[Intro]
Am - F - Dm - F
[Strophe]
Am 
Brakes on 
 
Brakes on 
 
The car is running empty 
 
Brakes on brakes on 
 
The car is runnin' empty
[Strophe]
F 
Downhill 
 
Head on 
 
This crash is comin' slowly 
 
Downhill 
 
Head on 
 
This crash is comin' slowly
[Refrain]
Dm 
Move  
     F                                  Am 
Or watch the slow death of your way of life   
                      F 
There's a science to fear   
               Dm 
It plagues my mind   
                  F 
And it keeps us right here   
                 Am 
And it keeps us here 
  
(Palm mute Am chord here for 2 bars)
[Strophe]
Am 
My ears 
 
My eyes 
 
My brain is slowly bustin' 
 
Black smoke 
 
Red sky 
 
The television's sayin'
[Strophe]
F 
Downhill 
 
Head on another crash is comin 
 
Downhill 
 
Head on another crash is comin
[Refrain]
Dm 
Move  
     F                             Am 
Or watch the murder of your way of life  
                      F 
There's a science to fear  
               Dm 
It plagues my mind  
                 F 
And it keeps us right here  
                 Am 
And the less we know  
             F 
The more we sit still  
                      Dm 
My baby's stuck on a road  
                F 
That leads to nowhere  
                               Am 
nowhere, nowhere, nowhere, nowhere..
[Instrumentale]
(Am - F - Dm - F)
[Strophe]
Am 
brakes on 
 
brakes on 
 
brakes on 
 
brakes on 
 
brakes on
[Outro]
                   F 
There's a science to fear  
               Dm 
It plagues my mind  
                 F 
And it keeps us right here  
                 Am 
And the less we know  
             F 
The more we sit still, sit still  
                      Dm 
My baby's stuck on a road  
                F 
That leads to nowhere  
                              Am 
nowhere, nowhere, nowhere, nowhere..