Days N' Daze – Self Destructive Anthem (Guitar)

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Suggest playing it with capo 3, transposed down 3 for a more accurate sound. Verses: C F Bridge: Am G Chorus: F G C Am F G C [Intro]
C
One, two, one, two, three, four...
C F Am G [Verse 1: Jesse]
C
Well, I can't tell if I'm shaking from the DTs or the cold

 F
By the way I'm feeling shitty man, this routine's getting old
[Bridge]
 Am                  G                          C
Why do I do this? Why?! Why do I do this to myself?
[Verse 2: Jesse]
 C
Well, I wake up suffocating cause my lungs are filled with tar

 F
I've wasted far too many hours blacked out at the bar
[Bridge]
 Am                  G                           C
Why do I do this? Why?! Why do I do this to myself?
[Verse 3: Whitney]
 C
Well, I feel so distant from a life I wanted years ago

 F
Torn between this road I'm on and where I called home
[Bridge]
 Am                 G                           C
Why do I do this? Why?! Why do I do this to myself?
[Verse 4: Whitney]
 C
Chained down to a city, to a lover, to a bed

 F
A door has swung right open, I'll just step out here instead
[Bridge]
 Am                G                             C
Why do I do this? Why?! Why do I do this to myself?
[Chorus]
 F                    G
I'm self-destructive, no one can save me

 C                          Am
You asked me if I love you, I said: "maybe"

 Am
Why would you love me?

 F
You should learn to hate me

 G                  C
I'm going nowhere fast...
(Trumpet part one of three!) [Verse 5: Whitney]
 C
Well, you know I'm feeling guilty cause I never seem to call

F
 Even though I'm far away, this world just seems so small
[Bridge]
 Am                G                             C
Why do I do this? Why?! Why do I do this to myself?
[Verse 6: Whitney]
 C
Bitch though I'm broke I still have money for this beer

F
 The letters that I wrote to you, you can't see them from here
[Bridge]
 Am                G                             C
Why do I do this? Why?! Why do I do this to myself?
(The Weasel Baby everybody!) [Verse 7: Geoff]
 C
Standing out make a paper's penny and maybe a bit more

 F
My friends far away are the best things that I've got in store
[Bridge]
 Am                G                             C
Why do I do this? Why?! Why do I do this to myself?
[Verse 8: Geoff]
C
Driving down the interstate, going way too goddamn fast

F
A few more hours, we'll be crashing, then later on we'll laugh
[Bridge]
Am                 G                             C
Why do I do this? Why?! Why do I do this to myself?
(We The Heathens!) [Verse 9: We The Heathens]
  C
All we've had for days on end is liquor, beer, and speed

F
Don't know what we're doing, but we think we need to eat
[Bridge]
 Am                G                             C
Why do I do this? Why?! Why do I do this to myself?
[Verse 10: We The Heathens]
C
 We're eastbound on the highway, my friend's broke in Virginia

F
I've been drinking til I pass out, smoking crack with the RZA!
[Bridge]
 Am                G                        C
Why do I do this? Why do I do this to myself?
[Chorus]
 F                    G
I'm self-destructive, no one can save me

 C                          Am
You asked me if I love you, I said: "maybe"

 Am
Why would you love me?

 F
You should learn to hate me

 G                  C
I'm going nowhere fast...
(Trumpet part two of three!) [Verse 11: Whitney & Jesse]
 C
Well I'm running from my problems, to my problems I ignore

 F
Nevermind my absent mind, fuck what I'm running for
[Bridge]
 Am                G                             C
Why do I do this? Why?! Why do I do this to myself?
[Verse 12: Whitney & Jesse]
 C
Well, we traveled to New London and got laid out on the floor

F
Fuck being nice, I swear I will not be nice anymore!
[Bridge]
Am                G                             C
Why do I do this? Why?! Why do I do this to myself?
[Chorus]
 F                    G
I'm self-destructive, no one can save me

 C                          Am
You asked me if I love you, I said: "maybe"

 Am
Why would you love me?

 F
You should learn to hate me

 G                  C
I'm going nowhere fast...
(Last trumpet part!) [Chorus]
 F                    G
I'm self-destructive, no one can save me

 C                          Am        G
You asked me if I love you, I said: "maybe"

 Am
Why would you love me?

 F
You should learn to hate me

 G                  C
I'm going nowhere fast...
[Outro] (Mom and dad don't know everything!) (Oh boy)