----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Gates - The Menzingers - On The Impossible Past Standard Tuning (EADGBe) CAPO 2ND FRET Arranged by Jack Cookson (Torn_Asunder) ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Chords used: Mute/Don't play the strings marked with an 'x' G (320033) C (x32010) D (x00232) Em (022000) Am (x02210) ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Intro: G Em C - this three times in arpeggios THEN G Em G D Em D C - strummed. listen for the changes! Verse One: G I am the pain that bleeds through your temples Every morning when you wake up Em I am the boy with alcohol poisoning G From all the parties Chris would throw That summer that they took us in Like every other American Em For getting drunk in back of the Lion's Club G D Waiting for the shitty bands to finish up Em D Then some kids played hacky sack C While the others just got high Interlude: G Em G D Em D C Verse 2: G It's not hard to fall for a waitress When you both smoke Smoke the same cigarettes Em You'll get seated as diners lovers G You'll get the check that Scranton's for the better D Em You'll carve your names into the Parpat Cliffs D C Just read them when you get old enough to know That happiness is just a moment Chorus x2: G C G So I'm marching up to your gates today Em C To throw my lonely soul away G 'Cause I don't need it C G Em C You can take it back Bridge: Am C G And they will make examples out of us D Em Like when they caught you in the CVS parking lot C But I fed the liars, I fed the liars, I fed the liars G Everything I got Em Everything I got C in my cabinet brain G Of canned thoughts G Everything I've got Em It was everything I've got C In my cabinet brain, in my cabinet brain Chorus x2: G C G So I'm marching up to your gates today Em C To throw my lonely soul away G 'Cause I don't need it C G Em C You can take it back Outro: G C G So I'm marching up to your gates today Em C G G To throw my lonely soul away Em Yeah I don't need it C G You can take it back