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Painkiller

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Emixolydian
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[Intro]
eb|-E-----------------------------C--------------------|
Bb|-10\12~-10~----10\12~-10~-----6\8~-6~---6\8~-6~---|
Gb|-----------12~-----------12~---------8~--------8~-|
Db|--------------------------------------------------| x2
Ab|--------------------------------------------------|
Eb|--------------------------------------------------|
[Verse]
EI see your phone's been cut off Dagain
Edid you shoot all your troubles up the Dvein
Asomeone saw you
Asaid you were deadly Epale
Canother night in Dhell
another night in Ejail
[Chorus]
Clooks like the chinaman's reelin' you Gin
looks like the horses is gonna Dwin
Dlooks like the monkeys
are holding on Etight
Esay hello to darkness
goodbye Clight
painEkiller
[Verse]
Eand as obscurity beckons the Dcall
Eit seems oblivion is the only Dthing to cushion your fall
AI believe that everything
Ais gonna be too Elate
Cit all sinks along
with the Dship you chose to Ehate
[Chorus]
Clooks like the chinaman's reelin' you Gin
looks like the horses is gonna Dwin
Dlooks like the monkeys
are holding on Etight
Esay hello to darkness
goodbye Clight
painEkiller
[Solo]
eb|----------------------------------------------------------|
Bb|----------------------------------------------------------|
Gb|--------------------------9~-9-9-9-11-12-14-12-11-9-7-9-9-|
Db|----------------------------------------------------------|
Ab|-7~-7-7-7-9-10-12-10-9-7----------------------------------|
Eb|----------------------------------------------------------|
eb|----------------------------------------------------------|
Bb|----------10b12--10b12--10b12--10b12--10b12--10b12--10b12-|
Gb|-7h9------------------------------------------------------|
Db|-----7-9--------------------------------------------------|
Ab|----------------------------------------------------------|
Eb|----------------------------------------------------------|
eb|-------------------------18-18-18-18-18-18-18-18-18-18b20-|
Bb|-10p8p7h8h10\15/10-8-7------------------------------------|
Gb|----------------------------------------------------------|
Db|----------------------------------------------------------|
Ab|----------------------------------------------------------|
Eb|----------------------------------------------------------|
eb|-------------12-10-10-10----------------------------------|
Bb|-------------------------12-12-12-10h12-10p8---8-10b12b10-|
Gb|-7b9~~7\19/7---------------------------------9------------|
Db|----------------------------------------------------------|
Ab|----------------------------------------------------------|
Eb|----------------------------------------------------------|
eb|----------------------------------------------------------|
Bb|-8~-7-8---7-----------------------------------------------|
Gb|--------9---9-7h9-----------------------------------------|
Db|----------------------------------------------------------|
Ab|----------------------------------------------------------|
Eb|----------------------------------------------------------|
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| h Hammer-on
| p Pull-off
| b Bend
| / Slide up
| \ Slide down
| ~ Vibrato
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