Slow Death Hymn chords by Mischief Brew
Guitar chords with lyrics
Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E) Intro/Continues through first verse: A D e|-0--------2------| B|-2--2p0---3------| G|-2--------2------| x2 D|-2--------0--4p0-| A|-0---------------| E|-----------------| Verse 1: A D 2000 was fired out from a cannon A D The neighbors shot up at the lamps A D We piled in the street and stood for our anthems A D On top of the cars with bottles in hand A D This year crept up, who could see it coming? A D No one saw the signs, if any were there A D The distant funeral marches drumming F#m E D E I’ll take life, don’t care if it’s fair
Bridge/Continues like this into next verse:
A D
e|-0-0-xxx-0-0-x--------2-2-xxx-2-2-x------|
B|-2-2-xxx-2-2-x--2p0---3-3-xxx-3-3-x------|
G|-2-2-xxx-2-2-x--------2-2-xxx-2-2--------|
D|-2-2-xxx-2-2-x--------0-0-xxx-0-0-x--4p0-| x2
A|-0-0-xxx-0-0-x------------xxx-----x------|
E|-----xxx-----x------------xxx-----x------|
Verse 2:
A D
Read too many tales with terrible endings
A D
Gods and machines that get in the way
A
You thought we were home
D
Turns out we were renting
F#m E D E
Until I am gone, I’m here to stay
A D
Taken away, our friends, our lovers
A D
By cancer, heroin, tragedy
A D
It’s not the wakes I’m worried over
F#m E D E
It’s knowing we have to go to sleep
Chorus:
A E
If it’s a highway
D A
I am trying just to drive
D A
I am trying just to drive
E A E
Stay awake and stay alive
F#m A
If it’s a highway
D A
I want you there at the side
D A
I want you there at the side
E A
Still awake and still alive
A D
e|-0--------2------|
B|-2--2p0---3------|
G|-2--------2------| x2
D|-2--------0--4p0-|
A|-0---------------|
E|-----------------|
Verse 3/Same pattern as last verse:
A D
The songs we thought we’d have to bury
A D
We faced ‘em head on right away
A D
Every reason to cry, not one to worry
F#m E D E
Drive faster and further is my only change
A D
So tattoo our arms and raise our glasses
A D
Call out your names this New Years Eve
A D
And may the next time we kneel at a casket
F#m E D E
We say, “At least the story’s complete.”
Chorus:
A E
If it’s a highway
D A
I am trying just to drive
D A
I am trying just to drive
E A E
Stay awake and stay alive
F#m A
If it’s a highway
D A
I want you there at the side
D A
I want you there at the side
E A
Still awake and still alive
A E
If it’s a highway
D A
I am trying just to drive
D A
I am trying just to drive
E A E
Stay awake and stay alive
F#m A
If it’s a highway
D A
I want you there at the side
D A
I want you there at the side
E A E D A
Still awake and still alive
Outro:
D A E A/E
F#m A D A
D A E A
A D
e|-0--------2------|
B|-2--2p0---3------|
G|-2--------2------| x10 in the recording but feel free to shorten it
D|-2--------0--4p0-|
A|-0---------------|
E|-----------------|
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| p Pull-off
| x Dead note
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