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The Decline by Nofx
The Decline
non-standard chords (if not tabbed)
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B(C) A#(C) F#(G) G#(A)
E|--------------------------------||
B|--------------------------------||
G|--------------------------------||
D|--10------10------3------7------||
A|--10------10------3------7------||
E|--7-------6-------2------4------||
Not both guitars. Just play along.
Times may differ a little as my mp3 player sucks.
[0:21]
E|-----------------||
B|-----------------||
G|--5-7-22-5-2-----||
D|--5-7-22-5-2-----||
A|--3-5-00-3-0-----||
E|-----------------||
[0:25]
E|----------------------------------------------------------------||
B|----------------------------------------------------------------||
G|--5-5-5-5-5--------------------5--------------------------------||
D|--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5------4h5----------------------------------||
A|--3-3-3-3-3-5-5-5-5-5--5h7--------------------------------------||
E|------------3-3-3-3-3-------------------------------------------||
[0:28]
E|----------------------------------------------------------------||
B|----------------------------------------------------------------||
G|-2-2-2--5-5h7-5---2-2-2--5-5h7-5---2-2-2--5-5h7-5---5-7-22-5-2--||
D|-2-2-2--5-5h7-5---2-2-2--5-5h7-5---2-2-2--5-5h7-5---5-7-22-5-2--||
A|-0-0-0--3-3h5-3---0-0-0--3-3h5-3---0-0-0--3-3h5-3---3-5-00-3-0--||
E|----------------------------------------------------------------||
[0:33]
E|----------------------------------------------------------------||
B|------------------10-----------3-3------------------------------||
G|-2-2-2--5-5h7-5---9---5-5h7-5--5-4-77-----------7---------------||
D|-2-2-2--5-5h7-5---7---5-5h7-5--5-5-77-------4h5-----------------||
A|-0-0-0--3-3h5-3-------3-3h7-3------55---5h7---------------------||
E|----------------------------------------------------------------||
[0:38]
a d
where are all the stupid people from
a F C G
and how'd they get to be so dumb?
C B(C)
bred on purple mountain range
A#(C)
feed amber waves of grains
a F
to lesser human beings, zero feelings.
[1:00] repeat 3 times
E|----------------------------------------------------------------||
B|--10-10-10-10---12-12---13-13-13----10-10-10-10-10-10-----------||
G|--X--X--X--X----X--X----X--X--x-----X--X--X--X--X--X------------||
D|--7--7--7--7----9--9----10-10-10----7--7--7--7--7--7------------||
A|----------------------------------------------------------------||
E|----------------------------------------------------------------||
[1:13]
... F C
human nature, man's destiny (man's destiny)
F C
blame it on the greediocracy (greediocracy)
G A# F
the fear of god the fear of change fear of truth.
[1:31]
C F G#
add the bill of rights subtract the wrongs (theres no answers!)
C F G#
memorize and sing star spangled songs (when the questions)
C G a F
aren't ever asked is anybody learning from the past?
C G F E
we're living in united stagnation.
[1:53] repeat 2 times
E|----------------------------------------------------------------||
B|----------------------------------------------------------------||
G|--5-5h7-5-------------------4-4h5-4-----------------------------||
D|--7-7-7-7--3-3-3-333-3-3-3--5-5-5-5--2-2-2-222-2-2-2------------||
A|-----------3-3-3-333-3-3-3-----------2-2-2-222-2-2-2------------||
E|-----------1-1-1-111-1-1-1-----------0-0-0-000-0-0-0------------||
[2:03]
a G C B(C) a
father. what have i done? i took that twenty two
F C G
a gift to me from you
d a F C
to bed with me each night kept it clean polished it well
F C B(C) F
cherished every cartridge every shell
[2:25]
a F G a
down by the creek under brush, under dirt theres a carcass of my second kill
E|----------------||
B|----------------||
G|----------------||
D|--7-7-5-4-3-2---||
A|--7-7-5-4-3-2---||
E|--5-4-3-2-1-0---||
a F G a
down by the park under stone, under pine there's a carcass of my brother William
F C
brother where, have you gone to? i swear, i never thought i could
F
i see so many times. they told me to shoot straight. don't pull the trigger, squeeze.
C
that will insure a kill. a kill is what you want. a kill is why we...
...breed
E|----------------||
B|----------------||
G|--9---9---9-----||
D|--9-9-9-9-9-9---||
A|--7-9-7-9-7-9---||
E|----7---7---7---||
[3:12]
E|--------------------------------||
B|--------------------------------||
G|--12----12----12----------------||
D|--12-12-12-12-12-12--12-11-10---||
A|--10-12-10-12-10-12-------------||
E|-----10----10----10-------------||
E|--------------------------------||
B|--------------------------------||
G|--12----12----12--------9-12----||
D|--12-12-12-12-12-12--12---------||
A|--10-12-10-12-10-12-------------||
E|-----10----10----10-------------||
E|--------------------------------||
B|--------------------------------||
G|--12----12----12--------9-12----||
D|--12-12-12-12-12-12--12---------||
A|--10-12-10-12-10-12-------------||
E|-----10----10----10-------------||
E|--------------------------------||
B|--------------------------------||
G|--12----12----12--------11-14---||
D|--12-12-12-12-12-12--14---------||
A|--10-12-10-12-10-12-------------||
E|-----10----10----10-------------||
E|--------------------------------||
B|--------------------------------||
G|--14----14----14--------11-14---||
D|--14-14-14-14-14-14--14---------||
A|--12-14-12-14-12-14-------------||
E|-----12----12----12-------------||
E|--------------------------------||
B|--------------------------------||
G|--14----14----14----------------||
D|--14-14-14-14-14----------------||
A|--12-14-12-14-12----------------||
E|-----12----12-------------------||
[3:46] repeat 2 times
E E7 A a
E|--0---0---0---0-----------------||
B|--0---3---2---1-----------------||
G|--1---1---2---2-----------------||
D|--2---1---2---2-----------------||
A|--2---2---0---0-----------------||
E|--0---0-------------------------||
[4:11] repeat 3 times
E|--------------------------------||
B|--10-9-9-9-9-9-10-12-12-12-12---||
G|--X--X-X-X-X-X-X--X--X--X--X----||
D|--7--6-6-6-6-6-7--9--9--9--9----||
A|--------------------------------||
E|--------------------------------||
E|--------------------------------||
B|--10-9-9-9-9-9--10--------------||
G|--X--X-X-X-X-X--X---------------||
D|--7--6-6-6-6-6--7---------------||
A|--------------------------------||
E|--------------------------------||
[4:20]
A a
E|------5---5-----------------------------------------------------||
B|------5---5-----------------------------------------------------||
G|--9---6---5---9-9-9-9-------------------------------------------||
D|--9---7---7---9-9-9-9--11-11-11-11--4-4-4-4--9-9-9-9------------||
A|--7---7---7---7-7-7-7--11-11-11-11--4-4-4-4--9-9-9-9------------||
E|------5---5------------9--9--9--9---2-2-2-2--7-7-7-7------------||
[4:30]
E|----------------------------------------------------------------||
B|----------------------------------------------------------------||
G|--9---9---6---4-------------------------------------------------||
D|--9---9---6---4---7-7-7-7--2-2-2-2--7-7-7-7--9-9-9-9------------||
A|--7---6---4---2---7-7-7-7--2-2-2-2--7-7-7-7--9-9-9-9------------||
E|------------------5-5-5-5--0-0-0-0--5-5-5-5--7-7-7-7------------||
[4:39] repeat 3 times
E|--------------------------------||
B|--10-9-9-9-9-9-10-12-12-12-12---||
G|--X--X-X-X-X-X-X--X--X--X--X----||
D|--7--6-6-6-6-6-7--9--9--9--9----||
A|--------------------------------||
E|--------------------------------||
E|--------------------------------||
B|--10-9-9-9-9-9--10-9------------||
G|--X--X-X-X-X-X--X--X------------||
D|--7--6-6-6-6-6--7--6------------||
A|--------------------------------||
E|--------------------------------||
[4:49]
A a
E|------5---5-----------------------------------------------------||
B|------5---5-----------------------------------------------------||
G|--9---6---5---9-9-9-9-------------------------------------------||
D|--9---7---7---9-9-9-9--11-11-11-11--4-4-4-4--9-9-9-9------------||
A|--7---7---7---7-7-7-7--11-11-11-11--4-4-4-4--9-9-9-9------------||
E|------5---5------------9--9--9--9---2-2-2-2--7-7-7-7------------||
[4:58]
E|----------------------------------------------------------------||
B|----------------------------------------------------------------||
G|--9---9---6---4-------------------------------------------------||
D|--9---9---6---4---7-7-7-7--2-2-2-2--7-7-7-7--9-9-9-9------------||
A|--7---6---4---2---7-7-7-7--2-2-2-2--7-7-7-7--9-9-9-9------------||
E|------------------5-5-5-5--0-0-0-0--5-5-5-5--7-7-7-7------------||
[5:08]
E|-------------------------||
B|-------------------------||
G|--9-9-9-9-...------------||
D|--9-9-9-9-...--7-6h7h9---||
A|--7-7-7-7-...------------||
E|-------------------------||
E|-------------------------||
B|-------------------------||
G|--9-9-9-9-...------------||
D|--9-9-9-9-...--7-6h7h9---||
A|--6-6-6-6-...------------||
E|-------------------------||
E|------------------------------------------||
B|------------------------------------------||
G|--6-6-6-6-...-----------------------------||
D|--6-6-6-6-...--7-6h7-----7-7-7-7-7-...----||
A|--4-4-4-4-...------------7-7-7-7-7-...----||
E|-------------------------5-5-5-5-5-...----||
[5:27] repeat 3 times
E|-------------------------------------------------------||
B|-------------------------------------------------------||
G|-------------------------------------------------------||
D|--9-999-7-7-77-9-999-9-9--9-999-7-7-77-9-999-7-6-7-6---||
A|--7-777-7-7-77-7-777-7-7--7-777-7-7-77-9-999-7-7-7-7---||
E|-------------------------------------------------------||
E|-------------------------------------------------------||
B|-------------------------------------------------------||
G|-------------------------------------------------------||
D|--9-999-7-7-77-9-999-9-9--9-999-7-7-77--9--9--7--------||
A|--7-777-7-7-77-7-777-7-7--7-777-7-7-77--9--9--7--------||
E|-------------------------------------------------------||
[5:49] repeat 2 times
E E7 A a
E|--0---0---0---0-----------------||
B|--0---3---2---1-----------------||
G|--1---1---2---2-----------------||
D|--2---1---2---2-----------------||
A|--2---2---0---0-----------------||
E|--0---0-------------------------||
[6:14]
E C a E
or maybe tear it apart start with assumption
E C a E
that a million people are smart, smarter than one.
