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Death By A Thousand Cuts

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Step 1 / 45Position: 1
1 index2 middle3 ring4 pinkyO open
Chords for strumming
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Cx3201x Fx3321x
G/Bx2000x Dmxx023x
Amx0221x Gsus4xx553x
Gxx543x
Intro and Chorus riff
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e|--C3--3p0-x--3-p0-x-|--G/B3--3p0-x--3-p0-x-|--Am0---------0---x--|--C-----------------|
B|--1--1---x--1----x-|--0--0---x--0----x-|--------1-------x--|--1---------1------|
G|-------------------|-------------------|--2---2-------2-x--|--------0----------|
D|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|--2---2------------|
A|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
E|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
e|--F-----------------|--Am-----------------|--Dm-----------------|--Gsus4---------G--------|
B|--1---------1--x---|--1---------1------|-------------------|-----3-x-----3-x---|
G|--------2------x---|--------2----------|--2-----2---2------|--/5-------4-------|
D|--3---3--------x---|--2---2-------2----|--0---0-------0----|-------------------|
A|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
E|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
p = pull-off
x = mute string
/ = slide-up
Capo 4th fret
[Intro]
N.C.
My, my, my, my (my, my, my, my)
N.C.
My, my, my, my (my, my, my, my)
CMy, myG/B, my, my
AmMy, my, Cmy, my
FMy, myAm, my, my
DmMy, my, Gsus4my, Gmy
[Chorus 1]
CSaying goodbye is G/Bdeath by a thousand Amcuts
Flashbacks Cwaking me up
FI get drunk, but it's Amnot enough
'Cause the Dmmorning comes and you're Gsus4not my Gbaby
CI look through the G/Bwindows of this Amlove
Even though we Cboarded them up
FChandelier still Amflickering here
'Cause I Dmcan't pretend Gsus4it's oGkay when it's Cnot
G/BIt's death by a Emthousand FcutsG  
[Verse 1]
CI dress to kill my timeG/B, I take the long way EmhomeF  
I ask the traffic lights if it'll Gbe alright, they say, "I don't know"
CAnd what once was oursG/B, is no one's EmnowF  
I see you everywhere, the only Gthing we share is this small town
CYou said it was a great loveG/B, one for the agesEm  F  
But if the story's over, why am I Gstill writing pages?
[Chorus 2]
'Cause Csaying goodbye is G/Bdeath by a thousand Amcuts
Flashbacks Cwaking me up
FI get drunk, but it's Amnot enough
'Cause the Dmmorning comes and you're Gsus4not my Gbaby
CI look through the G/Bwindows of this Amlove
Even though we Cboarded them up
FChandelier still Amflickering here
'Cause I Dmcan't pretend Gsus4it's oGkay when it's Cnot
G/BIt's death by a Emthousand FcutsG  
[Verse 2]
CMy heart, my hips, my body, my G/Blove
Tryna find a part of me that Emyou didn't Ftouch
Gave up on me like I was a bad Gdrug
Now I'm searching for signs in a haunted Cclub
Our songs, our films, united we G/Bstand
Our country, guess it was a Emlawless Fland
Quiet my fears at the touch of your Ghand
Paper cut stings from our paper-thin Cplans
My time, my wine, my spirit, my G/Btrust
Tryna find a part of me you Emdidn't take Fup
Gave you too much but it wasn't eGnough
But I'll be alright, it's just a thousand CcutsG/B  Am  G  
[Chorus 3]
FI get drunk, but it's Amnot enough
Dm'Cause you're Gsus4not my Gbaby
CI look through the G/Bwindows of this Amlove
Even though we Cboarded them up
FChandelier still Amflickering here
'Cause I Dmcan't pretend Gsus4it's oGkay when it's Cnot, no it's not
G/BIt's death by a Emthousand Fcuts G(you didn't touch)
[Post-Chorus]
Tryna find a part of me that you didn't Ctouch
My body, my G/Blove, my trust (it's death by a Emthousand Fcuts)
But it wasn't eGnough, it wasn't enough, no, no
[Outro]
C   G/B   AmI take the Clong way home
FI ask the Amtraffic lights if it'll Dmbe alright
Gsus4   GN.C.
They say, "I don't know"

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