Bad Religion
Stranger Than Fiction
Stranger Than Fiction (1994)

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c b a g f e f g  x 4

          C                 B♭
A febrile shock ing violent smack
        Am                        G
And the children are hoping for a heart attack
            C                         Em
Tonight the windows are watching, the streets all conspire
        F                  G
And the lampost can't stop crying

If I could fly high above the world
Would I see a bunch of little dots spell the word stupidity?
Or would I just see hungry lover homicides loving brother suicides
And olly olly oxenfrees, who pick a side and hide

   F   G   Am
  (Aah aah aah) The world is scratching at my door
  (Aah aah aah) My morning papers got the scores

  F     Em             Dm      !                  GGGG
    The human interest stories   and the obituary    oh yeah
 
    C         b        Am       G
    Cockroach naps and rattling traps
    c   b    a      g       f    e     f     g
    How many devils can you fit upon a match head?
    C        B♭            Am      G
    Caringosity killed the Kerouac cat
    F         G        F             G        C  !  G
    Sometimes truth is stranger than fiction

In my alley around the corner there's a wino with feathered shoulders
And a spirit giving head for crack, he'll never want it back
There's a little kid and his family eating crackers like Thanksgiving
And a pack of wild desperadoes scornful of living

  Pré-refrain

    Cradle for a cat, Woolf looks back
    How many angels can you fit upon a match?
    I want to know why Hemmingway cracked
    Sometimes truth is stranger than fiction

Am          G
Life is the crummiest book
  F                Em
I ever read, there isn't a hook
       Dm                  C
Just a lot of cheap shots, pictures to shock
    F     a    b♭    c          G     b     c   d
And characters an amateur would never dream up

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    Sometimes truth is stranger than fiction

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