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Jerry Cantrell
Degradation Trip
Tuning: DGCFAD
Intro: [repeat 4x, then strum single G]
D C G
|-5---7p5---5h7-----X--3--3--3-3----3-3---|-----3----|
|-7-------7---------5--5--5--5-5----3-3---|-----3----|
|-7-----------------5--5--5--5-5----4-4---|-----4----|
|-7-----------------5--5--5--5-5----5-5---|-----5----|
|-5-----------------3--3--3--3-3----5-5---|-----5----|
|-5-----------------3--3--3--3-3----3-3---|-----3----|
[Fingerpicked]
D Cadd9 G
You were voted most likely to have your name go up in lights
D Cadd9 G
Only took a few years to see that through
D Cadd9 G
Now you're most likely to end up dead alone in a hotel room
D Cadd9 G
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G
Roust the boy, smack the wife
G
Might have one... case tonight
G
Alcoholic breath, thick drool
G
Repetitive, belligerent, cruel
E G
Can't get away, no hiding place
E G
The boy hesitates, when grown he'll make the same mistakes
G
Grocery checkout line
G
Residing in the welfare file
G
Child support, don't receive
G
Mama crying, no relief
E G
They got no home, three kids and on her own
E G
Revenge his name, pay back all the pain
Am D
Gutshot defender, hole inside
Am D
Shell-shocked commander, are you alright?
Am D Cadd9
Gutshot defender, bloodstain bright, hold tight
Am G
Shell-shocked commander
G
Age adult, mother gone
G
Friends with dad don't really talk
G
Wanted to, now you're a star
G
Make a living milking scars
E G
The boy hesitates, lost his way
E G
The boy hesitates, first and last mistake
Am D
Gutshot defender, fill the hole
Am D
There is no commander anymore
Am D Cadd9
Gutshot defender, will survive, yes I
Am Em G
You are no pretender...
Am Em
No pretender
D Cadd9 G
You were voted most likely to have your name go up in lights
D Cadd9 G
Only took a few years to see that through
D Cadd9 G
Now you're most likely to end up dead alone in a hotel room
D Cadd9 G
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