Strumming pattern: D DU UDU
* = play the strumming pattern x2 on this chord
[Intro]
Am - F - C - G
[Chorus]
Am F C
How long, how long will I slide?
G Am F
Separate my side
C G Am F
I don't, don't believe it's bad
C G
Slittin' my throat it's all I ever
[Verse 1]
Am Em
I heard your voice through a photograph
Am Em
I thought it up and brought up the past
Am Em
Once you know you can never go back
G A*
I've got to take it on the otherside
[Verse 2]
Am Em
Centuries are what it meant to me
Am Em
A cemetery where I marry the sea
Am Em
Stranger things never change my mind
G A
I've got to take it on the otherside
G A
Take it on the otherside
G*
Take it on
A*
Take it on
[Chorus]
Am F C
How long, how long will I slide?
G Am F
Separate my side
C G Am F
I don't, don't believe it's bad
C G
Slittin' my throat it's all I ever
[Verse 3]
Am Em
Pour my life into a paper cup
Am Em
The ashtray's full and I'm spillin' my guts
Am Em
She wants to know am I still a slut
G A**
I've got to take it on the otherside
[Verse 4]
Am Em
Scarlet starlet and she's in my bed
Am Em
A candidate for my soul mate bled
Am Em
Push the trigger and pull the thread
G A
I've got to take it on the otherside
G A
Take it on the otherside
G*
Take it on
A*
Take it on
[Chorus]
Am F C
How long, how long will I slide?
G Am F
Separate my side
C G Am F
I don't, don't believe it's bad
C G
Slittin' my throat it's all I ever
[Instrumental]
Em* - C*
Em* - C*
[Bridge]
Em*
Turn me on take me for a hard ride
C*
Burn me out leave me on the otherside
Em*
I yell and tell it that
It's not my friend
C*
I tear it down I tear it down
And then it's born again
[Instrumental]
Am - F - C - G
[Chorus]
Am F C
How long, how long will I slide?
G Am F
Separate my side
C G Am F
I don't, don't believe it's bad
C G
Slittin' my throat it's all I ever
Am F C G Am F
How long I don't, don't believe it's bad
C
Slit my throat
G
it's all I ever
Am (one strum down)