[Intro]
E  G#  C#m  A
[Strophe]
E      G#    C#m    A     B 
Art is dead, art is dead 
E      G#    C#m    A     B 
Art is dead, art is dead 
E             G#         
Entertainers like to seem
        C#m       A    
 complicated, but we're
      B    E 
 not complicated 
Entertainers like to seem complicated, but we're not complicated 
        G#              C#m         
I can explain it pretty easily: have
     A     B 
 you ever been to a  
I can explain it pretty easily: have you ever been to a  
E                  G#               
Birthday party for children? and one
        C#m                
 of the children won't stop
    A      B 
 screaming 
Birthday party for children? and one of the children won't stop screaming 
                  E               
Cause he's just a little attention
  G#                        C#m   
 attractor and when he grows up to
               A 
 be a comic or actor, 
Cause he's just a little attention attractor and 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 
 
He'll be rewarded for never maturing for never understanding or learning 
           E             G#      
That every day can't be about him
               C#m               
 there's other people you selfish
  A       B 
 asshole!
That every day can't be about him there's other people you selfish asshole!
[Strophe]
              E               
I must be psychotic, I must be
   G#                       
 demented, to think that I'm
 C#m                   A      B 
 worthy of all this attention, 
I must be psychotic, I must be demented, to think that I'm worthy of all this attention, 
               E               
Of all of this money you worked
        G#                  
 really hard for, I slept in
 C#m                          A          
 late while you worked at the drug store 
Of all of this money you worked really hard for, I slept in late while you worked at the drug store 
 B  
 
            E                G#     
My drug's attention, I am an addict,
           C#m                  
 but I get paid to indulge in my
  A   B 
 habit 
My drug's attention, I am an addict, but I get paid to indulge in my habit 
              E                  
It's all an illusion, I'm wearing
 G#                   C#m     
 make-up, I'm wearing make-up,
          A        B 
 make-up, make-up, make-up
It's all an illusion, I'm wearing make-up, I'm wearing make-up, make-up, make-up, make-up
[Strophe]
E        G#        C#m             
Art is dead, so people think you're
            A               
 funny, how do you get those
 B 
 people's money? 
Art is dead, so people think you're funny, how do you get those people's money? 
E       G#            C#m          
Art is dead, we're rolling in dough
       A      B 
 while Carlin rolls in his  
Art is dead, we're rolling in dough while Carlin rolls in his  
E             G#            C#m     A
Grave, in his grave, in his grave....
  B 
 
Grave, in his grave, in his grave.... 
      E              G#         C#m 
This show has got a budget, the show
           A  B 
 has got a budget 
This show has got a budget, the show has got a budget 
     E                  G#      
And all the poor people way more
                  C#m        
 deserving of the money won't
  A    B 
 budge it 
And all the poor people way more deserving of the money won't budge it 
         E                 G#    
Cause I wanted my name in lights.
        C#m               A    
 when I could have fed a family
    B 
 of four 
Cause I wanted my name in lights. when I could have fed a family of four 
     E            G#          C#m  
For forty fucking fortnights, forty
         A          B 
 fucking fortnights!
For forty fucking fortnights, forty fucking fortnights!
[Strophe]
        E                     G#  
I am an artist, please god forgive
             C#m                 
 me, I am an artist, please don't
   A       B 
 revere me 
I am an artist, please god forgive me, I am an artist, please don't revere me 
        E                     G#    
I am an artist, please don't respect
             C#m                 
 me, I am an artist, feel free to
  A        B 
 correct me 
I am an artist, please don't respect me, I am an artist, feel free to correct me 
                E                    
A self-centered artist, self-obsessed
 G#              C#m            
 artist, I am an artist, I am an
  A     B 
 artist! 
A self-centered artist, self-obsessed artist, I am an artist, I am an artist! 
               E               G#  
But I'm just a kid, I'm just a kid,
            C#m           A    
 I'm just a kid, kid, and maybe
           B        E 
 I'll grow out of it....
But I'm just a kid, I'm just a kid, I'm just a kid, kid, and maybe I'll grow out of it....