Army chords by Bad Books

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

// The EM7 in the verses is a bit of chord-melody type thing I like to do, up to you if you want to add it.

// The little verse riff*
e|-------------------|
B|-------------------|
G|-------------------|
D|-------------------|
A|--4---2---4---2----|
E|-------------------|

Verse 1:
E                    (EM7)       E  A
Nothing feels the same since you got home
E                       (EM7)   E   A
Someone swapped the pictures on your wall
E            (EM7) E   A
Photos of evaporated   men
E                     (EM7)  E  A
Torn up bodies thrown across the sand
       B       A           (riff*)
There's nothing worse than losing your arm

Verse 2:
E                    (EM7)       E  A
She's been really great since I got back
E                     (EM7) E   A
I'm afraid she knows I'm off the map
E                      (EM7)   E   A
She's been trying to talk inside my mouth
E                          (EM7)   E   A
I've been trying to calm my conscious down
       B       A           (riff*)
There's nothing worse than losing your spine

E    A
N.C.

Chorus:
C#m       B             A                E
When I dream I see your dad holding your throat
C#m          B                       A                E
His mouth up to your ear, he's screaming, "I've been shot"
A         B   C#m      E   A         B        C#m  B
You bank on a linear life evolved by your command
A        B        C#m      E       A      B
You'll find the painful prize of watching it unhinge


Verse 3:
E                   (EM7)    E   A
You, you took it harder than our friends
E                    (EM7) E  A
I'm afraid you're spiraling again
E                 (EM7)  E  A
Ran into your family at the go
E                        (EM7)     E  A
Looked like they'd been living with a ghost
        B       A           (riff*)
There's nothing worse than a poverty line


Verse 4:
E                   (EM7)   E  A
I can hardly look at her that way
E                (EM7)       E  A
Naked bodies haven't looked the same
E                    (EM7)     E  A
I can't tell her why she's gotta stop
E               (EM7)       E  A
Too ashamed to open that one knock
        B       A          (riff*)
There's nothing worse than being intertwined

E    A
N.C.

Chorus:
C#m         B             A                E
You've been dreaming I'm the dad you never had
C#m    B            A            E
Having out of body visions of my death
A    B     C#m     E        A         B        C#m  B
Bank on a catered life that bends for your demands
A        B        C#m      E       A      B
Expect the painful prize of watching it unhinge


Verse 5:
E               (EM7)   E    A
I remember back when we were kids
E              (EM7)   E  A
Life without a paralyzing mid
E              (EM7)   E  A
Now we get together in a glass
E                     (EM7)    E  A
Hardly speak to watch the silence pass
        B       A          (riff*)
There's nothing worse than silent alarm


Verse 6:
E                (EM7)   E    A
We were trying awkwardly to sleep
E                     (EM7) E  A
Detailed out your plan on my machine
E              (EM7)   E  A
They still astounded in the dark
E                       (EM7)   E  A
Shocked that it had finally fallen apart
        B       A          (riff*)
There's nothing worse than losing your mind

E    A
N.C.

Chorus:
C#m        B               A           E
I've been dreaming of this unrelenting love
C#m   B             A               E
Depreciated gasping towards a new unknown
A  B     C#m     E        A        B        C#m  B
It was a trusted ride before the water froze
A        B        C#m      E       A      B
I found the painful prize is rowing it alone


Verse 7:
E                (EM7)   E    A
Drove out to the desert in your van
E                (EM7)   E    A
Drank some gasoline and made love to your hand
E                (EM7)   E    A
Cursed your God below for what he'd done
E                (EM7)   E    A
Before you sucked a bullet from your father's gun
        B       A          (riff*)
There's nothing worse than losing your life


Verse 8:
E                (EM7)   E    A
At your funeral she took my hand
E                (EM7)   E    A
Placed it on the baby in your lap
E                (EM7)   E    A
I've been trying my best to find my peace
E                (EM7)   E    A
But they both look like criminals to me
        B       A          (riff*)
There's nothing worse than trusting a lie


Bridge:
C#m    B                A           E
When I dream I see your body inside hers
C#m    B               A                E
When I wake I see your face but call it off
A   B        C#m      E       A       B        C#m  B
The less you care for it, the less it has to grow
A B      C#m     E      A       B        E
I can't abandon it and watch it turn to smoke


Outro:
E               (EM7)   E    A
Recently I'm working on myself
E                   (EM7)   E    A
Starting to convince myself it helps
        B       A          (riff*)
There's nothing wrong with being alive