xP!Nk -- My Vietnam Missundaztood [Standard Tuning, no capo] Chords Used: Bmin :224462 Bmsus:224460 D :x00232 A :x02220 F# :244322 Emin :022001 This technique is sorta weird, but once you get it down it'll sound pretty darn good. After the Regular Bmin, you kinda of lift up the back of your hand to make the open string for the high e string. Bmin/Bminsus Riff (also opening riff) e|---2---0------2---0----------------- b|-------3----------3----------------- g|-----4----------4------------------- d|------------------------------------ a|-2--------0h2----------------------- E|------------------------------------ D/Dsus Riff A/Asus Riff F#/F#sus Riff e|---2---0- e|---0----0- e|---2---0- b|-------3- b|--------2- b|--------- g|-----2--- g|-----2---- g|-----3--- d|-0------- d|---------- d|--------- a|--------- a|-0-------- a|--------- E|--------- E|---------- E|-2------- Verses: --You'll use the Bm/Bmsus riff all the way from "Daddy was a soldier..." all the way to "peace and all the great things that we take advantage of..." part. --For "once I fed the homeless..." to "the look upon their faces as I treated them with respect..." part, the chord procession will be: D/Dsus A/Asus Bm/Bmsus F#/F#sus D/Dsus A/Asus Bm/Bmsus F#/F#sus --After this, you'll go right into the chorus. Do yourself a favor and play along with the cd. it'll be so much easier. Okay. Now that you have the riffs, you just plug them in to the right places in the song. If you listen to the cd while you play it'll be alot easier. However, when you get into the chorus it gets a little trickier. Chorus: e|-----2-0-----------2-0---------3---0h2---------2---0- b|---------3---3---------3---3-----0-----3------------- g|---4-------4-----2-------2---------------2-------3--- d|---------------0-------------2-------------0--------- a|-2--------------------------------------------------- E|---------------------------------------------2------- x2 --Now for the middle 8 part, it's a little different and it's strummed. The chords are as follows: [short intro] Emin Bmin Emin Bmin Emin Bmin what do you exspect from me Emin Bmin What Am I not giving you Emin Bmin What could I do for you to make Bmin F# me okay in your eyes... --I dont' know if you want the little guitar fill in the intro of the middle 8, so i'll put it anyways. e|-3-2-2-0---------------3-2-2-0------------ b|---------3------3-3------------3---------- g|-----------2h4------4----------------2-2-4 d|---------------------------------2h4------ a|------------------------------------------ E|------------------------------------------ and towards the end of the middle 8, it sorta goes like this. e|-3-2-2-0--------0-2-3-2------------------- b|---------3-0--3--------------------------- g|------------------------------------------ d|------------------------------------------ a|------------------------------------------ E|------------------------------------------ [chorus] ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Lyrics: [verse1] Daddy was a soldier He taught me about freedom Peace and all the great things that we take advantage of Once I fed the homeless I'll never forget the look upon their faces as I Treated them with respect [chorus] This is my vietnam I'm at war Life keeps on dropping bombs and I keep score [verse 2] Momma was a lunatic She liked to push my buttons She said I wasn't good enough but I guess I wasn't trying Never liked school that much They tried to teach me better but I just wasnt hearin it because I thought I was already pretty clever [Middle 8] What do you exspect from me what am I not giving you What could I do for you to make me okay in your eyes ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- any corrections or comments you can email me at [email protected].