State Champs – Tight Grip (Guitar)

Half-Step Down (Eb-Ab-Db-Gb-Bb-Eb)
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[Intro] | A | D | A | D | [Verse 1]
                 A
You look so surprised to see

D                       F#m
 It working out for a freak like me

D                         A
 You know it's not brain surgery

D                            F#m       E
 You're big talk but you're boring me
[Pre-Chorus]
A                 Bm
 9 to 5 suit and tie

      Bm
A go getter

F#m              D
 Narrow mind kinda guy

           D
Who knows better

A                       Bm
 Keeping score knowing you're

        Bm
The pretender yeah

F#m        E
I'm just thinking
[Chorus]
  A                F#m
Why are you like this

          D
Clinging to your tight grip

A             F#m    D
 Living life with urgency

 A                  F#m
Fame's got it's prices

     D
Monetize your likeness

  Bm                  A
Still you think you know what's best for me

                       F#m
Bought what they sold you

           D
Now that they control you

A             F#m   D
 Living life so perfectly

 A              F#m
You've got your own truth

         D
I don't fucking owe you

  Bm                  A
Still you think you know what's best for me
[Verse 2]
                  A
It makes sense inside your head

Bm                F#m
 That old book beside your bed

D               A
 That you never open

              Bm
A hopeless devotion

             F#m            D
Playing the part with confidence
[Pre-Chorus]
A
 Riding high

  D
What a critical thinker

F#m
 Watch as I

        D
Put up both middle fingers

A
 Waste of time

      D
Put the world through the ringer

 F#m                     E
 'Cause you think you're a god

                    F#m   E             A/C#
Well go figure and you can go your way

      D
You know we ain't the same so
[Chorus]
  A                F#m
Why are you like this

          D
Clinging to your tight grip

A             F#m    D
 Living life with urgency

 A                  F#m
Fame's got it's prices

     D
Monetize your likeness

  Bm                  A
Still you think you know what's best for me

                       F#m
Bought what they sold you

           D
Now that they control you

A             F#m   D
 Living life so perfectly

 A              F#m
You've got your own truth

         D
I don't fucking owe you

  Bm                  A
Still you think you know what's best for me
[Instrumental] | A | A | F#m | D | [Bridge]
A
 9 to 5 suit and tie

   A
A go getter

A
 Narrow mind kinda guy

  A
Who knows better

F#m
 Riding high

         F#m
What a critical thinker

D
 Watch as I

        D
Put up both middle fingers

A
 9 to 5 suit and tie

   A
A go getter

A
 Narrow mind kinda guy

  A
Who knows better

F#m
 Riding high

         F#m
What a critical thinker

D
 Watch as I

        D
Put up both middle fingers
[Chorus]
  A                F#m
Why are you like this

          D
Clinging to your tight grip

A             F#m    D
 Living life with urgency

 A                  F#m
Fame's got it's prices

     D
Monetize your likeness

  Bm                  A
Still you think you know what's best for me

                       F#m
Bought what they sold you

           D
Now that they control you

A             F#m   A/C#   D
 Living life so    per----fect

 A              F#m
You've got your own truth

         D
I don't fucking owe you

  Bm                  D                   A
Still you think you know what's best for me