Allister
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Life Behind Machines
2012
Key: G
Tuning: Standard EADGBe
Chords used:
Em - 022000
Am - x02210
B - x24442
G - 320033
G/B - x2x003
C - x32010
D - xx0232
D/F# - 2x023x
F - 133211
Intro: Em-- x4
Verse 1:
Em
I lay down for the night
Am
and rest my weary eyes
B
hoping tonight that
Em
things might change
Em
but in this darkness my
Am
thoughts start to multiply
B Em
and sanity slowly slips away
Refrain:
Am
and as the sun starts creeping
D Em
through the cracks between
Am
the shades it calls me out to
B
battle through another day
Chorus 1:
Em
And I just need one more
C G
hour to sleep sweet relief
B
from the demons in my mind
Em
I toss and turn but still
C
nothing seems to rule
G
Can't turn off these nervous
thoughts and though
B
I'm shutting my mind's
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Post Chorus: Guitar Solo
Em--C--G--B--
Verse 2:
Em
I peel my body up
Am
and pour myself a cup
B
Go through the motions
Em
of the day
Em
And try to figure
Am
out a way to
B
reconcile the two sides
Em
at war inside of me
(Repeat Refrrain)
(Repeat Chorus 1)
Bridge:
G
As seconds
C
turns to minutes
and hours into
Em
days. My thoughts
C
evaporate into the
G/B
haze of real
Am D
life dreams I need
C
to clear my mind
G/B Am
of everything so that
G D/F# F(hold)
I can get some sleep
Interlude: Em--C--G--B--
Chorus 2:
Em
And I just need one more
C G
hour to sleep sweet relief
B
from the demons in my mind
Em
I toss and turn but still
C
nothing seems to rule
G
Can't turn off these nervous
thoughts and though
B
I'm shutting my mind's
Em--C--G--B-- Drumbeats
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