So I've been looking at the tabs already posted for this song and, while they've taught me all I need
to know, I've found that the ideal tuning for this song is, in fact, double dropped D i.e. tune both
the first and sixth string down to D. Now, I'm just an amateur and couldn't suss out the key change
in this song, but for an acoustic performance, it's still pretty good. I hope you guys enjoy this
classic tune and, as always, disclaimer, disclaimer, disclaimer: it's not my song, don't sue me.
Chords:
[G] [A7] [F] [C/F] [D7]
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||--3---2----1----1----1---||
||--0---0----0----0----2---||
||--0---2----0----2----0---||
||--5---0----3----3----0---||
||--5---0----3----3----0---||
Intro: [G] [A7] [F] [C/F] [G] - [C/F] - [G]
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Just a quick riff
[G]
Happiness is just a word to me,
[A7] [F]
And it might have meant a thing or two
[C/F] [G] - [C/F] - [G]
if I had known the difference.
[G]
Emptiness, a lonely parody,
[A7] [F]
And my life, another smokin’ gun
[C/F] [G] - [C/F] - [G]
A sign of my indifference.
[D7]
Always keepin’ safe inside
[F] [C/F]
Where no one ever had a chance
[G] - [C/F] - [G]
To penetrate a break in.
[D7]
Let me tell you some have tried,
[F] [C/F]
but I slam the door so tight
[G]
That they could never get in.
Verse 2 :
[G]
Kept my cool under lock and key
[A7]
And I never shed a tear
[F] [C/F] [G] - [C/F] - [G]
Another sign of my condition.
[G]
Fear of love or bitter vanity
[A7]
That kept on the run
[F] [C/F] [G] - [C/F] - [G]
The main of events at my confession.
[D7]
I kept a chain upon my door
[F] [C/F]
That would shake the shame of Cain
[G] - [C/F] - [G]
into a blind submission.
[D7]
The burning ghost without a name
[F] [C/F]
Was still calling all the same
[G]
But I just wouldn’t listen.
Chorus 1 :
[G]
The longer I'd stall
The further I'd crawl
[A7]
The further I'd crawl
The harder I'd fall
[F] [C/F] [G] - [C/F] - [G]
I was crawlin' into the fire
[G]
The more that I saw
The further I'd fall
[A7]
The further I'd fall
The lower I'd crawl
[F] [C/F] [G] - [C/F] - [G]
I kept fallin' into the fire
Bridge :
[G] [A7] [F] [C/F] [G] - [C/F] - [G] x2
[Into the fi-ya!]
Verse 3 :
[G]
Suddenly it occurred to me
[A7] [F]
The reason for the run and hide
[C/F] [G] - [C/F] - [G]
Had totaled my existance
[G]
Everything left on the other side
[A7] [F]
Could never be much worse that this
[C/F] [G] - [C/F] - [G]
But could I go the distance
[D7]
I faced the door and all my shame
[F] [C/F]
Tearin' off each piece of chain
[G] - [C/F] - [G]
Until they were broken
[D7]
But no matter how I tried
[F] [C/F]
The other side was locked so tight
[G]
The door it wouldn't open
Chorus 2 :
[G]
Gave it all that I got
And started to knock
[A7]
Shouted for someone
To open the lock
[F] [C/F] [G] - [C/F] - [G]
I just gotta get through the door
[G]
And the more that I knocked
The hotter I got
[A7]
The hotter I got
The harder I'd knock
[F] [C/F] [G] - [C/F] - [G]
I just gotta break through the door
[G]
Gotta knock a little harder
[A7]
Gotta knock a little harder
[F] [C/F]
Gotta knock a little harder
[G] - [C/F] - [G]
Break through the door
[G]
Gotta knock a little harder
[A7]
Gotta knock a little harder
[F] [C/F]
Gotta knock a little harder
[G] - [C/F] - [G]
Break through the door
It's not pinpoint accurate, but if you don't obsess over that, it's a perfectly good tab. Enjoy!
