Standard Tuning

Strumming Pattern: D D U D U

Chords: Am, E, E7 Dm, Dsus, F, Am^ (Am, but 4th finger on third fret of e string)

Optional: There’s a really short riff at the start before you head into the Am. As soon as you hit the A
string, strum Am. It goes:

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

Intro: Am, Am, Am, Am

I’ve been up and down in prison
I’ve lived inside this cell
Surrounded by these demons
And the fiery gates of hell For “I blame my mother”, strum down three times;
E Am once for each word “I blame my” then go back to
I blame my mother and my father the normal strumming pattern when you start on
E E7 Am.
For the man that I’ve become
I was born into this family
I was born the devil’s son
Oh I ain’t gonna see my freedom
Till the day
They lay me in the ground

Am, Am, Am

It’s such a hard way to fall
It’s such a hard, hard way to fall
No I ain’t gonna go to heaven
They have locked me in these walls
F E Am (Pause)
It’s such a hard, hard way to fall

Well I got 20 years behind me
Almost all that I can take
I’ve built up this raging anger
Am Am^
I fill my soul with foreign hate
I got no hope left inside me
There ain’t no joy left to give
Cause I am just an animal to all my prison friends
There ain’t no good reason why
That I should still be alive today

It’s such a hard way to fall
It’s such a hard, hard way to fall
No I ain’t gonna go to heaven
They have locked me in these walls
It’s such a hard, hard way to fall

Instrumental (Single Strum)

Dm, Dsus, Am, Am

Dm, Dsus, Am, Am

Dm, Dsus, Am, Am

Dm, Dsus, Am, Am

Dm, Dsus, Am, Am

E, E, E7, E7

(Single strum for the last chorus)

It’s such a hard way to fall
It’s such a hard, hard way to fall
No I ain’t gonna go to heaven
They have locked me in these walls
It’s such a hard, hard way to fall