Chords with lyrics
31/32
Jerry Cantrell
Degradation Trip
Tuning: DGCFAD
Intro: [repeat 4x, then strum single G+G]
D MajorD C majorC G+G
|-5---7p5---5h7-----X--3--3--3-3----3-3---|-----3----|
|-7-------7---------5--5--5--5-5----3-3---|-----3----|
|-7-----------------5--5--5--5-5----4-4---|-----4----|
|-7-----------------5--5--5--5-5----5-5---|-----5----|
|-5-----------------3--3--3--3-3----5-5---|-----5----|
|-5-----------------3--3--3--3-3----3-3---|-----3----|
[Fingerpicked]
D MajorD Csus2/E G+G
You were voted most likely to have your name go up in lights
D MajorD Csus2/E G+G
Only took a few years to see that through
D MajorD Csus2/E G+G
Now you're most likely to end up dead alone in a hotel room
D MajorD Csus2/E G+G
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G+G
Roust the boy, smack the wife
G+G
Might have one... case tonight
G+G
Alcoholic breath, thick drool
G+G
Repetatitive, belligerent, cruel
E MajorE G+G
Can't get away, no hiding place
E MajorE G+G
The boy hesitates, when grown he'll make the same mistakes
G+G
Grocery checkout line
G+G
Residing in the welfare file
G+G
Child support, don't receive
G+G
Mama crying, no relief
E MajorE G+G
They got no home, three kids and on her own
E MajorE G+G
Revenge his name, pay back all the pain
A minorAm D MajorD
Gutshot defender, hole inside
A minorAm D MajorD
Shell-shocked commander, are you alright?
A minorAm D MajorD Csus2/E
Gutshot defender, bloodstain bright, hold tight
A minorAm
Shell-shocked commander
G+G
Age adult, mother gone
G+G
Friends with dad don't really talk
G+G
Wanted to, now you're a star
G+G
Make a living milking scars
E MajorE G+G
The boy hesitates, lost his way
E MajorE G+G
The boy hesitates, first and last mistake
A minorAm D MajorD
Gutshot defender, fill the hole
A minorAm D MajorD
There is no commander anymore
A minorAm D MajorD Csus2/E
Gutshot defender, will survive, yes I
A minorAm
You are no pretender... no pretender
D MajorD Csus2/E G+G
You were voted most likely to have your name go up in lights
D MajorD Csus2/E G+G
Only took a few years to see that through
D MajorD Csus2/E G+G
Now you're most likely to end up dead alone in a hotel room
D MajorD Csus2/E G+G