Art Is Dead

E    1402
G#   1343
C#m  1104
A    2100
B    4322


E       G#
 Art is dead
C#m      A  (B)
 Art is dead
E       G#
 Art is dead
C#m       A  (B)
 Art is dead

E             G#                  C#m
 Entertainers like to seem complicated
    A         B
But we're not complicated
E        G#              C#m
 I can explain it pretty easily
         A    B         E                  G#
Have you ever been to a birthday party for children
               C#m                 A
And one of the children won't stop screaming
    B            E                  G#
Cuz he's just a little attention attractor
              C#m                 A
When he grows up to be a comic or actor
B          E                  G#
He'll be rewarded for never maturing
          C#m              A
For never understanding or learning
     B     E             G#
That every day can't be about him
               C#m                 A
There's other people, you selfish asshole!
  B            E
I must be psychotic
            G#
I must be demented
                  C#m                   A
To think that I'm worthy of all this attention
    B           E                      G#
Of all of this money you worked really hard for
           C#m                          A
I slept in late while you worked at the drug store

B         E
My drug's attention
      G#
I am addict
          C#m                   A
But I get paid to indulge in my habit
     B          E
It's all an illusion
             G#
I'm wearing makeup
            C#m             A        B
I'm wearing makeup, makeup, makeup, makeup.

E       G#
 Art is dead
     C#m
Some people think you're funny
A                   B
How do we get those people's money?
E              G#
 I said art is dead
      C#m                    A       B            E
We're rolling in dough while Carlin rolls in his grave
    G#
His grave
    C#m     A  B
His grave

     E              G#
This show has got a budget
     C#m            A      B
This show has got a budget
    E                   G#
And all the poor people way more deserving
       C#m         A      B
Of the money won't budge it
        E                 G#
Cause I wanted my name in lights
       C#m              A         B
When I could have fed a family of four
    E             G#
For forty fucking fortnights!
C#m           A
Forty fucking fortnights!

B       E
I am an artist
                  G#
Please God, forgive me
        C#m
I am an artist
               A
Please don't revere me
B       E
I am an artist
               G#
Please don't respect me
        C#m
I am an artist
             A
Feel free to correct me

  B             E
A self-centered artist
              G#
Self-obsessed artist
        C#m
I am an artist
        A
I am an artist
    B          E
But I'm just a kid
           G#
I'm just a kid
           C#m
I'm just a kid, kid
    A               B          E
And maybe I'll grow out of it.