[6:30] (Trombone Solo) repeat 2 times
...E, C, D, G, F#(G)
[6:48]
E|----------------------------------------------------------------||
B|----------------------------------------------------------------||
G|-------5-5--7-7--9-9--9-9--5-5--7-7--9-9------------------------||
D|--2-2--5-5--7-7--9-9--9-9--5-5--7-7--9-9------------------------||
A|--2-2--3-3--5-5--7-7--7-7--3-3--5-5--7-7------------------------||
E|--0-0-----------------------------------------------------------||
E|----------------------------------------------------------------||
B|----------------------------------------------------------------||
G|--9-9--3-3--5-5-------9-9--3-3--5-5-------7---------------------||
D|--9-9--3-3--5-5--5-5--9-9--3-3--5-5--5-5--7---------------------||
A|--7-7--2-2--3-3--5-5--7-7--2-2--3-3--5-5--5---------------------||
E|-----------------3-3-----------------3-3------------------------||
[7:26] repeat 2 times
E|----------------------------------------------------------------||
B|----------------------------------------------------------------||
G|----------------------------------------------------------------||
D|--9-9-9-9--9-9-9-9---------------------------------------12...--||
A|--7-7-7-7--5-5-5-5--7-7-7...---10-10-10-10--12-12-12-12--10...--||
E|--------------------9-9-9...---8--8--8--8---10-10-10-10---------||
[7:48]
E|----------------------------------------------------------------||
B|----------------------------------------------------------------||
G|-------5-7-9--9-7-5-7--9-7------------5-7-5--7-5-4---5-4-3------||
D|--7--7---------------------7-----7--7---------------------------||
A|-----------------------------7----------------------------------||
E|----------------------------------------------------------------||
[8:00]
E|----------------------------------------------------------------||
B|----------------------------------------------------------------||
G|-------5-7-9--9-7-5-7--9-7------------5-7-5--7-5----------------||
D|--7--7---------------------7-----7--7-------------5-5-5-5-5-----||
A|-----------------------------7--------------------5-5-5-5-5-----||
E|--------------------------------------------------3-3-3-3-3-----||
[8:11]
E|----------------------------------------------------------------||
B|----------------------------------------------------------------||
G|-------------7-7-7-7-7-----5-5-5-2-2----------------------------||
D|--2-2-2-2-2--7-7-7-7-7-----5-5-5-2-2-5-(2)----------------------||
A|--2-2-2-2-2--5-5-5-5-5-----3-3-2-0-0-5-(2)----------------------||
E|--0-0-0-0-0--------------------------3-(0)----------------------||
[8:17] repeat 2 times
E|------------------------------||
B|------------------------------||
G|--9-9-9-9-9--13-13-13-13-13---||
D|--X-X-X-X-X--X--X--X--X--X----||
A|--7-7-7-7-7--11-11-11-11-11---||
E|------------------------------||
[8:25] repeat 4 times
E|------------------------------||
B|------------------------------||
G|--5-5-5-2-2-------------------||
D|--5-5-5-2-2-5-2-...-----------||
A|--3-3-2-0-0-5-2-...-----------||
E|------------3-0-...-----------||
(Bass)
the man who used to speak performs a cute routine,feel a little patronized
C G D
don't feel bad. they found a way inside your head and you feel a bit misled.
A
it's not that they don't care, yeah
(Bass)
the television's put a thought inside your head like a barry manilow
C G D A
jingle I'd like to teach the world to sing in perfect harmony a symphonic blank stare, yeah
C E D C
it doesn't make you care (make you care)
C E D C
not designed to make you care (make you care)
C E D
they're betting you won't care (you won't...)
[9:24] solo: the first chord: keep your index finger on B & E string an bend the G
string with your ring finger
E|--12-12...---------------------------------------------------||
B|--12-12...---------------------------------------------------||
G|--14b16...--16p14-(1414)-14p12-------16b17r16-14-17-16-------||
D|-------------------------------1414--------------------------||
A|-------------------------------------------------------------||
E|-------------------------------------------------------------||
[9:32]
E|-------------------------------------------------------------||
B|--15b17--(1515)-15p12----------------------------------------||
G|----------------------(1414)-14p12--------14b16-14b16r14-12--||
D|-----------------------------------(1414)--------------------||
A|-------------------------------------------------------------||
E|-------------------------------------------------------------||
[9:36]
E|-------------------------------------------------------------||
B|--------12p13h12---------------------------------------------||
G|--14b16----------14h16p14p16---14h16p14p13h14p13p9-----------||
D|-------------------------------------------------------------||
A|-------------------------------------------------------------||
E|-------------------------------------------------------------||
[9:51] repeat 4 times
E|------------------||
B|------------------||
G|-----------7------||
D|----2------7------||
A|----2------5------||
E|----0-------------||
C G D E
place a wager on your greed,
C E D
a wager on your pride.
C G D E
why try to beat them when
C E D
a million others tried?
C E
we are the whore
G D
intellectually spayed
C E
we are the queer
G D
dysfunctionally raised
[10:32] (Trombone Solo)
E, C, D, G, F#(G)
E, C, D, G, F#(G), E
[11:03]
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------||
B|--------------------------------------------------------------------||
G|--------------------------------------------------------------------||
D|--0...-10...-9...-6.....(a long time)-------------------------------||
a|--------------------------------------------------------------------||
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------||
one more pill to kill the pain
one more pill to kill the pain
one more pill to kill the...
[12:01]
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------||
B|--------------------------------------------------------------------||
G|--------------------------------------------------------------------||
D|--5...-4...-2...-6.....(a long time)--------------------------------||
a|--------------------------------------------------------------------||
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------||
one more prayer to keep me safe
one more prayer to keep us warm
one more prayer to keep us...
[12:35]
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------||
B|--------------------------------------------------------------------||
G|--------------------9-9-9---------7-7-7-----------------------------||
D|--5...-4...--7-7-7--9-9-9--9-9-9--7-7-7-----------------------------||
a|-------------7-7-7--7-7-7--9-9-9--5-5-5-----------------------------||
E|-------------5-5-5---------7-7-7------------------------------------||
[12:47]
a E B
lost the battle, lost the war, lost the things worth living for
D a
lost the will to win the fight, one more pill to kill the pain
a
na na na na na
F#
na na na na na
D
na na na na na
E
Na na na na na
a F# D
the going get tough, the tough get debt. don't pay attention, pay the rent
E a
next of kins pay for your sins. a little faith should keep us safe.
