Incubus
Pardon Me
Make Yourself
1999
Submitted by: paramore_fans@yahoo.com
Key: E
Tuning: Standard EADGBe
Chords used:
C#m - x46654
A - x02220
B - x24442
E - 022100
F#m - 244222
G#m - 466444
D - xx0232
Eb - x68886
B/Eb - x698xx
Intro: C#m--A-- x4
C#m A C#m A E
Pardon me while I burst
C#m A C#m A E
Pardon me while I burst
C#m--A--C#m--A-E-C#m--A--C#m--E-B-
Verse 1:
Bass Only:
G#m E
A decade ago I never
Eb
thought I would be
A twenty three on the verge
of spontaneous combustion
C#m
Woe-is-me
B
But I guess that it comes
F#m D
with the territory
An ominous landscape of
C#m
never-ending calamity
G#m
I need you to hear
E
I need you to see
That I have had
all I can take
And exploding seems like a
G#m A
definite
C#m B
possibility
Distortion:
A--
To me
Chorus 1:
C#m B A F#m C#m
So Pardon me while I burst into flames
B A
I've had enough of the world
F#m C#m
and its people's mindless games
A B
So Pardon me while I burn
E B/Eb C#m
and rise above the flame
A B
Pardon me pardon me
I'll never be the same
Post Chorus: Bass Only
G#m--E-- x2
Verse 2:
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Bass Only:
G#m E
Not two days ago I was
Eb
having a look in a book
And I saw a picture of a
C#m
guy fried up above his knees
B
I said I can relate
F#m
Cause lately I've been
D
thinking of combustication
C#m
as a welcomed vacation from
G#m E
The burdens of the planet earth
like gravity hypocrisy and
G#m A G#m
the perils of being in 3-D...
B
And thinking so much
Distortion:
A--
differently
Chorus 2:
C#m B A F#m C#m
So Pardon me while I burst into flames
B A
I've had enough of the world
F#m C#m
and its people's mindless games
A B
So Pardon me while I burn
E B/Eb C#m
and rise above the flame
A B
Pardon me pardon me
E F#m
I'll never be the same
Bridge: C#m--A--
C#m A
never be the same
C#m--A-- x2
Bridge:
C#m A
Pardon me while I
C#m A E
burst into flames
C#m A
Pardon me pardon
C#m A(hold)
me pardon me
Chorus 3:
C#m B A F#m C#m
So Pardon me while I burst into flames
B A
I've had enough of the world
F#m C#m
and its people's mindless games
A B
So Pardon me while I burn
E B/Eb C#m
and rise above the flame
A B
Pardon me pardon me
E F#m C#m
I'll never be the same
A C#m A E
pardon me never be the same yeah
C#m--A-B-C#m--A-E(hold)
