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Tuning: Standard
Great song, by a great band. I strummed along to this and accidentally figured out the 
intro chord (G), so I decided to figure it out so I could play it just with my acoustic. 
Chords:
      G-  3-2-0-0-3-3-|
  Gmaj7-  2-x-0-0-3-3-|
    Em7-  0-2-2-0-3-3-|
      C-  x-3-2-0-1-0-|
     Am-  x-0-2-2-1-0-|
Intro: G  
Verse:
          (G)
Blame the suits who lined their pockets with her tears,
Blame the Gmaj7boys in the blindfolds covering their ears,
Blame the Em7magazines she read,join the righteous waning side,
It was a Cmisinterpretation of the neon signs.
Chorus:
GIt was a rainy miserable Sunday,
Gmaj7Carried your cedar up the stairs,
Em7Collared man did his best to apologize,
But the Cdamage it was done, she believed in all their lies.
Bridge:
Id buy your Gsoul, but I cant afford to Ampay girl,
They Csay that you get nothing for Gfree,
     (G)                Am  
Your lipstick adorns my collar,
While these Cthoughts of fire wrestle with Gme.
Verse:
(G)
Then her father said to me,
Tom I Gmaj7cant ascribe a purpose to this atrocity,
Em7Trademark my messiah and call me an orderly,
I need 8C00 cups of Kool-Aid for my prophecy.
Chorus:
GIt was a rainy miserable Sunday,
Gmaj7Carried your cedar up the stairs,
Em7Collared man did his best to apologize,
But the Cdamage it was done, she believed in all their lies.
Bridge:
Id buy your Gsoul, but I cant afford to Ampay girl,
They Csay that you get nothing for Gfree,
     (G)                Am  
Your lipstick adorns my collar,
While these Cthoughts of fire wrestle with Gme.
Outro: (really quickly) G - Gmaj7 - G (end on this G)

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Male Call

by The Menzingers

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Chords in this song · guitar

Gmaj7

Em7

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Tuning: Standard

Great song, by a great band. I strummed along to this and accidentally figured out the

intro chord (G), so I decided to figure it out so I could play it just with my acoustic.

Chords:

- 3-2-0-0-3-3-|

Gmaj7

- 2-x-0-0-3-3-|

Em7

- 0-2-2-0-3-3-|

- x-3-2-0-1-0-|

- x-0-2-2-1-0-|

Intro:

Verse:

()

Blame the suits who lined their pockets with her tears,

Gmaj7

Blame the boys in the blindfolds covering their ears,

Em7

Blame the magazines she read,join the righteous waning side,

It was a misinterpretation of the neon signs.

Chorus:

It was a rainy miserable Sunday,

Gmaj7

Carried your cedar up the stairs,

Em7

Collared man did his best to apologize,

But the damage it was done, she believed in all their lies.

Bridge:

G Am

Id buy your soul, but I cant afford to pay girl,

C G

They say that you get nothing for free,

G Am

()

Your lipstick adorns my collar,

C G

While these thoughts of fire wrestle with me.

Verse:

()

Then her father said to me,

Gmaj7

Tom I cant ascribe a purpose to this atrocity,

Em7

Trademark my messiah and call me an orderly,

I need 800 cups of Kool-Aid for my prophecy.

Chorus:

It was a rainy miserable Sunday,

Gmaj7

Carried your cedar up the stairs,

Em7

Collared man did his best to apologize,

But the damage it was done, she believed in all their lies.

Bridge:

G Am

Id buy your soul, but I cant afford to pay girl,

C G

They say that you get nothing for free,

G Am

()

Your lipstick adorns my collar,

C G

While these thoughts of fire wrestle with me.

Outro: (really quickly) G - Gmaj7 - G (end on this G)

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