Dropkick Murphys – Middle Finger (Guitar)

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[Intro] G G C G C G D G [Verse 1]
          G
I keep my fist raised up

     C
Full-time against the world

G
Sometimes for the family

    D
And sometimes for the girl

            G
Yeah, you'd think I'd learn my lesson

      C
I'm a man who's been around

G
But I could never keep

     D
That middle finger down

     G
Well I'm still hanging on

      C
And I think that God takes care of fools

     G                               D
I've broke a lot of hearts, and I've broke a lot of rules

    G                         C
Yet somehow I survived with a bit of dummy luck

    G                     D
But I can never keep that finger from sticking up
[Chorus]
G                   C
I could never keep, I could never keep

G                               D
I could never keep my life from burning to the ground

      G
You'd think I'd learn my lesson

C
I'm a man who's been around

    G                       D
But I could never keep that middle finger down
[Instrumental] G C G D [Verse 2]
       G
I'm a grudge-holding jerk

            C
Who starts feuds with a wink

   G
A sharp-tongued S.O.B

     D
Who speaks before he thinks

      G
I've learned from my losses

      C
And I know when I'm wrong

       G
Still, my life's sadder

        D
Than an old country song
[Chorus]
G                   C
I could never keep, I could never keep

G                               D
I could never keep my life from burning to the ground

      G
You'd think I'd learn my lesson

C
I'm a man who's been around

    G                       D
But I could never keep that middle finger down
[Instrumental] G C G D G C G D [Verse 3]
          G
So if you looked at my life

       C
If you took a little peek

                 G
You'd say, “Good Lord, let it go, man

     D
Just turn the other cheek”

                    G
I don't know how to let it go

             C
I just don't know how to behave

      G
I was born with this affliction

         D
And I'll take it to the grave
[Chorus]
G                   C
I could never keep, I could never keep

G                               D
I could never keep my life from burning to the ground

      G
You'd think I'd learn my lesson

C
I'm a man who's been around

    G                       D
But I could never keep that middle finger down

G                   C
I could never keep, I could never keep

G                               D
I could never keep my life from burning to the ground

      G
You'd think I'd learn my lesson

C
I'm a man who's been around

    G                       D
But I could never keep that middle finger down