John Mark McMillan
Chemicals
From "Economy"
Tabbed by thechadmiller (Twitter)
To play the main riff on the acoustic, use your thumb to play the G so you
can hammer on the B string. For the F, hammer off the B string.
Capo 2
Intro
G - F - Am7 - C
Verse 1
G F Am7 C G
A room sometimes is a body with the loneliest view
G F Am7 C G
and porch lights grow dim with every onsetting hour and the stars seem so finite to you
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Chorus 1
Am7 G
but love it ain't like the chemicals, babe
F C G
cuz the chemicals don't hang around
Am7 G
everybody's drilling for a fountain of youth
F Am7 C G
losing years on the way down
F Am7 C G
losing years on the way down
Verse 2
A melody can be exhausted babe, short of friend and fame
cuz the birds they don't sing in the winter short of spring
and even then they only sing in the day
Chorus 2
but love it ain't like a melody babe
cuz the birds don't hang around
everybody's drilling for a fountain of youth
but sometimes in these fountains they drown
sometimes in these fountains they drown
Bridge
C G
But I wanna love you when the blood of my veins don't know how to
C Am7 C G
call out your name, yeah I wanna love you when the birds don't hang around
Solo over verse chords
Chorus 3
but love it ain't like the chemicals, babe
cuz the chemicals don't hang around
everybody's drilling for a fountain of youth
but sometimes in these fountains they drown
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