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Poison Arrows

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Tempo 80 BPMVol

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Tuning: EADGbd
Capo: 7th fret
This song is played with the first string tuned down a full step from E to D, and all
other strings in standard tuning with a capo on the 7th fret. The chord voicings used in the song are shown
below, with the fingering and chord names given relative to the capo.
       G   Gadd4    Am11    Am11/E    Gadd4/B    Cadd9    D/F#    C/G    Em7   Em7*
D|--0---0-----0-----0--------0--------0------------0----0---0-----|
B|--0---1-----1-----1--------1--------1------------1----0---0-----|
G|--0---0-----0-----0--------0--------0------------0----0---0-----|
D|--0---0-----2-----2--------0--------2------0-----2----0---2-----|
A|--2---2-----0-----0--------2--------3------0-----3----2---2-----|
E|--3---3-----------0------------------------2-----3----0---0-----|
[Intro]
G Gadd4 Am11 Am11/E G Gadd4
[Verse 1]
GLong time no see
Did you Gadd4wear that dress for me or is Am11someone else Am11/Ewriting you Gsongs?Gadd4  
GI need a drink and I Gadd4need you to see me like you used Am11to
Like Am11/Ebefore I introduced Gyou to Gadd4my shadowsG  Gadd4  G  
[Chorus 1]
Am11How 'bout a round of poison Am11/Earrows?Gadd4/B  
The first one Cadd9burns but then you'll feel Ggood
G Gadd4 Am11 Am11/E G
[Verse 2]
GI see your faults and I Gadd4raise you mine
I see it's too late to Am11apologize
I see all my Am11/Efriends are Glong goneGadd4  
GWas it me, or something I said?Gadd4  
An uninteresting Am11drug with Am11/Euninteresting Gside-effectsGadd4  
[Chorus 2]
Am11I blame these poison Am11/EarrowsGadd4/B  
A better Cadd9man would have walked away by nowG  Gadd4  G  
[Bridge]
 G    D/F#   Em7*              G     C/G       G         Cadd9             Em7  C/G  
        Sometimes at night, in my mind, I go to the wrong side of town
Am11I don't know what that Em7means but I'm C/Gsure of one Gthing
Am11That which doesn't Am11kill meGadd4/B  
Cadd9Makes me wish that I were Gdead
G Gadd4 Am11 Am11/E G Gadd4 G
[Chorus 3]
Am11God damn these poison Am11/EarrowsGadd4/B  
Would you Cadd9like to...Oh, never mindG  Gadd4  G  
[Chorus 4]
Am11Last call for poison Am11/EarrowsGadd4/B  
I Cadd9know, I don't have to stay Ghere, Gadd4but I can't go GhomeGadd4  
G Gadd4 G

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Poison Arrows

by Owen

Lyrics & chords · Original key · Capo on fret 7 (as written in this song)

Chords in this song · guitar

Gadd4

Am11

Am11/E

Gadd4/B

Cadd9

D/F#

C/G

Em7

Tuning: EADGbd

Capo: 7th fret

This song is played with the first string tuned down a full step from E to D, and all

other strings in standard tuning with a capo on the 7th fret. The chord voicings used in the song are shown

below, with the fingering and chord names given relative to the capo.

G Gadd4 Am11 Am11/E Gadd4/B Cadd9 D/F# C/G Em7 Em7

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

B|--0---1-----1-----1--------1--------1------------1----0---0-----|

G|--0---0-----0-----0--------0--------0------------0----0---0-----|

D|--0---0-----2-----2--------0--------2------0-----2----0---2-----|

A|--2---2-----0-----0--------2--------3------0-----3----2---2-----|

E|--3---3-----------0------------------------2-----3----0---0-----|

[Intro]

G Gadd4 Am11 Am11/E G Gadd4

[Verse 1]

Long time no see

Gadd4 Am11 Am11/E G Gadd4

Did you wear that dress for me or is someone else writing you songs?

G Gadd4 Am11

I need a drink and I need you to see me like you used to

Am11/E G Gadd4 G Gadd4 G

Like before I introduced you to my shadows

[Chorus 1]

Am11 Am11/E Gadd4/B

How 'bout a round of poison arrows?

Cadd9 G

The first one burns but then you'll feel good

G Gadd4 Am11 Am11/E G

[Verse 2]

G Gadd4

I see your faults and I raise you mine

Am11

I see it's too late to apologize

Am11/E G Gadd4

I see all my friends are long gone

G Gadd4

Was it me, or something I said?

Am11 Am11/E G Gadd4

An uninteresting drug with uninteresting side-effects

[Chorus 2]

Am11 Am11/E Gadd4/B

I blame these poison arrows

Cadd9 G Gadd4 G

A better man would have walked away by now

[Bridge]

G D/F# Em7 G C/G G Cadd9 Em7 C/G

Sometimes at night, in my mind, I go to the wrong side of town

Am11 Em7 C/G G

I don't know what that means but I'm sure of one thing

Am11 Am11 Gadd4/B

That which doesn't kill me

Cadd9 G

Makes me wish that I were dead

G Gadd4 Am11 Am11/E G Gadd4 G

[Chorus 3]

Am11 Am11/E Gadd4/B

God damn these poison arrows

Cadd9 G Gadd4 G

Would you like to...Oh, never mind

[Chorus 4]

Am11 Am11/E Gadd4/B

Last call for poison arrows

Cadd9 G Gadd4 G Gadd4

I know, I don't have to stay here, but I can't go home

G Gadd4 G

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