[13:17]
d F C E
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------||
B|--6-6-...--10-10-...--8--8--...--9-9-...----------------------------||
G|--7-7-...--10-10-...--9--9--...--9-9-...----------------------------||
D|--7-7-...--10-10-...--10-10-...--9-9-...----------------------------||
a|--------------------------------------------------------------------||
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------||
[13:24] repeat this and next line 2 times palm muted and 2 times not
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------||
B|-------------------------1313-12-13--1313-12-13---------------------||
G|--1010-9-10--1010-9-10---X-X--X--X---X-X--X--X----------------------||
D|--X-X--X-X---X-X--X-X----1010-9--10--1010-9--10---------------------||
a|--8-8--7-8---8-8--7-8-----------------------------------------------||
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------||
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------||
B|--------------------------------------------------------------------||
G|--9-8-9---99-8-9---1313-12-13--1313-12-13---------------------------||
D|--XX-X-X--XX-X-X---X-X--X--X---X-X--X--X----------------------------||
a|--77-6-7--77-6-7---1111-10-11--1111-10-11---------------------------||
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------||
[13:57]
and so we go, on with our lives. we know the truth, but prefer lies.
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------||
B|--------------------------------------------------------------------||
G|--------10-...-----------------------------5-...-------------9-...--||
D|--------X--...-----------------------------X-...-------------X-...--||
a|--------8--...-----------------------------3-...-------------7-...--||
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------||
lies are simple, simple is bliss.
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------||
B|--------------------------------------------------------------------||
G|-------1414-1414-14--1717-17--1414-14---1212-1212-12--1717-1717-----||
D|-------X-X--X-X--X---X-X--X---X-X--X----X-X--X-X--X---X-x--X-X------||
a|-------1212-1212-12--1515-15--1212-12---1010-1010-10--1515-1515-----||
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------||
why go against tradition when we can
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------||
B|--------------------------------------------------------------------||
G|--14-...-----------------------17-...-------------------------------||
D|--X--...-----------------------X--...-------------------------------||
a|--12-...-----------------------15-...-------------------------------||
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------||
admit defeat, live in decline
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------||
B|--------------------------------------------------------------------||
G|------12-...-1010-99--9-...-----------------------------------------||
D|------X--...-X-X--XX--X-...-----------------------------------------||
a|------10-...-8-8--77--7-...-----------------------------------------||
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------||
be the victim of our own design
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------||
B|--------------------------------------------------------------------||
G|--5-...---------12-----10--9-10-...---------------------------------||
D|--X-...---------X------X---X-X--...---------------------------------||
a|--3-...---------10-----8---7-8--...---------------------------------||
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------||
the status quo built on suspect
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------||
B|--------------------------------------------------------------------||
G|---------10-...--1212-1414--17-...----------------------------------||
D|---------X--...--X-X--X-X---X--...----------------------------------||
a|---------8--...--1010-1212--15-...----------------------------------||
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------||
C B(C) a
why would anyone stick out their neck?
F G
fellow members club "we've got ours"
C B(C) a
i'd like to introduce you to our host
F f
he's got his, and i've got mine
C
meet the decline
[14:54]
E, C, D, G, F#(G)...
E|---------------------------------||
B|---------------------------------||
G|-----2--4--5----------2--4--2----||
D|--5-------------4--5-------------||
a|---------------------------------||
E|---------------------------------||
[17:01]
F#, D, E, A, G#(A)...
E|---------------------------------||
B|---------------------------------||
G|-----4--6--7----------4--6--4----||
D|--7-------------6--7-------------||
a|---------------------------------||
E|---------------------------------||
=======
THE END
=======
---------------
version 2
All the chords used in this song (not including octave chords):
E E7 E5 E5* F5 F5* F#/G5 G5 G#5 G5* A Am A5 A#5 B5
E|-0--0--x--x-|-x---x---x---|-x---x---x--|-0--0--x--x-|-x-x-|----||
B|-0--0--x--x-|-x---x---x---|-x---x---x--|-2--1--x--x-|-x-x-|----||
G|-1--1--x--9-|-x---10--x---|-x---x---x--|-2--2--x--x-|-x-4-|----||
D|-2--0--2--9-|-3---10--5---|-5---6---12-|-2--2--7--8-|-9-4-|----||
A|-2--2--2--7-|-3---8---5---|-5---6---10-|-0--0--7--8-|-9-2-|----||
E|-0--0--0--x-|-1---x---2---|-3---4---x--|-0--0--5--6-|-7-x-|----||
C5 C#5 C#5* B/C5 C#/B5 D5 D/E5 D#/E5
E|-x--x--x----x----x---|-x---x----x----||
B|-x--x--x----x----x---|-x---x----x----||
G|-5--6--x----5----x---|-7---x----x----||
D|-5--6--11---5----9---|-7---9----9----||
A|-3--4--9----2----4---|-5---5----6----||
E|-x--X--x----X----x---|-x---x----x----||
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Intro:
E|---------------------------||
B|---------------------------||
G|---------------------------||
D|--7-7----3-3----5-5----5-5-||
A|--7-7----3-3----3-3----5-5-||
E|--5-5----1-1----3-3----3-3-||
E|---------------------------------------------------------------||
B|---------------------------------------------------------------||
G|-----------------------------------5-7-----5-------------------||
D|------5-7-5------5-7-5------5-7-5--5-7-7-7-5-7-----------------||
A|-77-7-3-5-3-77-7-3-5-3-77-7-3-5-3--3-5-7-7-3-7-----------------||
E|-55-5-------55-5-------55-5------------5-5---5-----------------||
E|---------------------------------------------------------------||
B|---------------------------------------------------------------||
G|---------------------------------------------------------------||
D|------5-7-5------5-7-5---555-55-444-44-------------------------||
A|-77-7-3-5-3-77-7-3-5-3---555-55-555-55-------------------------||
E|-55-5-------55-5-----------------------------------------------||
*melvin screams*
E|-----------------------------------|---------------------------||
B|-----------------------------------|---------------------------||
G|------5-7-5-------5-7-5------5-7-5-|-5-7-----5-----------------||
D|-77-7-5-7-5--77-7-5-7-5-77-7-5-7-5-|-5-7-7-7-5-----------------||
A|-77-7-3-5-3--77-7-3-5-3-77-7-3-5-3-|-3-5-7-7-3-----------------||
E|-55-5--------55-5-------55-5-------|-----5-5-------------------||
E|------------------------|---------------------------||
B|------------------------|---------------------------||
G|------5-7-5-------5-7-5-|-5-5--4-4-7-7--------------||
D|-77-7-5-7-5--77-7-5-7-5-|-5-5--5-5-7-7------4-5-7---||
A|-77-7-3-5-3--77-7-3-5-3-|----------5-5--5-7---------||
E|-55-5--------55-5-------|---------------------------||
A5 D5
where are all the stupid people from
A5 F5 C5 G5
and how'd they get to be so dumb?
C5 B/C5
bred on purple mountain range
A#5
feed amber waves of grains
A5 F5
to lesser human beings, zero feelings
E|-------------------------------------------------||
B|--10-10--10--10-10--10/12-12--12-/13-13--13------||
G|-------------------------------------------------||
D|--7--7---7---7--7---7-/9--9---9--/10-10--10------||
A|-------------------------------------------------||
E|-------------------------------------------------||
A5
E|-------------------------------------------------||
B|--10-10--10--10-10--10--10-10--10--10-10--10-----||
G|-------------------------------------------------||
D|--7--7---7---7--7---7---7--7---7---7--7---7------||
A|-------------------------------------------------||
E|-------------------------------------------------||
A5
E|-------------------------------------------------||
B|--10-10--10--10-10--10/12-12--12-/13-13--13------||
G|-------------------------------------------------||
D|--7--7---7---7--7---7-/9--9---9--/10-10--10------||
A|-------------------------------------------------||
E|-------------------------------------------------||
A5
E|-------------------------------------------------||
B|--10-10--10--10-10--10--10-10--10--10-10--10-----||
G|-------------------------------------------------||
D|--7--7---7---7--7---7---7--7---7---7--7---7------||
A|-------------------------------------------------||
E|-------------------------------------------------||
A5 (blame it on!)
