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Ain't No Rest For The Wicked

Biography:

Cage the Elephant are an alternative rock band which formed in 2005 in Bowling Green, Kentucky, United States.

The band consists of Matt Shultz (vocals), Brad Shultz (guitar), Nick Bockrath (guitar), Daniel Tichenor (bass, vocals), Jared Champion (drums) and Matthan Minster (keyboard, vocals, guitar).

Their breakthrough single was Ain't No Rest For The Wicked, which peaked at #83 on the Billboard Hot 100, #32 on the UK Singles Chart and #3 on the Billboard Alternative Songs chart.

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This is the song as interperedted to me by a friend, so the chorus is sort of adapted. For the into, you have to alternate between Gmaj7 and G twice, then slide the G up an octave, so that the base of the "triangle" is on the 10th fret. G/ will symbolize the G slide in the tab. The chorus is very similar, but instead of the Gmaj7 to G switch, you only have to play the G slide. If this explaination doesn't make sense, listen to a reccording of the song, and it'll become clear in no time. (Oh and sorry if it's inaccurate, this is my first tab)

Intro:
Gmaj7 G Gmaj7 G/ Bb C F x3
Gmaj7 G Gmaj7 (pause) Gmaj7 G Gmaj7 x2

Verse 1:
G
I was walking down the street
Bb
When out the corner of my eye
C Bb F
I saw a pretty little thing approaching me
G
She said I've never seen a man
Bb
Who looks so all alone
C Bb F
Could you use a little company
G
If you pay the right price
Bb
Your evening will be nice
C Bb F
And you can go and send me on my way
G
I said You're such a sweet young thing
Bb
Why you do this to yourself
C Bb F
She looked at me and this is what she said

Chorus:
G////////G Bb C F
Oh there ain't no rest for the wicked
G///////////G Bb C F
Money don't grow on trees
G////////G
I got bills to pay
Bb C F
I got mouths to feed
G///////////////G Bb C F
There ain't nothing in this world for free
G//////////G
I know I can't slow down
Bb C F
I can't hold back
G///////G Bb C F
Though you know I wish I could
G////////G Bb C F
No there ain't no rest for the wicked
G/////////G Bb F C
Until we close our eyes for good

Verse 2:
G
Not even fifteen minutes later
Bb
I'm still walking down the street
F Bb F
When I saw a shadow of a man creep out of sight
G
Then he walks up from behind
Bb
And puts a gun up to my head
C Bb F
He made it clear he wasn't looking for a fight
G
He said Give me all you've got
Bb
I want your money not your life
C Bb F
But if you try to make a move I won't think twice
G
I said You can have my cash
Bb
But first you know I got to ask
C Bb F
What made you want to live this kind of life

Chorus he instead of she
G
Now a couple hours passed
Bb
And I was sitting at my house
C Bb F
The day was winding down and coming to an end
G
So I turned on the TV
Bb
And flipped it over to the news
C Bb F
And what I saw I almost couldn't comprehend
G Bb
I saw a preacher man in cuffs he'd taken money from the church
C Bb F
He's got this bank account with righteous dollar bills
G
But even still I can't say much
Bb
Because I know we're all the same
C Bb F
Oh yes we've all got to satisfy those thrills

Chorus but this time through replace all of the I s with We
Also on this last go through of the chorus finish it off by letting a G ring