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Tip The Scales

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Rise Against - Tip The Scales (Acoustic)
Submitted by: Marcus Jacobsson, Sweden - marcuq@hotmail.com
Tuning: Half-Step Down 
Eb
Ab
Db
Gb
Bb
Eb
This is my own acoustic interpretation on the song. 
Rise Against havn't as far as i know performed this song acoustic live or 
in the studio before.
Hope you like it! 
Chords used:
Em - 022000
D
 - xx0232
D/F#
 - 2x0232
G - 320033
Cadd9
  - x32033
Intro: 
e|------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------|
G|------------------------------------|
D|-------------9---7------------------|
A|---7---7-------------10---9---10----|
E|-0---0---0-0---0---0----0---0----0--|
Em
Are we so alone,
So distant,
   D
So forgotten,
       Cadd9           D/F#
As we think ourselves to be?
               Em
These are our lifes
                       D
But did they ever even matter?
       Cadd9          D/F#
Are we worth remembering?
Em                          Cadd9                            G
These machines feed on the tears of broken lifes and dying dreams
                     D
(Oh, Ohhhhhhhh, Oh, Ohhhhhhhhhh)
Em                             Cadd9
We’re throwing wrenches in the gears
                                G
Our lifes will not be lived in vain
                     D
(Oh, Ohhhhhhhh, Oh, Ohhhhhhhhhh)
Em
When this is all said and done
               Cadd9
We spent this life on the run
              G        D/F#
Judged by the company we keep
              Em
Our language, buried inside
                 Cadd9
These lungs that keep us alive
   G            D/F#
We breathe so selfishly
                    Em
Promises we plan to break
                      D
Are made in whispered voices
           Cadd9             D/F#
Cause our despair knows many names
        Em
We make mistakes
                      D        Cadd9                      D/F#
But we apologize with roses we never stop to smell on the way
Em                          Cadd9                            G
These machines feed on the tears of broken lifes and dying dreams
                     D
(Oh, Ohhhhhhhh, Oh, Ohhhhhhhhhh)
Em                             Cadd9
We’re throwing wrenches in the gears
                                G
Our lifes will not be lived in vain
                     D
(Oh, Ohhhhhhhh, Oh, Ohhhhhhhhhh)
Em
When this is all said and done
               Cadd9
We spent this life on the run
              G        D/F#
Judged by the company we keep
              Em
Our language, buried inside
                 Cadd9
These lungs that keep us alive
   G            D/F#
We breathe so selfishly
Em      G        D/F#   Em
We fell from the sky todaaay
Em      G    D/F#       Em
We melt into balls of claay
Em      G         D/F# Em
We sell ourselves everyday
Em            Cadd9  G         D/F#
Don’t tell me how to live this way
Em                          Cadd9                G
Pushed so far to the edge We teeter just on the brink
                    D
(Oh, Ohhhhhhhh, Oh, Ohhhhhhhhhh)
Em                        Cadd9
You can lead me to the bloodbath
                       G
But you can’t make me drink
                    D
(Oh, Ohhhhhhhh, Oh, Ohhhhhhhhhh)
Em                          Cadd9                             G
As These machines feed on the tears of broken lifes and dying dreams
                     D
(Oh, Ohhhhhhhh, Oh, Ohhhhhhhhhh)
Em                             Cadd9
We’re throwing wrenches in the gears
                                G
Our lifes will not be lived in vain
                     D
(Oh, Ohhhhhhhh, Oh, Ohhhhhhhhhh)
                             Em
my life will not be lived in vain

Tip The Scales chords and lyrics

Free chords for Tip The Scales by Rise Against. Scroll the interactive sheet above or read the chord names inline below.

Rise Against - Tip The Scales (Acoustic)
Submitted by: Marcus Jacobsson, Sweden - marcuq@hotmail.com
Tuning: Half-Step Down 
Eb
Ab
Db
Gb
Bb
Eb
This is my own acoustic interpretation on the song. 
Rise Against havn't as far as i know performed this song acoustic live or 
in the studio before.
Hope you like it! 
Chords used:
Em - 022000
D - xx0232
Cadd9  - x32033
So distant,

Tip The Scales Chords by Rise Against

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