Intro: G 320033

It was a birthday gift
of a Mexican Telecaster
And from this day on I will play along
to all my young pioneers records
And there will be a poetry spoken silently between me and the stereo
I’ll work mornings
and you can work through the night

chorus: (loud and hard) 🙂
Mary, there is no hope for us
If this GM van don’t make it
across the state line
we might as well lay down and die
Because if Florida takes us
we’re taking everyone down with us
Where we’re coming from (yeah)
will be the death us

And I cannot help but hold on
to a handful of times
when what was spoken
was a revolution in itself,
and what we were doing
was the only thing that mattered
And how good it felt
to kill the memory of nights spent
holding your shirt for the smell
I heard you used to cry
when you made love to him
but this band will play on
Because all we can do is what we’ve always done.
And on and on and on…(lot of times) 🙂

Chorus: play one time loud and hard (with a fire :), then one time sing with claping
hands, without music and then as loud as you can with all guitar and drums power 🙂
Listen to the song first and you’ll get it. 🙂 Bass part isn’t hard to play. Just play
these chords basic notes together with guitar melody. 🙂 Understand? Simple. It’s one of
the best Against Me songs – playing with a fire in side.

Chords used:
G: 320033
C: 332010
D: x00232
Em: 022000

All chords playing with a mid.distortion or harder. In record I’m hear acoustic guitar
playing together. But the best sound is with distortion. Make improvization 🙂 Think, 99 % corect.

Against Me!
“Violence”
Searching For a Former Clarity

tuning : standard
/ : slide
x : dead string

i’m not 100% on this, but i think it’s pretty close…

bass intro – 2x

intro – 2x

e|------------------------------------------------------------------|
b|------------------------------------------------------------------|
g|------------------------------------------------------------------|
d|-----------------------0------------------------------------------|
a|-----------------2-------2-----0----------------------------------|
e|-3-------------------------------0-----------2-013-------------01-|

bass verse/chorus – 6x

bridge – 2x

e|------------------------------------------------------------------|
b|-7-------------------------------7-------------7------------------|
g|-x---9---7/9---4-4/7-------------x---9---7/9---x---7--------------|
d|-4---x---x/x---x-x/x-------------4---x---x/x---4---x--------------|
a|-----7---5/7---2-2/5-----------------7---5/7-------5--------------|
e|------------------------------------------------------------------|

verse/chorus – 5x

e|------------------------------------------------------------------|
b|------------------------------------------------------------------|
g|------------------------------------------------------------------|
d|-----------------0------------------------------------------------|
a|-5---------------2---------------2--------------------------------|
e|-3-------------------------------0-----------2-013-------------01-|

bridge – 2x

bridge pt 2 – 2x

e|------------------------------------------------------------------|
b|------------------------------------------------------------------|
g|-7-----------------------------------------------9---------797----|
d|-x-----------------------------------------------x-------79---9---|
a|-5-----------------------------------------------7----------------|
e|------------------------------------------------------------------|

chorus – 2x
ends on Em

Your tells are so obvious
Shoulders too broad for a girl
Keeps you reminded
Helps you remember where you come from

You want them to notice
The ragged ends of your summer dress
You want them to see you like they see every other girl
But they just see a faggot
They hold their breath not to catch the sick
Washed up on the coast
I wish we could’ve spent the whole day alone
Washed up on the coast
I wish we could’ve spent the whole day alone
Washed up on the coast
I wish we could’ve spent the whole day alone
With you

You’ve got no cunt in your strut
You’ve got no hips to shake
And you know it’s obvious
But we can’t choose how we’re made

You want them to notice
The ragged ends of your summer dress
You want them to see you like they see every other girl
But they just see a faggot
They hold their breath not to catch the sick
Washed up on the coast
I wish we could’ve spent the whole day alone
Washed up on the coast
I wish we could’ve spent the whole day alone
Washed up on the coast
I wish we could’ve spent the whole day alone
With you

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NOTES:

I’m aware, it’s 100% correct.

The E5 chord that’s prevalent throughout the song is played as such:
e|—
B|-5-
G|-4-
D|-2-
A|-2-
E|—

Listen to the song to get the strumming pattern down.

Laura plays the A and B chords in the chorus as bar chords, but you can
interchange them with open chords if you so prefer, it still sounds fine.

Enjoy!

