Key=Dmajor/Bminor
Rhythm guitar-Laura Jane Grace plays:I-vi(intro+verse)I-V-IV-I(chorus)
Lead guitar-Melody
[Intro]
(listen to the song for the rhythm)
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A|-----------------------|-----------------------|
E|-----------------------|-----------------------|
Bm
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B|-----------------------|-----------------------|
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D|-----------------------|-----------------------|
A|-----------------------|-----------------------|
E|-----------------------|-----------------------|
D
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D|-----------------------|-----------------------|
A|-----------------------|-----------------------|
E|-----------------------|-----------------------|
Bm
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B|-----------------------|-----------------------|
G|-----------------------|-----------------------|
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A|-----------------------|-----------------------|
E|-----------------------|-----------------------|
[Verse]
D
We were young heartbreakers estranged from our wealthy parents,
Bm
doing key bumps in a handicap bathroom.
D Bm
Stoned complacent, ambivalent, mass communicating with shared subconscious.
[Chorus] x4
D A
Suffocation.
G D
Modern life in the western world.
[Instrumental]
D A G
[Verse]
D
Homosexual sons of unfulfilled fathers.
Bm
Divorced from reality, free and young.
D
We were bashing our brains out on a kitchen cabinet.
Bm
It was a televised crucifixion.
[Chorus] x4
D A
Suffocation.
G D
Modern life in the western world.
[Instrumental]
D A G
[Bridge]
*Root notes are put in randomly, listen to the song for how many 2s(B)+5s(D) you need to play
Bm Bm
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B|-----------------------|-----------------------|
G|-----------------------|-----------------------|
D|-------------2-4-2-0---|-------------2-4-2-0---|
A|2-2-2-2-2-2-2----------|2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--------|
E|-----------------------|-----------------------|
D D
e|-----------------------|-----------------------|
B|-----------------------|-----------------------|
G|-----------------------|-----------------------|
D|----------------5-7-5-4|----------------5-7-5-4|
A|5-5-5-5-5-5-5----------|5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--------|
E|-----------------------|-----------------------|
[Verse]
Bm
We were star-crossed, we were destitute.
D
Our words spoke mass destruction.
Bm
We watched the sun rise in the morning.
D
Daughters in arm, we all are orphans.
[Chorus] x4
D A
Suffocation.
G D
Modern life in the western world
[Instrumental]
D A G
D A G
In the western world.
[Outro]
D A G
G DSuffocation chords and lyrics
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Key=Dmajor/Bminor Rhythm guitar-Laura Jane Grace plays:I-vi(intro+verse)I-V-IV-I(chorus) Lead guitar-Melody [Verse] [Chorus] x4 [Instrumental] D A G [Verse] [Chorus] x4 [Instrumental] D A G [Verse] [Chorus] x4 [Instrumental] D A G [Outro] D A G G D
Suffocation Chords by Against Me!
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