The Jester
Key: D
Tuning: Standard EADGBe
Chords used:
Bm - x24432
F# - 244322
G - 320033
D - xx0232
A/C# - x476xx
Em - 022000
Intro: Bm
Verse 1:
Bm
A jester of sorts you stand
F#
holding your courts
G D A/C#
Over minions on Capitol Hill
G
In a bath full of blood
Em
I'm alone standing still
Bm F# Bm
Under God you can fire at will
Chorus:
Bm G
When the devil's angels come
D
To take your life and lead you
F#
To the flamers beneath
Bm
Your headstone reads now
G
Here lies the dead who was
D
Hung by his head beneath us
F#
They're laying in their graves
Damnation free for all
Interlude: Bm
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/s/sum_41/jester_tab_ver_4.html ]
Verse 2:
Bm
A prodigal son can't
F#
undo what he's done
G D A/C#
A figurehead of capitol crime
G
With a light shining down
Em
As you fall to your kness
Bm F# Bm
To repent would be nothing but lies
(Repeat Chorus)
Bridge:
Bm G
la la la La la la la
D F#
La la la la La la la la la
(Repeat)
Deryck's Lead Solo:
Bm G D F#
e|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
B|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
G|-------------|-2-2-0-0-----|-2-2-0-0-----|-------------|
D|-----0-0-2-0-|---------4-0-|---------4-0-|-4-5-4-5-2-0-| x2
A|-2-2---------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
E|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
Cone's Bass: at 2nd time simultaneous to Deryck's lead solo
Bm G D F#
G|---------|---------|---------|---------|
D|---------|---------|-0-0-0-0-|-----4-4-|
A|-2-2-2-2-|---------|---------|---------|
E|---------|-3-3-3-3-|---------|-2-2-----|
Verse 3:
Bm(hold)
Deadbeat 6 feet
G F#
dead underground
Bm(hold)
An eye for an eye only
Bm(hold)
leaves us all blind
G
Going once twice
F#
there goes your life
(Repeat Chorus)
Outro:
Bm--G-D x3, Em(hold)
