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The Pretty Reckless
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[Intro]
Em G A2x
[Verse 1]
EmTake me I'm aliGve
ANever was a girl with a wicked mind
But eveGrything looks better when the sBun goeAs downG F#
EmI had everGything
AOpportunities for eternity
And GI could belong to thBe night
Your eCyes, your eyesB
EmI can see in your eyeCs
Your eByes
You make me wanna Emdie
I'll never be gooGd enough
You make me wanna dieA
And everything you Blove will burn up in the lightC
BEvery time I ElooDk inCside ByouAr eyes
B A G F#
Em G A2x
Same Chords for next Verse, Bridge and Chorus
Em F#~ Ab A~ B Em~ C# B A Ab
F#~ Ab A~ B Em~ C# B A Ab
F#I'll Adie for you my love, my C#loveB
F#I'lAl lie for you my love, my love (make me wanna die)
[Chorus]
[Intro]
Eb5 C#5 Ab5 Bb5
Eb5Somebody mixed my meC#5dicineAb5 Bb5
Eb5Somebody mixed my meC#5dicine Ab5 Bb5
Eb5 C#5 Ab5 Bb5
You Eb5hurt where you sleep
And you C#5sleep where you lie
Ab5Now you're in deep and
Bb5now you're gonna cry
You got a Eb5woman to the left
and a C#5boy to the right
SAb5tart to sweat so Bb5hold me tight
SEb5omebody mixed my C#5medicineAb5
I don't know Bb5what I'm on
SEb5omebody mixed my C#5medicineAb5
But baby Bb5it's all gone
SEb5omebody mixed my C#5medicine
SAb5omebody's in my Bb5head again
SEb5omebody mixed my C#5medicine Ab5again, Bb5again
I'll Eb5drink what you leak
And I'll C#5smoke what you sigh
Ab5Straight across the room with a Bb5look in your eye
I got a Eb5man to the left and a C#5girl to the right
Ab5Start to sweat so Bb5hold me tight
SEb5omebody mixed my C#5medicineAb5
I don't know Bb5what I'm on
SEb5omebody mixed my C#5medicineAb5
But baby Bb5it's all gone
SEb5omebody mixed my C#5medicine
SAb5omebody's in my Bb5head again
SEb5omebody mixed my C#5medicine Ab5again, Bb5again
There's a Abtiger in the room
and a Bbbaby in the closet
EbPour another drink mom
C#I don't even want it
AbThen I turn around and Bbthink I see
Ebsomeone that looks like C#you
You Eb5hurt where you sleep
And you C#5sleep where you lie
Ab5Now you're in deep and
now you're Bb5gonna cry
You got a Eb5woman to the left
and a C#5boy to the right
SAb5tart to sweat so Bb5hold me tight
SEb5omebody mixed my C#5medicineAb5
I don't know Bb5what I'm on
SEb5omebody mixed my C#5medicineAb5
But baby Bb5it's all gone
SEb5omebody mixed my C#5medicine
SAb5omebody's in my Bb5head again
SEb5omebody mixed my C#5medicine
Ab5again, Bb5again (x8)
Eb5 C#5 Ab5 Bb5(x3)
Somebody mixed my medicine
"Goin' Down" (don't have chords yet)
Intro Riff
e|-------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------|
G|-8--8-8-6-8---8--8-8-6-8-6-8---|
D|-8--8-8-6-8---8--8-8-6-8-6-8---| x4 quiet, x4 LOUD
A|-6--6-6-4/6---6--6-6-4/6-4/6---|
E|-------------------------------|
[Verse]
"Hey there father, I don't mean to bother you but I have a sin to confess"
e|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-8--8-8--6-8-------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-8--8-8--6-8-let-ring----------------------------------------------------|
A|-6--6-6--4/6-------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
"I'm just 16 if you know what I mean, do you mind if I take off my dress"
e|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---(palm-mute)-----------------------------------------------------------|
G|---8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8---|
D|---8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8---|
A|---6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6---|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
"Don't know where to start let me get to the good parts..."
e|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|----10101010101010101010101010101010101010101010101010101010101010101010-|
D|----10101010101010101010101010101010101010101010101010101010101010101010-|
A|----8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8--|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
"I've got envy, I've got greed, anything that you need..."
