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Nice Guys Finish Last

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Green Day
Nice Guys Finish Last
Nimrod
1997 Reprise Records
Submitted by: paramore_fans@yahoo.com
Key: E
Tuning: Standard EADGBe
Chords used:
E
 -   022100
B
 -   x24442
A
 -   x02220
F#
 -  244322
[Intro]
A
E  AB  A
        x4
E         A E
[Verse 1]
E
Nice guys finish last
You're running out of gas
     B
Your sympathy will get 
           E    A
you left behind
E
Sometimes you're at your best 
when you feel the worst
       B
Do you feel washed up
                         E
like piss going down the drain
[Bridge]
A
Pressure cooker pick my 
          E
brain and tell me I'm insane
A                            E
I'm so fucking happy I could cry
A
Every joke can have its truth 
    E
but now the joke's on you
  F#
I never knew you were 
             B
such a funny guy
[Chorus]
    E                A
Oh, nice guys finish last
     E              A
when you are the outcast
          E               A
Don't pat yourself on the back
                      B
you might break your spine
[Verse 2]
A E
  Living on command
You're shaking lots of hands
B
Kissing up and bleeding all 
     E     A
your trust
E
Taking what you need
Bite the hand that feeds
    B
You lose your memory 
               E
and you got no shame
[Bridge]
A
Pressure cooker pick my 
          E
brain and tell me I'm insane
A                            E
I'm so fucking happy I could cry
A
Every joke can have its truth 
    E
but now the joke's on you
  F#
I never knew you were 
             B
such a funny guy
[Chorus]
    E                A
Oh, nice guys finish last
     E              A
when you are the outcast
          E               A
Don't pat yourself on the back
                      B
you might break your spine
    E                A
Oh, nice guys finish last
     E              A
when you are the outcast
          E               A
Don't pat yourself on the back
                      B
you might break your spine
[Interlude]
A
E  AB  A
        x3
E   G# A   G# F#   A B
[Chorus]
    E                A
Oh, nice guys finish last
     E              A
when you are the outcast
          E               A
Don't pat yourself on the back
                      B
you might break your spine
    E                A
Oh, nice guys finish last
     E              A
when you are the outcast
          E               A
Don't pat yourself on the back
                      B
you might break your spine
Ending
AE       AE
           N.C.

Nice Guys Finish Last chords and lyrics

Free chords for Nice Guys Finish Last by Green Day. Scroll the interactive sheet above or read the chord names inline below.

Green Day
Nice Guys Finish Last
Nimrod
1997 Reprise Records
Submitted by: paramore_fans@yahoo.com
Key: E
Tuning: Standard EADGBe
Chords used:
E -   022100
B -   x24442
A -   x02220
F# -  244322
[Intro]
A
E   A B   A x4
E         A E
[Verse 1]
You're running out of gas
when you feel the worst
[Bridge]
[Chorus]
[Verse 2]
You're shaking lots of hands
Bite the hand that feeds
[Bridge]
[Chorus]
[Interlude]
A
E   A B   A x3
E   G# A   G# F#   A B
[Chorus]
[Ending]
A E        A E N.C.

Nice Guys Finish Last Chords by Green Day

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