[Intro - Just drums B S (SS)BB - Capo at 6 for original key] [2 bars - later in song you can start sextuplet strums on downstroke to support busier vocal phrases]
[Verse 1 - Capo 3 for Guido - Second 'Oh Oh' suggests Cmaj7] [Em] First things first, I'ma say all the words inside my [C] head...I'm fired up and [B7] tired of the way that things have [Em] been oh-ooh ... The way that things have [C] been, oh- [B7] ooh-ooh
[Em] Second thing second, don't you tell me what you think that I can [C] be I'm the one at the [B7] sail, I'm the master of my [Em] sea, oh-ooh The master of my [C] sea, oh- [B7] ooh-ooh
[Pre-Chorus - strumming in 6s?] I was [Em] broken from a young age, taking my [Em] sulking to the masses Writing my [C] po....ems for the few, that looked at me, t [B7] ook to me, shook to me, feeling me Singing from [Em] heartache, from the pain, take up my [Em] message from the veins Speaking my [C] lesson from the brain, seeing the [B7] beauty through the...
[Chorus - Pain on snare] [Em] Pain! You made me a, you made me a be [C] liever, be [B7] liever [Em] Pain! You break me down, you build me up, be [C] liever, be [B7] liever [Em] Pain! Oh, [Em] let the bullets fly, oh, let them [C] rain My [B7] life, my love, my drive, they came from... [Em] Pain! You made me a, you made me a be [C] liever, be [B7] liever
[Verse 2] [Em] Third things third, send a [Em] prayer to the ones up a [C] bove All the hate that you've [B7] heard has turned your spirit to a [Em] dove, oh-ooh Your spirit up a [C] bove, oh- [B7] ooh-ooh
[Pre-Chorus - strumming in 6s?] I was [Em] choking in the crowd, building my [Em] rain up in the cloud Falling like [C] ashes to the ground, hoping my [B7] feelings, they would drown But they [Em] never did, ever lived, ebbing and flowing, in [Em] hibited, limited Till it broke open and [C] rained down..... it rained [B7] down, like...
[Chorus - Pain on snare] [Em] Pain! You made me a, you made me a be [C] liever, be [B7] liever [Em] Pain! You break me down, you build me up, be [C] liever, be [B7] liever [Em] Pain! Oh, [Em] let the bullets fly, oh, let them [C] rain My [B7] life, my love, my drive, they came from... [Em] Pain! You made me a, you made me a be [C] liever, be [B7] liever
[Verse 3 - No drums] [Em] Last things last, by the [Em] grace of the fire and the [C] flames .. You're the face of the [B7] future, the blood in my [Em] veins, oh-ooh The [Em] blood in my [C] veins, oh- [B7] ooh-ooh
[Alternative chords?] But they [C] never did, ever lived, ebbing and flowing, inhibited, limited Till it broke open and [D] rained down, it rained [B/D#] down, [N.C.] like...
[Chorus - Full drums] [Em] Pain! You made me a, you made me a be [C] liever, be [B7] liever [Em] Pain! You break me down, you build me up, be [C] liever, be [B7] liever [Em] Pain! Oh, [Em] let the bullets fly, oh, let them [C] rain My [B7] life, my love, my drive, they came from... [Em] Pain! You made me a, you made me a be [C] liever, be (stop) [B7] liever
[Intro BPM 111 - use sock and put some licks in] Vamp Pattern - AxAx x(55555)xA xxAx x(55555)xA Effectively - hammer onto A at 5th fret from full barre of all 5th frets hammer onto D from C/D
[Verse 1] [A] Well, I swear your perfume baby [A] Is made out of turnip greens [A] Every time I kiss you girl [A] It tastes like pork and beans [D] Even though you're wearin' those [D] Up-town high heels [A] I can tell from your giant step [A] You been walkin' through the cotton fields [E] you'reeeeeeeeeee ........................ You're soo [D] ooo down (stop - no snare or chord - slide up vocal) .......... [A] home [A] girl
[Verse 2] [A] Every time you monkey child [A] Takes my breath away (Double at 3rd I think) [A] Well, every time you move like that, girl [A] I got to get down and pray [D] Girl, you know that dress you're wearin' [D] Is made out of fiberglass [A] Every time you move like that, girl [A] I got to go to Sunday Mass [E] you'reeeeeeeeeee ........................ You're soo [D] ooo down (stop - no snare or chord - slide up vocal) .......... [A] home [A] girl
[Solo - Harp] Verse chords A A A A - D D A A Finish with [E] you'reeeeeeeeeee ........................ You're soo [D] ooo (stop - snare + D) down (stop - no snare or chord - slide up vocal) .......... [A] home [A] girl
[Verse 3] [A] I'm gonna take you to the muddy river [A] And push you in (Double at 3rd I think) [A] So I can watch the water roll on [A] Down your velvet skin [D] I'm gonna take you down to New Orleans [D] Down in ......Dix ie....... la.....and [A] So I can watch you do the second line - with an [A] Umbrella in your hand [E] you'reeeeeeeeeee ........................ You're soo [D] ooo down (stop - no snare or chord - slide up vocal) .......... [A] home [A] girl
Verse chords A A G A A G A A G AAGA (snare on last 4)
