------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Since C-Ag made that awesome NBA commercial with Kobe flying everywhere, one can only watch so much of the NBA playoffs before imagining this song as the imaginary soundtrack to your imaginary 360 dunks... -- Intro (arranged for guitar; I just write the chord on each beat) : EBCBBAAB7G -3-3-3--2-|-0-0--0------2--|-0-0-0-0--|-2 -0-0-0--0-|-1-1--0------0--|-1-1-1-1--|-0 -0-0-0--2-|-0-0--2------2--|-2-2-2-2--|-2 -2-2-2--1-|-2-2--1------1--|-2-2-2-2--|-1 -2-2-2--2-|-3-3--2------2--|-0-0-0-0--|-2 -0-0-0----|----------------|-----3-3--|-- verse The verse is transcribed as fifth-string power chords, with '/' indicating a slide : E5 /G5 D5 /F5 E5 I thought I knew you thinking that you were true... I guess E5 /G5 D5 /F5E5 I couldn't trust called your bluff time us up 'cause I've had e- nough... you were E5 /G5 D5 /F5 E5 There by my side always down for the ride... but your E5 /G5 D5 /F5E5 joy ride just came down in flames 'cause your greed sold me out of shame pre-chorus A5 After all of the stealing and cheating you probably think that I hold resentment for G5 E5 GE5 you no no you're wrong A5 B5 'Cause if it wasn't for all that you tried to do C5 D5 B5 I wouldn't know just how capable I am to pull through C5 A5 So I wanna say thank you chorus (the guitar just plays the bottom of each of these chords) Em D/F# 'Cause it makes me that much stronger G Am Makes me work a little bit harder C B7 It makes me that much wiser Am G Em So thanks for making me a fighter repeat verse riff x 2 (the post-chorus) repeat verse riff x 4 (verse 2) Never, saw it coming All of, your backstabbing Just so, you could cash in On a good thing before I realized your game I heard, you're going around Playing, the victim now But don't, even begin Feeling I'm the one to blame 'Cause you dug your own grave, uh huh repeat pre-chorus After all of the fights and the lies Yes you wanted to harm me but that won't work anymore Uh, no more, oh no, it's over 'Cause if it wasn't for all of your torture I wouldn't know how to be this way now, and never back down So I wanna say thank you repeat chorus repeat intro (the crazy bridge) repeat chorus a few times ---------------------------------- Dan Morris ----------------------------------