The Offspring – Blackball (Guitar)

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[Intro] E5 G5 C5 A5
B5 Eb5 E5 E5 Eb5
x2
[Verse 1]
   E5                     G5
In this world of hate and shallowness

C5                        A5          B5 Eb5 E5 E5 Eb5 B5 Eb5 E5 E5 Eb5
Where enemies become your consolation

    E5              G5
And those of us who win the game

C5            A5
Give up their minds

                  B5 Eb5 E5 E5 Eb5 B5 Eb5 E5 E5 Eb5
I don't call that winning

E5               G5
Say this doesn't apply to you

C5               A5
But ask yourself first

            B5   Eb5   E5 E5  Eb5
What have I done today to win the game

    B5   Eb5  E5  E5 Eb5
And just what have I sacrificed
[Chorus 1]
C#
Win the battle or lose the war

E5
I know I've played the game before

B5                     F#
When people were still real

C#
I don't want this anymore

E5
It's time for me to close the door

B5                      F#
There's nothing left to feel
E5 G5 C5 A5 B5 Eb5 E5 E5 Eb5 [Verse 2]
E5                 G5
Reflect on all our yesterdays

C5                 A5
My own words choke me

B5  Eb5  E5   E5 Eb5 B5 Eb5 E5 E5 Eb5
Why were they spoken

E5                G5
Regret for things I've said and done

C5                 A5
Just can't compare with

B5  Eb5  E5   E5 Eb5 B5 Eb5 E5 E5  Eb5
Regret for those that I have never tried

E5                     G5
So blame this world or blame yourself

C5                  A5
It's really all the same

B5                       Eb5  E5 E5 Eb5
When you are standing on that precipice

B5                  Eb5 E5 E5 Eb5
From which you just cannot return
[Chorus 2]
C#
Win the battle or lose the war

E5
I know I've played the game before

B5                     F#
When people were still real

C#
I don't want this anymore

E5
It's time for me to close the door

B5                      F#
There's nothing left to feel
E5 F5 E5 Eb5 E5
G5 F5 E5 F5 E5
x3
E5 F5 E5 F5 [Verse 3]
       G5       D5
In the style of forgotten men

F5           C5
I look to my horizon

  E5  F5     E5 F5
I see nothing

      G5                   D5
While thoughts of guns and desecration

      F5         C5
Sweep through my mind

    E5           F5  E5    F5
But only coffins and bones remain

     G5
As I look to you

D5            F5          C5
The emptiness behind your eyes

E5   F5  E5   F5
Seals my decision

E5    F5          E5   F5 E5 F5
Can't carry on in a world of jugglers

      G5
Where all this thoughtlessness

    C5                F5
And bludgeonings your key to success

     C5      E5  F5    E5 F5    E5  F5     E5 F5
What kind of tradition to carry on
E5 G5 C5 A5
B5 Eb5 E5 E5 Eb5
x2
[Chorus 3]
E5         G5
Blackball‚ The new disease

C5         A5
Blackball‚ The new disease

B5         Eb5 E5 E5 Eb5  B5
Blackball‚ Your evil ways have found

B5         Eb5 E5 E5 Eb5
Their way inside me

E5         G5
Blackball‚ The new disease

C5         A5
Blackball‚ The new disease

B5         Eb5 E5 E5    Eb5  B5
Blackball‚ For a better life in this

B5        Eb5 E5 E5   Eb5
High-tech dog-eat-dog existence
[Chorus 4]
C#
Win the battle or lose the war

E5
I know I've played the game before

B5                     F#
When people were still real

C#
I don't want this anymore

E5
It's time for me to close the door

B5                      F#
There's nothing left to feel
E5