Scumbag City tab by The Strypes
Guitar Tab
I think he uses a different tuning, and a capo on the second fret. But i think this sounds quite accurate, with no need to change tuning. Intro: 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 e-10--10-9--7----|7--7-9--10----| B-10--10-10-8----|8--8-10-10----| G-11--11-9--7----|7--7-9--11----| D----------------|--------------| A----------------|--------------| E----------------|--------------| Verse: With intro chords There's empty cans on River Street, scumbag city blues Sunday morning's indiscrete, Saturday left clues Last night's claps and filthy slaps need oh no excuse Are you cutting out or holding back a loop hole or a noose
Pre-chorus:
A A
Get me out, oh get me out
G G
Cause I'm here to bruise
A A
Oh get me out, oh get me out
G G
Of this scumbag city
Chorus:
e-------------------|
B-------------------|
G-5-4---------------| x4
D-------3h4---------|
A-----5-----2-3-----|
E-------------------|
Scumbag city blues, scumbag city blues
Main Riff:
e-------------------|-------------------|
B-------------------|-----------6b7-----|
G-5-4---------------|-5-4---------------|
D-------3h4---------|-------3h4---------|
A-----5-----2-3-----|-----5-------------|
E-------------------|-------------------|
Verse: With main riff
Just another howling wolf on the killing floor below
Oh no lie you'll find in the first line I should have quit you long ago
All those angel eyes with the red neck ties wanna see me fall on my face
And no lie you'll find I despise everything about this place
Pre-chorus:
A A
Get me out, oh get me out
G G
Cause I'm here to bruise
A A
Oh get me out, oh get me out
G G
Of this scumbag city
Chorus:
e-------------------|-------------------|
B-------------------|-----------6b7-----|
G-5-4---------------|-5-4---------------|
D-------3h4---------|-------3h4---------| x2
A-----5-----2-3-----|-----5-------------|
E-------------------|-------------------|
Scumbag city blues, scumbag city blues
Solo
A
And when you're lying in your hotel,
A
Thinking "good riddance to that"
G G
Well something creeps inside you yeah honey oh something pulls you back
A A
But it ain't the one way system that's got you uh coming back around no
G G
It's all those friends and family keeping the size eights on the ground
Outro:
1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
e-10--10-9--7----|7--7-9--10----|
B-10--10-10-8----|8--8-10-10----|
G-11--11-9--7----|7--7-9--11----|
D----------------|--------------|
A----------------|--------------|
E----------------|--------------|
There's empty cans on River Street, scumbag city blues
Sunday morning feels complete,
When I get back to you
I could skip and give a miss,
That I'd never choose
Cause even though I take the piss
I'm glad the future's blue Last updated:
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