E|-------------------------------------------------||
B|--10-10--10--10-10--10/12-12--12-/13-13--13------||
G|-------------------------------------------------||
D|--7--7---7---7--7---7-/9--9---9--/10-10--10------||
A|-------------------------------------------------||
E|-------------------------------------------------||
F5
E|-------------------------------------------------||
B|--10-10--10--10-10--10--10-10--10--10-10--10-----||
G|-------------------------------------------------||
D|--7--7---7---7--7---7---7--7---7---7--7---7------||
A|-------------------------------------------------||
E|-------------------------------------------------||
A5
A5 F5 C5
human nature, man's destiny (man's destiny)
F5 C5
blame it on the greediocracy (greediocracy)
C5 G5 A#5 F5
the fear of God the fear of change fear of truth
*starts on "greediocracy."*
E|-------------------------------------------------||
B|-------------------------------------------------||
G|--7/12--10-7---/12--10---/12---10--5-------------||
D|-------------------------------------------------||
A|--5/10--8--5---/10--8----/10---8---3-------------||
E|-------------------------------------------------||
C5
add the bill of rights
C5 F5 G#5
subtract the wrongs (theres no answers!)
C5
memorize and sing
C5 F5 G#5
star spangled songs (when the questions!)
C5 G5
aren't ever asked
G5 A5 F5
is anybody learning from the past?
C5 G5 F5
we're living in united stagnation
Gtr1:
E|-------------------------------------------------------||
B|-------------------------------------------------------||
G|-------------------------------------------------------||
D|-----------------22-222-------------55-555-------------||
A|-22-2222-22-222--00-000--333-33-333-33-333-333-33-333--||
E|-00-0000-00-000----------111-00-111--------111-00-111--||
pm.......... ..........
E|-------------------------------------------------------||
B|-------------------------------------------------------||
G|-------------------------------------------------------||
D|-22-222------------55-555------------------------------||
A|-00-000-333-33-333-33-333-333-33-333-------------------||
E|--------111-00-111--------111-00-111-------------------||
pm........... ..........
Gtr2:
E|-------------------------------------------------------||
B|-------------------------------------------------------||
G|----------------55-7-5---44-5-4---55-7-5---44-5-4------||
D|-99-9999-99-999----------------------------------------||
A|-77-7777-77-777----------------------------------------||
E|-------------------------------------------------------||
A5 G5
father what have i done
C5 A#5 A5
i took that twenty two
F5 C5 G5
a gift to me from you
D5 A5
to bed with me each night
A5 F5 C5
kept it clean polished it well
F5 C5 B/C5 F5
cherished every cartridge every shell
A5 F5
down by the creek under brush under dirt
F5 G5 A5
theres a carcass of my second kill
E|---------------||
B|---------------||
G|---------------||
D|---------------||
A|--7-6-5-4-3-2--||
E|--5-4-3-2-1-0--||
pm.............
A5 F5
down at the park under stone under under pine
F5 G5 A5
theres a carcass of my brother William
A5 F5
brother where have you gone to i swear
F5 C5
i never thought i could i see so many times
C5 F5
they told me to shoot straight
F5
don't pull the trigger squeeze
F5 C5
that will insure a kill a kill is what you want
C5 F5 C5 F5 C5 F5 C5
to kill is why we breed
_______________________________________
*insert amazingly badass bassline here*
_______________________________________
E|--------------------||
B|--------------------||
G|--------------------||
D|-12-12-12--12-12-12-||
A|-10-12-10--12-10-12-||
E|----10-----10----10-||
E|---------------------||
B|---------------------||
G|-7---9---12----------||
D|---------------------||
A|-5---7---10----------||
E|---------------------||
E|--------------------||
B|--------------------||
G|--------------------||
D|-12-12-12--12-12-12-||
A|-10-12-10--12-10-12-||
E|----10-----10----10-||
E|---------------------||
B|---------------------||
G|-7---9---12----------||
D|---------------------||
A|-5---7---10----------||
E|---------------------||
the christians love their guns
the church and N.R.A.
E|--------------------||
B|--------------------||
G|--------------------||
D|-12-12-12--12-12-12-||
A|-10-12-10--12-10-12-||
E|----10-----10----10-||
E|---------------------||
B|---------------------||
G|-7---9---12----------||
D|---------------------||
A|-5---7---10----------||
E|---------------------||
pray for thier salvations
prey on the lower faiths
E|--------------------||
B|--------------------||
G|--------------------||
D|-12-12-12--12-12-12-||
A|-10-12-10--12-10-12-||
E|----10-----10----10-||
E|---------------------||
B|---------------------||
G|-9---11--14----------||
D|---------------------||
A|-7---9---12----------||
E|---------------------||
the story books been read
and every line believed
E|----------------------||
B|----------------------||
G|----------------------||
D|--14-14-14--14-14-14--||
A|--12-14-12--14-12-14--||
E|-----12-----12----12--||
E|---------------------||
B|---------------------||
G|-9---11--14----------||
D|---------------------||
A|-7---9---12----------||
E|---------------------||
cirriculums been set
logic is a threat
reason searched and seized
E|----------------------||
B|----------------------||
G|----------------------||
D|--14-14-14--14-14-----||
A|--12-14-12--14-12-----||
E|-----12-----12--------||
__________________________________________________
*continue badass bass solo*
__________________________________________________
clean w/ tremolo:
E|----------------------||
B|-0-----0-----2----1---||
G|-1-----1-----2----2---||
D|-2-----0-----2----2---||2x
A|-2-----2-----0----0---||
E|----------------------||
E|--------------------------------------------------||
B|109-9-9-9-10/12-12-12-12-109-9-9-9-10/12-12-12--||
G|--------------------------------------------------||
D|-76-6-6-6-7/-9--9--9--9---76-6-6-6--7/9--9--9---||
A|--------------------------------------------------||
E|--------------------------------------------------||
E|--------------------------------------------||
B|109-9-9-9-10/12-12-12-12-109-9-9-9-10/12--||
G|--------------------------------------------||
D|-76-6-6-6-7/-9--9--9--9---76-6-6-6--7/9---||
A|--------------------------------------------||
E|--------------------------------------------||
E5 A Am
jerry spent some time in michigan
E5 C#5 F#5 B5
a twenty year vacation after all he had a dime
E5* D#/E5 C#5 B5
a dime is worth a lot more in detroit
A5 E5 A5 B5
a dime in california a twenty dollar fine
E|--------------------------------------------------||
B|109-9-9-9-10/12-12-12-12-109-9-9-9-10/12-12-12--||
G|--------------------------------------------------||
D|-76-6-6-6-7/-9--9--9--9---76-6-6-6--7/9--9--9---||
A|--------------------------------------------------||
E|--------------------------------------------------||
E|----------------------------------------------||
B|109-9-9-9-10/12-12-12-12-109-9-9-9-10-12-10-||
G|----------------------------------------------||
D|-76-6-6-6-7/-9--9--9--9---76-6-6-6--7-9--7--||
A|----------------------------------------------||
E|----------------------------------------------||
E5 A Am
jerry only stayed a couple months
E5 C#5
its hard to enjoy yourself
F#5 B5
while bleeding out the ass
E5 D#/E5 C#5 B5
asphyxiation is simple and fast
A5 E5 A5 B5
it beats seventeen fun years of being someones bitch
E5
don't think (stay!)
D/E5
drink your wine (home!)
C#/B5
watch the fire burn (be!)
A5
his problems not mine (mine!)(safe!)
A5
just be that model citizen
E|-------------------------------------------------||
B|-------------------------------------------------||
G|-/99-7-676-/99-9-xxx-/99-7-676-------------------||
D|-/99-7-676-/99-9-xxx-/99-7-676-9-9-7--6-7-6------||
A|-------------------------------9-9-7--6-7-6------||
E|-------------------------------7-7-5--4-5-4------||
E|-------------------------------------------------||
B|-------------------------------------------------||
G|-/99-7-676-/99-9-xxx-/99-7-676-------------------||
D|-/99-7-676-/99-9-xxx-/99-7-676-9-9-7--6-7-6------||
A|-------------------------------9-9-7--6-7-6------||
E|-------------------------------7-7-5--4-5-4------||
E|-------------------------------------------------||
B|-------------------------------------------------||
G|-/99-7-676-/99-9-xxx-/99-7-676-------------------||
D|-/99-7-676-/99-9-xxx-/99-7-676-9-9-7--6-7-6------||
A|-------------------------------9-9-7--6-7-6------||
E|-------------------------------7-7-5--4-5-4------||
E|-------------------------------------------------||
G|-------------------------------------------------||
B|-/99-7-676-/99-9-xxx-/99-7-676-------------------||
D|-/99-7-676-/99-9-xxx-/99-7-676-9-9-7-------------||
A|-------------------------------9-9-7-------------||
E|-------------------------------7-7-5-------------||
E
i wish i had a schilling
E7 A
for every senseless killing
Am
i'd buy a government
E
americas for sale
E7 A
and you can get a good deal on it
Am
and make a healthy profit
or.................
