Standard tuning w/o capo, 4/4 measure.
This is my attempt at tabbing out the acoustic version John played on the toilet. It's
not 100% but it should do.
Lyrics are from songmeanings.net (they are inaccurate, I know), all rights belong to the
pAper chAse of course.
chords used:
Am x02210
Asus2 x02200
F x3321x (not A bar chord)
Fadd11 x3320x
C x32010
C7M x32000
G 3x0003 (that's the way he plays it)
Em 022000
Fm x3311x (may be a bit tricky, you can play it as a bar chord)
"G1" 3xxxxx
"A1" x0xxxx
intro
Am-Asus2-Am
F-Fadd11-F
C-C7M-C
G
These chords inbetween (Asus2, Fadd11, C7M) are played by simply releasing the first
fret on the B string ("Congleton's" F allows that). This theme is later repeated in the
chorus etc. where he played just Am-F-C-G, but you can play it the same way as the intro
if your coordination is good enough.
C Em
On the day Chicago locked its doors for good
C Em G1 A1
Our headless chickens pushed and pecked along their Southbound route
F Fm
To cluck the atrocity, their beaks are posturing
C Em
At and old vampire; the forest fire
F G
Any day our windy city's gonna blow it out for you
Am F C
I'll keep a horseshoe on my step, I'll keep a cross around my neck
G
While draping garlic above our bed
Am F C
All good luck, amulets and aids will dab your forehead, keep you safe
G
From the forest fire rage
F Fm
Our fine crystal will cling, we'll drink to anything
C G C
If it keeps the highways moving, keeps commuting smooth for you
F G C
I'm drawing a bloodbath with or without you
(replay intro twice)
C Em
On the day the fire nibbled your neighborhood
C Em
We guard our brimstone as if it was gravestone
G1 A1 F Fm
While the blaze was blown loose, our cottage knees shaking
C Em
The flames were giggling with the embers beaming, its chest its beating
F G
That little house we made gets gobbled up by flames
Am F C
I'll mash my foot down on the gas of any black cat that cross my path
G
Than to risk it and lay it in my lap
Am F C
We keep our umbrellas down here, we toss the salt behind our ears
G
The good looks weren't worth the seven years
F Fm
With tightly coiled springs that snap for anything
C G C
We're gonna keep a lighter to it, even while it burns for you
F G C
I'm going to heaven with or without you
(repeat intro)
Am F C
I'll keep a horseshoe on my step, I'll keep a cross around my neck
G
Draping garlic above our bed
Am F C
All ladder legs we walk around, no burning flags will touch the ground
G
The same one that our cracks we found, and I swear to God...
Am F C
I'll bury a bible in these halls, I'll bury a black cat between the walls
G
Good luck, Godspeed, God damn you all
(repeat intro twice + God damn you all)
end with A C
