The Myrrors - Warpainting INTRO B \ 4x G / MAIN RIFF (4x) B G e|--------------------------------------------------| B|----12-10-----------------------------------------| G|------------11qb-11pb-11pb-11pb-11pb-11pb-11pbr-9-| D|-9--------9---------------------------------------| A|--------------------------------------------------| E|--------------------------------------------------| VERSE 1 B G Cast away across this ancient land B G The desert heat burns the Eastern sand B G Fever falls and it starts to take hold B G Asphalt blood worth its weight in gold VERSE RIFFS (after sentence (number)) Repeated in each verse (1) (2) (3) e|---------|------|--------| B|-12-12br-|------|--------| G|---------|-11br-|--------| D|---------|------|-9-9br--| A|---------|------|--------| E|---------|------|--------| MAIN RIFF 4x VERSE 2 B G The battle cries echo through the stones B G A thousand men and children far from home B G Fighting for them that would not fight B G Forsake all concepts of what’s wrong & right MAIN RIFF 4x VERSE 3 B G History repeats or so the prophecies say B G Tomorrow’s bloodshed is our failures today B G No man raising up his hands in protest B G To think we thought our government knew best MAIN RIFF 4x BREAK Guitar plays VERSE RIFFS once Bass guitar B G A G|-----------------| D|-----------------| \ A|-2-------------0-| 4x E|---------3-------| / Drum starts B \ 4x (notes are bass notes, not chords) G A / Rhythm guitar enters B \ 4x G / MAIN RIFF 4x VERSE 4 B G Painting devils on the eyes of our youth B G So many words spoken & yet so little truth B G Too much talk but when will you move B G It’s at the point where we have little to lose MAIN RIFF 4x VERSE 5 B G And they crest the hill so savage & wild B G Scorching the land & every woman & child B G Through the deserts they slip into the night B G And they die OUTRO GUITAR SOLO B \ 8x G / OUTRO (Rhythm guitar) B \ 3x G / End on B ________________________________ qb: quarter bend b: half bend pb: pre-bend pbr: pre-bend release br: bend release
