{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":1750006,"song":"Mexican War Streets","artist":"mewithoutYou","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11377645-mexican-war-streets-chords-by-mewithoutyou/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1750006?type=chord","rating":4.95286,"votes":8,"content":"Capo on 5th Fret. All chords relative to Capo.\r\n\r\nChords Used: [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]Dm[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] \r\n[ch]F[/ch] *, [ch]C[/ch] *, [ch]Am[/ch] *, [ch]Dm[/ch] *, [ch]C[/ch] **, [ch]G[/ch] *, [ch]Aadd9[/ch] *\r\n\r\n[tab]   [ch]F[/ch] *     [ch]C[/ch] *    [ch]Am[/ch] *    [ch]Dm[/ch] *     [ch]C[/ch] **    [ch]G[/ch] *   [ch]Aadd9[/ch] *\r\ne|-1-|  e|-0-|  e|-x-|  e|-x-|  e|-x-|  e|-x-|  e|-x--|\r\nB|-1-|  B|-1-|  B|-1-|  B|-3-|  B|-5-|  B|-3-|  B|-0--|\r\nG|-x-|  G|-x-|  G|-2-|  G|-2-|  G|-5-|  G|-4-|  G|-2b-|\r\nD|-x-|  D|-x-|  D|-x-|  D|-x-|  D|-x-|  D|-x-|  D|-x--|\r\nA|-x-|  A|-x-|  A|-x-|  A|-x-|  A|-x-|  A|-x-|  A|-x--|\r\nE|-x-|  E|-x-|  E|-x-|  E|-x-|  E|-x-|  E|-x-|  E|-x--|[/tab]\r\n\r\nIntro: \r\n\r\n[tab]e|3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|\r\nB|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5|\r\nG|----------------|\r\nD|----------------|\r\nA|----------------|\r\nE|----------------|[/tab]\r\n\r\n[ch]Em[/ch]\r\n\r\n[tab]       [ch]Am[/ch]            [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nThough by the path I lead[/tab]\r\n[tab]               [ch]Am[/ch]                      [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nThe passing of time and the pouring of tea[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Am[/ch]              [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nAre all I've lately seen[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]F[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]\r\nO my soul[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]Am[/ch]                 [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nUntil the temporal bridge be burned[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]Am[/ch]                 [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nUntil our anchor stocks hold firm[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]Am[/ch]                    [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nWhere the hands of clocks don't turn[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]F[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]\r\nO my soul[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Am[/ch]             [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nMay our lips remain discreet[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]Am[/ch]                    [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nWhile your traps are beneath our feet[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Am[/ch]              [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nBut how long before our tails are caught[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]F[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]\r\nBy our quote free endquote thought?[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]                          [ch]G[/ch]  \r\nSugar in the cane, candles low[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]                                   [ch]G[/ch]\r\nKettle on the flame for the teapot? No[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]Dm[/ch]             [ch]C[/ch]\r\nI tremble at the thought[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]                          [ch]G[/ch]\r\nSugar in the cane, candles low[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]                                 [ch]G[/ch]\r\nSouthside Flats where the upscale go[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]Dm[/ch]             [ch]C[/ch]\r\nI tremble at the thought![/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]Dm[/ch]             [ch]C[/ch]\r\nI tremble at the thought![/tab]\r\n\r\n(palm muted)\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                         [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nOn the Streets of Mexican Wars[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]                  [ch]Am[/ch]                 \r\nI battle with the memory of a first fight[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]                    [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nIn our contemptible youth[/tab]\r\n               \r\nI quoted White Nights\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]                    \r\nThinking that'd get rid of you[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Am[/ch]                        [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nAnd waited with a stone in my hand[/tab]\r\n                   \r\nBut you were quite right:\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]\r\nNature had another plan[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]Em[/ch]\r\n(& failed to run it by me)[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                 \r\nNature had another plan[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]                   [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nSome other surrogate self[/tab]\r\n[tab]                           [ch]Em[/ch]               [ch]Am[/ch]          \r\nTo live in the sediment of so many somebody elses'[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]Em[/ch]                       \r\nInnumerable lives and you were right:[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]F[/ch]\r\nIt's not a person who dies[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]\r\nBut worlds die inside us[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]                                     [ch]G[/ch]\r\nSugar in the cane and the candles are low[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]                                          [ch]G[/ch]\r\nOn the West End Bridge looking down at the Ohio[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]Dm[/ch]             [ch]C[/ch]\r\nI tremble at the thought of what's often referred to as 'karma.'