Tom: Dm Intro: (Drums only) | | | | A4 | A4 | A4 | A4 | A4 | Dm C Bb A -----|----------|-----|----------|-----|-----|------|-------| -----|----------|-----|--------5-|-6---|---5-|-6--6-|-5--5--| -----|----------|-----|----------|-----|-----|------|-------| -----|--------7-|-5---|-5-7-8----|-----|-----|------|-------| --5--|-5-7-8----|-----|----------|-----|-----|------|-------| -----|----------|-----|----------|-----|-----|------|-------| Dm C Bb A Dm -----|----------|-----|----------|-----|-----|------|-------|------- -----|----------|-----|--------5-|-6---|---5-|-6--5-|-------|-3----- -----|----------|-----|----------|-----|-----|------|-------|------- -----|--------7-|-5---|-5-7-8----|-----|-----|------|-------|------- --5--|-5-7-8----|-----|----------|-----|-----|------|-------|------- -----|----------|-----|----------|-----|-----|------|-------|------- We left... C Bb We left the toys out in the yard A Dm I took my wife and kids and left my home unguarded C Bb We packed what we could into the car A Dm No one here knows how it started Suddenly everything was just so out of control Am Now I want some answers, mister, I need to know Bb I hear all the talk but I don't know what you're sayin' But I think I got a good idea of the game that you're playin' C Dm Roulette, that's the name C Bb Roulette, that's the game now C Dm Roulette, I don't know what they're sayin' C Bb | F C | Dm Roulette, and everybody's playin' C Bb I grew up here on this street where nothin' moves, just a strange breeze A Dm In a town full of worthless memories C There's a shadow in my backyard Bb I've got a house full of things that I can't touch A Well all those things won't do me much good now Dm I was a fireman out at Riker's, I did my job Am Mister, I've been cheated, I feel like I've been robbed Bb I'm the big expendable, my life's just cancelled, null and void But what are you gonna do about your new boy C Dm Roulette, you're playin' with my life C Bb Roulette, with my children and my wife C Dm Roulette, every day the stakes get bigger C Bb | F C | Roulette, a different finger on the trigger Am Em G D F -17--|-----17-|-15--|-----15-|-14--15-|-14--15-|-14--|-----14-|-15-----|--------| -----|--17----|-----|--17----|--------|--------|-----|-15-----|-----15-|-13--12-| -----|--------|-----|--------|--------|--------|-----|--------|--------|--------| -----|--------|-----|--------|--------|--------|-----|--------|--------|--------| -----|--------|-----|--------|--------|--------|-----|--------|--------|--------| -----|--------|-----|--------|--------|--------|-----|--------|--------|--------| G Dm C -15-----|--------|-13--12-|--------|----------- -----15-|-13--12-|--------|-15--13-|-13>15----- --------|--------|--------|--------|---B(slow)- --------|--------|--------|--------|----------- --------|--------|--------|--------|----------- --------|--------|--------|--------|----------- Dm C Bb Down by the river that talks the night speaks in searchlights A Dm And shortwave radios squawk, C The police patrol the streets Bb But I've left behind the man I used to be, A Everything he believed in and all that belonged to me Dm I tried to find my way out to somewhere where I thought it'd be safe Am They stopped me at the roadblock they put up on the interstate Bb They put me in detention but I broke loose and then I ran Gm Bb They said they want to ask me a few questions but I think they had other plans A4 Now I don't know who to trust and I don't know what I can believe They say they want to help me but with the stuff they keep on sayin' I think those guys just wanna keep on playin' C Dm Roulette, with my life C Bb Roulette, with my kids and my wife C Dm Roulette, the bullet's in the chamber C Bb Roulette, who's the unlucky stranger C Dm Roulette, surprise, you're dead C Bb Roulette, the gun's to your head C Dm Roulette, the bullet's spinning in the chamber C Bb Roulette, pull the trigger, feel the click F C No further danger