Tabs
Tuning: Half-Step Down (Eb MajorEb AbAb DbDb GbGb Bb majorBb Eb MajorEb)
Main Riff:
Eb MajorEb|---2------2----------------------|
Bb majorBb|---2------3----------------------|
GbGb|---2------4----------------------|
DbDb|---------------------------------|
AbAb|--------2------------------------|
Eb MajorEb|-2-----5-------------------------|
Verse 1:
*play the main riff throughout the verse (I am adding chords too)
F# minorF#m
Sometimes I drive and ignore the signs
B minorBm
Without a seconds thought
F# minorF#m B minorBm
I’m not an asshole, but don’t care about getting caught
F# minorF#m
My friend the lawyer pads his time
B minorBm F# minorF#m
I think the man behind the man has got his hands
In both your pockets laughing
B minorBm
Grinding, like the milkman
Instrumental - 4 bars:
*Repeat the same riff 2x
lead guitar riff (play twice along the main riff):
Eb MajorEb|---------------------------------|
Bb majorBb|---------------------------------|
GbGb|--6---6---4---4----6---6----4----|
DbDb|7---7-------6--------7--------6--|
AbAb|---------------------------------|
Eb MajorEb|---------------------------------|
(Laughing)
Verse 2:
F# minorF#m
Pull the strings, the people dance
B minorBm
On a leash like sheep herd, cash advance
F# minorF#m
Put enough in your pocket, your life’s a loan
B minorBm
Till you can’t get straight, deep red, full blown
F# minorF#m
You got no one to turn to
And people you owe
B minorBm
You’re a dope, head shakin’, battered, broke
F# minorF#m
Life is tough man
B minorBm
We go on with the show
F# minorF#m
This life is tough man
B minorBm
And everybody knows
Instrumental - 4 bars:
*Repeat the same riff 2x
lead guitar riff (play twice along the main riff):
Eb MajorEb|---------------------------------|
Bb majorBb|---------------------------------|
GbGb|--6---6---4---4----6---6----4----|
DbDb|7---7-------6--------7--------6--|
AbAb|---------------------------------|
Eb MajorEb|---------------------------------|
Chorus:
F# minorF#m A augmentedA
I call it as I see it
B minorBm E MajorE C# minorC#m
I’m straight as shooters go (Go!)
F# minorF#m A augmentedA
I might indulge a little
B minorBm E MajorE C# minorC#m
In this life you never know (Know!)
F# minorF#m A augmentedA
I call it as I see it
B minorBm E MajorE C# minorC#m
I’m straight as shooters go (Go!)
F# minorF#m A augmentedA
I might indulge a little
B minorBm F# minorF#m
I SAID "FUCK IT" LONG AGO!
Instrumental 8 bars:
F# minorF#m A augmentedA B minorBm E MajorE C# minorC#m (4x)
Post chorus riff:
Eb MajorEb|----------------------------------------------------------------|
Bb majorBb|----------------------------------------------------------------|
GbGb|----------------------------------------------------------------|
DbDb|--------------4-------------4-----------------------------------|
AbAb|--------4-3-2---------4-3-2----------4-3-2---4---4---2---2------|
Eb MajorEb|2------------------------------------------5---5---5---4---4-2--|
Bridge:
*play main riff throughout the bridge
F# minorF#m B minorBm
What is your play at the end of the day? (Should I know?)
F# minorF#m B minorBm
Will you stay down or will you find a way? (I’ll find a way)
F# minorF#m B minorBm
What is your play at the end of the day? (I think I know)
F# minorF#m B minorBm
Will you stay down or will you find a way?
(*play lead guitar riff here)
* F# minorF#m B minorBm
I’ll find a way (Way, way, way)
F# minorF#m B minorBm
I’ll find a way
Chorus:
F# minorF#m A augmentedA
I call it as I see it
B minorBm E MajorE C# minorC#m
I’m straight as shooters go (Go!)
F# minorF#m A augmentedA
I might indulge a little
B minorBm E MajorE C# minorC#m
In this life you never know (Know!)
F# minorF#m A augmentedA
I call it as I see it
B minorBm E MajorE C# minorC#m
I’m straight as shooters go (Go!)
F# minorF#m A augmentedA
I might indulge a little
B minorBm F# minorF#m A augmentedA B minorBm
I SAID "FUCK IT" LONG AGO!
E MajorE C# minorC#m F# minorF#m
I SAID "FUCK IT, LET IT GO!"
F# minorF#m A augmentedA B minorBm E MajorE C# minorC#m (4x)
Post chorus riff 2:
Eb MajorEb|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Bb majorBb|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
GbGb|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
DbDb|------------------------------------------------------4-------------4-------------------------------|
AbAb|--------2---4-3-2-----------2---4-3-2---------4-3-2----------4-3-2-------4-3-2---4---4---2---2------|
Eb MajorEb|2---5---------------2---5-------------2----------------------------------------5---5---5---4---4-2--|
Outro - Instrumental 16 bars:
Main riff (8x)