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Step 1 / 107Position: 10
1 index2 middle3 ring4 pinkyO open
Key=Dmajor/Bminor
Rhythm guitar-Laura Jane Grace plays:I-vi(intro+verse)I-V-IV-I(chorus)
Lead guitar-Melody
[Intro]
(listen to the song for the rhythm)
e|10-15-14-12-10-15-14-12|10-15-14-12-10-15-14-17|
B|-----------------------|-----------------------|
G|-----------------------|-----------------------|
D|-----------------------|-----------------------|
A|-----------------------|-----------------------|
E|-----------------------|-----------------------|
e|10-15-14-Bm12-10-15-14-12|10-15-14-12-10-15-14-17|
B|-----------------------|-----------------------|
G|-----------------------|-----------------------|
D|-----------------------|-----------------------|
A|-----------------------|-----------------------|
E|-----------------------|-----------------------|
e|10-15-1D4-12-10-15-14-12|10-15-14-12-10-15-14-17|
B|-----------------------|-----------------------|
G|-----------------------|-----------------------|
D|-----------------------|-----------------------|
A|-----------------------|-----------------------|
E|-----------------------|-----------------------|
e|10-15-14-Bm12-10-15-14-12|10-15-14-12-10---------|
B|-----------------------|-----------------------|
G|-----------------------|-----------------------|
D|-----------------------|-----------------------|
A|-----------------------|-----------------------|
E|-----------------------|-----------------------|
[Verse]
We Dwere young heartbreakers estranged from our wealthy parents,
doing Bmkey bumps in a handicap bathroom.
DStoned complacent, ambivalent, Bmmass communicating with shared subconscious.
[Chorus] x4
SuffocDation.A  
GModern life in the western Dworld.
[Instrumental]
D A G
[Verse]
DHomosexual sons of unfulfilled fathers.
BmDivorced from reality, free and young.
We were Dbashing our brains out on a kitchen cabinet.
It was a Bmtelevised crucifixion.
[Chorus] x4
SuffoDcation.A  
GModern life in the western Dworld.
[Instrumental]
D A G
[Bridge]
*Root notes are put in randomly, listen to the song for how many 2s(B)+5s(D) you need to play
e|---------Bm--------------|------Bm-----------------|
B|-----------------------|-----------------------|
G|-----------------------|-----------------------|
D|-------------2-4-2-0---|-------------2-4-2-0---|
A|2-2-2-2-2-2-2----------|2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--------|
E|-----------------------|-----------------------|
e|---------D--------------|--------D---------------|
B|-----------------------|-----------------------|
G|-----------------------|-----------------------|
D|----------------5-7-5-4|----------------5-7-5-4|
A|5-5-5-5-5-5-5----------|5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--------|
E|-----------------------|-----------------------|
[Verse]
We were Bmstar-crossed, we were destitute.
Our Dwords spoke mass destruction.
We watched Bmthe sun rise in the morning.
Daughters in Darm, we all are orphans.
[Chorus] x4
SuffoDcation.A  
GModern life in the western Dworld
[Instrumental]
D A G
In the western Dworld. A  G  
[Outro]
D A G
G D
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