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Condition Oakland
This song is one of my favorites, it's pretty close to the actual thing too.
These are the chords.
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|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------10-|
|--------13------------8-----------------16-------------18------------------9------|
|--------x--------------x-----------------x---------------x-------------------x----|
|--------11------------6-----------------14--------------16-----------------7------|
|--------0--------------0-----------------0---------------0------------------------|
  Variant       AbVariant        D#Variant       BVariant         C#Variant  E  
Anytime these chords are mentioned they are played as above, unless otherwise noted.
All other chords are regular power chords.
Introduction:
Play chords    Ab     D#     Ab     C#  B  
2nd time play chords    Ab     D#     Ab  D#  
Verse:
F#I went G#down to the Atracks 
B(reg)                  C#(reg)       G#  
thinking what they might say to me.
F#But they G#just stared Aback
   B(reg)   C#(reg)             G#  
broken, trainless and black as night.
Then play Ab
verse:
Climbed out onto my roof, so I'd be a poet in the night.
Beat the walls of my room, I saw the big room that is this life.
Chorus:
                       G#  E(reg)
     This is my Condition,
E var.            during this part the bass plays:     E     G#     A  B  
Naked and hysterical, reaching to grab a hand that I just slapped back at.
                       G#  E(reg)
     This is my Condition
E var.             as above.
Desperate, alone, without an excuse, tried to explain, Christ what's the use.
At the end of the chorus the guitar does a hammer on repeatedly, 
on the 3rd string notes  8/9.
Intro:
Verse:
Read and I felt so small, some words keep speaking when you close the book.
Drank and just about smiled, then I remember us in that bed.
Put my ear to the door, I just heard hot rods and gunshots and sirens.
People kill me these days, they have keys in their eyes but they lock from the inside.
Chorus:
Outro:
play Ab then
3rd-|-----13/14----13----11--|
D#
Continue this for  Awhile then:   Ab(reg)   C#(reg)   B(reg)   A  
then repeat outro till he stops talking.

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Condtion Oakland

by Jawbreaker

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Condition Oakland

This song is one of my favorites, it's pretty close to the actual thing too.

These are the chords.

|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------10-|

|--------13------------8-----------------16-------------18------------------9------|

|--------x--------------x-----------------x---------------x-------------------x----|

|--------11------------6-----------------14--------------16-----------------7------|

|--------0--------------0-----------------0---------------0------------------------|

Ab D# B C# E

Variant Variant Variant Variant Variant

Anytime these chords are mentioned they are played as above, unless otherwise noted.

All other chords are regular power chords.

Introduction:

Ab D# Ab C# B

Play chords

Ab D# Ab D#

2nd time play chords

Verse:

F# G# A

I went down to the tracks

B C# G#

(reg) (reg)

thinking what they might say to me.

F# G# A

But they just stared back

B C# G#

(reg) (reg)

broken, trainless and black as night.

Then play Ab

verse:

Climbed out onto my roof, so I'd be a poet in the night.

Beat the walls of my room, I saw the big room that is this life.

Chorus:

G# E

(reg)

This is my Condition,

E G# A B

E var. during this part the bass plays:

Naked and hysterical, reaching to grab a hand that I just slapped back at.

G# E

(reg)

This is my Condition

E var. as above.

Desperate, alone, without an excuse, tried to explain, Christ what's the use.

At the end of the chorus the guitar does a hammer on repeatedly,

on the 3rd string notes 8/9.

Intro:

Verse:

Read and I felt so small, some words keep speaking when you close the book.

Drank and just about smiled, then I remember us in that bed.

Put my ear to the door, I just heard hot rods and gunshots and sirens.

People kill me these days, they have keys in their eyes but they lock from the inside.

Chorus:

Outro:

play Ab then

3rd-|-----13/14----13----11--|

A Ab C# B A

Continue this for while then: (reg) (reg) (reg)

then repeat outro till he stops talking.

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