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Tuning Eb (1/2 step down)
chords used:
Em   DB# C5  G  
Eb|-7----5----x----3----3-| I'm not possitive on what
Bb|-8----7----7----5----3-| fret to use for B# and C
Gb|-9----7----8----5----4-| chords
Db|-9----7----9----5----5-|
Ab|-7----5----9----3----5-|
Eb|-x----x----7----x----3-|
intro:
Eb|-7--5--------|---7--5--------|
Bb|-8--7/8\7-5--|---8--7/8\7-5--|
Gb|-9--7------7-|---9--7------7-| x3
Db|-9--7--------|--9---7--------|
Ab|-7--5--------|--7---5--------|
Eb|-------------|---------------|
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play this part
only for the 1st time
Verse: ("I wish I was too dead to cry...")
Eb|-7--5-|----------|----5---------|-7--5-|----------333----
Bb|-8--7-|----------|----7/8\7-5-5-|-8--7-|----------333----
Gb|-9--7-|-77777777-|-9--7------7--|-9--7-|-77777777-444-77-
Db|-9--7-|-77777777-|-9--7---------|-9--7-|-77777777-555-77-
Ab|-7--5-|-55555555-|-7--5---------|-7--5-|-55555555-555-55-
Eb|------|----------|--------------|------|----------333----
x2 x2
Chorus: ("You don't need to bother...")
Em   D   EmB#
Em D C D
Intro:
Verse2: ("I wish I was too dead to care...")
Bridge: ("I wish I had a reason...")
Em B# C D (B# here is played with barre on the 3rd fret)
Chorus:
there's a little piece with a solo straight after the chorus
Verse3: ("Wish I died instead of lived...")
Chorus: several times
Intro: end on Em
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