Guns N' Roses – Atlas (Guitar)

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As recorded by Guns N' Roses (2025 release) Tune down 1/2 step [Intro] G [Verse 1]
F
Why should I try and judge the things they say

                           G
That just won't budge, I'm letting go

    F
And sheltered from the blind

F
So you managed to be kind

    G                                               C
But still enough to show me how to keep it together

D        F
When I'm crying out in vain

F
No matter who's to blame

                G          C G
There's still a ways to go

    F
So, if you ask me to believe your heart won't follow you

           G
It's got a mind of its own
[Pre-Chorus]
Gb                         C
When it says "Run" and the road gets rough

    Am
And you're the one

      G                    B     Gb
Whose shoulders just ain't wide enough

      C                            Am
Whose shoulders shrug when they've had enough
[Chorus]
D                                          C
I'd be the last to say, "don't follow your heart"

            Em              C             G
But there's more to what it takes to be a man

D                C
Than what you've known

C
What you've shown

Em           C             G      C D
Than that we know you understand
[Verse 2]
     F
It's not the thing, if I were you

F
I would say all that I do

      G                          C    D
To be half as strong, or still belong

   F
If you should take the time

F
To look back at what you find

           G
Your heart misadventures
[Pre-Chorus]
Gb                         C
When it says "Run" and the road gets rough

    Am
And you're the one

      G                    B     Gb
Whose shoulders just ain't wide enough

      C                            Am
Whose shoulders shrug when they've had enough
[Chorus]
D                                          C
I'd be the last to say, "don't follow your heart"

            Em              C             G
But there's more to what it takes to be a man

D                C
Than what you've known

C
What you've shown

Em           C             G
Than that we know you understand

D                C
In fact, I never said, "don't follow your heart"

     Em                              C      G
If I thought that's what it takes to make a man

D                C
From what you've known

G               C    G
All that you've been shown

 Em                               G
Gee, even now I'd hope you'd understand
[Guitar Solo] Bb C G Bb F G Bb C G Bb F Gb C A [Out-Chorus]
D                                          C
I'd be the last to say, "don't follow your heart"

            Em              C             G
But there's more to what it takes to be a man

D                C
Than what you've known

C
What you've shown

Em           C             G
Than that we know you understand

D                C
In fact, I never said, "don't follow your heart"

     Em                              C      G
If I thought that's what it takes to make a man

D                C
From what you've known

G               C    G
All that you've been shown

 Em                               G
Gee, even now I'd hope you'd understand