Tune it 1/2 step down if you want to be in the original key, it sounds good either way.
If playing on
electric just play in drop D and use power chords.
Strum every verse and the bridge, play the following patterns palm muted on the choruses.
e|-----------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------3--------------5--------------10------------3-----|x4
A|------3----3--------5------5--------10----10------3----3---|
E|---5-------------3---------------8-------------1-----------|
[Verse]
Am G C
We were doomed from the start, as starters are.
F
Why am I doing this?
Am G C
Digging my own grave. Though it's shallow,
F
I would lie in it.
Am G C
We're down in the basement, in the dark,
F
after we crash your car.
Am G C
Hoping fast that my arrow hits the mark,
F
so you know who we are.
[Verse]
Am G C F
Please keep the reporters at bay.
Am G
This is a matter of life and death,
C F
but I deal with things like this everyday.
Am G C F
Please keep the reporters at bay.
Am G C
You never do what I tell you to.
F
You never do what I say.
[Chorus]
Am G C F
We've been hurting a long time. Trying hard for this.
Am G C F
We all have sizable scars. We got it.
Am G C F
You'd break it all apart. We got it.
Am G C F E
We can make it work like this, like this, like this...
[Verse]
Am G C
Yes we are a bullet in the heart
F
and the message sent.
Am G C
Always dragging your feet over sand
F
and over hot cement.
Am G C
Make a list of your favorites. Write it down.
F
Make it legible.
Am G C
A problem we're always facing. You never rest.
F
You either push or pull.
[Verse]
Am G C F
Please keep the crowd under control
Am G
This is a matter of life and death,
C F
and we're not prepared, I just want you to know
Am G C F
Please keep the crowd under control.
Am G C
This is the weight of my conscience
F
This is an all time low.
[Chorus]
Am G C F
We've been hurting a long time. Trying hard for this. (pick don't strum)
Am G C F
We all have sizable scars. We got it.
Am G C F
You'd break it all apart. We got it.
Am G C F E
We can make it work like this, like this, like this...
[Bridge]
Am C
I see my baby. She's starry eyed.
G F
I hear my bones break all the time.
Am C
I see my baby. She's starry eyed.
G F E
She follows. Don't call me unkind.
[x2]
[Chorus]
Am G C F
We've been hurting a long time. Trying hard for this.
Am G C F
We all have sizable scars. We got it.
Am G C F
You'd break it all apart. We got it.
Am G C F E
We can make it work like this, like this, like this...
[x2]
Enjoy! Credit to reddit user /u/Three_D_Burns for pointing out the basic chord
progression to me.