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For Your Life
Intro to verses: (for intro to third verse, play the G majors as G minors)
--3---3-----------3---3------3---3-----------3---3----
--3---3-----------3---3------3---3-----------3---3----
--4---4---5-3-5---4---4------4---4---5-3-5---4---4----
--5---5---5-3-5---5---5------5---5---5-3-5---5---5----
--5---5---3-3-3---5---5------5---5---3-3-3---5---5----
--3---3-----------3---3------3---3-----------3---3----
--3---3-----------3---3------3---3-----------3---3------------
--3---3-----------3---3------3---3-----------3---3------------
--4---4---5-3-5---4---4------4---4---5-3-5---4---4----5-3-5---
--5---5---5-3-5---5---5------5---5---5-3-5---5---5----5-3-5---
--5---5---3-3-3---5---5------5---5---3-3-3---5---5----3-3-3---
--3---3-----------3---3------3---3-----------3---3------------
Verses: (repeat this bit three times)
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--5--7-5-5-5-7-5----5--7-5-5-5-7-5------------------------------------
--5--7-5-5-5-7-5----5--7-5-5-5-7-5------------------------------------
--3--3-3-3-3-3-3----3--3-3-3-3-3-3------------------------------------
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--3---3-----------3---3------3---3-----------3---3---------------------
--3---3-----------3---3------3---3-----------3---3---------------------
--4---4---5-3-5---4---4------4---4---5-3-5---4---4----5-3-5---5-3------
--5---5---5-3-5---5---5------5---5---5-3-5---5---5----5-3-5---5-3-5-5--
--5---5---3-3-3---5---5------5---5---3-3-3---5---5----3-3-3---3-3-5-5--
--3---3-----------3---3------3---3-----------3---3----------------3-3--
first third
two time
times
Tail end to each verse:
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--8---8--8----8--10--10-----------------------------------------------
--8---8--8----8--10--10---7--8----8--10--10---5-----------------------
--6---6--6----6---8---8---7--8----8--10--10---5-----------------------
--------------------------5--6----6---8---8---3-----------------------
first time only
After second verse: (repeat it a few times)
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------------5----7--7--5------------5---------------------------------
---7--5-6-7---7--7--7--5---7--5-6-7---7-------------------------------
---7-------------5--5--5---7------------------------------------------
---5-----------------------5------------------------------------------
sometimes you go on with this:
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--------5----------5----------5---------------------------------------
--5-6-7---7--5-6-7---7--5-6-7---7-------------------------------------
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jingle-jangle bit: (repeat a few times)
---3------------------------------------------------------------------
---3-----------1------1------1------1---------------------------------
---4---------2------0------0------0-----------------------------------
---5-------3------2------0--------------------------------------------
---5----------------------------3------1-0----------------------------
---3---------------------------------------3-1-3-3-3-3-1-3------------
guitar solo: (chords under)
--3------------------------3------------------------------------------
--3--------------4--4--3---3------------------------------------------
--3---------3----5--5--3---4---------3--------------------------------
--5---3-4-5---5--5--5--3---5---3-4-5---5------------------------------
--5--------------3--3--3---5------------------------------------------
--3------------------------3------------------------------------------
this bit gets repeated every so often
...then repeat the above, but up two frets
Then jingle-jangle bit, then back to intro to third verse.
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No Picture
Chris Badass |
#1 by Chris Phillips at Apr 2, 1980 at 10:11 PM EST |
| This song is most likely about doing cocaine. Maybe about peer pressure to do it. | |
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No Picture
Steil Wanna Be |
#2 by Steil Lionhart at Jan 7, 1983 at 1:24 AM EST |
| The cocaine reference was not lost on me, and the images of an early death are apparant as well ("Wine and Roses ain't quitre over, Fate deals a losing hand"). More than enough to (A) make me not do drugs, and (B) Learn to play guitar. | |