Eels – Novocaine For The Soul (Guitar Live)

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This is the live version they've been playing over the 2010s. It's much heavier and grungier than the studio version. There are some notable changes especially with the main riff, the bridge, and the instrumental breaks.
[Riff]
   C#      F#m   C#    F#m
e|--------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------|
D|-----6------7-------6------7-6--|
A|---8------9-------8------9------|
E|-9------9-------9------9--------| (play twice)
[Intro] C# F#m C# F#m C# F#m C# F#m [Verse 1]
C#    F#m    C#      F#m
Life is hard, and so am I

C#           F#m               C#          F#m
You'd better give me something, so I don't die

C#   F#m  C#      F#m    B      F#m                     C# F#m  C# F#m
Novocaine for the soul...before I.... before I sputter out
[Verse 2]
C#      F#m    C#       F#m
Life is white, and I am black

C#            F#m     C#         F#m
Jesus and his lawyer, are coming back

C#       F#m   C#          F#m    B      F#m
Oh my darling, will you be here...before I.... before I sputter out

C# F#m    C#     F#m              B      F#m                    C# F#m  C# F#m
..................................before I.... before I sputter out
[Bridge]
E           B           F#m               C#
.............................................

E           B           F#m               C#
Guess whose living here with the great undead

E              B              F#m               C#  E
This paint-by-numbers life is fucking with my head, once again....
[Instrumental Break] C# F#m C# F#m C# F#m C# F#m [Verse 3]
C#      F#m   C#         F#m
Life is good, and I feel great

C#            F#m         C#          F#m
Cause mother says I was, a great mistake

C#       F#m   C#          F#m    B      F#m
Novocaine......for the soul.......before I.... before I sputter out

C# F#m    C#     F#m              B      F#m                    C# F#m  C# F#m
..................................before I.... before I sputter out
[Outro] C# F#m C# F#m C# F#m C# F#m C# F#m C# F#m C# F#m C# F#m C#