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Hanoi Rocks - Obscured (Michael Monroe/Jude Wilder)
From: Twelve Shots On The Rocks (2001)
Intro is something like this:
3x
  N.H. 
|--------<12>----------<12>-------------------------------|
|----<7>-----<12>--<7>------<12>--------------------------|
|-<5>----------------------------<12>---------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------|
Em
|-----------<12>---<7>-|
|------<7>-------------|
|--<5>-----------------|
|----------------------|
|----------------------|
|----------------------|
Verse:
I love my freeEmdom
And spCeaking out of my miGnd
I can sCee how that could gGet somebody doDwn
Tho' you can't always sEmee them
You can feCel their vicious viGbes
They somehCow seem to fiGnd their way aroDund
 CAnd you'll neAmver see me fDail
 CAnd you can't mAmake me disappDear
Chorus:
 GBEEN OBSDCURED BY TOEmO MUCH DARCKNESS
 GOVERCDOME WITH EmSO MUCH SACDNESS
 GBUT I'M STILL SHDINING BREmIGHT AS ECVERD  
Nobody can tEmouch me
It's a UCniversal LGaw
My kiCnd of spirit juGst can't be conDtrolled
I can only wEmin
CEven if I lGose
I alCways find out somGething I can uDse
CNo use trAmyin' to stop me noDw
CTo overshAmadow me someDhow
Chorus:
 GBEEN OBSDCURED BY TOEmO MUCH DARCKNESS
 GOVERCDOME WITH EmSO MUCH SACDNESS
 GBUT I'M STILL SHDINING BREmIGHT AS ECVERD  
AmThe best kept secCret in RoBck'n'Roll
AmHarder they coCme harder they fBall
DThey couldn't mess with my gang
DCan't suss our lingo and our sEmlang
DThey couldn't mess with my gang
DMy gang's a Rock'n'Roll bCanAd
(Guitar solo)
Chorus (and fade out):
 GBEEN OBSDCURED BY TOEmO MUCH DARCKNESS
 GOVERCDOME WITH EmSO MUCH SACDNESS
 GBUT I'M STILL SHDINING BREmIGHT AS ECVER

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Obscured

by Hanoi Rocks

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Hanoi Rocks - Obscured (Michael Monroe/Jude Wilder)

From: Twelve Shots On The Rocks (2001)

Intro is something like this:

N.H.

|--------<12>----------<12>-------------------------------|

|----<7>-----<12>--<7>------<12>--------------------------|

|-<5>----------------------------<12>---------------------|

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

|-----------<12>---<7>-|

|------<7>-------------|

|--<5>-----------------|

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

Verse:

I love my freedom

C G

And speaking out of my mind

C G D

I can see how that could get somebody down

Tho' you can't always see them

C G

You can feel their vicious vibes

C G D

They somehow seem to find their way around

C Am D

And you'll never see me fail

C Am D

And you can't make me disappear

Chorus:

G D Em C

BEEN OBSCURED BY TOO MUCH DARKNESS

G D Em C

OVERCOME WITH SO MUCH SADNESS

G D Em C D

BUT I'M STILL SHINING BRIGHT AS EVER

Nobody can touch me

C G

It's a Universal Law

C G D

My kind of spirit just can't be controlled

I can only win

C G

Even if I lose

C G D

I always find out something I can use

C Am D

No use tryin' to stop me now

C Am D

To overshadow me somehow

Chorus:

G D Em C

BEEN OBSCURED BY TOO MUCH DARKNESS

G D Em C

OVERCOME WITH SO MUCH SADNESS

G D Em C D

BUT I'M STILL SHINING BRIGHT AS EVER

Am C B

The best kept secret in Rock'n'Roll

Am C B

Harder they come harder they fall

They couldn't mess with my gang

D Em

Can't suss our lingo and our slang

They couldn't mess with my gang

D C A

My gang's a Rock'n'Roll band

(Guitar solo)

Chorus (and fade out):

G D Em C

BEEN OBSCURED BY TOO MUCH DARKNESS

G D Em C

OVERCOME WITH SO MUCH SADNESS

G D Em C

BUT I'M STILL SHINING BRIGHT AS EVER

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