{"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":872791,"song":"Mercenary","artist":"Brave Saint Saturn","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11603956-mercenary-chords-by-brave-saint-saturn/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/872791?type=chord","rating":0,"votes":0,"content":"-------------------------------------------------------------------------------\r\n-------------------------------------------------------------------------------\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]D5[/ch]\t\t [ch]D5[/ch]\r\nI was the future, in nineteen-ninety-five,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G5[/ch]                        [ch]A5[/ch]\r\nI watched the flashbulbs burst, Whenever I'd arrive.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D5[/ch]\t\t\t[ch]D5[/ch]\t\t             [ch]G5[/ch]\r\nI'd tape my knuckles up, cinched and tight for the ring,[/tab]\r\n[tab]\t\t        [ch]A5[/ch]\r\njust beneath the gloves, clenching white for the swing.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\t        [ch]D[/ch]                    [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI was a sellout, before a sellout crowd,[/tab]\r\n[tab]                          [ch]A[/ch]\r\nI threw the fight in my head, before the fat lady bowed.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                  [ch]D[/ch]\t\t        \t[ch]G[/ch]\r\nYou want a tip-off, some good advice for the brawl?[/tab]\r\n[tab]                        [ch]A[/ch]                              [ch]F#m[/ch] \r\nJust wear a mouth-guard, to keep your teeth when you fall.[/tab]\r\n[tab]               [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]F#m[/ch]                [ch]A[/ch]\r\nAnd when you quit, make sure that you can wash your hands of it.[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]D5[/ch] \r\nArmed to the teeth,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G5[/ch]\r\nscore one for treachery,[/tab]\r\n[ch]B5[/ch]     [ch]A5[/ch]\r\nI [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] mercenary.\r\n[tab][ch]D5[/ch]\r\nThere's more lies here, [/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G5[/ch]\r\nthan we can all bury[/tab]\r\n[ch]B5[/ch]     [ch]A5[/ch]      [ch]D5[/ch]\r\nI [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] mercenary.\r\n\r\nI've seen the headlines,\r\nswarming thick with flies.\r\nI've seen the Billboard Charts\r\nI've heard them spitting lies.\r\nHere's to your lame award,\r\nyour phony Nobel Prize.\r\nHere's to the suckers lining up\r\nto see us compromise.\r\nLet's light a campfire,\r\nWe'll have a sing along,\r\nI'll burn some bridges,\r\nyou'll bring the crappy songs.\r\nAnd when you quit,\r\nmake sure that you can wash your hands of it.\r\n\r\nBridge:\r\n[tab][ch]D5[/ch]\t\t\t\t  [ch]B5[/ch]\r\nThere's a part of me I've compromised,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G5[/ch]                      [ch]A5[/ch]\r\nburied somewhere under ghosts of lies.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D5[/ch]                     [ch]B5[/ch]\r\nMake it quick, make it sick,[/tab]\r\n[tab]                         [ch]G5[/ch]                       [ch]A5[/ch]\r\nturn the crank and just play the greatest hits... sigh.[/tab]\r\n\r\nThere's a part of me that I despise,\r\npull the curtain back and see what dies.\r\nEmerald spires of the near profound,\r\nlet's burn this lousy city down.\r\n\r\n[tab]There is a lead part during the bridge which plays this I think:\r\ne|---------------------------------|\r\nB|--------7-8-7-8-7-----7-8-7-8-7--|\r\nG|----7-------------7--------------|\r\nD|---------------------------------|\r\nA|---------------------------------|\r\nE|---------------------------------|etc, etc\t[/tab]\r\n\r\nBridge ends on a D5, lead ends on\r\n[tab]e|------------|\r\nB|------------|\r\nG|-----7------|\r\nD|------------|\r\nA|------------|\r\nE|------------|[/tab]\r","plain_text":"-------------------------------------------------------------------------------\n-------------------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nB5     A5\nI Am A mercenary.\n\n\nB5     A5      D5\nI Am A mercenary.\n\nI've seen the headlines,\nswarming thick with flies.\nI've seen the Billboard Charts\nI've heard them spitting lies.\nHere's to your lame award,\nyour phony Nobel Prize.\nHere's to the suckers lining up\nto see us compromise.\nLet's light a campfire,\nWe'll have a sing along,\nI'll burn some bridges,\nyou'll bring the crappy songs.\nAnd when you quit,\nmake sure that you can wash your hands of it.\n\nBridge:\n\n\n\n\n\nThere's a part of me that I despise,\npull the curtain back and see what dies.\nEmerald spires of the near profound,\nlet's burn this lousy city down.\n\n\n\nBridge ends on a D5, lead ends on","chords":["D5","G5","A5","D","G","A","F#m","B5","Am","B","E"],"chord_diagrams":{"A":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,2,3,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,2,0]},"Am":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,2,3,1,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,1,0]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}