Silverstein – A Midwestern State Of Emergency (Guitar)

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I Am Alive In Everything I Touch 2015 Rise Records Submitted by: [email protected] Chords used: A - x02220 E - 022100 F#m - 244222 D - xx0232 E/G# - 476xxx Bm - x24432 Intro: F#m x8 I am a dead man I’m crawling into a trap Verse 1:
F#m
   A horizontal
response I'm laying
             A
down for you once

             Bm
again You've taking

              F#m
what's granted   I've
said goodbye to my friends I've thrown myself head first
A
into this Close the

Bm
curtain and strand me
Refrain 1:
F#m
Found myself lost again

          A
With even more excuses

    Bm           F#m
And even less concern
Bound and gagged but
                 A
I enjoy it You seduce

                Bm
your prisoner Before

              F#m E/G#
you take your turn
Chorus 1:
A
  So lay me down in the

E/G#             E
field and put me under

    F#m 
the trees in the tall

                 D
grass Where they won’t

    A
find me Enjoying silence

    E/G#
and peace Until the

E           F#m
sirens they come back

                 D   A
screaming Taking me away

                     E/G#
I’ve given all I can give
Verse 2:
                   F#m
so don’t let me Go back
between Woodward and
     A
Cass Cracked concrete

     Bm
with broken glass This

F#m
run down block with my
name in lights Your
A               Bm
saving grace my final rights
Refrain 2:
F#m
11 Miles from where

                A
I was when I conceded

          Bm
my head Embraced my

        F#m
lost control Innocence
in a state so pure
             A
You hear the demons

           Bm
Calling to take

               F#m E/G#
back what you stole
Chorus 2:
A
  So lay me down in the

E/G#             E
field and put me under

    F#m 
the trees in the tall

                 D
grass Where they won’t

    A
find me Enjoying silence

    E/G#
and peace Until the

E           F#m
sirens they come back

                 D 
screaming Taking me

 A
away I lost a piece of

  E/G#          E
myself And I forgot

        F#m
to slow down and
just breathe And
      D      A
it’s scaring me
I’ve given all
      E/G#
I can give

   E      F#m
So let me go
I am a dead man I am a dead man And it’s the only way it can end Breakdown: F#m x4 Bridge:
  F#m
I don’t know who’s
side I’m on anymore And there’s no starting over Chorus 3:
A
  So lay me down in the

E/G#             E
field and put me under

    F#m 
the trees in the tall

                 D
grass Where they won’t

    A
find me Enjoying silence

    E/G#
and peace Until the

E           F#m
sirens they come back

                 D 
screaming Taking me

 A
away I lost a piece of

  E/G#          E
myself And I forgot

        F#m
to slow down and
just breathe And
      D      A
it’s scaring me
I’ve given all
      E/G#
I can give
E F#m(hold) So let me go