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Sad Mans Tongue

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Standard D tuning
 E= 0-2-2-1-0-0
 A= x-0-2-2-2-0
 B= 2-2-4-4-4-2
 E5= x-7-9-9-x-x
 D5= x-5-7-7-x-x
 G5= 3-5-5-x-x-x
 A5= 5-7-7-x-x-x
 B5= 7-9-9-x-x-x
h = hammer-on
p = pull-off
/ = slide up
\ = slide down
Acoustic
EWell my mama told me: son you better watch out
EAll those nasty woman gonna rip you dime for dime
ABut I got my Epocket full of real tales, and a broken guitar mode
BAnd thEe story keep on rollin', out from a sad man's tongue
Electric
							     E5  D5\	          E5  
Left my mama and papa's nest, I got the fever rambling my bones
E5Papa said: my boy, take my Johnny Cash vinyls and go
    G5\	                        A5  G5\		    A5  D5\E5  
Well I got my pocket full of real tales, and a broken guitar mode,
D5\E5  
guitar mode
G5\A5\					  	 B5  		     E5  
And the story keep on rollin', out from a sad man's tongue
Bridge
D|------------------------|-----------------------|
A|------------------------|-----------------------|
F|------------------------|-----------------------|
C|-2-2--2-2--2-2----------|-2-2--2-2--2-2---------|
G|-2-2--2-2--2-2----------|-2-2--2-2--2-2---------|
D|-0-0--0-0--0-0-h3p-h3p--|-0-0--0-0--0-0-h3p-h3p-|
D|------------------------|
A|------------------------|
F|------------------------|
C|-0-0--0-0--0-0----------|
G|-2-2--2-2--2-2----------|
D|-2-2--2-2--2-2--h3p-h3p-|
D|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
A|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
F|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
C|-2-2--2-2--2-2—5\7-|-7-7--7-7--7-7/5\7-|-7-7--7-7--7-7/5/2-|
G|-2-2--2-2--2-2—5\7-|-7-7--7-7--7-7/5\7-|-7-7--7-7--7-7/5/2-|
D|-0-0--0-0--0-0—3\5-|-5-5--5-5--5-5/3\5-|-5-5--5-5--5-5/3/0-|
D|-----------------------|
A|-----------------------|
F|-----------------------|
C|-2-2--2-2--2-2---------|
G|-2-2--2-2--2-2---------|
D|-0-0--0-0--0-0-h3p-h3p-|
D|-------------------------------------------|--------------|
A|-------------------------------------------|--------------|
F|-------------------------------------------|--------------|
G|-2-2-2-5-7--9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9--9-7-5-|--2-2--2-2-9~-|
C|-2-2-2-5-7--9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9--9-7-5-|--2-2--2-2-9~-|
D|-0-0-0-3-5--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--7-5-3-|--0-0--0-0-7~-|
Yeah!	
E5Strollin' down the highway with uncle Sam roaring: rebel kid get
             D5\E5  
your ass home  
E5Your ass belongs to me, leave your Johnny Cash songs and get home
   G5\ 			    A5  G5\	            A5  D5\                E5  
But I got my pocket full of real tales, and a broken guitar mode,
D5\E5  
guitar mode
G5\A5\					 	B5->bridge		      
And the story keep on rollin', out from a sad man's tongue
Bridge
D|------------------| 
A|------------------|
F|------------------|
C|-2-2--------------|
G|-2-2--------------| Repeat this riff till ‘time’
D|-0-0--h3p--h3p—h3-| 
Singing in the cell 1.40.9.5. No way should I wear guns, I'm
sitting my time
A5Yeah!
Solo
E5  B5
B5-A5- G5  
E5
							    E5  D5\		     E5  
Left 1.40.9.5 with plenty rock'n'roll songs painting the road
E5Education sucks, so I sing my song for you
   G5\           	             A5  G5\	            A5  D5\E5  
And I got my pocket full of real tales and a broken guitar mode
D\E  
guitar mode
G5\A5\					  	B5  E5  
And the story keep on rollin' out from a glad man's tongue