~Carmyn

Tuning: Standard

Chords:

e|-0——-0——-3——-1-|
B|-1——-1——-3——-1-|
G|-0——-2——-0——-2-|
D|-2——-2——-0——-3-|
A|-3——-0——-3——-3-|
E|-x——-x——-2——-x-|

|The entire song is just these four chords played continously.
|If you listen to the song you will be able to pick up the strumming patterns.

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Not one more word tonight
between here and there
We’ll put a distance the size of the ocean
so now his heart can be a skipping rythem
As the cadence carries me
I almost drift away
far enough to forget
but when it comes you cannot hesitate
and when found I will write
on account and seal it in an envelope
addressed to your last known residence

Whaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaoooooooooooooooo

and we sink and we drowned
and what is lost can never be found
well these arms did swim,
until the lungs pulled in
panic was lost in a deep understanding
that you will see what is wrong with everything
what is wrong with you and me
they make all the right reasons to fk it up
you gotta fk it up

Whaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaoooooooooooooooo

(That sounded pretty good to me)
(I thought it was pretty good)

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WHITE PEOPLE FOR PEACE (Chords) – Against Me!

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Tuning: Standard with capo on 1

Intro: Bm G D A

East and West could not agree
So their generals gave a call and gathered troops at the border
With guns ready, drawn and aimed

each side was praying to a God
to bless them with strength and courage

And it was in His name the artillery lit the sky on fire
The people sang protest songs to try and stop the soldier’s gun.

Protest Songs in a response to Military Aggression
Protest songs to try and stop the soldier’s gun
Bm (intro again)
But the battle raged on……

Sirens filled the air and the ground shook with war
Civilian casualties has been a cost that was predetermined
When interviewed for report victims pleaded in frustration
Their claim: That this was a war without reason

Bureaucrats engaged in debate to try and reach a resolution
The people sang protest songs to try and stop the soldier’s gun.

Protest Songs in a response to Military Aggression
Protest songs to try and stop the soldier’s gun
Bm (intro)
But the battle raged on……

The Broadcast like their prayers went unanswered and ignored
God, like the rest of the world, just watched in silence
There was purpose to be served, there were fortunes to be earned
before a peace could be called to stop the fighting.

They sang protest songs in a response to Military Aggression
Protest songs to try and stop the soldier’s gun
But the battle raged on……

Against Me!

CAPO: 3

Chords:

e||———————||
B||–0——0—–0—–||
G||–0——0—–0—–||
D||–2——2—–0—–||
A||–3——2—–2—–||
E||———0—–3—–||

INTRO:

VERSE:

Cmaj7 Em G Em x4

Two coffins for sleep.
One for you, one for me.
We’ll get there eventually.
In the dark of our graves our bodies will decay.
I wish you’d never change.

CHORUS:

Cmaj7 G Em x2
Cmaj7 G Em G x2

How lucky I ever was to see
the way that you smiled at me.
Your little moon face shining bright at me.
One day soon there’ll be nothing left of you and me.

INTERLUDE:

Cmaj7 Em G Em x2

Two coffins for sleep.
Two coffins for sleep.

VERSE:

Cmaj7 Em G Em x4

All the things I have yet to lose will someday be gone too.
Back into annihilation.
All things will fade, maybe it’s better off that way.
I wish you’d stay with me.

CHORUS:

Cmaj7 G Em x2
Cmaj7 G Em G x2

How lucky I ever was to see
the way that you smiled at me.
Your little moon face shining bright at me.
One day soon there’ll be nothing left of you and me.

INTERLUDE:

Cmaj7 Em G Em x2

Two coffins for sleep.
Two coffins for sleep.

CHORUS:

Cmaj7 G Em x2
Cmaj7 G Em G x2

How lucky I ever was to see
the way that you smiled at me.
Your little moon face shining bright at me.
One day soon there’ll be nothing left of you and me.

OUTRO:

Cmaj7 Em G Em x4

Two coffins for sleep.
Two coffins for sleep.
Two coffins for sleep.
Two coffins for sleep.

