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"Trouble" -- Material Issue   (from "International Pop Overthrow")
I use standard barre chords throughout, with heavy overdrive (and a
Fender Stratocaster :) )
[B- =  Bflat]
Intro:
D  C  D  D
D  C  G  G
  D    C    D    D(bass and drums enter)
B-  A       <-- stacatto
(repeat)
DLet me tell you Call a little DstoryD  
'Bout the Dman who Clives down at the top of the Gstairs.G  
Well he woDrked all his Clife for his Dchildren and his Cwife,
and he opeDned up a Clittle store down Dthere.D  
B-                          F  
One night late while he was lockin' the gate
A kid came Cin and said,
"You know what I Awant."  And he said...
D"I ain't Clookin' for DtroubleD  
and I Dknow what you Ccame here to GdoG  
DI ain't Clookin' for Dtrouble."D  
And the kid said,
B-              A  
"Trouble's come lookin' for you."
Well I swore that I would find him.
I said that I would track him down.
And in a dirty darkened alleyway I said,
"Today is your day whatever you do don't turn around."
Well he looked up to me and said that I can see,
that you know who I am and where I've been
and he said...
"I ain't lookin' for trouble
and I know what you came here to do
I ain't lookin' for trouble."
And I said, "Trouble's come lookin' for you."
Well I've spent four years of my life here,
in this cold grey prison cell,
with my cigarettes and my magazine
and my life, it feels like hell.
I hear footsteps in the hall
and I know they're takin' me away and all
and I said, "I don't wanna die"
and I said...
"I ain't lookin' for trouble
and I know what you came here to do
I ain't lookin' for trouble."
And he said, "Trouble's come lookin' for you."

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Trouble

by Material Issue

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"Trouble" -- Material Issue (from "International Pop Overthrow")

I use standard barre chords throughout, with heavy overdrive (and a

Fender Stratocaster :) )

B B

[- = flat]

Intro:

D C D D

D C G G

D C D D

(bass and drums enter)

B- A <-- stacatto

(repeat)

D C D D

Let me tell you all a little story

D C G G

'Bout the man who lives down at the top of the stairs.

D C D C

Well he worked all his life for his children and his wife,

D C D D

and he opened up a little store down there.

B F

One night late while he was lockin' the gate

A kid came in and said,

"You know what I want." And he said...

D C D D

"I ain't lookin' for trouble

D C G G

and I know what you came here to do

D C D D

I ain't lookin' for trouble."

And the kid said,

B A

"Trouble's come lookin' for you."

Well I swore that I would find him.

I said that I would track him down.

And in a dirty darkened alleyway I said,

"Today is your day whatever you do don't turn around."

Well he looked up to me and said that I can see,

that you know who I am and where I've been

and he said...

"I ain't lookin' for trouble

and I know what you came here to do

I ain't lookin' for trouble."

And I said, "Trouble's come lookin' for you."

Well I've spent four years of my life here,

in this cold grey prison cell,

with my cigarettes and my magazine

and my life, it feels like hell.

I hear footsteps in the hall

and I know they're takin' me away and all

and I said, "I don't wanna die"

and I said...

"I ain't lookin' for trouble

and I know what you came here to do

I ain't lookin' for trouble."

And he said, "Trouble's come lookin' for you."

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