Chords with lyrics
Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)
Intro:
E minorEm C majorC G+G D MajorD (2x)
Verse 1:
E minorEm C majorC G+G D MajorD
i step up to the mound
E minorEm C majorC G+G D MajorD
i pitch the ball with a mighty thump
E minorEm C majorC G+G D MajorD
just in time to see the batter get murdered
E minorEm C majorC G+G D MajorD
lit on fire by a rogue ump
Pre-Chorus:
E minorEm A minorAm
everyone's crying
E minorEm A minorAm
i'm only sighing
E minorEm A minorAm
do they know that all their lives
E minorEm C majorC D MajorD
are predication to dying, dying?
Chorus:
E minorEm C majorC
like a flower growing in the weeds
G+G D MajorD
soon i will bud
E minorEm C majorC G+G D MajorD
with the blood, sweat, tears and blood
E minorEm C majorC G+G D MajorD
but mostly blood
E minorEm C majorC G+G D MajorD
Verse 2:
E minorEm C majorC G+G D MajorD
pitch a decent game i guess
E minorEm C majorC G+G D MajorD
lots of outs but we still lost
E minorEm C majorC G+G D MajorD
someone comes up to me holding a marker
E minorEm C majorC G+G D MajorD
and one of the balls i tossed
Pre-Chorus:
E minorEm A minorAm
everyone's weeping
E minorEm A minorAm
i'm only thinking
E minorEm A minorAm
do they know that all i hear
E minorEm C majorC D MajorD
is just the whirring and beeping, beeping?
Instrumental:
E minorEm C majorC G+G D MajorD (4x)
Chorus:
E minorEm C majorC
like a flower growing in the weeds
G+G D MajorD
soon i will bud
E minorEm C majorC G+G D MajorD
with the blood, sweat, tears and blood
E minorEm C majorC G+G D MajorD
but mostly blood
cont. into bridge:
E minorEm C majorC
like the puppet wanting to be real
G+G D MajorD
but is eaten by the whale
E minorEm C majorC
everyone here seems to know
G+G D MajorD
but when i try i fail
E minorEm C majorC
i know that there is more to me
G+G D MajorD
And there's more to my story
E minorEm A minorAm
one day i'll rule over you all
E minorEm C majorC D MajorD
and then you'll see my glor---y!
Outro:
E minorEm C majorC
like a flower growing in the weeds
G+G D MajorD
soon i will bud
E minorEm C majorC G+G D MajorD
with the blood, sweat, tears and blood
E minorEm C majorC
like a lily growing in the reeds
G+G D MajorD
and then there comes a flood
E minorEm C majorC
i've got the blood, i've got the sweat
G+G D MajorD
i've got the tears, i've got the blood!
E minorEm C majorC
like a flower growing in the weeds
G+G D MajorD
soon i will bud
E minorEm C majorC G+G D MajorD
with the blood, sweat, tears and blood
E minorEm C majorC G+G D MajorD
but mostly blood
E minorEm C majorC G+G D MajorD
like lots of blood
E minorEm C majorC G+G D MajorD
almost too much blood
E minorEm C majorC G+G D MajorD
i've got your blood, yes, your blood!