Jawbreaker – Sluttering (Guitar)

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Sluttering May 4th Dear You 1995 Jade Tree Records Submitted by: [email protected] Chords used: E - 022100 B - x24442 C#m - x46654 A - x02220 F#m - 244222 G#m - 466444 Intro: E F#m C#m A x2 Verse 1:

E                F#m
  Flattered that you 

C#m                A5     F# (single note)
   think I warrant ugliness 

E             F#
Gutters drain west

           C#m
mud made a mess of us

     G#
It's time to 

           A    F#m
leave this place

Interlude: G# - F# - C# - B G# - F# - C# - D# - E - C# Verse 2:

E                      F#m
  I'd saw through your wrist 

C#m                 A5     F# (single note)
   to find a better trap that fits

E                       F#m
   I'd saw through your traps 

          C#m
to find a better you

  G#                A    F#m
A part of you that lasts

Verse 3:

E                    F#m
  I saw through your trap 

C#m         A5     F# (single note)
   and into my own wrists

E             F#m
  Saw we were through

             C#m
red ribbons spill to blue

  G#                  A   F#m
A sight to sore your eyes

Chorus 1:

C#m           A
   I got this dress

           E
I'm hiking it around 

     B
this waste of laughter

C#m            A
   Slow dance alone with 

       E
no one to the sound 

   B
of four hands clapping

C#m        A
   Congratulations to you 

E               B          
both I hope somewhere

you're happy If there's a moral to this story then I wish you'd show me Verse 4:

E             F#m
  Hair in the blood

C#m           A5     F# (single note)
   fly in the disappointment

E            F#m
  Rubber I'm glue I'll 

          C#m
write the book on you

      G#             A   F#m
It's sticking to my face

Interlude: G# - F# - C# - B G# - F# - C# - D# - E - C# Verse 5:

E
  You need a little 

F#m C#m
less   than what you

A5 F# (single note) take for granted

E             F#m
  This is the sip that's 

         C#m
drinking back from you

G#                 A   F#m
Blacking out your eyes

Verse 6:

E                   F#m
  You need a little more 

   C#m             A5     F# (single note)
suppression of you appetites

E              F#m
  This is your honeymoon

   C#m
in separate rooms

     G#                 A     F#m
It's neither sweet nor bright

(Repeat Chorus 1) Breakdown: G#m A x8 Chorus 2:

C#m         A
   I made a word to 

           E
give this state a name 

     B
this game a guess

C#m           A
  I call it "sluttering"

   E
It means as little 

B              C#m
as your little test

            A
You are your worst 

             E
revenge Your very means

     B
they have no ends

C#m           A
   This is a story you won't 

E                   B
tell the kids we'll never 

     C#m
have If you hear this 

A              E
song a hundred times it 

            B
still won't be enough

C#m
If you hear this 

A              E
song a hundred times it 

            B        C#m (hold)
still won't be enough