Raising The Skate chords by Speedy Ortiz

Chords with lyrics

Intro


The main riff goes like this
e|-------------------------------------|
BB|----------------8-9-10-----------9---|
G+G|-------------10-------10-------7-----|
D MajorD|--3/15----11------------10-9-8-------|
A augmentedA|-------------------------------------|
E MajorE|-------------------------------------|

Then the last time you play it the ending slightly changes and then it just goes into an FF chord
e|------------------------------------------|
BB|----------------8-9-10--------------------|
G+G|-------------10-------10-------7-----5----|
D MajorD|--3/15----11------------10-9-8---8-6---6--|
A augmentedA|------------------------------------------|
E MajorE|------------------------------------------|

Verse1

FF     C majorC     C#C#      A#A#
    Heaven, have mercy on the hypnic jerk

FF      C majorC        A#A#
    you blame for your speech

FF    C majorC             C#C#
    Walk around the block again

    Bb majorBb            FF
    Wait 'til I feel cool and straight

        C majorC    A#A#      F#F#
    With a diaristic bent on undertaking


[Pre-Chorus]

    G#G#    F#F#
    Careful, steady

    G#G#   F#F#
    Are we steady?

    G#G#    F#F#
    Cruel and ready


[Chorus]

      FF  C#C#       FF
    I'm not bossy, I'm the boss

    C#C#        FF
    Shooter, not the shot

    C#C#       FF     C#C#
    On the tip and fit to execute

      FF   C#C#     FF
    I'm chief, not the overthrown

    C#C#       FF
    Captain, not a crony

      C#C#      FF            A#A#    G#G#  FF
    So if you wanna row, you better have an awfully big boat

C#C#    FF  C#C#  FF C#C#  FF   A#A#  G#G#
    Boat,  boat,  boat

    G#G#  F#F#  G#G#  F#F#  G#G#  F#F#


[Verse 2]

FF     C majorC   C#C#       A#A#
    Holding a package from a total stranger

FF      C majorC       A#A#
    who claims to know me

FF    C majorC           C#C#  A#A#
    No, you never knew me, man, not even a fraction

FF        C majorC          A#A#      F#F#
    You just glimpsed your own reflection in a gold sheen


[Chorus]

      FF  C#C#       FF
    I'm not bossy, I'm the boss

    C#C#        FF
    Shooter, not the shot

    C#C#         FF         C#C#
    Well-composed with keys to raise the skate

      FF   C#C#     FF
    I'm chief, not the overthrown

    C#C#       FF
    Captain, not a crony

      C#C#      FF            A#A#    G#G#  FF
    So if you wanna throw, you better have an awfully big stone

C#C#    FF  C#C#  FF C#C#  FF   A#A#  G#G#
    Stone,  stone, stone

C#C#    FF  C#C#  FF C#C#  FF   A#A#  G#G#
    Stone,  stone, stone


    G#G#  F#F#  G#G#  F#F#  G#G#  F#F#



[Bridge]

         FF        C#C#        FF       C#C#
    We could hang out for the summer while you wait for your girl

       G#G#      G7G7     G#G# A#A#
    Dip a toe 'til it's soaked and freezing

      FF       C#C#        FF     C#C#
    But just because I let you kill time dangling me

         G#G#       G7G7        G#G#     A#A#
    from the quarry doesn't mean that I won't land on my feet

    [Chorus]
    That's cause I'm the boss
    Caller of the shots
    Sutanejo, never spit to me
    Chief, play my own right hand
    Not haggish, but the hag
    How naïve to trample
    She who's running from the stampede
    I'm raising the skate

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