Tuning: Standard

Guitar 1: Intro and Verse

e|--0---0---0---3--|
B|--1---1---1---3--|
G|--2---0---2---0--|
D|--2---2---2---0--|
A|--0---3---0---2--|
E|--x---x---x---3--|

Guitar 2: Intro

e|---------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------|
A|----0-2-3---3-3-2-0-----0-2---22--3-2--|
E|----------3---------0-------3---3------|

Chorus (Other guitar playing distorted power chords)

e|-1-|----3----1--0--3-----|
B|-1-|----3----1--1--3-----|
G|-2-|----0----2--2--0-----|
D|-3-|----0----3--2--0-----|
A|-3-|----2----3--0--2-----|
E|-1-|----3----1--X--3-----|

e|--1---0---3------|--1---0---3------|-0-|
B|--1---1---3------|--1---1---3------|-1-|
G|--2---2---0------|--2---2---0------|-2-|
D|--3---2---0------|--3---2---0------|-2-|
A|--3---0---2------|--3---0---2------|-0-|
E|--1---x---3------|--1---x---3------|-x-|

e|--0---0---5---5--|-5-|
B|--0---0---7---7--|-5-|
G|--1---1---7---7--|-6-|
D|--2---2---7---7--|-7-|
A|--2---2---5---5--|-7-|
E|--0---0----------|-5-|

Verse 2

e|--0---0---3---1--|--1---0---3---1--|--1---0---3---1--|
B|--1---1---3---1--|--1---1---3---1--|--1---1---3---1--|
G|--2---0---0---2--|--2---2---0---2--|--2---2---0---2--|
D|--2---2---0---3--|--3---2---0---3--|--3---2---0---3--|
A|--0---3---2---3--|--3---2---0---3--|--3---2---0---3--|
E|--x---x---3---1--|--1---x---3---1--|--1---x---3---1--|

e|--1---0---3---1--|
B|--1---0---3---1--|
G|--2---1---0---2--|(Strum each chord once)
D|--3---2---0---3--|
A|--3---2---2---3--|
E|--1---x---3---1--|

Chorus 2

e|--1---0---3------|
B|--1---1---3------|
G|--2---2---0------|
D|--3---2---0------|
A|--3---0---2------|
E|--1---x---3------|

Outro (Strum each chord once)

e|--1---0---3------|
B|--1---1---3------|
G|--2---2---0------|
D|--3---2---0------|
A|--3---0---2------|
E|--1---x---3------|

Evelyn sits by the elevator doors
It’s been 37 years since James died on St. Patrick’s day in 1964
She could not hold it against him
There were times there was nothing she could do but lie in bed all day
Beside a picture of them together, a picture of better days

And just like James, I’ll be drinking Irish tonight
And the memory of his last work week will be gone forever
Evelyn I’m not coming home tonight
If we’re never together, if I’m never back again
Well I swear to god that I’ll love you forever
Evelyn I’m not coming home tonight

In all the years that went by she said she’d always love him
And from the day that he died she never loved again
In his wallet she kept in her nightstand
An A.A. card and a lock of red hair
She kept secrets of pride locked so tight in her heart
It killed a part of her before the rest was gone.
She said, “if I would have known just how things would have ended up
I just would have let myself die.”

And just like James, I’ll be drinking Irish tonight
And the memory of his last work week will be gone forever
Evelyn I’m not coming home tonight
If we’re never together, if I’m never back again
Well I swear to god that I’ll love you forever
Evelyn I’m not coming home tonight

Paralytic States (acoustic) by Against Me!

A couple of notes:

– This is how Laura plays the song at acoustic shows. The LP version is slightly
different (there’s leads, a key change, etc).

– Also, G#m denotes something like this:

———
———
———

[-6-5-6-5-]
[-6-6-6-6-]
[-4-3-4-3-]
That said, here’s the song:

She could hear them fking through
Those thin hotel walls
She heard babies crying,
She heard laughter, she heard sirens
Red and blue lights flashing
Through those cheap hotel drapes
Blood spilled out on the porcelain
The bath tub’s over-flowing

Paralytic states of dependency
All waking life’s just a living dream
Agitated states of amazement
B G#m
Never quite the woman that she wanted to be
B G#m
Never quite the woman that she wanted to be

Spread out faced down on those
Stained cheap hotel sheets
She spent the last years of her life
Running from the boy she used to be
Cut her face wide open
Shaved the bone down thin
Plumped her lips up exaggerated
A fked up kind of feminine

Paralytic states of dependency
All waking life’s just a living dream
Agitated states of amazement
B G#m
Never quite the woman that she wanted to be
B G#m
Never quite the woman that she wanted to be

Night time at the hotel there was fighting in the hall
Thin chain lock to keep the world out
She held her breath till it was gone
Standing naked in front of that hotel bathroom mirror
In her dysphoria’s reflection
She still saw her mother’s son

Paralytic states of dependency
All waking life’s just a living dream
Agitated states of amazement
B G#m
Never quite the woman that she wanted to be
B G#m
Never quite the woman that she wanted to be

