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Hang
2014 Fat Wreck Chords
Key: E, F#
Tuning: Standard EADGBe
Chords used:
 C#m- x46654
 B-   x24442
 A-   x02220
 E-   022100
 F#-  244322
 F#m- 244222
 G#m- 466444
 G#-  466544
 Ebm- x68876
 C#-  x46664
 Bb-  x13331
Verse 1:
   C#myoung vacant Aheartbreaker
   C#mdo you feel like F#mbreaking
something   C#mcause you seem
so Bcold Atrying to be G#bold
   C#mblank prelude Ato extinction
   C#myour words are F#mmisspelled
treason   C#mpoison in your
Btrust Apoison in our G#hope
Chorus 1:
Ado you recall your
Bfirst bee sting
   C#mhow you learned
to Efeel pain
  Aare you numb
beElow your
      G#      G#(hold)
nerve endings?
Verse 2:
   C#mtrouser kneecap
  Abroken hat   C#mdressed
up in F#mbroken English
   C#mpoison in the Bquill
  Apoison in your G#quill
Chorus 2:
a Afounder of a scene
an Buninformed machine
   C#mlove or hate Eeverything
  Asomehow you see Eapathy
G#as soul a fool's
youth is no excuse
         G#(hold)
to be an asshole
Interlude: Beat Changes and Guitar Solo
C#m-A-E--C#m-A-E--C#m-A-E--C#m-- x4
Bridge:
  Eit's speaking English
but I F#don't understand
it C#mdancing on graves in
G#their ancestors' Agold
sucking on Eair
         Bb(hold)
dispel malignant-
Verse 3: Modulate Key from E to F#
-reEbmvolt rats Bwhat
can I do?   Ebmmy daughter
G#mhas to live here Ebmtoo
poison in the C#well
  Bpoison in the Bbwell
   EbmI picture life in
the Boutside lands
   Ebmsomewhere far aG#mway
from them   Ebmhanging
from the C#grid
  Bhanging from
the Bbgrid
Chorus 3:
Bwill she recall her
C#first bee sting?
   Ebmhow will she sF#peak
of me Bgrowing up
surF#rounded by imBbbeciles?
a fool's youth is no
  Bb(hold)
excuse to be an asshole
Outro: Ebm-B-Ebm-G#m-C#-Bb- x3

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Poison In The Well

by Lagwagon

Lyrics & chords · Original key

Chords in this song · guitar

C#m

F#m

G#m

Ebm

Hang

2014 Fat Wreck Chords

Key: E, F#

Tuning: Standard EADGBe

Chords used:

C#m

- x46654

- x24442

- x02220

- 022100

- 244322

F#m

- 244222

G#m

- 466444

- 466544

Ebm

- x68876

- x46664

- x13331

Verse 1:

C#m A

young vacant heartbreaker

C#m F#m

do you feel like breaking

C#m

something cause you seem

B A G#

so cold trying to be bold

C#m A

blank prelude to extinction

C#m F#m

your words are misspelled

C#m

treason poison in your

B A G#

trust poison in our hope

Chorus 1:

do you recall your

first bee sting

C#m

how you learned

to feel pain

are you numb

below your

G# G#(hold)

nerve endings?

Verse 2:

C#m

trouser kneecap

A C#m

broken hat dressed

F#m

up in broken English

C#m B

poison in the quill

A G#

poison in your quill

Chorus 2:

a founder of a scene

an uninformed machine

C#m E

love or hate everything

A E

somehow you see apathy

as soul a fool's

youth is no excuse

G#(hold)

to be an asshole

Interlude: Beat Changes and Guitar Solo

C#m-A-E--C#m-A-E--C#m-A-E--C#m-- x4

Bridge:

it's speaking English

but I don't understand

C#m

it dancing on graves in

G# A

their ancestors' gold

sucking on air

Bb(hold)

dispel malignant-

Verse 3: Modulate Key from E to F#

Ebm B

-revolt rats what

Ebm

can I do? my daughter

G#m Ebm

has to live here too

poison in the well

B Bb

poison in the well

Ebm

I picture life in

the outside lands

Ebm G#m

somewhere far away

Ebm

from them hanging

from the grid

hanging from

the grid

Chorus 3:

will she recall her

first bee sting?

Ebm F#

how will she speak

of me growing up

F# Bb

surrounded by imbeciles?

a fool's youth is no

Bb(hold)

excuse to be an asshole

Outro: Ebm-B-Ebm-G#m-C#-Bb- x3

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