e|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---(palm-mute)-----------------------------------------------------------|
G|---8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8---|
D|---8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8---|
A|---6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6---|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Pre Chorus
e|------------------------------|------------------|
B|------------------------------|------------------|
G|-4---------------6------------|------------------|
D|-4-------4-------6-------6-x2-|-8888666644443333-|
A|-2-------4-------4-------6----|-8888666644443333-|
E|---------2---------------4----|-6666444422221111-|
[Chorus]
e|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-8-8-888-6-6-666---------4-4-444----8-8-888-6-6-666----------------------|
D|-8-8-888-6-6-666-6-6-666-4-4-444-x3-8-8-888-6-6-666-6-6-666-88888888-----|
A|-6-6-666-4-4-444-6-6-666-2-2-222----6-6-666-4-4-444-6-6-666-88888888-----|
E|-----------------4-4-444----------------------------4-4-444-66666666-----|
[Bridge]
e|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-------6-8-9-8-6-------6-8-9-8-6----------6---------------6--------------|
D|-9-6-9-----------9-6-9------------8-6-8-9---9-8-6-8-6-8-9---9-8-x3-------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
"Why'd I have to go and kill him when he was the best I ever had"
e|--------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------|
G|-----------------8-8-8-8-9-8----------|
D|-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-------------11-10-11-|
A|--------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------|
Intro: Em
[Verse]
CI'm not listening to Amyou
I am wandering right through Emexistance
CWith no purpose and no drAmive
'cause in the end we're all Emalive, alive
CTwo thousand years I've been awake
AmWaiting for the day to shake
EmTo all of you who've wronged me
CI am. I am a zombie
AmAgain, again you want me to Bfall on my head
EmI am, I am, I am a zombie
CHow low, how low, how low will you push me
AmTo go to go to go, before I Blie, lie down dead
CSaAmme EmchoEmrds as the ones above for the rest of the song;)
Oh dead, Oh dead, Oh dead (C Am Em Em x4)
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The Pretty Reckless
by The Pretty Reckless
Chords in this song · guitar
Em
G
A
B
F#
C
E
D
Ab
C#
Eb5
C#5
Ab5
Bb5
Bb
Eb
Am
[Intro]
Em G A
2x
[Verse 1]
Em G
Take me I'm alive
A
Never was a girl with a wicked mind
G B A G F#
But everything looks better when the sun goes down
Em G
I had everything
A
Opportunities for eternity
G B
And I could belong to the night
C B
Your eyes, your eyes
Em C
I can see in your eyes
B
Your eyes
Em
You make me wanna die
G
I'll never be good enough
A
You make me wanna die
B C
And everything you love will burn up in the light
B E D C B A
Every time I look inside your eyes
B A G F#
Em G A
2x
Same Chords for next Verse, Bridge and Chorus
Em F# Ab A B Em C# B A Ab
~ ~ ~
F# Ab A B Em C# B A Ab
~ ~ ~
F# A C# B
I'll die for you my love, my love
F# A
I'll lie for you my love, my love (make me wanna die)
[Chorus]
[Intro]
Eb5 C#5 Ab5 Bb5
Eb5 C#5 Ab5 Bb5
Somebody mixed my medicine
Eb5 C#5 Ab5 Bb5
Somebody mixed my medicine
Eb5 C#5 Ab5 Bb5
Eb5
You hurt where you sleep
C#5
And you sleep where you lie
Ab5
Now you're in deep and
Bb5
now you're gonna cry
Eb5
You got a woman to the left
C#5
and a boy to the right
Ab5 Bb5
Start to sweat so hold me tight
Eb5 C#5 Ab5
Somebody mixed my medicine
Bb5
I don't know what I'm on
Eb5 C#5 Ab5
Somebody mixed my medicine
Bb5
But baby it's all gone
Eb5 C#5
Somebody mixed my medicine
Ab5 Bb5
Somebody's in my head again
Eb5 C#5 Ab5 Bb5
Somebody mixed my medicine again, again
Eb5
I'll drink what you leak
C#5
And I'll smoke what you sigh
Ab5 Bb5
Straight across the room with a look in your eye
Eb5 C#5
I got a man to the left and a girl to the right
Ab5 Bb5
Start to sweat so hold me tight
Eb5 C#5 Ab5
Somebody mixed my medicine
Bb5
I don't know what I'm on
Eb5 C#5 Ab5
Somebody mixed my medicine
Bb5
But baby it's all gone
Eb5 C#5
Somebody mixed my medicine
Ab5 Bb5
Somebody's in my head again
Eb5 C#5 Ab5 Bb5
Somebody mixed my medicine again, again
Ab
There's a tiger in the room
Bb
and a baby in the closet
Eb
Pour another drink mom
C#
I don't even want it
Ab Bb
Then I turn around and think I see
Eb C#
someone that looks like you
