it all, took the fall F G Had it all, took the fallC 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 itC 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