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Key: G
Part I:
πΈ Intro:
B Bmaj7
B Bmaj7
B Bmaj7 B/E Bmaj7/E
B Bmaj7 B/E Bmaj7/E
πΈ Verse 1:
B E
Can't shut me up
B E
I put my faith in a loaded gun
B E
They try to cut me down
B E
I was raised in a dying town, yeah
πΈ Interlude:
B E B E
πΈ Verse 2:
B E
I miss my drugs
B E
They been my friends since twenty-one
B E
Still, I'm burning out
B E
You'll probably die before I make you proud, yeah
πΈ Interlude:
B E B E
πΈ Pre-Chorus:
G#m F# B
All the pages are blank 'til my life goes to shit
Emaj7
I know I do that on purpose just to write again
πΈ Chorus:
B
Paint my car black (Paint it black)
Emaj7
Burn my last check (Burn it all)
B
Lose all contact (Gone again)
Emaj7
Fake my own death (Fuck it all)
G#m F# Emaj7
Make me feel like I'm alive (Yeah)
πΈ Verse 3:
B E
Run, rebel, run
B E
Don't let 'em turn you into what they want
B E
I'm bad to the bone
B E
Two wheels and the body's chrome, yeah
πΈ Interlude:
B E B E
πΈ Verse 4:
B E
My speech still slurs
B E
I started drinking after I left church
B E
But I still can't sleep
B E
This medication doesn't work on me, no
πΈ Interlude:
B E B E
πΈ Chorus:
B
Paint my car black (Paint it black)
Emaj7
Burn my last check (Burn it all)
B
Lose all contact (Gone again)
Emaj7
Fake my own death (Fuck it all)
G#m F# Emaj7
Make me feel like I'm alive
G#m F# Emaj7
Make me feel like I'm alive (Yeah, yeah, oh)
πΈ Interlude:
B Bmaj7 B/E Bmaj7/E
B Bmaj7 B/E Bmaj7/E
G#m F# Emaj7
Part II:
πΈ Intro:
G D/F# Em
C G/B D
G D/F# Em
C G/B D
πΈ Chorus:
G D/F# Em
Oh, take me somewhere cheap
C G D
Where the livin' is ea - sy (Uh)
G D/F# Em
Out of all their reach
C G D
Set my spirit free
πΈ Post-Chorus:
G D/F# Em
I feel confined by societal norms
C G D
I was born to walk the line
G D/F# Em
Survived bein' insecure
C G D
But it led to my decline (Uh-uh)
πΈ Verse:
G D/F# Em
This time, I don't think I'll turn back
This time, I'ma do shit my way
C G D
I'm gone by the time they come back
This route is a one-road highway
G D/F# Em
Same face with a brand-new wardrobe
My old clothes in gasoline
C G D
Smoke hand-rolled cigs, I'm a old soul
I feel just like James Dean
πΈ Chorus:
G D/F# Em
Oh, take me somewhere cheap
C G D
Where the livin' is easy (Uh)
G D/F# Em
Out of all their reach
C G D
Set my spirit free
πΈ Bridge:
G D/F# Em
What's left behind? What's left behind?
C G D
Can't take it with me
G D/F# Em
Nothing's left behind, nothing's left behind
C G D
Can't take it with me
πΈ Outro:
G D/F# Em
Ooh-ooh-ooh
C G D
Ooh-ooh-ooh
G D/F# Em
Ooh-ooh-ooh
C G D
Ooh-ooh-ooh
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