E5 C5 A5 E5
maybe, tear it apart start with assumption
E5 C5 A5 E5
that a million people are smart smarter than one
[trombone riff]2x
E5 C5 D5 G5 F#/G5
E|---------------------------------------------------||
B|--8-8--8-8--8-8--8-8---8-8---8-8---8-8---8-8---8-8-||
G|---------------------------------------------------||
D|--5-5--5-5--5-5--5-5---5-5---5-5---5-5---5-5---5-5-||
A|---------------------------------------------------||
E|---------------------------------------------------||
E5 C5 D5 E5 E5 C5 D5 E5 E5
E5* B5 C5 G5*
serotonin's gone she gave up drifted away
E5* D/E5 C#/B5
sara fled thought process gone
C5 D5 G5
she left her answering machine on
E5* D/E5 C#/B5
the greeting left spoke insincere
C5 D5 G5
messages no one will ever hear
E|-----------------------------------------------||
B|-----------------------------------------------||
G|------5-7-9-9-7-5-7-9-7------5-7-5-7-5-4-7-5-3-||
D|-/7-7-------------------7-/7-------------------||
A|-----------------------------------------------||
E|-----------------------------------------------||
A5 C5 G5
10,000 messages a day
G5 D5 A5
a million more transmissions lay
A5 C5 G5
victims of the laissez faire
A5 C5 G5
10,000 voices a hundred guns
G5 D5 A5
100 decibels turns to one
A5 C5 G5
one bullet one empty head
E|-----------------------------------------------||
B|-----------------------------------------------||
G|------5-7-9-9-7-5-7-9-7------5-7-5-7-5---------||
D|-/7-7-------------------7-/7-------------------||
A|-----------------------------------------------||
E|-----------------------------------------------||
E5 D5
now with serrotonin gone (gone!)
C5 B5 A5 G5 E5
E|---------------------------------------||
B|---------------------------------------||
G|--9-9---9---9-9--9/13-13---13---13-13--||
D|---------------------------------------||
A|--7-7---7---7-7--7/11-11---11---11-11--||
E|---------------------------------------||
E|---------------------------------------||
B|---------------------------------------||
G|--9-9---9---9-9--9/13-13---13---13-13--||
D|---------------------------------------||
A|--7-7---7---7-7--7/11-11---11---11-11--||
E|---------------------------------------||
E|---------------------------------------||
B|---------------------------------------||
G|--9-9---9---9-9--9/13-13---13---13-13--||
D|---------------------------------------||
A|--7-7---7---7-7--7/11-11---11---11-11--||
E|---------------------------------------||
C5 B5 A5 G5 E5
E|---------------------------------------||
B|---------------------------------------||
G|--9-9---9---9-9--9/13-13---13---13-13--||
D|---------------------------------------||
A|--7-7---7---7-7--7/11-11---11---11-11--||
E|---------------------------------------||
C5 B5 A5 G5 E5
E|---------------------------------------||
B|---------------------------------------||
G|--9-9---9---9-9--9/13-13---13---13-13--||
D|---------------------------------------||
A|--7-7---7---7-7--7/11-11---11---11-11--||
E|---------------------------------------||
C5 B5 A5 G5 E5
E|---------------------------------------||
B|---------------------------------------||
G|--9-9---9---9-9--9/13-13---13---13-13--||
D|---------------------------------------||
A|--7-7---7---7-7--7/11-11---11---11-11--||
E|---------------------------------------||
C5 B5 A5 G5 E5
C5
The man who used to speak
B5
Performs a cute routine
D5 A5
Feel a little patronized
C5
Don't feel bad
C5 G5
They found a way inside your head
G5 D5
And you feel a bit misled
D5 A5
It's not that they don't care, yeah
C5 B5
The television's put a thought inside your head
D5 A5
Like a Barry Manilow,
C5 G5
jingle I'd like, to teach the world to sing
D5
In perfect harmony
A5
A symphonic blank stare, yeah
C5 E5* D5 C5
It doesn't make you care (make you care)
C5 E5* D5 C5
Not designed to make you care (make you cae)
C5 E5* D5
They're betting you won't care (you won't...)
*octave chords under solo*
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------||
B|--------------------------------------------------------------------||
G|-----13-12-14-16---12-12/14--14/16-16-14-12-----12/1614-14-12--9~~-||
D|-10-----------------------------------------------------------------||
A|-----11-10-12-14---10-10/12--12/14-14-12-10--10-10/1412-12-10--7~~-||
E|-8------------------------------------------------------------------||
Solo: use wah or auto wah pedal
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------||
B|--------------------------------------------------------------------||
G|-17^b1919191919^r17--14-----------------/17-17-14-17-16--19^b21-----||
D|-----------------------17p15h17p14p0h14-----------------------------||
A|--------------------------------------------------------------------||
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------||
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------||
B|--------------------------------------------------------------------||
G|-17h19p17-------------------------------------16-16h17p16-----------||
D|---------19p17h19p17----19-19p17---17--19-19^b20---------h19p17h19--||
A|--------------------h19---------h19---------------------------------||
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------||
E|-----------------------------||
B|-----------------------------||
G|p17h19p17--------------------||
D|---------h19p17h19~~~~~~~~~~-||
A|-----------------------------||
E|-----------------------------||
_________________________________
*yet another bass riff *
_________________________________
chords during bass solo:
*pick slide*
E5 D5 E5 D5 E5 D5 E5 D5
C5 G5* D5 E5*
Place a wager on your greed
C5 E5* D5
A wager on your pride
C5 G5* D5 E5*
Why try to beat them when,
C5 E5* D5
a million others tried?
C5 E5*
We are the whore
G5* D5
Intellectually spayed
C5 E5*
We are the queer
G5* D5
Dysfunctionally raised
E5 C5 D5 G5 F#/G5
E5 C5 D5 G5 F#/G5 E5
quite part all palm muted:
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------||
B|--------------------------------------------------------------------||
G|--------------------------------------------------------------------||
D|--------------------------------------------------------------------||
A|-5(x14)-5(x14)-15(x14)-15(x14)-14(x14)-14(x14)-11(repeatuntil3rdkill)|
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------||
One more pill to kill the pain
One more pill to kill the pain
One more pill to kill
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------||
B|--------------------------------------------------------------------||
G|--------------------------------------------------------------------||
D|--------------------------------------------------------------------||
A|-11--10(x8)9(x8)-------------7(x16)---------------------------------||
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------||
the pain Living through conformity
E|-----------||
B|-----------||
G|-----------||
D|-----------||*repeat until 3rd "keep"
A|--11-------||
E|-----------||
One more prayer to keep me safe
One more prayer to keep us warm
One more prayer to keep
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------||
B|--------------------------------------------------------------------||
G|------------------------------------------9-9-9---------------------||
D|------------------------------7---7--7----9-9-9--9-9-9--12-12-12----||
A|-11--10(x8)-------9(x8)-------7---7--7----7-7-7--9-9-9--12-12-12----||
E|------------------------------5---5--5-----------7-7-7--10-10-10----||
us safe There's gonna be a bet-ter place
A5 E5*
Lost the battle, lost the war
E5* B5
Lost the things worth living for
B5 D5
Lost the will to win the fight
D5 A5
One more pill to kill the pain
A5
Na na na na na
F#5
La na na na na
D5
Na na na na na
E5
Na na na na na
A5 F#5
The going get tough, the tough get debt
F#5 D5
Don't pay attention, pay the rent
D5 E5
Next of kins pay for your sins
E5 A5 A5 A5 A5 A5
A little faith should keep us safe
Gtr1:*sounds like they layer guitars or bass plays VERY high*
the progression goes D5-G5-C5-E5
E|------------------------------------------------------||
B|-66666666666--66666666666--44444444444--88888888888---||
G|-77777777777--77777777777--55555555555--99999999999---||
D|-77777757575--77777757575--55555535353--99999979797---||
A|------------------------------------------------------||
E|------------------------------------------------------||
Gtr2:
E|---------------------------------------------||
B|---------------------------------------------||
G|-109/10-109/10-1312/13--------------------||
D|---------------------------------------------||
A|-8-7/8--8-7/8--1110/11--11(8x)------------||
E|---------------------------muted-------------||
then:(entire verse)
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------||
B|-----------------1312/13-1312/13---------------------------------||
G|-109/10-109/10--------------------98/9-98/9--1312/13-1312/13-||
D|-----------------109/-10-109/-10---------------------------------||
A|-8-7/8--8-7/8---------------------76/7-76/7--1110/11-1110/11-||
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------||
Save us!