[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]                             [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThe sugar and the candles are gone[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]                                         [ch]G[/ch]\r\nYou panic like a mouse when the lights go on[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]Dm[/ch]        [ch]C[/ch]\r\n(I ADMIT, IT WARMS MY HEART[/tab]\r\nTO WATCH YOUR WORLD FALL APART)\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]                                          [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThe colorful hills talked me down from the bridge:[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]                                     [ch]G[/ch]\r\nTo heck with all the drugs my parents did[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]Dm[/ch]           [ch]C[/ch]\r\nI'd like to meet whoever said the words we print in red[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]Dm[/ch]         [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWith a coin in my teeth on the Mexican War Streets[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\nBridge: \r\n[ch]F[/ch] * , [ch]C[/ch] * , [ch]Am[/ch] * , [ch]Dm[/ch] *\r\n[ch]C[/ch] ** , [ch]G[/ch] * , [ch]Am[/ch] * , [ch]Aadd9[/ch] * \r\n\r\n[tab]   [ch]F[/ch] *     [ch]C[/ch] *    [ch]Am[/ch] *    [ch]Dm[/ch] *     [ch]C[/ch] **    [ch]G[/ch] *    [ch]Aadd9[/ch] *\r\ne|-1-|  e|-0-|  e|-x-|  e|-x-|  e|-x-|  e|-x-|  e|-x--|\r\nB|-1-|  B|-1-|  B|-1-|  B|-3-|  B|-5-|  B|-3-|  B|-0--|\r\nG|-x-|  G|-x-|  G|-2-|  G|-2-|  G|-5-|  G|-4-|  G|-2b-|\r\nD|-x-|  D|-x-|  D|-x-|  D|-x-|  D|-x-|  D|-x-|  D|-x--|\r\nA|-x-|  A|-x-|  A|-x-|  A|-x-|  A|-x-|  A|-x-|  A|-x--|\r\nE|-x-|  E|-x-|  E|-x-|  E|-x-|  E|-x-|  E|-x-|  E|-x--|[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch] *                   [ch]C[/ch] *         \r\nRivers of sadness and mutual need[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]Am[/ch] *                [ch]Dm[/ch] *\r\nIn the loud desperation of social routine[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch] **               [ch]G[/ch] *\r\nThe rock of salvation, lightly esteemed[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Am[/ch] *                 [ch]Aadd9[/ch] * \r\nAnd distance surging like oceans between us[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch] *                       [ch]C[/ch] *\r\nSuspended by strings Over rotating wheels[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Am[/ch] *                   [ch]Dm[/ch] *\r\nVia magnets and springs Of Carnegie steel[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]C[/ch] **                [ch]G[/ch] *         \r\nWith 'representation' our fashionable theme[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]Am[/ch] *                [ch]Aadd9[/ch] *\r\nAnd unfathomably powerful forces Like oceans between us[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch] *             [ch]C[/ch] *            \r\nWe have all the signs we need [/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]Am[/ch] *                   [ch]Dm[/ch] *                    [ch]C[/ch] **\r\nDo we decide not to read? My will: And those who precede:[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch] **              [ch]G[/ch] *             [ch]Am[/ch] *\r\nthe relation between Is listening beside me[/tab]\r\n[tab]                   [ch]Aadd9[/ch] *\r\nAt night like some seismic machine[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]F[/ch] *                 [ch]C[/ch] *\r\nWhile the metal vibrations of petrified men[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Am[/ch] *                     [ch]Dm[/ch] *\r\nAre etched in translation by pendulum pens[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]C[/ch] **                     [ch]G[/ch] **\r\nAnd the movements of underground plates[/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]Am[/ch] *\r\nDo nothing to bridge or exacerbate[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Aadd9[/ch] *\r\nOceans between us[/tab]","plain_text":"Capo on 5th Fret. All chords relative to Capo.\n\nChords Used: Am Em F G Dm C \nF *, C *, Am *, Dm *, C **, G *, Aadd9 *\n\n\n\nIntro: \n\n\n\nEm\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n(palm muted)\n\n\n\n\n               \nI quoted White Nights\n\n\n                   \nBut you were quite right:\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nTO WATCH YOUR WORLD FALL APART)\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBridge: \nF * , C * , Am * , Dm *\nC ** , G * , Am * , Aadd9 *","chords":["Am","Em","F","G","Dm","C","Aadd9","B","D","A","E"],"chord_diagrams":{"Am":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,2,3,1,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,1,0]},"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"Dm":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,2,3,1],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,1]},"Em":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,0,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,0,0,0]},"F":{"barres":[1],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[1,3,4,2,1,1],"frets":[1,3,3,2,1,1]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}