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PREACHING FROM A CHAIR - Thunder
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Standard tuning
INTRO  Am   D   Am   Gx2
VERSE1
  AmI'm sorry I don't Am7/Ghate the world
                                  F(G)
  I'm afraid that I'm not disturbed
  AmI'm sorry that I Am7/Gdon't do drugs, I D/F#hope you underAm/F#stand
  AmI can't talk about my Am7/Glife in hell
                                       F(G)
Or a suicide attempt that didn't go well
  AmNo life of crime, no Am7/Gmisery, what you D/F#see is what you Am/F#get
PRE-CHORUS
  CAnd I don't believe in Ddwelling on the darker side
Cos there's eDmnough bad news on the Gtelevision every Amnight
  CSo I don't need some little Dpunk who's the latest star
DmTelling me over and Gover again
DmLife's such a drag when E7you're in a band
CHORUS
  AmWhat is it coming Gto Fwhen everyone's talking through their Chat
                    Gsus4   G  E7/G#  
And we've heard it all before
  AmWhat happened to honestGy? D/F#The way that it D7/F#looks to me
Is Dmeverybody's in it trying to Gget somewhere
And Dmtrying to justify itE7, preaching from a chair
INTRO (half)
VERSE2 (same chords as above)
Please forgive me if the clothes ain't right
I wouldn't want you hanging with an uncool guy
No flannel shirt and no tattoos, maybe I should grow a beard?
Don't you tell me what I oughta think
Which cigarettes to smoke, and what I oughta drink
Don't judge me by the way I look cos the clothes don't make the man
PRE-CHORUS (same chords as above)
I'm not about to be a slave to a book of rules
Don't wanna spend my life trying to be somebody else
And I'd be wrong to believe in every word that I ever read
You can't fool all the people all of the time
And one man's opinion's another man's lie
CHORUS
The makers of taste will be patronising you and me forever
And it's always been the same
You'll enter the twilight zone if you don't keep your mind your own
I shouldn't let it get to me but I don't care
I can't stomach bullshit, when it's preaching from a chair
(SOLO)
e|-------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------|this is the basics
G|-------------------------------------------------|of the solo 
D|-------------------------------------------------|progression
A|-----0h3-0-----0h3---------0h3-0-----0h3-0-------| play x4
E|-0h3-------0h3-----3~--0h3-------0h3-------3h5---|
  F    G    F    G   Am  G/B  Am  
VERSE3 (same chords as above)
I'm sorry that I like the sun
I'm sorry to say I don't wanna own a gun
Cos if my number's up well that's alright, sometime we all got to go
So many versions of the world outside
Reality is getting hard to find
So many people with an axe to grind
It's hard to know who to believe
PRE-CHORUS
  CDon't lecture me, until you Dknow what the truth is
Well take a Dmgood look inside before you Gcriticise everyone Amelse
  CYour jealousy ain't eDnough of a reason, babe
To Dmjustify telling me where GI went wrong
So Dmdon't try to do itG  
Cos Dmall you ever do is sing the Gsame old song
And Dmno one wants to E7hear
OUTRO (= intro + solo, fadeout)

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Preaching From A Chair

by Thunder

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Chords in this song · guitar

Am7/G

D/F#

Am/F#

Gsus4

D7/F#

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PREACHING FROM A CHAIR - Thunder

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Standard tuning

Am D Am G

INTRO x2

VERSE1

Am Am7/G

I'm sorry I don't hate the world

F G

()

I'm afraid that I'm not disturbed

Am Am7/G D/F# Am/F#

I'm sorry that I don't do drugs, I hope you understand

Am Am7/G

I can't talk about my life in hell

F G

()

Or a suicide attempt that didn't go well

Am Am7/G D/F# Am/F#

No life of crime, no misery, what you see is what you get

PRE-CHORUS

C D

And I don't believe in dwelling on the darker side

Dm G Am

Cos there's enough bad news on the television every night

C D

So I don't need some little punk who's the latest star

Dm G

Telling me over and over again

Dm E7

Life's such a drag when you're in a band

CHORUS

Am G F C

What is it coming to when everyone's talking through their hat

Gsus4 G E7 G#

And we've heard it all before

Am G D/F# D7/F#

What happened to honesty? The way that it looks to me

Dm G

Is everybody's in it trying to get somewhere

Dm E7

And trying to justify it, preaching from a chair

INTRO (half)

VERSE2 (same chords as above)

Please forgive me if the clothes ain't right

I wouldn't want you hanging with an uncool guy

No flannel shirt and no tattoos, maybe I should grow a beard?

Don't you tell me what I oughta think

Which cigarettes to smoke, and what I oughta drink

Don't judge me by the way I look cos the clothes don't make the man

PRE-CHORUS (same chords as above)

I'm not about to be a slave to a book of rules

Don't wanna spend my life trying to be somebody else

And I'd be wrong to believe in every word that I ever read

You can't fool all the people all of the time

And one man's opinion's another man's lie

CHORUS

The makers of taste will be patronising you and me forever

And it's always been the same

You'll enter the twilight zone if you don't keep your mind your own

I shouldn't let it get to me but I don't care

I can't stomach bullshit, when it's preaching from a chair

(SOLO)

e|-------------------------------------------------|

B|-------------------------------------------------|this is the basics

G|-------------------------------------------------|of the solo

D|-------------------------------------------------|progression

A|-----0h3-0-----0h3---------0h3-0-----0h3-0-------| play x4

E|-0h3-------0h3-----3~--0h3-------0h3-------3h5---|

F G F G Am G Am

VERSE3 (same chords as above)

I'm sorry that I like the sun

I'm sorry to say I don't wanna own a gun

Cos if my number's up well that's alright, sometime we all got to go

So many versions of the world outside

Reality is getting hard to find

So many people with an axe to grind

It's hard to know who to believe

PRE-CHORUS

C D

Don't lecture me, until you know what the truth is

Dm G Am

Well take a good look inside before you criticise everyone else

C D

Your jealousy ain't enough of a reason, babe

Dm G

To justify telling me where I went wrong

Dm G

So don't try to do it

Dm G

Cos all you ever do is sing the same old song

Dm E7

And no one wants to hear

OUTRO (= intro + solo, fadeout)

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