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'HEADSTRONG'
SEVEN MARY THREE from the album "AMERICAN STANDARD"
Transcribed by  Jason Leonard
Chords:
 Em    D                C5   G/BA9 G5   B5   A5   F5
       *    Cmaj7sus2        	  	                 
-----	-----	-----	  -----	  -----  --0--   -----  -----  -----  -----
-----	-----	--0--	  -----   --0--  --0--   -----  -----  -----  -----
-----	-----	--0--	  --5--   --0--  --0--   --4--  --8--  --6--  --3--
--2--	--4--	--0--	  --5--   --0--  --2--   --5--  --9--  --7--  --4--
--2--	--5--	--3--	  --3--   --2--  --0--   --5--  --9--  --7--  --4--
--0--	--5--	-----	  -----   -----  -----   --3--  --7--  --5--  --2--
Intro:
Drum & Bass intro:  0:00- 0:06
Bass plays:
----------|----------|----------|----------|
----------|----------|----------|----------|
---7------|--5-------|-----7----|---5------|
----------|----------|----------|----------|
Guitar enters:  0:07- 0:20
Rhy. Fig. 1
Em        D
          *
----------|----------|
----------|----------| * Play 4 times *
----------|----------|
---2-2----|--4-4-----|
---2-2---0|--5-5----0|
-0--------|0---------|
Rocking part:  0:21- 0:34
Rhy. Fig. 2
Em             D
               *
---------------|---------------|
---------------|---------------| * Play 4 times *
---------------|---------------|
2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2|4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4|
2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2|5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5|
0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0|5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5|
0:35- 0:41
Cmaj7sus2
----------|
-0--------| * Hold, let it ring & feedback *
-0--------|
-0--------|
-3--------|
----------|
0:42- 0:48
E5
----------|
----------| * Hold, let ring & feedback *
----------|
-2--------|
-2--------|
-0--------|
0:49- 1:23
Verse:
Play with Rhy. Fig. 1
Em            D                Em          D
              *                            *
Headstrong is willing to live like a rat in a hole
Em            D                  Em        D
              *                            *
Headstrong... unwilling to listen to anyone at all keeps her 
Em             D             Em              D
               *                             *
head above the water, keeps her head upon her shoulders
     Em           D          Em            D
                  *                        *
I know, I know, I know she has heard this all before
        C5
she don't break, she don't sink, don't think, a thing of me
1:24- 1:37
Rhy. Fig. 2
Em             D
               *
---------------|---------------|
---------------|---------------| * Play 4 times *
---------------|---------------|
2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2|4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4|
2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2|5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5|
0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0|5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5|
1:38- 2:07
Chorus:
Guitar 1 Plays Rhy. Fig. 1 & Guitar 2 plays Rhy. Fig. 2
Em               D                 Em          D
Headstrong can fake an awkwardness, silenced by the price of love
Em         D                 Em      D
  don't get too close in case, push comes to shove, won't 
                       G/B
Cmaj7sus2              
be your favorite girl, hear you play her song
A9                      G5              C5
                           (slide up to )
   she's heard it all before
2:08- 2:35
Bridge:
C5        B5   C5            B5
I don't mind   she knows the number I'm writing
C5      B5     A5        G5
        we all need some pain
C5   B5          C5  B5               C5   B5     A5          G5
     and remember,   what you told me,     we all bleed the same
2:36- 2:58
Guitar solo:
Lead guitar solo:
C5               B5            C5                  B5
15-14------------|-------17--17|15-14--------------|---------------|
-----15--15~17-15|~--------15--|-----15----17-15-17|17`-17`-17`-17`|
-----------------|-------------|-------------------|---------------|
-----------------|-------------|-------------------|---------------|
-----------------|-------------|-------------------|---------------|
-----------------|-------------|-------------------|---------------|
C5               B5          A5        G5
15-14-------------|-------------------|-----------|---------|
-----15---15~17-15|-12-12-13---12-10-8|----8------|---------|
------------------|-------------------|-9`--`9-9-7|----7----|
------------------|-------------------|-----------|-9`--97-7|
------------------|-------------------|-----------|---------|
------------------|-------------------|-----------|---------|
F5         E
----------|---------------------------|
----------|---------------------------|
-----7----|---------------------------|
-7~9---9--|---------------------------|
---------7|-7-(hold till bass enters)-|
----------|---------------------------|
2:59- 3:13
Bass Entrance:
-----------------|-----------------|
-----------------|-----------------| * Repeat 4 times *
7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--|7-5---5-7-5---7--|
-----------------|----7-------7----|
3:14- 3:40
Verse:
Rhy. Fig. 1
Em             D            Em               D
               *                             *
headstrong is making a list so long, of all the people she has done, 
Em     D              Em         D
       *                         *
  and undone again,   my name engraved
Em          D                  Em           D
            *                               *
she doesn't notice the things that I take for granted were my
Em             D             Em   D
               *                  *
own to give, my own to give and take   she don't 
3:41- 3:54
Cmaj7sus2
break, she don't sink,  don't think
don't want to give or take my love
don't break don't sink don't think,    of me!
3:55- end
Guitar 1 plays Rhy. Fig. 1 & Guitar 2 plays Rhy. Fig 2. until end.
E D E D E D E D
E       D       E       D       E       D       E       D
Headstrong      Headstrong      Headstrong      Headstrong
E      D      E      D      E      D      E      D   E
                                                      (let ring)
Headstrong      Headstrong      Headstrong      Headstrong   Ow!
(c)1998 Seven Mary Three Music, BMI. All rights reserved. 
Administered by EMI Publishing. Lyrics reprinted by permission

Headstrong chords and lyrics

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'HEADSTRONG'
SEVEN MARY THREE from the album "AMERICAN STANDARD"
Transcribed by  Jason Leonard
Chords:
Intro:
Drum & Bass intro:  0:00- 0:06
Bass plays:
Guitar enters:  0:07- 0:20
Rocking part:  0:21- 0:34
0:49- 1:23
Verse:
Play with Rhy. Fig. 1
1:38- 2:07
Chorus:
Guitar 1 Plays Rhy. Fig. 1 & Guitar 2 plays Rhy. Fig. 2
2:08- 2:35
Bridge:
2:36- 2:58
Guitar solo:
Lead guitar solo:
2:59- 3:13
Bass Entrance:
3:14- 3:40
Verse:
Rhy. Fig. 1
3:41- 3:54
Cmaj7sus2
break, she don't sink,  don't think
don't want to give or take my love
don't break don't sink don't think,    of me!
3:55- end
Guitar 1 plays Rhy. Fig. 1 & Guitar 2 plays Rhy. Fig 2. until end.
E	D	E	D	E	D	E	D
(c)1998 Seven Mary Three Music, BMI. All rights reserved. 
Administered by EMI Publishing. Lyrics reprinted by permission

Headstrong Chords by Seven Mary Three

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