The Menzingers – Freedom Bridge (Ukulele)

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---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tabbed by: Mean Mr Mustard This song is probably the easiest on the album, just strum along to the chords and play that lead part over the chorus.

INTRO RIFF:
   C                                  F
eb|-------1---0--------0-------------|-------1---0-------0-------0------|
Bb|----------------3-------3---1-----|-----1---------3-------3-------1--|
Gb|-----0-------0----0---0---0---0---|---2-----2---2---2---2---2---2----|
Db|---2----------------------------2-|-3--------------------------------|
Ab|-3--------------------------------|----------------------------------|
Eb|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|

VERSE:

C                         G    C
Amy was a waitress at The Fire Street Grill

Am        G          C               F
Up route 611 she was slaving for the pill

C                                 G      C
Oxy's got her pupils pinned up, a junkie centerfold

          Am          G                   C        F
With grey hairs and a death wish, she was 22 years old

       F         G
Had it all, took the fall

       F         G
Had it all, took the fall

VERSE:

C                           G               C
Specialist Jeg, a much more honest man than you

Am                 G               C               F
Came back from the desert where he never found the truth

C                                 G             C
Now he screeches tires, fills his head with alcohol

             Am        G               C                F
While the morbid brown faces hang like portraits on the wall

       F         G
Had it all, took the fall

       F         G
Had it all, took the fall

CHORUS: (w/ intro riff)

C
Something happened on the way to hell,

F
The new guard they took my sister

C
Something happened on the way to hell,

F
The old guard they took my brother away

C
Something happened on the way to hell,

F
The same greed it took our parents

C
Something happened on the way to hell,

F
The west wall it took us with it

VERSE:

C                                G              C
McTiernan was a good ol' boy, he cheated and he skimmed

Am             G                  C         F
"A favor for a favor, it can't be called a sin"

C                              G                 C
Some may see it different, and some don't see at all

Am G C

  F
When the papers started calling he closed his eyes and took the fall

       F         G
Had it all, took the fall

       F         G
Had it all, took the fall

BRIDGE:

C                                         G              C
Now we're standing on the ledge and we're looking at the ground

  Am           G               C                 F
I feel my body breaking on the asphalt, hear the sound

C                                      G                C
Red and blue lights screaming saying, "Step up off that ledge"

      Am                    G             C               F
So we wrap our hearts up in our heads and take the fall instead

       F         G
Had it all, took the fall

       F         G
Had it all, took the fall

CHORUS: (w/ intro riff)

C
Something happened on the way to hell,

F
The new guard they took my sister

C
Something happened on the way to hell,

F
The old guard they took my brother away

C
Something happened on the way to hell,

F
The same greed it took our parents

C
Something happened on the way to hell,

F
The west wall it took us with it

(n.c.) Something happened on the way to hell, The west wall it took us with it