Submitted by: paramore_fans@yahoo.com
Key: B then F#
Tuning: Standard EADGBe
Chords used:
G#m -466444
E - 022100
B - x24442
F# - 244322
Ebm - x68876
C# - x46664
Bbm - x13321
C#m - x46654
C#/F - 143xxx
Bb/D - x587xx
A - x02220
F-133211
Intro: G#m--C#m--G#m--Ebm-- x6
Verse 1:
EEbm
We woke up as men but
G#m
tonight we'll sleep as killers
F#
As we break the cryptic
E
morning with a bullet
EbmG#m
and a prayer The steel never seemed
more cold and agile than now
F#
And life never seems less vital
EEbm
and fragile With a heart
G#m--C#m--G#m--Ebm--
Chorus:
Ebm
with a heart
that's beating louder
B
than my own I watch a
G#mEbm
woman they call Kezia I watch a
woman that I know I watch my
hopes and my own
B
future blindfolded
G#mF#C#/F
To atone for a sin I didn't care
B
for, but a sin that paid my debts A
F#C#/F
sin that fed my children and
B
burned my smiles and
Ebm Bb/D Ebm---- x4
ci--ga---rettes
Verse 2:
Ebm
And no one ever said that hope
F#C#Ebm
would be so beautiful And no
one ever said I'd have to
F#C#
pull the trigger on her
Guitar Solo: Ebm-- x4 B,
F#--Ebm--B--G#m--A--C#--F#--E--F--
Ebm-- x4
Verse 3:
EbmCEbmC#B
Five soldiers forever sedated
F#EbmC#Ebm
with the "No one's responsible" psychological drama
C#BC#BC#
of our social justice dribble
EbmC#Ebm
Her tiny steps tell
C#EbmC#
lies about the choice I have to make Resurrect a
BC#Bb/D
static lifetime starve to death my own
EbmC#Ebm
mistakes Pull the screaming trigger and watch your
C#BEbm
carcass bleed me dry Or drop the gun and try to
C#EbmC#BEbm
shake away the blindfold from your eyes? Drop the
C#EbmC#B
gun, drop the gun, drop the gun, drop the gun
Outro: Ebm-- x6