Fictional State Chords & Tabs
Song: Fictional State
Artist: To Kill A King
Capo on the 2nd fret
Vers:
G
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I was not the problem like you were not the cause
C
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G
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|-----2-----2-----2------2-----2-----2-----2-----2--|
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We're sinking on a ship we said we'd jump two weeks before
C
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G
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|-----2-----2-----2------2-----2-----2-----2-----2--|
|--3-----3-----3------3-----3-----3-----3-----3-----|
And I'll admit my subsequent words had no force
C
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I had every intention just to leave you at the door
G
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My mundane future was tugging at my sleeve
C
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Of babies and changings and midnight feeds
G
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If every father in the world thought the same as me
C
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What a state, what a state, what a state...
Chorus:
Am Em
There's no hole in my head
G D
Accusation: I just ain't the family type
Am Em
Falling short and you've got better plans
G D
Escape artist and you just undermine
G
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C
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|------9------9------9------9------9----------9----------9------9--|
|--10-----10-----10-----10-----10-----10---------10---------10-----|
G
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|-----2-----2-----2------------------------------2--|
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C
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|------9------9------9------9------9------9------9------9--|
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Vers:
It was causing an effect
You said you'd kill it, you haven't yet
C
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Staring at a bed we shared as friends
G
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And you stop smoking just to try for a while
C
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While I provoke your nicotine habit, a habit
G
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Standing holding hands just as friends there's no love
C
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With no love this world would surely end
G
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The world's end is no place to start life, we'd start a trend
C
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And I could not forgive you for that
G
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What a state
C
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What a state...
G
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What a state
C
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Why don't you stay?
Chorus:
Am Em
There's no hole in my head
G D
Accusation: I just ain't the family type
Am Em
Falling short and you've got better plans
G D
Escape artist and you just undermine
Bridge:
G C G C
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(G)
Your father tried to knock some sense into me
(C)
He goes, "After all, a man is just a man"
(G)
As I recall he thumped your mom bloody hardy and bloody hung
(C)
Parenthood was a belt buckle to him
G
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What a state
C
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|------9------9------9------9------9------9------9------9--|
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Why don't you stay?
G
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What a state
C
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Why don't you stay?
G
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What a state
C
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Why don't you stay?
G
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What a state
C
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Why don't you stay...oh...
Chorus:
Am Em
There's no hole in my head
G D
Accusation: I just ain't the family type
Am Em
Falling short and you've got better plans
G D
Escape artist and you just undermine
Am Em
There's no hole in my head
G D
Accusation: I just ain't the family type
Am Em
Falling short and you've got better plans
G D Am
Escape artist and you just undermine
Outro:
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|--11--11--11--11--11--11--11--11--| Without
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|--14--12--17--14--12----14--12--17--14--12--10--| Guitar
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|--11--9---14--11--9-----11--9---14--11--9---7---| Without
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G C
G C
G
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C
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Repeat last part until you end on:
G
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C G
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