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Key: B  
Tuning: Standard EADGBe
Chords used:
     G#m466444
       E022100
       Bx24442
      F#244322
     C#mx46654
F#/   Bbx143xx
Intro:
  G#m     Ex2,   B    C#m    G#m    E  
Verse 1:
   G#mI'm like a cat in a cage locked 
       F#/Bb  
up and battered and bruised
  EI am the prodigal son
a shameful prodigy too
   G#mI am the love of your life
          F#/Bb  
battering ram and confused
  EI turn each day into night
I stand there waiting for you
   G#mThere is desire to fight but 
       F#/Bb  
I have nothing to prove
  EWith the crowd and some lights
I start to feel things move
   G#mDo you have something to hide? 
              F#/Bb  
Cause I think that we all do
  EI am a child inside back up 
and give me some room
Chorus:
Mark:
  BI'm just a bastard child
don't let it go to your head
  EI'm just a waste of your time
maybe I'm better off dead
  BThey turn us loose in the night
a fucking Jekyll and Hyde
  EWe'll have the time of our lives 
although we're dying inside
   G#mSo let me go go
So let me go go
   EJust let me go go
I'd rather go it alone
   BSo let me go go
So let me go go
  EJust let me go go
I'm never coming home
B  C#m  G#m  E
Verse 2:
Tom:
   G#mDon't start to panic for me 
             F#/Bb  
cause I have nothing to lose
   EI am as bright as the sun
I burn up all that I choose
   G#mUp on the side of the field 
        F#/Bb  
I see a city with lights
   EI touch her face when I kneel
she tells me she's not alive
   G#mI am too nervous to run
              F#/Bb  
the kids who scatter and hide
   EStill reach and grab for 
someone but end up buried alive
   G#mHer world is waiting for me
             F#/Bb  
a world that I rarely used
   EI start to feel my feet
they kick down walls as they move
(Repeat Chorus)
Interlude:   B     Ex3,   G#m    E  E(hold)
(Repeat Chorus)
Outro: Tom's tapping
  B     Ex2 
then
  G#m  E(hold)

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Natives

by Blink-182

Lyrics & chords · Original key

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G#m

C#m

Key:

Tuning: Standard EADGBe

Chords used:

G#m

466444

022100

x24442

244322

C#m

x46654

F# Bb

/ x143xx

Intro:

G#m E B C#m G#m E

x2,

Verse 1:

G#m

I'm like a cat in a cage locked

F# Bb

up and battered and bruised

I am the prodigal son

a shameful prodigy too

G#m

I am the love of your life

F# Bb

battering ram and confused

I turn each day into night

I stand there waiting for you

G#m

There is desire to fight but

F# Bb

I have nothing to prove

With the crowd and some lights

I start to feel things move

G#m

Do you have something to hide?

F# Bb

Cause I think that we all do

I am a child inside back up

and give me some room

Chorus:

Mark:

I'm just a bastard child

don't let it go to your head

I'm just a waste of your time

maybe I'm better off dead

They turn us loose in the night

a fucking Jekyll and Hyde

We'll have the time of our lives

although we're dying inside

G#m

So let me go go

Just let me go go

I'd rather go it alone

So let me go go

Just let me go go

I'm never coming home

B C#m G#m E

Verse 2:

Tom:

G#m

Don't start to panic for me

F# Bb

cause I have nothing to lose

I am as bright as the sun

I burn up all that I choose

G#m

Up on the side of the field

F# Bb

I see a city with lights

I touch her face when I kneel

she tells me she's not alive

G#m

I am too nervous to run

F# Bb

the kids who scatter and hide

Still reach and grab for

someone but end up buried alive

G#m

Her world is waiting for me

F# Bb

a world that I rarely used

I start to feel my feet

they kick down walls as they move

(Repeat Chorus)

B E G#m E E

Interlude: x3, (hold)

(Repeat Chorus)

Outro: Tom's tapping

B E

then

G#m E

(hold)

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