So there we were[G] in the heart[D]
Where [C]everything that we know got its [G]start
[C]Then it all fell a[D]part
Well I [G]guess that's what you [C]get
When you [C]spread yourself too [G]thin
But we had [G]bigger fish to [D]fry
Like [C]findin' a place to [G]sleep at night
I [C]bought a slice of [D]pizza
Just to [G]try and kill some [C]time
And for a [C]minute every[D]thing was [G]fine
We had a [G]number in our [D]notebook
But it was [C]way too late to [G]call
It was [C]well after [D]midnight
When our [G]train passed through the city [C]walls
We didn't [C]know this [D]girl at [G]all
So [G]we got out our [D]travel book
To [C]read about the [G]neighborhood
[C]Said it wasn't very [G]good
But it [G]felt alright to [C]me
All I [C]wanted to [G]do was go to [D]sleep
So we [D]walked around the [G]corner
And we [C]found a cheap motel
We [D]knew we couldn't [G]afford it
But we [C]said, "Oh well"
When you've been [C]on the train all [G]day
In a big [C]city in a new coun[G]try
You're real [C]tired and it's [G]late
Sometimes it's [C]better just to [G]pay
That's the [D]way it goes
[D]Sometimes you know
[D]It'd be okay
[D]And after [C]all we [D]were in [G]Rome
Well [G]it had been a long [D]time
Since [C]we had slept in[G]side
We [C]woke up late the [D]next day
And the [G]sun was shining [C]bright
We [C]paid our bill, we c[D]ried, we went out[G]side
Now they [G]got their bread and [D]circus
And I guess [C]so do [G]we
But [C]they got theirs for [D]free
I think that [G]we're bein' ripped [C]off
We must de[C]stroy all em[D]pires at any [G]cost
When you're [G]standin' in a [D]temple
Of a long-gone [C]God it seems so [G]simple
[C]Everybody [D]dies, no [G]matter who you [C]are
From far e[C]nough away our sun is [D]just another [G]star
And the [G]statue of Moses [D]that we saw
Had [C]horns on his head and was [G]eight feet tall
[C]Maybe that was the [D]case,
No it's [G]not our place to [C]say
[C]Maybe some things [D]just don't trans[G]late
[D]We called up this [G]girl
Who had [C]ordered a C[G]D
She was the [D]first from Ita[G]ly
And we [D]asked for hospi[G]tality
[C]She said we could [G]stay [C]at her parents' [G]place
They [C]were so sweet to [G]us
It was so [C]nice to meet a [G]punk
She took good [D]care of you and me
[D]She bought us soy ice cream
[D]Her mom cooked dinner every night
It was so [C]hard for [D]us to [G]leave
[G]And the stray dogs of Pom[D]pey
[C]Were our guides that [G]day
[C]They became our friends,
[D]We were a lot like them
They [G]taught us many [C]things
[C]And all they wanted was some [D]food for their [G]pay
[G]Then we went to the [D]coast
Where the [C]roads are wound so [G]close
And the [C]buses bounce from [D]side-to-side
We [G]thought that we might [C]die
[C]We couldn't find a place to [D]sleep at all that [G]night
[D]The city filled with [G]scooters
Held so [C]many myster[G]ies
I [D]saw the weirdest [G]thing there
That I [D]think I'll ever [G]see
It was a [C]pizza topped with [G]octopus,
A [C]whole arm on each [G]slice
[C]But I got my dinner [G]there
It was a [C]pizza topped with [G]fries
And [D]Italy was nice
[D]Made us feel right at home
[D]Our money's in the fountain
And we [C]will re[D]turn to [G]Rome
Where [C]everything that we know got its [G]start
[C]Then it all fell a[D]part
Well I [G]guess that's what you [C]get
When you [C]spread yourself too [G]thin
But we had [G]bigger fish to [D]fry
Like [C]findin' a place to [G]sleep at night
I [C]bought a slice of [D]pizza
Just to [G]try and kill some [C]time
And for a [C]minute every[D]thing was [G]fine
We had a [G]number in our [D]notebook
But it was [C]way too late to [G]call
It was [C]well after [D]midnight
When our [G]train passed through the city [C]walls
We didn't [C]know this [D]girl at [G]all
So [G]we got out our [D]travel book
To [C]read about the [G]neighborhood
[C]Said it wasn't very [G]good
But it [G]felt alright to [C]me
All I [C]wanted to [G]do was go to [D]sleep
So we [D]walked around the [G]corner
And we [C]found a cheap motel
We [D]knew we couldn't [G]afford it
But we [C]said, "Oh well"
When you've been [C]on the train all [G]day
In a big [C]city in a new coun[G]try
You're real [C]tired and it's [G]late
Sometimes it's [C]better just to [G]pay
That's the [D]way it goes
[D]Sometimes you know
[D]It'd be okay
[D]And after [C]all we [D]were in [G]Rome
Well [G]it had been a long [D]time
Since [C]we had slept in[G]side
We [C]woke up late the [D]next day
And the [G]sun was shining [C]bright
We [C]paid our bill, we c[D]ried, we went out[G]side
Now they [G]got their bread and [D]circus
And I guess [C]so do [G]we
But [C]they got theirs for [D]free
I think that [G]we're bein' ripped [C]off
We must de[C]stroy all em[D]pires at any [G]cost
When you're [G]standin' in a [D]temple
Of a long-gone [C]God it seems so [G]simple
[C]Everybody [D]dies, no [G]matter who you [C]are
From far e[C]nough away our sun is [D]just another [G]star
And the [G]statue of Moses [D]that we saw
Had [C]horns on his head and was [G]eight feet tall
[C]Maybe that was the [D]case,
No it's [G]not our place to [C]say
[C]Maybe some things [D]just don't trans[G]late
[D]We called up this [G]girl
Who had [C]ordered a C[G]D
She was the [D]first from Ita[G]ly
And we [D]asked for hospi[G]tality
[C]She said we could [G]stay [C]at her parents' [G]place
They [C]were so sweet to [G]us
It was so [C]nice to meet a [G]punk
She took good [D]care of you and me
[D]She bought us soy ice cream
[D]Her mom cooked dinner every night
It was so [C]hard for [D]us to [G]leave
[G]And the stray dogs of Pom[D]pey
[C]Were our guides that [G]day
[C]They became our friends,
[D]We were a lot like them
They [G]taught us many [C]things
[C]And all they wanted was some [D]food for their [G]pay
[G]Then we went to the [D]coast
Where the [C]roads are wound so [G]close
And the [C]buses bounce from [D]side-to-side
We [G]thought that we might [C]die
[C]We couldn't find a place to [D]sleep at all that [G]night
[D]The city filled with [G]scooters
Held so [C]many myster[G]ies
I [D]saw the weirdest [G]thing there
That I [D]think I'll ever [G]see
It was a [C]pizza topped with [G]octopus,
A [C]whole arm on each [G]slice
[C]But I got my dinner [G]there
It was a [C]pizza topped with [G]fries
And [D]Italy was nice
[D]Made us feel right at home
[D]Our money's in the fountain
And we [C]will re[D]turn to [G]Rome
