Think the major #9 chord sound (both major and minor third in most C chords)
Choruses based on power chords
F/A = 58xxxx/x03xxx/x03211
Verses:
xxxx58 xxxx68 xxx8x8
C Ab6 Fm7
ORDER: I V1 PC1 C1 V2 PC2 C2 B INT V3 FC1 FC2 O
[INTRO]
Cm Ab | Fm7 |
C Ab6 | Fm7 |
C Ab6 | Fm7 |
C Ab6 | Fm7 |
[VERSE 1]
C Ab6 Fm7
Free - dom of choice to use your voice
C7 Ab6 Fm7
Not something that I've ever seen enforced
C7 Ab6 Fm7
Free to be meek, but not to speak
C7 Ab6 Fm7
Free to watch all of your rhetoric repeating
[PRE-CHORUS 1]
C Ab6 Fm7
Free to decide to just let things slide, I'm free to be
C Ab6 Fm7
However you want me
C Ab6 Fm7
Bad news to - day, sorry to say
C7 Ab6 Fm7
You've been declined an open mind
[CHORUS 1]
Cm Ab Fm
So you can shut your mouth, shut it down
Cm Ab Fm
Has the point gotten through?
Cm Ab Fm
Shut your mouth, keep it down
Cm Ab Fm7
Oh-oh-ohh-ohh, oh-oh-ohh-ohh
[VERSE 2]
C Ab6 Fm7
When you're not here, it would seem so clear
C7 Ab6 Fm7
Be what you like, see what you like and have no fear, but like
C Ab6 Fm7
Big kids at school, consumed by cool
C7 Ab6 Fm7
Trained to spit on all exceptions to the rule now
[PRE-CHORUS 2]
C Ab6 Fm7
But inside your mind, you feel so confined, it's hard to breathe
C Ab6 Fm7
You can't get no release
C Ab6 Fm7
Boxed in and left out, you wanna shout
C Ab6 Fm7
You wanna rant, you know you can't
[CHORUS 2]
Cm Ab Fm
So you just shut your mouth, shut it down
Cm Ab Fm
Has the point gotten through?
Cm Ab Fm
Shut your mouth, you keep it down
Cm Ab Fm
Oh boy, there's no tellin' you
[BRIDGE]
Ebadd9 Dmadd4
Hot today, what you say
Ebadd9 Dmadd4
Now you got your point made, I think you made a mistake
Ebadd9 Dmadd4
Leaving this up to fate for you to say
Ebadd9 G
That ok, ok, ok
[INTERLUDE]
Cm Ab Fm7
Oh-oh-ohh-ohh, oh-oh-ohh-ohh
Cm Ab Fm7
Oh-oh-ohh-ohh, oh-oh-ohh-ohh
Cm Ab Fm7
Oh-oh-ohh-ohh, oh-oh-ohh-ohh
Cm Ab Fm7
Oh-oh-ohh-ohh, oh-oh-ohh-ohh
[VERSE 3]
C Ab6 Fm7
Free - dom of choice to use your voice
C7 Ab6 Fm7
Not something that I've ever seen enforced, but I'm
C Ab6 Fm7
Boxed in and left out, you wanna shout
C Ab6 Fm7
You wanna rant, you know you can't
[FINAL CHORUS 1]
Cm Ab Fm
So you just shut your mouth, shut it down
Cm Ab Fm
Has the point gotten through?
Cm Ab Fm
Shut your mouth, you keep it down
Cm Ab Fm
Oh boy, there's no tellin' you
[FINAL CHORUS 2]
Cm Ab F/A Ab
Shut your mouth, shut your mouth now
Cm Ab F/A
Do you know who you're talkin' to?
Ab Cm Ab F/A Ab
Shut your mouth, you keep it down
[OUTRO]
Cm Ab Fm7
Oh-oh-ohh-ohh, oh-oh-ohh-ohh
Cm Ab Fm7
Oh-oh-ohh-ohh, oh-oh-ohh-ohh
Cm Ab Fm7
Oh-oh-ohh-ohh, oh-oh-ohh-ohh
Cm Ab Fm7
Oh-oh-ohh-ohh, oh-oh-ohh-ohh