Amen chords by Jeff Rosenstock

Chords with lyrics

Jeff Rosenstock's song "Amen" from his album "I Look Like Shit"

E MajorE
Waiting to go to school on some suburban road
A augmentedA            F#F#
They took my backpack and emptied it in the snow
E MajorE                      E MajorE      DbmDbm   A augmentedA
The kids at the bus stop screamed nothing.


E MajorE
I saw an old lady one time on Astor Place
A augmentedA            F#F#
steal an old man's glasses and punch him in the face
E MajorE                   E MajorE        DbmDbm   A augmentedA
Me and the others screamed nothing.

A augmentedA
And what's the difference if the bombs fall from the sky
E MajorE              AbmAbm        DbmDbm AbmAbm
And what's the difference if you like being alive
A augmentedA                BB            E MajorE
Yeah what's the difference, 'cause we're all just gonna die.


E MajorE
A augmentedA crucifix and two framed pictures of the pope
A augmentedA            F#F#
I passed them all as I got evicted from my home.
A augmentedA            B(once)   E MajorE  DbmDbm   A augmentedA
My Catholic landlord screamed "Amen."


A augmentedA
We don't believe in God or spirits in the sky.
E MajorE            AbmAbm   F# minorF#m   BB
Unless we're desperate and need to justify
A augmentedA             BB
the shitty things we do so we apologize
DbmDbm               E MajorE
"Ya gotta get rid of my guilt, God."


A augmentedA
Before I fled the scene I smeared my shit along the baseboards
E MajorE                AbmAbm
Took the moldy foodstuffs, lined them up along the tile floor
A augmentedA
Jerked off on the window screen, fridge open and toilet running
E MajorE             AbmAbm      F# minorF#m   D MajorD
Barely felt reprieve before the deluge of regret came flooding

A augmentedA
Now I can't get to sleep because I have this useless conscience.
E MajorE                AbmAbm
And I can't get revenge due to this stupid moral compass.
A augmentedA               BB                E MajorE
And honestly I feel that all these feelings aren't worth it in the end.

  (interlude; listen for chord changes, I tried to make it make sense):
E MajorE     F#F# BB A augmentedA
F# minorF#m       E MajorE
BB        E MajorE
E     F#F# BB A augmentedA
F#F#       A augmentedA
BB        E MajorE

A augmentedA
We don't believe in God or spirits in the sky
E MajorE            AbAb        F#F#  F# minorF#m
Unless we're desperate or know someone who died.
A augmentedA            BB
We gain perspective and we start to change our lives
DbmDbm              A augmentedA
Then still do shitty things when the moment arrives.
A augmentedA
So what's the difference if the bombs fall from the sky
E MajorE             AbmAbm       F#F#  BB
So what's the difference if you like being alive
A augmentedA              BB
Yeah what's the fucking point of thinking as you die
DbmDbm
"Ya gotta forgive all my sins, God."

  (end; listen for changes and shit):
E MajorE  DbmDbm  A augmentedA   E MajorE   AbmAbm  A augmentedA  BB AbAb E MajorE  DbmDbm  A augmentedA   E MajorE   AbAb  A augmentedA


I used 'b' for flat because that's what I typed, and 'm' is minor
it's probably not perfect by any means but this is what was on "chordify." I kind of like playing an F#7F#7
instead of the F#F# just because I like the chord but what do I know.