Mischief Brew – Slow Death Hymn (Guitar)

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Chords

[Intro/Continues through first verse]
   A        D
e|-0--------2------|
B|-2--2p0---3------|
G|-2--------2------| x2
D|-2--------0--4p0-|
A|-0---------------|
E|-----------------|
[Verse 1]
A                          D
 2000 was fired out from a cannon

A                             D
 The neighbors shot up at the lamps

A                                         D
 We piled in the street and stood for our anthems

A                                  D
 On top of the cars with bottles in hand

A                                     D
 This year crept up, who could see it coming?

A                                  D
 No one saw the signs, if any were there

A                            D
 The distant funeral marches drumming

F#m        E                        D    E
 I’ll take life, don’t care if it’s fair

[Bridge/Continues like this into next verse]
   A        D
e|-0-0-xxx-0-0-x--------2-2-xxx-2-2-x------|
B|-2-2-xxx-2-2-x--2p0---3-3-xxx-3-3-x------|
G|-2-2-xxx-2-2-x--------2-2-xxx-2-2--------|
D|-2-2-xxx-2-2-x--------0-0-xxx-0-0-x--4p0-| x2
A|-0-0-xxx-0-0-x------------xxx-----x------|
E|-----xxx-----x------------xxx-----x------|
[Verse 2]
A                                  D
 Read too many tales with terrible endings

A                                  D
 Gods and machines that get in the way

A
 You thought we were home

                  D
Turns out we were renting

F#m         E                 D     E
 Until I am gone, I’m here to stay

A                             D
 Taken away, our friends, our lovers

A                   D
 By cancer, heroin, tragedy

A                               D
 It’s not the wakes I’m worried over

F#m              E               D     E
 It’s knowing we have to go to sleep
[Chorus]
A          E
 If it’s a highway

     D              A
I am trying just to drive

     D              A
I am trying just to drive

     E              A    E
Stay awake and stay alive

F#m        A
 If it’s a highway

       D                A
I want you there at the side

       D                A
I want you there at the side

        E               A
 Still awake and still alive

   A        D
e|-0--------2------|
B|-2--2p0---3------|
G|-2--------2------| x2
D|-2--------0--4p0-|
A|-0---------------|
E|-----------------|
[Verse 3/Same pattern as last verse]
A                                  D
 The songs we thought we’d have to bury

A                           D
 We faced ‘em head on right away

A                                D
 Every reason to cry, not one to worry

F#m               E                  D         E
 Drive faster and further is my only change

A                                 D
 So tattoo our arms and raise our glasses

A                                  D
 Call out your names this New Years Eve

A                                    D
 And may the next time we kneel at a casket

F#m          E                    D         E
 We say, “At least the story’s complete.”
[Chorus]
A          E
 If it’s a highway

     D              A
I am trying just to drive

     D              A
I am trying just to drive

     E              A    E
Stay awake and stay alive

F#m        A
 If it’s a highway

       D                A
I want you there at the side

       D                A
I want you there at the side

        E               A
 Still awake and still alive

A          E
 If it’s a highway

     D              A
I am trying just to drive

     D              A
I am trying just to drive

     E              A    E
Stay awake and stay alive

F#m        A
 If it’s a highway

       D                A
I want you there at the side

       D                A
I want you there at the side

        E               A E D A
 Still awake and still alive
[Outro] D A E A/E F#m A D A D A E A
   A        D
e|-0--------2------|
B|-2--2p0---3------|
G|-2--------2------| x10 in the recording but feel free to shorten it
D|-2--------0--4p0-|
A|-0---------------|
E|-----------------|
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