{"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":671240,"song":"Avoiding Catatonic Surrender","artist":"Tim Barry","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11579352-avoiding-catatonic-surrender-chords-by-tim-barry/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/671240?type=chord","rating":4.83486,"votes":57,"content":"Tuning: Standard-ish ---He even writes on the album:\r\n\r\nThis song is pretty basic.  Listen to it for the hammer-ons and such.\r\n\r\nIntro:\r\n[ch]F[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] (walk down to) [ch]Am[/ch]\r\n[ch]F[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch]\r\n\r\nVerse 1:\r\n[ch]C[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\n\r\nit's lonely in the Garden State, the place of no left turns\r\nin a Motel 6 in East Brunswick smoking 'till my lungs burn\r\ni put ice in the trash can to cool down my beer\r\nbreathe in the perfume in the room of the person last here\r\ni can't stand this singing, i can't stand this song\r\ni can't stand being home, lord i can't stand being gone\r\nmy ears ring when it's quiet and i ain't heard a thing all day\r\nand I'd call if I could but right now i ain't got nothing to say\r\n\r\nChorus: (Same progression as intro)\r\n\r\n[ch]F[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] (walk down to) [ch]Am[/ch]\r\n[ch]F[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch]\r\n\r\nand so on, and so long\r\ni can't keep singing these songs for too long, and so on\r\n\r\nVerse 2: (same as one)\r\nthe first night we met we fucked on the couch in my living room\r\nand spent the morning pretending it didn't happen searching for your lost phone\r\nwhich i found between the cushions, below a pile of our clothes, you said you couldn't \r\nwith out it, I should have kept my eyes closed\r\ni left for work directly then for a 15 hour day made just over a hundred bucks none of \r\nI ever saved\r\ndidn't hear too much from you before and never heard from you again\r\ncause as soon as this shit starts boy it's bound to end\r\n\r\nChorus: Same as above chorus\r\n\r\nVerse 3:\r\ni throw empty beer cans at the tv when I'm watching the news\r\ni hate republicans I hate democrats I hate liberals too\r\nI think pacifists are weak and violence is wrong but I go limp for police and i fight \r\nit's called for\r\nthe truth is i don't know or care with who or where I fit in at all\r\nbut I keep on living simple RIDING FAST AND LIVING SLOW\r\ni write standard boring songs with boring standard chords just like the best and the \r\n- verse-chorus-verse-chorus-bridge-repeat and so on...","plain_text":"Tuning: Standard-ish ---He even writes on the album:\n\nThis song is pretty basic.  Listen to it for the hammer-ons and such.\n\nIntro:\nF G C (walk down to) Am\nF G Am\n\nVerse 1:\nC Am F G\n\nit's lonely in the Garden State, the place of no left turns\nin a Motel 6 in East Brunswick smoking 'till my lungs burn\ni put ice in the trash can to cool down my beer\nbreathe in the perfume in the room of the person last here\ni can't stand this singing, i can't stand this song\ni can't stand being home, lord i can't stand being gone\nmy ears ring when it's quiet and i ain't heard a thing all day\nand I'd call if I could but right now i ain't got nothing to say\n\nChorus: (Same progression as intro)\n\nF G C (walk down to) Am\nF G Am\n\nand so on, and so long\ni can't keep singing these songs for too long, and so on\n\nVerse 2: (same as one)\nthe first night we met we fucked on the couch in my living room\nand spent the morning pretending it didn't happen searching for your lost phone\nwhich i found between the cushions, below a pile of our clothes, you said you couldn't \nwith out it, I should have kept my eyes closed\ni left for work directly then for a 15 hour day made just over a hundred bucks none of \nI ever saved\ndidn't hear too much from you before and never heard from you again\ncause as soon as this shit starts boy it's bound to end\n\nChorus: Same as above chorus\n\nVerse 3:\ni throw empty beer cans at the tv when I'm watching the news\ni hate republicans I hate democrats I hate liberals too\nI think pacifists are weak and violence is wrong but I go limp for police and i fight \nit's called for\nthe truth is i don't know or care with who or where I fit in at all\nbut I keep on living simple RIDING FAST AND LIVING SLOW\ni write standard boring songs with boring standard chords just like the best and the \n- verse-chorus-verse-chorus-bridge-repeat and so on...","chords":["F","G","C","Am"],"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]},"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]}}}