Intro:
   E
   B D Gb A (x8)
   B Gb A  B Gb D (x3)
   B Gb A B
 
(nc)
You gotta keep 'em separated
 
Verse:
B                Gb  A  B      D Gb A
They're like the latest fashion
B              Gb   A    B      D Gb A
They're like a spreading disease
B            Gb  A        B                         D Gb A
The kids are strappin' on their way to the classroom
B       Gb A    B                        D Gb A
Getting weapons with the greatest of ease
 
Pre-chorus:
    E           G         Gb       B   D 
The gangs stake their own campus locale
    E                 G                 Gb       B  D 
And if they catch you slippin' then it's all over pal
   B        Gb          A   B           D   Gb A
If one guy's colors and the others don't mix
        Gb
They're gonna bash it up, bash it up, bash it up, bash it up
 
Chorus:
B D  Gb  A   B       D    Gb A
Hey, man you talkin' back to me?
B         D
 Take him out
Gb  A     B
You gotta keep 'em separated
B D  Gb  A   B     D Gb    A
Hey, man you disrespecting me?
B        D
 Take him out
Gb  A     B
You gotta keep 'em separated
B D  Gb   A     B      D
Hey, they don't pay no mind
Gb A      E                     C
If you're under 18 you won't be doing any time
B D Gb A Gb             B D Gb A B
Hey,       come out and play!
 
Bridge:
   B Gb A B Gb D (x3)
   B Gb A B
 
Verse:
B      Gb       A        B    D Gb A
By the time you hear the siren
B      Gb    A   B   D Gb A
It's already too late
B               Gb     A       B            D Gb A
One goes to the morgue and the other to jail
B         Gb     A       B              D Gb A
One guy's wasted and the other's a waste
 
Pre-chorus:
E                G           Gb       B D 
It goes down the same as the thousand before
E                G                 Gb       B   D 
No one's getting smarter, no one's learning the score
B                 Gb       A         B        D   Gb  A
Your never ending spree of death and violence and hate
   Gb
Is gonna tie your own rope, tie your own rope, tie your own
 
Chorus:
B D  Gb  A   B       D    Gb A
Hey, man you talkin' back to me?
B         D
 Take him out
Gb  A     B
You gotta keep 'em separated
B D  Gb  A   B     D Gb    A
Hey, man you disrespecting me?
B        D
 Take him out
Gb  A     B
You gotta keep 'em separated
B D  Gb   A     B      D
Hey, they don't pay no mind
Gb A      E                     C
If you're under 18 you won't be doing any time
B D Gb A Gb             B D Gb A B
Hey,       come out and play!
 
Bridge: 
   B Gb A B Gb D (x3)
   B Gb A B
 
Pre-chorus:
E                G           Gb       B D 
It goes down the same as the thousand before
E                G                 Gb       B   D 
No one's getting smarter, no one's learning the score
B                 Gb       A         B        D   Gb  A
Your never ending spree of death and violence and hate
   Gb
Is gonna tie your own rope, tie your own rope, tie your own
 
Chorus:
B D  Gb  A   B       D    Gb A
Hey, man you talkin' back to me?
B         D
 Take him out
Gb  A     B
You gotta keep 'em separated
B D  Gb  A   B     D Gb    A
Hey, man you disrespecting me?
B        D
 Take him out
Gb  A     B
You gotta keep 'em separated
B D  Gb   A     B      D
Hey, they don't pay no mind
Gb A      E                     C
If you're under 18 you won't be doing any time
B D Gb A Gb             B D Gb A B
Hey,       come out and play!