Butch Walker – A Song For The Metalheads (Ukulele)

Capo 2
Key
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Chords

one nine six nine Intro (x4): On the C lift your middle finger, or which ever is holding the E on the D string F F G
          F      Am7                   F             G
press the tape recorder let's get this all down real fast

           F             Am7       F        G
before the insignificant thought goes by

        F       Am7                F             G
there's one more slow song left to write for the record

F            Am7         F     G
make all the metal heads cry

      F             Am7         F                G
throw rocks but not rocking and stand there just mocking

     F              Am7          F             G
with hands in their armpits that they'll later smell

         F           Em               F               Am7 
when you live in the past there's one thing that will last

     F               G              F      F
it's resentment that time won't sit still
INTRO x4
           F           Am7        F          G
the record business is fucked and it's kinda funny

      F          Am7        F     G
it'll separate a boy from a man

        F         Am7          F                G
you can buy every copy of your record with your money

    F        Am7       F    G
but you'd be your only fan

           F            Am7         F           G
if there's one thing my father said when he was younger

     F          Am7         F               G
to a kid with a mullet that looked like his son

   F           Em         F          Am7
to want and to try is the difference why

     F      G                F        F
some people will walk and some run . . .thank you dad
INTRO x4
        F           Am7           F               G
sharpen up all your pencils cause class will come early

        F           Am7              F        G
there's so much you thought that you knew

          F        Am7           F           G
while the b list celebrities all pay for the fame

        F              Am7         F     G
they'll soak up what's left of the pool

        F          Am7    F         G
while a kid in the corner becomes a savant

   F        Am7           F     G
no one will care til he's dead

      F              Em                F        Am7
or he falls from his grace with it all over the place

      F           G            F      F
and a piece of it stuck in his head
Intro x4