By the time the ball dropped it was already over
By the time the ball dropped it was already over
No resolutions for the new year beginning tomorrow

[Main Riff]

e|——————————–|
B|——————————–|
G|——————————–|
D|———–3~————–1-0–|
A|-1-3-5-3-1——1-3-5~3-1——-|
E|————————–3—–|

[Verse 1]
All dressed up and nowhere to go, walking the streets all alone
Another night you wish you could forget, making yourself up as you go along

[Chorus 1]
Who’s gonna take you home tonight? Who’s gonna take you home?
Who’s gonna take you home tonight? Who’s gonna take you home?
Does god bless your transsexual heart?
True trans soul rebel

[Main Riff]

e|——————————–|
B|——————————–|
G|——————————–|
D|———–3~————–1-0–|
A|-1-3-5-3-1——1-3-5~3-1——-|
E|————————–3—–|

[Verse 2]
Yet to be born, you were already dead, sleep with a gun beside you in bed
Follow through to the obvious end, slit your veins wide open, you bleed it out

[Chorus 2]
Who’s gonna take you home tonight? Who’s gonna take you home?
Who’s gonna take you home tonight? Who’s gonna take you home?
Does god bless your transsexual heart?
True trans soul rebel

[Main Riff]

e|——————————–|
B|——————————–|
G|——————————–|
D|———–3~————–1-0–|
A|-1-3-5-3-1——1-3-5~3-1——-|
E|————————–3—–|

Oh you should’ve been a mother, you should’ve been a wife
You should’ve been gone from here years ago, you should be living a different life

[Chorus 3]
Who’s gonna take you home tonight? Who’s gonna take you home?
Who’s gonna take you home tonight? Who’s gonna take you home?
Who’s gonna take you home tonight? Who’s gonna take you home?
Who’s gonna take you home tonight? Who’s gonna take you home?
Does god bless your transsexual heart?
True trans soul rebel
True trans soul rebel

[Main Riff]

e|——————————–|
B|——————————–|
G|——————————–|
D|———–3~————–1-0–|
A|-1-3-5-3-1——1-3-5~3-1——-|
E|————————–3—–|

I tabbed this on my acoustic and I think it sounds good.

Intro:

e|————————————————————————-|
B|————————————————————————-|
G|–4-4-4-4-4-4———4-4-4-4-4-4———4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4|
D|–5-5-5-5-5-5———5-5-5-5-5-5———5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5|
A|–7-7-7-7-7-7—–5h7-7-7-7-7-7-7—–5h7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7|
E|————–5h7—————–5h7————————————|

Chords Used:

e|————————————————————————|
B|————————————————————————|
G|–4———7——–9———4—————————————-|
D|–5———7——–10——–5—————————————-|
A|–7———5——–10——–5—————————————-|
E|————5——–8———3—————————————-|

During verses, chords are played 8 times before transition (get the rhythm down yourself)
Note: You can play a regular Em chord here (obviously) but if you use this pattern you
get those bass notes in there)

There were no cameras brought for pictures to hold all the small details
We left them all behind, we left them all behind.
There was a place for there was a time for,
and now we arrive and leave again, there is no point in a keepsake when you

run from collections.
I know one day there will be book or a song line to remind me
how much it meant to be hungry, exhausted and alone.
Direction is point, direction is a purpose, destination is a reason to live…and this
a heart beat.

Break:

[-] [-] [-]

e|————————————————————————-|
B|————————————————————————-|
G|————————————————————————-|
D|————————–7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7——————–|
A|–5-55–101010-5-55-2-22–5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5—–5h7————|
E|–3-33–8-8-8–3-33-0-00——————————5h7—————-|

“Whoa’s” get same chord progression

This could be any day this could be any year.
This could be any stage, this could be any city.
All that matters is we’re moving on.
The roadside graveyards pass and we escape (x3) repeating.
The construction of a nation building up
and the destruction of a nation tearing down to build again, oh, oh.
Trailing tailights like the ghosts of the past en route to arrival.

We’re never going home.

Cause explosions with this chord:

e|—-7—–|
B|—-8—–|
G|—-x—–| – C x 4
D|—-5—–|
A|———-|
E|———-|

End:

e|————————————————————————-|
B|————————————————————————-|
G|————————————————————————-|
D|————————–7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-9-7-9————–|
A|–5-55–101010-5-55-2-22–5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-7-5-7————–|
E|–3-33–8-8-8–3-33-0-00————————————————-|