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JUNKIE MAN (lanex13)
A F# D E
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IntroChorus: A, D on one gtr. while other plays lead riff
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Verse:
A
the common man doesn't suffer pain like this
D
only the soul that has never been kissed
A
let us adore our beautiful son
D
he's ridin on the rivers of babylon
A
bootin up and shootin up bring on the brightness see the
D
son of god is comin up and i see a likeness
A
internalize the lunacy the misery is showin when you're
D
brought up you're caught up in a system that is goin
PreChorus:
F# D
no one answeres no one takes that call from you (repeat), then E
chorus: (see Intro)
junkyman tell em what your story is
Verse2:
water water water water i desire
some parents house is on fire
slowly the house gonna burn to the ground
the neighborhood will watch without a sound
will someone be a witness please tell me that he's crazy
but he's not and they know that and they can't get him cause he's not crazy
beat him lock him knock him take away his authority
hit em ship em club em, submitted conformity
PreChorus
CHORUS
Poetry reading:
my hand went blind, clairvoyant, pure in the veins
i make love to my trance sister went on
and my trance parents see from the balcony
i looked out on the big field
it opens like the cover of an old bible
(play prechorus riff)
and out come the wolves! out come the wolves
their paws trampling in the snow the alphabet
i stand on my head and watch it all go away
Verse3:
bootin up shootin up and bring on the brightness
see the sun of god is comin up and there is a likeness
internalize the lunacy the misery is showin
when you're brought up you're caught up in a system that is goin
PreChorus
CHORUS
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Tab Discussion, Comments, and Critiques
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ScumFucBondage Average |
#1 by ScumFucBondage bumsex at Aug 5, 1970 at 1:47 AM EST |
| who does the speaking part, where it says "and out come the wolves" ? is it from something? | |
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Lee Professional Badass |
#2 by Lee the bass player, known as blacktooth90™ at Apr 17, 1977 at 9:02 PM EST |
| tim was addicted to heroin thats one of the reasons brody eventually left him | |
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Chris Wanna Be |
#3 by Chris H at Jun 28, 1986 at 10:04 PM EST |
| Some say it's from his heavy drug use in early years (like post Op.Iv), which is what I think. Some say it's him trying to impersonate a cockney accent, which is bullshit. I say it's from drugs. And purdy_punk, I think my IQ just plummeted about 50 points. Awesome song, definietly about a junky who's world falls to pieces. And yes, it's a play on words but they wrote it that way, rather than how it's supposed to sound, if that makes sense. Don't get all uptight. And yes, Tim's dyslexic which is probably part of why he sounds how he does. | |
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Stephen Average |
#4 by Stephen Weber at Mar 14, 1990 at 1:25 PM EST |
| prephaps he burned down his parents house | |
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Razor Wanna Be |
#5 by Razor Edge at Nov 3, 1995 at 4:40 PM EST |
| DUH this is about the meanings not all the crap your talking about. Its obviously about a druggie for those of you who cant figgure that out, whose parents house burnt down and he went homeless and got hooked on drugs. And teh lyrics are off. The speaking part is not "trance sisters" and "trance parents see" its a play on words! the words are transistor and transparency. Its definitly written and read by jim caroll, a quote from his website, "Meanwhile, Rancid invited Carroll to write part of their song "Junky Man" and record it with them. "Junky Man" earned Carroll a gold record." terraryzin is a bullshitter | |
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