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Sad Mans Tongue

by Volbeat

Lyrics & chords · Original key

Chords in this song · guitar

Standard D tuning

= 0-2-2-1-0-0

= x-0-2-2-2-0

= 2-2-4-4-4-2

= x-7-9-9-x-x

= x-5-7-7-x-x

= 3-5-5-x-x-x

= 5-7-7-x-x-x

= 7-9-9-x-x-x

h = hammer-on

p = pull-off

/ = slide up

\ = slide down

Acoustic

Well my mama told me: son you better watch out

All those nasty woman gonna rip you dime for dime

A E

But I got my pocket full of real tales, and a broken guitar mode

B E

And the story keep on rollin', out from a sad man's tongue

Electric

E5 D5 E5

Left my mama and papa's nest, I got the fever rambling my bones

Papa said: my boy, take my Johnny Cash vinyls and go

G5 A5 G5 A5 D5 E5

\ \ \

Well I got my pocket full of real tales, and a broken guitar mode,

D5 E5

guitar mode

G5 A5 B5 E5

And the story keep on rollin', out from a sad man's tongue

Bridge

D|------------------------|-----------------------|

A|------------------------|-----------------------|

F|------------------------|-----------------------|

C|-2-2--2-2--2-2----------|-2-2--2-2--2-2---------|

G|-2-2--2-2--2-2----------|-2-2--2-2--2-2---------|

D|-0-0--0-0--0-0-h3p-h3p--|-0-0--0-0--0-0-h3p-h3p-|

D|------------------------|

A|------------------------|

F|------------------------|

C|-0-0--0-0--0-0----------|

G|-2-2--2-2--2-2----------|

D|-2-2--2-2--2-2--h3p-h3p-|

D|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|

A|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|

F|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|

C|-2-2--2-2--2-2—5\7-|-7-7--7-7--7-7/5\7-|-7-7--7-7--7-7/5/2-|

G|-2-2--2-2--2-2—5\7-|-7-7--7-7--7-7/5\7-|-7-7--7-7--7-7/5/2-|

D|-0-0--0-0--0-0—3\5-|-5-5--5-5--5-5/3\5-|-5-5--5-5--5-5/3/0-|

D|-----------------------|

A|-----------------------|

F|-----------------------|

C|-2-2--2-2--2-2---------|

G|-2-2--2-2--2-2---------|

D|-0-0--0-0--0-0-h3p-h3p-|

D|-------------------------------------------|--------------|

A|-------------------------------------------|--------------|

F|-------------------------------------------|--------------|

G|-2-2-2-5-7--9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9--9-7-5-|--2-2--2-2-9~-|

C|-2-2-2-5-7--9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9--9-7-5-|--2-2--2-2-9~-|

D|-0-0-0-3-5--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--7-5-3-|--0-0--0-0-7~-|

Yeah!

Strollin' down the highway with uncle Sam roaring: rebel kid get

D5 E5

your ass home

Your ass belongs to me, leave your Johnny Cash songs and get home

G5 A5 G5 A5 D5 E5

\ \ \

But I got my pocket full of real tales, and a broken guitar mode,

D5 E5

guitar mode

G5 A5 B5

\\ ->bridge

And the story keep on rollin', out from a sad man's tongue

Bridge

D|------------------|

A|------------------|

F|------------------|

C|-2-2--------------|

G|-2-2--------------| Repeat this riff till ‘time’

D|-0-0--h3p--h3p—h3-|

Singing in the cell 1.40.9.5. No way should I wear guns, I'm

sitting my time

Yeah!

Solo

E5 B5

B5 A5 G5

E5 D5 E5

Left 1.40.9.5 with plenty rock'n'roll songs painting the road

Education sucks, so I sing my song for you

G5 A5 G5 A5 D5 E5

\ \ \

And I got my pocket full of real tales and a broken guitar mode

D E

guitar mode

G5 A5 B5 E5

And the story keep on rollin' out from a glad man's tongue

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