Easiest to tune 1/2-step down and transpose chord shapes up 1 half-step (first chord shape Em)
Alternative: capo 6, transpose ± 6 (first chord Am)
PVRIS sometimes play this in D standard instead (two 1/2-steps down from standard, same shapes).
Tab key
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| (#) repeat (delay)
| / slide up
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ORDER: I V1 PC1 INT1 C INT2 V2 PC2 C INT3 B INT4 C INT5 O
[INTRO]
d#|-----------------|-----------------|-------|
A#|-----------------|-----------------|-------|
F#|-----------------|---5-----4--(4)--|-------|
C#|---5-------------|-7---------------|-------|
G#|-7---------------|-----------------|-------|
D#|-----------------|-----------------|-------|
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + a
(corrected to reflect live performances)
d#|-----------------|-----------------|-----------0-----|------------------|
A#|-----------------|-----------------|-------0---------|------------------|
F#|---0---0---0---0-|---0---0---0---0-|---0-------------|5/7-----5-----4---|
C#|-2---2---2---2---|-4---4---5---0---|-2---2-----------|------------------|
G#|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
D#|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
D#mTwo years gone...
D#mOh, oh, wo-oah, C#oh, oh, wo-oah
Bmaj7Oh, oh, wo-oah, G#mwo-oah, wo-oah
D#mOh, oh, wo-oah, C#oh, oh, wo-oah (ooh...)
Bmaj7Oh, oh, wo-oah, G#mwo-oah, wo-oah
[VERSE 1]
D#mTwo years goneC#
Came back as some bones Band so cynicalB
This skin G#mdon't D#mfeel like homeC#
It's all overgrown Bbut you'll never knowB G#m
[PRE-CHORUS 1]
D#mTake the mirror from the wall so C#I can't see myself at all
1 2 3 4
Don't wanna B6see another damn inch of my skullG#m
ForD#mget the poems of saints and ghosts, C#I'm the one I fear the most
1 2 3 4
B6Little did I know that I was only crying wolfG#m
[INTERLUDE 1]
(synth only)
[CHORUS]
D#mI know it's so wrong C#but I'm so far gone
Bmaj7Don't need you to tell me G#m6I'm so cynical
D#mQuit being so oh, C#over-skeptical
Bmaj7Don't need a metaphor for you to G#m6know I'm miserable
[INTERLUDE 2]
D#mOoh.C#..
I Bdon't need a metaphor for you to G#m6know I'm miserable
[VERSE 2]
D#mPush and pull, C#oh, it's all getting old
BNo I didn't want this throne (no I didn't want G#mthis) yeah
D#mOnly fools make feasts of C#gold
They rot the fruit on taBbles...B G#m
[PRE-CHORUS 2]
D#mWhen did I get so pitiful,
C#Just a goddamn corpse in a centerfold?
Bmaj7You got my back against the wall,
and now I can't G#m6e - ver get comfortable
D#mNo I never sold my soul;
C#if I ever do, throw my bones to the wolves
Bmaj7No I never sold my soul,
No I never G#msold mine...
[CHORUS]
D#mI know it's so wrong C#but I'm so far gone
Bmaj7Don't need you to tell me G#m6I'm so cynical
D#mQuit being so oh, C#over-skeptical
Bmaj7Don't need a metaphor for you to G#m6know I'm miserable
[INTERLUDE 3]
D#mOoh.C#..
I Bdon't need a metaphor for you to G#m6know I'm miserable
D#mOoh.C#..
I Bdon't need a metaphor for you to G#m6know I'm miserable
[BRIDGE]
(synth-only beginning, toms every other line)
BNo, I'll never sell my... soul
C#No I'll never sell my... soul
G#mNo I'll never sell my... soul
G#mNo I'll never sell my...
(start build-up, toms on all lines)
BNo, I'll never sell my... soul
C#No, I'll never sell my... soul
G#mNo, I'll never sell my... soul
G#mNo, I'll never sell my...
BNo, I'll never sell my... soul
C#No, I'll never sell my... soul
G#mNo, I'll never sell my... soul
G#mNo, I'll never sell my...
(full band)
BNo, I'll never sell my soul
C#No, I'll never sell my... soul
G#mNo, I'll never sell my soul
G#mNo, I'll never sell my...
BNo, I'll never sell my... soul
C#No, I'll never sell my soul
G#mNo, I'll never sell my... soul
G#mNo, I'll never sell... my...
[INTERLUDE 4]
(drums)
B| C# C#n.c. |
[CHORUS]
D#mI know it's so wrong C#but I'm so far gone
Bmaj7Don't need you to tell me G#m6I'm so cynical
D#mQuit being so oh, C#over-skeptical
Bmaj7Don't need a metaphor for you to G#m6know I'm miserable
[INTERLUDE 5]
D#mOoh.C#..
I Bdon't need a metaphor for you to G#m6know I'm miserable
D#mOoh.C#..
I Bdon't need a metaphor for you to G#m6know I'm miserable
[OUTRO]
D#mOoh.C#.. B(I died like them)
D#mOoh.C#..B