The human, existence
Is failing, resistance
Essential, the future
Written off, the odds are
Astronomically against us
Only moron and genius
Would fight a losing battle
Against the super ego
G#5
When giving in is so *** comforting
E|---------------------------------||
B|---------------------------------||
G|----------10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10||
D|---------------------------------||
A|----------8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8-||
E|---------------------------------||
F5 F5
And so we go, on with our lives
E|---------------------------------||
B|---------------------------------||
G|-10-10-10-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-13-13||
D|---------------------------------||
A|-8--8--8--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-11-11||
E|---------------------------------||
C5 E5
We know the truth, but prefer lies
E|---------------------------------||
B|---------------------------------||
G|-13-13-14-14-17-17-17-14-12-12-17||
D|---------------------------------||
A|-11-11-12-12-15-15-15-12-10-10-15||
E|---------------------------------||
A5 C5
Lies are simple, simple is bliss
E|--------------------------------------------||
B|--------------------------------------------||
G|17-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-17-17-17-17||
D|--------------------------------------------||
A|15-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-15-15-15-15||
E|--------------------------------------------||
D5 F5
Why go against tradition when we can
E|--------------------------------------------||
B|--------------------------------------------||
G|17-17-17-17-17-17-17-17-16-16-16-16-16-16-16||
D|--------------------------------------------||
A|15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-14-14-14-14-14-14-14||
E|--------------------------------------------||
C5 B/C5
Admit defeat, live in decline
E|---------------------------------||
B|---------------------------------||
G|-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14||
D|---------------------------------||
A|-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12||
E|---------------------------------||
A5 C5 F5
Be the victim of our own design
E|----------------------------------------||
B|----------------------------------------||
G|-14-14-14-7-7-7-12-14-12-17-17-17-17-17-||
D|----------------------------------------||
A|-12-12-12-5-5-5-10-12-12-15-15-15-15-15-||
E|----------------------------------------||
D5 F5
The status quo, built on suspect
C5 B/C5 A5
Why would anyone stick out their neck?
F5
Fellow members
G5
Club "We've Got Ours"
C5 B/C5 A5
I'd like to introduce you to our host
Fmaj Fmin
He's got his, and I've got mine
C5
Meet the decline
E|-8---8---||
B|---8---8-||
G|---------||
D|---------||
A|---------||
E|---------||
E5 C5 D5 G5 F#/G5 *Repeat till end*
E|-trombone-part-on-guitar|--outro riff played with the trombone-------|
B|------------------------|--play a bunch------------------------------|
G|------------------------|--------------------------------------------|
D|----14-12-10-----12-10-9|--------------------------------------------|
A|-12-----------10--------|-10-12-14-15--9-10-12-14-12-----------------|
E|------------------------|--------------------------------------------|
We are the queer
We are the whore
Ammunition
In the class war
We are worker
We love our queen
We sacrifice
We're soilent green
We are the queer
We are the whore
Ammunition
In the class war
E|---------------------------------||
B|---------------------------------||
G|---repeat until end--------------||
D|---------------------------------||
A|-12-14-16-17---11-12-14-16-14----||
E|---------------------------------||
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------||
B|--------------------------------------------------------------------||
G|--------------------------------------------------------------------||
D|--------------------------------------------------------------------||
A|--------------------------------------------------------------------||
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------||
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------||
B|--------------------------------------------------------------------||
G|--------------------------------------------------------------------||
D|--------------------------------------------------------------------||
A|--------------------------------------------------------------------||
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------||
---------------
version 3
chords in this song (mostly powerchords)
low<----->high
E 0-2-2-1-0-0
E7 0-2-0-1-0-0
E5 0-2-2-x-x-x
F5 1-3-3-x-x-x
G5 3-5-5-x-x-x
G5* 2-5-5-x-x-x
G#5 4-6-6-x-x-x
A 0-0-2-2-2-0
Am 0-0-2-2-1-0
A5 5-7-7-x-x-x
A#5 6-8-8-x-x-x
B5 7-9-9-x-x-x or x-2-4-4-x-x
C5 8-10-10-x-x-x or x-3-5-5-x-x
C5* 7-10-10-x-x-x
C#5 9-11-11-x-x-x or x-4-6-6-x-x
C#5! x-4-9-x-x-x or 9-x-9-x-x-x
D5 x-5-7-7-x-x or 10-12-12-x-x-x
D5! x-5-9-x-x-x
E5^ x-7-9-9-x-x
F5^ x-8-10-10-x-x
G5^ x-10-12-12-x-x
A5^ x-12-14-14-x-x
==================================================
the decline
==================================================
|-----------------------------------------------
|-----------------------------------------------
|------------------------------------2-2--------
|--7-7----3-3----5-5----5-5----------2-2---0----
|--7-7----3-3----3-3----5-5----7\--0-----3---3--
|--5-5----1-1----3-3----3-3---------------------
|------------------------------|----------------
|------------------------------|----------------
|----2-2----------2-2----------|-5-7-----5------
|----2-2---0------2-2---0------|-5-7-7-7-5-7----
|--0-----3---3--0-----3---3--0-|-3-5-7-7-3-7----
|------------------------------|-----5-5---5----
|------------------------------|-----------------
|------------------------------|-----------------
|----2-2----------2-2----------|-----------------
|----2-2---0------2-2---0------|-5-5--5--5--5----
|--0-----3---3--0-----3---3--0-|-5-5--5--5--5----
|------------------------------|-----------------
|----------------|---------------------------------
|----------------|---------------------------------
|----------------|-----------5-7-5----------5-7-5--
|--4-4--4--4--4--|--7--7--7--5-7-5-7--7--7--5-7-5--
|--5-5--5--5--5--|--7--7--7--3-5-3-7--7--7--3-5-3--
|----------------|--5--5--5--------5--5--5---------
|------------------|------------|------------------
|------------------|------------|------------------
|-----------5-7-5--|-5-7-----5--|-----------5-7-5--
|--7--7--7--5-7-5--|-5-7-7-7-5--|--7--7--7--5-7-5--
|--7--7--7--3-5-3--|-3-5-7-7-3--|--7--7--7--3-5-3--
|--5--5--5---------|-----5-5----|--5--5--5---------
|------------------|-------------------------------
|------------------|-------------------------------
|-----------5-7-5--|--5-5----4-4--7-7--------------
|--7--7--7--5-7-5--|--5-5----5-5--7-7----5-6-------
|--7--7--7--3-5-3--|--------------5-5--7-----------
|--5--5--5---------|-------------------------------
A5^ D5
where are all the stupid people from
A5^ F5^ C5 G5^
and how'd they get to be so dumb?
C5 C5*
bred on purple mountain range
A#5
feed amber waves of grains
A5 F5
to lesser human beings, zero feelings
|-------------------------------------------------
|--10-10--10--10-10--10/12-12--12-/13-13--13------
|-------------------------------------------------
|--7--7---7---7--7---7-/9--9---9--/10-10--10------
|-------------------------------------------------
|-------------------------------------------------
A5
|-------------------------------------------------
|--10-10--10--10-10--10--10-10--10--10-10--10-----
|-------------------------------------------------
|--7--7---7---7--7---7---7--7---7---7--7---7------
|-------------------------------------------------
|-------------------------------------------------
A5
|-------------------------------------------------
|--10-10--10--10-10--10/12-12--12-/13-13--13------
|-------------------------------------------------
|--7--7---7---7--7---7-/9--9---9--/10-10--10------
|-------------------------------------------------
|-------------------------------------------------
A5
|-------------------------------------------------
|--10-10--10--10-10--10--10-10--10--10-10--10-----
|-------------------------------------------------
|--7--7---7---7--7---7---7--7---7---7--7---7------
|-------------------------------------------------
|-------------------------------------------------
A5 (blame it on!)
|-------------------------------------------------
|--10-10--10--10-10--10/12-12--12-/13-13--13------
|-------------------------------------------------
|--7--7---7---7--7---7-/9--9---9--/10-10--10------
|-------------------------------------------------
|-------------------------------------------------
F5^
|-------------------------------------------------
|--10-10--10--10-10--10--10-10--10--10-10--10-----
|-------------------------------------------------
|--7--7---7---7--7---7---7--7---7---7--7---7------
|-------------------------------------------------
|-------------------------------------------------
A5
A5 F5^ C5
human nature, man's destiny (man's destiny)
F5^ C5
blame it on the greediocracy (greediocracy)
C5 G5^ A#5 F5^
the fear of God the fear of change fear of truth
C5
add the bill of rights
C5 F5 G#5
subtract the wrongs (theres no answers!)
