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Key: D
Play w/Drive + low Distortion
Intro:
G|--------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------|
E|77777/--------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------|
Verse 1:
I was a sailor…
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D|--------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------|
I was a sailor, and now i’m a boat.
G|--------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------|
A|77777---77777---77777-----------------|
E|------------------------77777---------|
I was a car…
G|--------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------|
I was a car, and now I’m the road.
G|--------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------|
A|77777---77777---77777-----------------|
E|------------------------77777---------|
Chorus:
And I was Kneeling on the Turnpikes…
G|--------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------|
A|1010101010---1010101010---1010101010--|
E|--------------------------------------|
With an angel down my throat…
G|--------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------|
A|1010101010---99999---99999---99999----|
E|--------------------------------------|
Verse 2:
She said; ‘You dont know, what it’s like…
G|--------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------|
A|99999---77777---77777---77777---77777-|
E|--------------------------------------|
to bow down, down, down to Maria’s dead
bones.
G|--------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------|
E|77777---33333---22222---00000---/77777|
Post-chorus:
G|--------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------|
A|------5-7---5------/9---7---5---------|
E|7-7-7-----------7-5-------------------|
G|--------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------|
A|------5-7---5------/9-----------------|
E|7-7-7-----------7-5-------------------|
Verse 2:
I was in love…
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D|--------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------|
E|77777/---------------------------------|
I was in love and now I’m in hell.
G|--------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------|
A|77777---77777---77777-----------------|
E|------------------------77777/--------|
With Maria’s bones…
G|--------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------|
A|1010101010---99999---77777------------|
E|--------------------------------------|
Talkin’ to my seh---eh-elfff…
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D|--------------------------------------|
A|------5-7---5------/9---7---5---------|
E|7-7-7-----------7-5-------------------|
G|--------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------|
A|------5-7---5------/9-----------------|
E|7-7-7-----------7-5-------------------|
(oh, no, no…) You don’t know
what it’s like…
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D|--------------------------------------|
A|77777---77777---77777-----------------|
E|------------------------77777/--------|
She said; ‘he with most money has least…
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D|--------------------------------------|
A|1010101010---99999---77777------------|
E|--------------------------------------|
…to sell, sell, seeeellll…’
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D|--------------------------------------|
A|------5-7---5------/9---7---5---------|
E|7-7-7-----------7-5-------------------|
and she said…
Chorus:
I’ve met angels so deep undercover…
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D|--------------------------------------|
A|1010101010---1010101010---1010101010--|
E|--------------------------------------|
That they sit on Solomon’s throne
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D|--------------------------------------|
A|1010101010---99999---99999---99999----|
E|--------------------------------------|
And you dont know what it’s like…
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D|--------------------------------------|
A|99999---77777---77777---77777---------|
E|--------------------------------77777-|
You don’t know what it’s like
G|--------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------|
A|1010101010---99999---77777------------|
E|-----------------------------77777----|
You don’t know what it’s like
G|--------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------|
A|1010101010---99999---77777------------|
E|-----------------------------77777----|
to bow down, down, down to Maria’s dead bones.
G|--------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------|
E|33333---22222---00000---7/------------|
Pre-Breakdown Bit:
Just mute all strings and strum manaically
on the beat.
Occasionally Hit 7 on the E and slide in
time with the snare hit.
Breakdown[FAST:]
G|------------------------------------------------|
D|9h7-------9h7---------9h7-------9h7-------------|
A|---9h7-------9h7---------9h7-------9h7----------|
E|-------7---------7-----------7---------7--------|
(Play in 3rd’s)
G|--7h9-----9-----9-----9-----9-----9---|
D|7h9----7h9---7h9---7h9---7h9---7h9----|
A|--------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------------97------|
D|-------------------------------------------97---|
A|79101010-10-10---10-999-9-9---9-777-7-7-------7-|
E|------------------------------------------------|
G|------------------------------------------------|
D|9h7-------9h7---------9h7-------9h7-------------|
A|---9h7-------9h7---------9h7-------9h7----------|
E|-------7---------7-----------7---------7--------|
G|--7h9-----9-----9-----9-----9-----9---|
D|7h9----7h9---7h9---7h9---7h9---7h9----|
A|--------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------------9h7-----|
D|-------------------------------------------9h7--|
A|79101010-10-10---10-999-9-9---9-777-7-7--------7|
E|------------------------------------------------|
G|------------------------------------------------|
D|9h7-------9h7---------9h7-------9h7-------------|
A|---9h7-------9h7---------9h7-------9h7----------|
E|-------7---------7-----------7---------7--------|
You don’t know what it’s like…
G|--79------9-----9-----9-----9-----9---|
D|79-----7-9---7-9---7-9---7-9---7-9----|
A|--------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------|
To bow down, down, down, down…
G|-----------------------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------------------|
A|79101010-10-10-10999-9-9-9777-7-7-7555-5-5-5---|
E|-----------------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------------------|
A|79101010-10-10-10999-9-9-9777-7-7-7555-5-5-5---|
E|-----------------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------|
E|333-3-3-3222-2-2-2000-0-0-0777-7-7-7--|
G|--------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------|
E|333-3-3-3222-2-2-2000-0-0-077777/-----|
Fin.
/: Slide
h: Hammer
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Published: November 25, 2025
Last Updated: November 25, 2025