Eb5
You hurt where you sleep
C#5
And you sleep where you lie
Ab5
Now you're in deep and
Bb5
now you're gonna cry
Eb5
You got a woman to the left
C#5
and a boy to the right
Ab5 Bb5
Start to sweat so hold me tight
Eb5 C#5 Ab5
Somebody mixed my medicine
Bb5
I don't know what I'm on
Eb5 C#5 Ab5
Somebody mixed my medicine
Bb5
But baby it's all gone
Eb5 C#5
Somebody mixed my medicine
Ab5 Bb5
Somebody's in my head again
Eb5 C#5
Somebody mixed my medicine
Ab5 Bb5
again, again (x8)
Eb5 C#5 Ab5 Bb5
(x3)
Somebody mixed my medicine
"Goin' Down" (don't have chords yet)
Intro Riff
e|-------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------|
G|-8--8-8-6-8---8--8-8-6-8-6-8---|
D|-8--8-8-6-8---8--8-8-6-8-6-8---| x4 quiet, x4 LOUD
A|-6--6-6-4/6---6--6-6-4/6-4/6---|
E|-------------------------------|
[Verse]
"Hey there father, I don't mean to bother you but I have a sin to confess"
e|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-8--8-8--6-8-------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-8--8-8--6-8-let-ring----------------------------------------------------|
A|-6--6-6--4/6-------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
"I'm just 16 if you know what I mean, do you mind if I take off my dress"
e|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---(palm-mute)-----------------------------------------------------------|
G|---8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8---|
D|---8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8---|
A|---6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6---|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
"Don't know where to start let me get to the good parts..."
e|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G
|----10101010101010101010101010101010101010101010101010101010101010101010-|
D
|----10101010101010101010101010101010101010101010101010101010101010101010-|
A|----8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8--|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
"I've got envy, I've got greed, anything that you need..."
e|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---(palm-mute)-----------------------------------------------------------|
G|---8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8---|
D|---8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8---|
A|---6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6---|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Pre Chorus
e|------------------------------|------------------|
B|------------------------------|------------------|
G|-4---------------6------------|------------------|
D|-4-------4-------6-------6-x2-|-8888666644443333-|
A|-2-------4-------4-------6----|-8888666644443333-|
E|---------2---------------4----|-6666444422221111-|
[Chorus]
e|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-8-8-888-6-6-666---------4-4-444----8-8-888-6-6-666----------------------|
D
|-8-8-888-6-6-666-6-6-666-4-4-444-x3-8-8-888-6-6-666-6-6-666-88888888-----|
A
|-6-6-666-4-4-444-6-6-666-2-2-222----6-6-666-4-4-444-6-6-666-88888888-----|
E
|-----------------4-4-444----------------------------4-4-444-66666666-----|
[Bridge]
e|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-------6-8-9-8-6-------6-8-9-8-6----------6---------------6--------------|
D|-9-6-9-----------9-6-9------------8-6-8-9---9-8-6-8-6-8-9---9-8-x3-------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
"Why'd I have to go and kill him when he was the best I ever had"
e|--------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------|
G|-----------------8-8-8-8-9-8----------|
D|-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-------------11-10-11-|
A|--------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------|
Em
Intro:
[Verse]
C Am
I'm not listening to you
Em
I am wandering right through existance
C Am
With no purpose and no drive
Em
'cause in the end we're all alive, alive
C
Two thousand years I've been awake
Am
Waiting for the day to shake
Em
To all of you who've wronged me
C
I am. I am a zombie
Am B
Again, again you want me to fall on my head
Em
I am, I am, I am a zombie
C
How low, how low, how low will you push me
Am B
To go to go to go, before I lie, lie down dead
C Am Em Em
Same chords as the ones above for the rest of the song;)
Oh dead, Oh dead, Oh dead (C Am Em Em x4)
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