Chords :
B : 33xxxx
C : x3201x
F : x3321x
G : 320033
Capo 3rd Fret
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Well, that is not how Motion City Soundtrack plays it but I hope it's good enough.
Listen to the song and you'll get the strumming easily.
Hope you enjoy it :)
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C B
Let's get fucked up and die
C F G C
I'm speaking figuratively, of course
C B Am
Like the last time that I committed suicide
G
Social suicide
C B
Yeah, so I'm already dead
C F G C
On the inside, but I can still pretend
C B Am G
With my memories and photographs, I have learned to love the lie.
F G Am G
I wanna know what it's like to be awkward and innocent, not belligerent.
F G Am G
I wanna know how it feels to be useful and pertinent and have common sense, yeah
F G Am
Let me in, let me in to the club, cuz I wanna belong
B
And I need to get strong
F G C
And if memory serves, I'm addicted to words and they're useless.
"In this department"
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/m/motion_city_soundtrack/lg_fuad_crd_ver_4.html ]
C B
Let's get fucked up and die
C F G C
I'm riding hard on the last legs of every lie
C B Am
And the BMX bike of my life is about to explode
G
I'm about to explode.
C B
I'm a mess, I'm a wreck.
C F G C
I am perfect, and I have learned to accept
C B Am G
All my problems and short comings, cause I am so visceral yet deeply inept.
F G Am G
I want to thank you for being a part of my forget-me-nots and marigolds
F G
And all the things that don't get old
Am G
Is it legal to do this ? I surely don't know.
F G Am
It's the only way I have learned to express myself
B
Through other peoples' descriptions of life
F G C
I'm afraid I'm alone and entirely useless
"In this department"
C B
Let's get fucked up and die
C F G C
For the last time with feeling we'll try not to smile
C B Am
As we cover our heads and drink heavily into the nights
G
That still shock and surprise
C G
I believe that I can
C
Overcome this
F G C
And beat everything in the end
C B
But I choose to abuse for the time being
Am G B G
Maybe I'll win, but for now I've decided to die.
F G Am G
Sister soldier you've been such a positive influence on my mental frame
F G Am
If I could ever repay you I would but I'm hard up for cash
G
And my memory lacks initiative.
F G Am
Goddamn ! The liquor store's closed, we were so close to scoring
B
It hurts, it destroys 'til it kills
F G C
I am tired and hungry and totally useless.
F G Am B F G
C "In this department"