The Menzingers – Gates (Guitar)

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----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Gates - The Menzingers - On The Impossible Past Arranged by Jack Cookson (Torn_Asunder) ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Chords used: Mute/Don't play the strings marked with an 'x' G (320033) C (x32010) D (x00232) Em (022000)
Am  (x02210)
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[Intro] G Em C - this three times in arpeggios THEN G Em G D Em D C - strummed. listen for the changes! [Verse One:]
G
I am the pain that bleeds through your temples
Every morning when you wake up
Em
I am the boy with alcohol poisoning 

G
From all the parties Chris would throw
That summer that they took us in Like every other American
Em
For getting drunk in back of the Lion's Club 

G                                        D
Waiting for the shitty bands to finish up 

                 Em              D
Then some kids played hacky sack 

                           C
While the others just got high
[Interlude:] G Em G D Em D C [Verse 2]
G
It's not hard to fall for a waitress
When you both smoke Smoke the same cigarettes
Em
You'll get seated as diners or lovers

G 
You'll get the check as friends for the better 

D                                 Em        
You'll carve your names into the Paupack Cliffs 

           D                  C
Just read them when you get old enough to know
That happiness is just a moment [Chorus] x2:
    G                        C       G
So I'm marching up to your gates today 

   Em               C
To throw my lonely soul away 

      G          
'Cause I don't need it 

C         G       Em   C
You can take it back
[Bridge]
     Am               C            G
And they will make examples out of us 

                 D                          Em
Like when they caught you in the CVS parking lot 

       C
But I fed the liars, I fed the liars, I fed the liars

G 
Everything I got 

Em
Everything I got

      C
in my cabinet brain 

     G
Of canned thoughts 

     G
Everything I've got 

          Em
It was everything I've got 

         C
In my cabinet brain, in my cabinet brain
[Chorus] x2:
   G                        C       G
So I'm marching up to your gates today 

   Em               C
To throw my lonely soul away 

      G          
'Cause I don't need it 

C         G       Em   C
You can take it back
[Outro]
    G                        C       G
So I'm marching up to your gates today 

   Em               C     G    C     G
To throw my lonely soul away 

Em
Yeah I don't need it 

C                    G
You can take it back