Scorpion Hill chords by PUP

Chords with lyrics

Intro:

E MajorE       A augmentedA       E MajorE
Up on Scorpion Hill watching life

             BB
Passing me by in the pale moonlight

E MajorE                      C# minorC#m
And I sat there forever, three sheets to the wind

BB
It's not helping my case, the state that I'm in

A augmentedA           E MajorE
But it's not how they told you

A augmentedA         E MajorE
My intentions were good

A augmentedA                 E MajorE
I was just bursting apart like the end of the ark

C# minorC#m           F# minorF#m    A augmentedA
Holding on to whatever I could

Verse 1:
E MajorE A augmentedA E MajorE A augmentedA C# minorC#m BB A augmentedA


E MajorE              BB           A augmentedA
A majorA square of light moves its way through the empty room

E MajorE             F# minorF#m
Across the stained yellow carpet

E MajorE         BB      A augmentedA
Like a ghost of myself in the afternoon

      C majorC
Haunting my basement apartment

BB      C majorC
I looked in to the mirror

C# minorC#m        A augmentedA
Hanging behind my door

BB               C majorC
The glass was cracked and the man staring back

C# minorC#m          A augmentedA
He don't look like me anymore

      BB
And if the world is gonna burn

   C majorC
Everyone should get a turn to light it up

Chorus:
E MajorE BB C# minorC#m A augmentedA (x2)

E MajorE BB

C# minorC#m A augmentedA  E MajorE  BB  C# minorC#m A augmentedA      E MajorE BB
Down and out, I've been on the rocks

C# minorC#m A augmentedA  E MajorE      A augmentedA      F# minorF#m
I've been having some pretty dark thoughts

          BB  C minorCm
Yeah, I like them a lot


Verse 2:
E MajorE A augmentedA E MajorE A augmentedA C# minorC#m BB A augmentedA


E MajorE       BB             A augmentedA
Time and time again, well I've tried and failed to get my act together

E MajorE           G# minorG#m            A augmentedA
And I'll admit lately things really went off the rails

C majorC
I know that you deserve better

BB          C majorC
But in the morning, as I was boarding

C# minorC#m          A augmentedA
The commuter train to work

BB                C majorC
The boss was calling, he said, "There's been cutbacks and

C# minorC#m         A augmentedA
I'm sorry you're the first"

BB
And If I can't support the two of us

C minorCm
How can I support a third?


Chorus:
E MajorE BB


C# minorC#m A augmentedA  E MajorE  BB  C# minorC#m A augmentedA      E MajorE BB
Down and out, I've been on the rocks

C# minorC#m A augmentedA  E MajorE      A augmentedA      F# minorF#m
I've been having some pretty dark thoughts


Bridge:

BB
And I'm on the brink

E MajorE
Falling deep into debt

A augmentedA
Falling deep into drink

F# minorF#m
I can drown those regrets

        BB
I don't have to think

A augmentedA             E MajorE
Now I'm working the night shift

A augmentedA       E MajorE
Asleep at the wheel

A augmentedA              E MajorE
I was bursting apart like a flame from a spark

C# minorC#m    F# minorF#m
Thinkin' "Jesus, this can't be for real"


Verse 3:

A augmentedA        E MajorE
My sweat-soaked mattress

A augmentedA       E MajorE
Corner of the room

A augmentedA       E MajorE
Cigarettes and matches

C# minorC#m      F# minorF#m
In the fading afternoon

A augmentedA
And a picture of my kid, yeah, he's smiling

           E MajorE
It's the first day of school


Outro:
E MajorE BB C# minorC#m A augmentedA (x4)


F# minorF#m          BB         E MajorE
She said, "I found the gun, it was buried beneath

     E MajorE                 F# minorF#m
Piles of clothes in the room where your son sleeps

       BB               E MajorE
And I can't pretend, to know how this will end"