Difficulty
Intermediate πͺ
Rate for accuracy
🎸
Key: A
Tuning: E A D G B E
Intro:
N.C
e|--------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------------|
G|1111x-1111x-1111x-1111x-1111x-1111x-9-x-xββ9βx-x--| X4
D|x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-9-9-9ββ9β9-9--|
A|9-9-x-9-9-x-9-9-x-9-9-x-9-9-x-9-9-x-9-1111-9-1111-|
E|--------------------------------------------------|
Verse 1:
F# E E/G# E E/G#
Man on the subway
F# E E/G# E E/G#
Talks to himself all damn day
F# E E/G# E/G#
Sleeps in the shadows
F# E E/G# E E/G# A
Cast by the things that got away
G#
Got Away
F# E E/G# E E/G# X4
Verse 2:
F# E E/G# E E/G#
Girl in an alley
F# E E/G#
Feeding on what you will feed on
E E/G#
F# E E/G# E E/G#
A healthy impairment
F# E E/G# E/G# A D
If Dyin young's what you've been needing
Bm F#m
Needin
A D F#m Bm F#m
Chorus:
A D F#m Bm F#m
Give me home, home pleasures for myself
A D F#m Bm F#m
Im so far backwards that I'm forward again
A D F#m Bm F#m
Give me home, home pleasures for myself
A D F#m Bm F#m
This corregated town's being hard on my health
A A G G F#m G F#m
Main Riff
F# E E/G# E E/G# X4
Verse 3:
F# E E/G# E E/G#
There lies a family
F# E E/G#
Poster shot for helpless living
E E/G# F# E E/G# E E/G#
Couldn't fill up a thimble
F# A D
With all the luck that they've been givin
Bm F#m
so Give in
A D F#m Bm F#m
Chorus:
A D F#m Bm F#m
Give me home, home pleasures for myself
A D F#m Bm F#m
Im so far backwards that I'm forward again
A D F#m Bm F#m
Give me home, home pleasures for myself
A D F#m
This corregated town's being hard on my health
Bridge:
Bm F#m A
Its the least,
D F#m Bm F#m A
its the least I expect of it
D F#m Bm F#m A
I aint doing this for the respect
D F#m Bm F#m A D F#m Bm F#m
I aint doing this for the respect
A D F#m Bm F#m
A A G G F#m G F#m
e|-------------------------|
B|-------------------------|
G|-------------------------|
D|--9------7---------------|
A|-------9-----------------|
E|-------------------------|
e|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
G|---------6/9\6----------6/9-11-|--------6/9\6------------------| x15
D|-11-9-7---------11-9-7---------|-11-9-7--------11-9-7-------7--|
A|-------------------------------|------------------------9-9--9-|
E|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
e|--------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------|
G|--------6/9\6---------6/9-11----|
D|-11-9-7--------11-9-7-----------|
A|--------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------|
e|--------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------|
G|--------6/9-11------------------| x6
D|-11-9-7-------------------------|
A|--------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------|
Main Riff
F# E E/G# E E/G# X4
F# E E/G# E E/G#
Man on the subway
F# E E/G# E E/G#
Talks to himself all damn day
F# E E/G# E E/G#
Sleeps in the shadows
N.C A D F#m
Cast by the things that got away
Bm F#m
They Got Away
A D F#m Bm F#m
A D F#m Bm F#m
Give me home, home pleasures for myself
A D F#m Bm F#m
Im so far backwards that I'm forward again
A D F#m Bm F#m
Give me home, home pleasures for myself
A D F#m Bm F#m
This corregated town's being hard on my health
These Are The Background Vocals
Bm F#m A
Its the least,
D F#m Bm F#m A
its the least I expect of it
D F#m Bm F#m A
I aint doing this for the respect
D F#m Bm F#m A D F#m Bm F#m
I aint doing this for the respect
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Song History
Published: May 19, 2026
Last Updated: May 19, 2026