Nickelback – Get Em Up (Guitar)

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[Verse 1]
E
His driver’s license said James, he went by Jim

Bm
A gangster wannabe, yeah baby, that was him

E
He stole his uncle’s 44 last Friday night

A
Said if I wanted in, we’d have to plan this thing just right

E
We’ll need the gloves, we’ll need the bags, a couple masks

Bm
We’ll need to steal a car with windows tinted black

E
We picked the nearest bank on Main and 17th

A
We wrote down every line from every movie that we’d seen
N.C Screamin'... [Pre-Chorus]
Eb5                        C#5     C5
This is a robbery, now get down on the floor

Eb5                         C#5      C5
We’re here for all the shit that you don’t need no more (Yeah)

Eb5                         C#5       C5
We want your cash, open the safe, get off your phone

Eb5                           C#5       C5
Don’t be a hero and you might just make it home
[Chorus]
Eb5
Get 'em up

C#5     C5
And get down

Eb5
Reach for the sky

              C#5      C5
Then go ahead and kiss the ground

Eb5
Get 'em up

C#5     C5
And get down

Eb5
Reach for the sky

              C#5      C5
Then go ahead and kiss the ground
[Post-Chorus] N.C Get 'em up N.C Get 'em, get 'em up [Verse 2]
E
A freshly stolen Mustang small block 302

Bm
Drove past the bank a dozen times this afternoon

E
The only parking spot was half a block away

A
Gave us time to practice just exactly what to say
N.C Screamin'... [Pre-Chorus]
Eb5                        C#5     C5
This is a robbery, now get down on the floor

Eb5                         C#5      C5
We’re here for all the shit that you don’t need no more (Yeah)

Eb5                         C#5       C5
We want your cash, open the safe, get off your phone

Eb5                           C#5       C5
Don’t be a hero and you might just make it home
[Chorus]
Eb5
Get 'em up

C#5     C5
And get down

Eb5
Reach for the sky

              C#5      C5
Then go ahead and kiss the ground

Eb5
Get 'em up

C#5     C5
And get down

Eb5
Reach for the sky

              C#5      C5
Then go ahead and kiss the ground
[Post-Chorus] N.C Get 'em up N.C Get 'em, get 'em up [Bridge]
E
The only thing I wish that one of us had known

Bm
That it was Sunday and the god damn bank was closed

E
Too bad we didn’t see the cops across the street

A
We dropped our guns and tried to run and there went all our dreams of screamin'...
[Pre-Chorus]
Eb5                        C#5     C5
This is a robbery, now get down on the floor

Eb5                              C#5            C5
We’re here for all the shit that you don’t need no more (yeah)

Eb5                       C#5       C5
We wanted easy street and now we’ll never know

Eb5                                 C#5          C5
Somebody call my mom and tell her I ain’t coming home
[Chorus]
Eb5
Get 'em up

C#5     C5
And get down

Eb5
Reach for the sky

              C#5      C5
Then go ahead and kiss the ground

Eb5
Get 'em up

C#5     C5
And get down

Eb5
Reach for the sky

              C#5      C5
Then go ahead and kiss the ground
Get ‘em up