C5
memorize and sing
C5 F5 G#5
star spangled songs (when the questions!)
C5 G5
aren't ever asked
G5 A5 F5
is anybody learning from the past?
C5 G5 F5
we're living in united stagnation
|--------------------------------------------------
|--------------------------------------------------
|--------------------------------------------------
|--------------------------------------------------
|--------------------------------------------------
|--------------------------------------------------
A5 G5^
father what have i done
C5 A#5 A5
i took that twenty two
F5 C5 G5
a gift to me from you
D5 A5
to bed with me each night
A5 F5^ C5
kept it clean polished it well
F5^ C5 C5* F5^
cherished every cartridge every shell
A5 F5
down by the creek under brush under dirt
F5 G5 A5
theres a carcass of my second kill
|---------------
|---------------
|--------------- (i can't get this to sound right!)
|---------------
|--------7-6-5--
|--5-4-3--------
A5 F5^
down at the park under stone under under pine
F5^ G5^ A5
theres a carcass of my brother william
A5 F5^
brother where have you gone to i swear
F5^ C5
i never thought i could i see so many times
C5 F5^
they told me to shoot straight
F5^
don't pull the trigger squeeze
F5^ C5
that will insure a kill a kill is what you want
C5 F5^ C5 F5^ C5 F5^ C5
to kill is why we breed
[rythem fig.1]
|------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|
|-----12-----------------------------|
|-----12----12----12----12----12-----|
|--10----10----10----10----10----10--|
|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|
|----12---12--------12---------|
|----12---12---12---12---12----|
|--9----9----9----9----9----9--|
|----------------------------|--------------------|
|----------------------------|--------------------|
|----------------------------|-12----12-----12----|
|---12--------12---12--------|-12-12-12--12-12-12-|
|---12---12---12---12---12---|-10-12-10--12-10-12-|
|-8----8----8----8----8----8-|----10-----10----10-|
|------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|
|-----12-----------------------------|
|-----12----12----12----12----12-----|
|--10----10----10----10----10----10--|
|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|
|----12---12--------12---------|
|----12---12---12---12---12----|
|--9----9----9----9----9----9--|
[end rythem fig.1]
|----------------------------|--------------------|
|----------------------------|--------------------|
|----------------------------|-12----12-----12----|
|---12--------12---12--------|-12-12-12--12-12-12-|
|---12---12---12---12---12---|-10-12-10--12-10-12-|
|-8----8----8----8----8----8-|----10-----10----10-|
[rythem fig.1]
the christians love their guns
the church and n - r - a
pray for thier salvations
prey on the lower faiths
[rythem fig.2]
|------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|
|-----14-----------------------------|
|-----14----14----14----14----14-----|
|--12----12----12----12----12----12--|
|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|
|-----14----14----------14----------|
|-----14----14----14----14----14----|
|--11----11----11----11----11----11-|
|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|
|----14----------------------14-----|
|----14----14----14----14----14-----|
|-10----10----10----10----10----10--|
[end rythem fig.2]
|----------------------|
|----------------------|
|--14----14-----14-----|
|--14-14-14--14-14-14--|
|--12-14-12--14-12-14--|
|-----12-----12----12--|
[rythem fig.2]
the story books been read
and every line believed
[rythem fig.2]
cirriculums been set
logic is a threat
reason searched and seized
|-0------------------------------------------------
|-0------------------------------------------------
|-1------------------------------------------------
|-2----4-6-4---6-4----4-6-4---4-6-4-6-4----7-7-7-7-
|-2--7-------7------7-------7-----------7----------
|-0------------------------------------------------
|--------------------------------------------------
|--------------------------------------------------
|--------------------------------------------------
|--7-6-4--7-7-7-7-6-4----4-6-4---------------------
|----------------------7-------7-4---7-4---4-7-4-7-
|----------------------------------7-----7---------
|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|
|--4------------6-6-7-7-6-4----|
|----7-4-7--7-7-------------7--|
|------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------
|10\9-9-9-9-10/12-12-12-12-10\9-9-9-9-10/12-12-12--
|--------------------------------------------------
|-7\6-6-6-6-7/-9--9--9--9---7\6-6-6-6--7/9--9--9---
|--------------------------------------------------
|--------------------------------------------------
|--------------------------------------------|
|10\9-9-9-9-10/12-12-12-12-10\9-9-9-9-10/12--|
|--------------------------------------------|
|-7\6-6-6-6-7/-9--9--9--9---7\6-6-6-6--7/9---|
|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|
E5^ A Am
(jerry spent some time in michigan)
E5 C#5 F#5 B5
a twenty year vacation after all he had a dime
E5^ C#5 B5
(a dime is worth a lot more in detroit)
A5 E5 A5 B5
a dime in california a twenty dollar fine
|--------------------------------------------------
|--------------------------------------------------
|--------------------------------------------------
|--------------------------------------------------
|--------------------------------------------------
|--------------------------------------------------
E5^ A Am
(jerry only stayed a couple months)
E5 C#5
its hard to enjoy yourself
F#5 B5
while bleeding out the ass
E5^ C#5 B5
(asphyxiation is simple and fast)
A5 E5 A5 B5
it beats seventeen fun years of being someonesbitch
E5^
don't think (stay!)
D5!
drink your wine (home!)
C#5!
watch the fire burn (be!)
A5
his problems not mine (safe!)
A5
just be that model citizen
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|--/7-7-----------/7-7--7-7-xx-xx--/7-7-----------|
|--/7-7-5--5-5-5--/7-7--7-7-xx-xx--/7-7-5--5-5-5--|
|-------5--5-5-5------------------------5--5-5-5--|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|----------------|
|----------------|
|----------------|
|--9-9-7--6-7-6--|
|--9-9-7--6-7-6--|
|--7-7-5--4-5-4--|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|--/7-7-----------/7-7--7-7-xx-xx--/7-7-----------|
|--/7-7-5--5-5-5--/7-7--7-7-xx-xx--/7-7-5--5-5-5--|
|-------5--5-5-5------------------------5--5-5-5--|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|----------|
|----------|
|----------|
|--9-9-7---|
|--9-9-7---|
|--7-7-5---|
E
(i wish i had a schilling)
E7 A
(for every senseless killing)
Am
(i'd buy a government)
E
(americas for sale)
E7 A
(and you can get a good deal on it)
Am
(and make a healthy profit)
or.................
E5 C5 A5 E5
maybe, tear it apart start with assumption
E5 C5 A5 E5
that a million people are smart smarter than one
[trombone riff]
E5 C5 D5 G5 G5*
[trombone riff]
E5 C5 D5 G5 G5*
|---------------------------------------
|--8-8-----8-8-----8-8-----8-8-----8-8--
|---------------------------------------
|--5-5-----5-5-----5-5-----5-5-----5-5--
|---------------------------------------
|---------------------------------------
E5 C5 D5 E5 E5
|---------------------------------------
|--8-8-----8-8-----8-8-----8-8-----8-8--
|---------------------------------------
|--5-5-----5-5-----5-5-----5-5-----5-5--
|---------------------------------------
|---------------------------------------
E5 C5 D5 E5 E5
|---------------------------------------
|--8-8-----7-7-----8-8-----8-8-----8-8--
|---------------------------------------
|--5-5-----4-4-----5-5-----5-5-----5-5--
|---------------------------------------
|---------------------------------------
E5 C5 D5 E5 E5
|---------------------------------------
|--8-8-----4-4-----8-8-----8-8-----8-8--
|---------------------------------------
|--5-5-----1-1-----5-5-----5-5-----5-5--
|---------------------------------------
|---------------------------------------
E5 C5 D5 E5 E5
[rythem fig.3]
|--------------------------------------------------
|--------------------------------------------------
|--------------------------------------------------
|--------------------------------------------------
|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7------------------------------
|---------------------7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-8-8-8-8--
[end rythem fig.3]
|--------------------------------------------------
|--------------------------------------------------
|--------------------------------------------------
|--------------------------------------------------
|------------------10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10---
|--8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8---------------------------------
[rythem fig.3]
serotonin's gone she gave up drifted away
E5^ D5! C#5*
sara fled thought process gone
C5 D5 G5
she left her answering machine on
E5^ D5! C#5*
the greeting left spoke insincere
C5 D5 G5
messages no one will ever hear
A5 C5 G5
10,000 messages a day
G5 D5 A5
a million more transmissions lay
A5 C5 G5
victims of the laissez faire
A5 C5 G5
10,000 voices a hundred guns
G5 D5 A5
100 decibels turns to one
A5 C5 G5
one bullet one empty head
E5 D5
now with serrotonin gone (gone!)
