Half As High chords by The Devil Makes Three

• Difficulty: Beginner

Key: G



Intro:

G  C  D  G


Verse 1:
G                             C            G
They say it's getting harder, harder every day
G
More that we got to make now
     A7                  D
It's more than we got to pay
G7
Something here ain't as it seems
E7
How come we're dreaming someone else's dreams
C

Say the grass is greener but it ain't that green
     D
Here come the firefighters with the gasoline


Chorus:
G                        C
How come we gotta take a bigger hit
D                   G
Just to get half as high
                         C
How come we gotta take a bigger hit
A7                  D
Just to get half as high
      G
Well, I don't know what we've been sold
      E7
But I think I heard this story long time ago
G                        C
How come we gotta take a bigger hit
D                   G    C  D  G
Just to get half as high


Verse 2:
G
Game is tooth for a tooth now
    C                   G
But I say an eye for an eye
                            A7                 D
And I keep one eye open for everything passing by
     G
They say they know not what they do
    E7
But I think they do what I'm telling you
C
Change the range and the numbers too
D
Gotta get higher than we used to do


Chorus:
      G                        C
Well, how come we gotta take a bigger hit
D                   G
Just to get half as high
                         C
How come we gotta take a bigger hit
A7                  D
Just to get half as high
      G
Well, I don't know what we've been sold
      E7
But I think I heard this story long time ago
G                        C
How come we gotta take a bigger hit
D                   G
Just to get half as high


Guitar Solo:
C  D  G     C  A7  D  G
E7    G  C  D  G


Bridge:
Em
Better switch gears
                 A
Just for fear of everything breaking down
C                     D
They say heavy is the head that wears the crown
G
Seventeen and nine-to-three
        E7
Did you hear what happend to old Louis
C
Keep on pushing maybe you'll see
D
Give my regards to the monarchy


Chorus:
      G                        C
Well, how come we gotta take a bigger hit
D                   G
Just to get half as high
                         C
How come we gotta take a bigger hit
A7                  D
Just to get half as high
      G
Well, I don't know what we've been sold
      E7
But I think I heard this story long time ago
G                        C
How come we gotta take a bigger hit
D                   G
Just to get half as high


Outro:
C  D  G