C5 B5 A5 G5 E5
|---------------------------------------
|---------------------------------------
|--9-9---9---9-9--9/13-13---13---13-13--
|---------------------------------------
|--7-7---7---7-7--7/11-11---11---11-11--
|---------------------------------------
|---------------------------------------
|---------------------------------------
|--9-9---9---9-9--9/13-13---13---13-13--
|---------------------------------------
|--7-7---7---7-7--7/11-11---11---11-11--
|---------------------------------------
|---------------------------------------
|---------------------------------------
|--9-9---9---9-9--9/13-13---13---13-13--
|---------------------------------------
|--7-7---7---7-7--7/11-11---11---11-11--
|---------------------------------------
C5 B5 A5 G5 E5
|---------------------------------------
|---------------------------------------
|--9-9---9---9-9--9/13-13---13---13-13--
|---------------------------------------
|--7-7---7---7-7--7/11-11---11---11-11--
|---------------------------------------
C5 B5 A5 G5 E5
|---------------------------------------
|---------------------------------------
|--9-9---9---9-9--9/13-13---13---13-13--
|---------------------------------------
|--7-7---7---7-7--7/11-11---11---11-11--
|---------------------------------------
C5 B5 A5 G5 E5
|---------------------------------------
|---------------------------------------
|--9-9---9---9-9--9/13-13---13---13-13--
|---------------------------------------
|--7-7---7---7-7--7/11-11---11---11-11--
|---------------------------------------
C5 B5 A5 G5 E5
---------------
version 4
Am F C G
Am C D (a few times)
E C D (once)
C C/B
Am C D (a few times)
E C D (once)
C C/B D
Am Dm
Where are all the stupid people from?
Am F C G
And how'd they get to be so dumb?
C C/B
Bred on purple mountain range
Bb
Feed amber waves of grains
F/A F
To lesser human beings, zero feelings
Am B C
Blame it on
F C
Human nature, mans destiny (mans destiny)
F C
Blame it on the greediocracy (greediocracy)
Dm
Fear of god
Bb
The fear of change
F
The fear of truth
C F
Add the bill of rights, subtract the wrongs
G#
There's no answers
C F
Memorize and sing star spangled songs
G#
When the questions
C G
Aren't ever asked
Am F
Is anybody learning from the past?
C G F E
We're living in united stagnation
Am F G E
Am F G E
Am G
Father what have I done?
C C/B Am
I took that 22
F C G
A gift to me from you
Dm Am
To bed with me each night
F
Kept it clean
C
Polished it well
F C C/B F
Cherished every cartridge, every shell
Am F
Down, by the creek, under brush, under dirt
G Am G# G F# F E
There's a carcass of my second kill
Am F
Down, by the park, under stone, under pine
G Am
There's a carcass of my brother William
F
Brother where, have you gone to?
C
I swear, I never thought I could
I see so many times
Dm
They told me to shoot straight
Don't pull the trigger, squeeze
C
That will insure a kill
A kill is what you want
F C F C F C
A kill is why we breed
D D/C# C G D G D G D
D D/C# D G D G D G D
D D/C#
The christians love their guns
C G D G D G D
The church and nra
D D/C#
Pray for their salvations
C G D G D G D
Prey on the lower faiths
E E/D#
The story book's been read
D A E A E A E
And every line believed
E E/D#
Curriculum's been set
D
Logic is a threat
A E A E A E
Reason searched and seized
E E7 A Am
E E7 A Am
E E B A
E C#m A B
E A Am
Jerry spent some time in Michigan
E C#m F#m B
A twenty year vacation, after all he had a dime
E E/D# C#m B
A dime is worth a lot more in Detroit
A E A B
A dime in california, a twenty dollar fine
E E B A
E C#m A B
E A Am
Jerry only stayed a couple months
E C#m F#m B
It's hard to enjoy yourself while bleeding out the ass
E E/D# C#m B
Asphyxiation is simple and fast
A E A B
It beats seventeen fun years of being someones bitch
E
Don't think (stay)
D
Drink your wine (home)
D/C#
Watch the fire burn (be)
A
His problems not mine (safe)
E A E E
Just be that model citizen
E E7
I wish I had a schilling
A
For every senseless killing
Am
I'd buy a government
E E7
America's for sale
A
And you can get a good deal on it
Am
And make a healthy profit
E C
Or maybe, tear it apart
Am E
Start with assumption
E C
That a million people are smart
Am E C D G D/F#
Smarter than one
Weird rhythm
Em C D Em
Em C D Em
Em C D G
Em B C G
Em B
Serotonin's gone
C G
She gave up, drifted away
Em D D/C#
Sara fled, thought process gone
C D G
She left her answering machine on
Em D D/C#
The greeting left spoken sincere
C D G
Messages no one will ever hear
Am C G
Ten thousand messages a day
D Am
A million more transmissions lay
C G
Victims of the laissez faire
Am C G
Ten thousand voices, a hundred guns
D Am
A hundred decibels turns to one
C G
One bullet, one empty head
Em D
Now with serotonin gone
C B Am G Eoctave E with maj3 Eoctave Emaj3
C B Am G E
C
The man who used to speak
E
Performs a cute routine
D D/C#
Feel a little patronized
C
Don't feel bad
G
They found a way inside your head
D
And you feel a bit misled
Am
It's not that they don't care, yeah
C E
The television's put a thought inside your head
D D/C#
Like a barry manilow, jingle
C G
I'd like, to teach the world to sing
D
In perfect harmony
Am
A symphonic blank stare, yeah
C E
It doesn't make you care (make you care)
C E
Not designed to make you care (make you care)
C E
They're betting you won't care (you won't...)
C E C Am G
C D G Em
C B Am G Em
Tough Bass (I just play chords) D Em G low E ring
Em D Em D
C G D Em
Place a wager on your greed
C Em D
A wager on your pride
C G D Em C Em D
Why try to beat them when, a million others tried?
C Em
We are the whore
G D
Intellectually spayed
C Em
We are the queer
G D
Dysfunctionally raised
Em C D G D/F#
Em C D G D/F#
Em (let ring)
D string picked
5th fret G string picked
4th fret G string picked
1st fret G string picked
E G#m
One more pill to kill the pain
One more pill to kill the pain
E C
One more pill to kill the pain
D A
Living through conformity
E G#m
E G#m
One more prayer to keep me safe
One more prayer to keep us warm
E C
One more prayer to keep us safe
D A
There's gonna be a better place
E B D
A E
Lost the battle, lost the war
Bm
Lost the things worth living for
D
Lost the will to win the fight
One more pill to kill the pain
A
Na na na na na
F#m
La na na na na
D
Na na na na na
E
Na na na na na
A
The going get tough, the tough get debt
F#m
Don't pay attention, pay the rent
D
Next of kins pay for your sins
E A
A little faith should keep us safe
Dm F C E
Dm
F
Save us
C
The human, existence
E
Is failing, resistance
Dm
Essential, the future
F
Written off, the odds are
C
Astronomically against us
E
Only moron and genius
Dm
Would fight a losing battle
F
Against the super ego
C E (hold)
When giving in is so damn comforting
Dm F
And so we go, on with our lives
C E
We know the truth, but prefer lies
Am C
Lies are simple, simple is bliss
Dm F
Why go against tradition when we can
C E
Admit defeat, live in decline
Am F
Be the victim of our own design
Dm F
The status quo, built on suspect
C C/B Am
Why would anyone stick out their neck?
F
Fellow members
G
Club "we've got ours"
C C/B Am
I'd like to introduce you to our host
F Fm
He's got his, and I've got mine
C
Meet the decline
Em C D G D/F#
We are the queer
We are the whore
Ammunition
In the class war
We are worker
We love our queen
We sacrifice
We're soilent green
We are the queer
We are the whore
Ammunition
In the class war
Em C D G D/F#
(Eventually modulates up a whole step to)
F#m D E A A/G#
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