Mercenary
Brave Saint SaturnVersion1
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Chords in this song
Strum
D-DU-UDU
I was the future, in nineteen-ninety-five,
I watched the flashbulbs burst, Whenever I'd arrive.
I'd tape my knuckles up, cinched and tight for the ring,
just beneath the gloves, clenching white for the swing.
I was a sellout, before a sellout crowd,
I threw the fight in my head, before the fat lady bowed.
You want a tip-off, some good advice for the brawl?
Just wear a mouth-guard, to keep your teeth when you fall.
And when you quit, make sure that you can wash your hands of it.
Armed to the teeth,
score one for treachery,
I mercenary.
There's more lies here,
than we can all bury
I mercenary.
I've seen the headlines,
swarming thick with flies.
I've seen the Billboard Charts
I've heard them spitting lies.
Here's to your lame award,
your phony Nobel Prize.
Here's to the suckers lining up
to see us compromise.
Let's light a campfire,
We'll have a sing along,
I'll burn some bridges,
you'll bring the crappy songs.
And when you quit,
make sure that you can wash your hands of it.
There's a part of me I've compromised,
buried somewhere under ghosts of lies.
Make it quick, make it sick,
turn the crank and just play the greatest hits... sigh.
There's a part of me that I despise,
pull the curtain back and see what dies.
Emerald spires of the near profound,
let's burn this lousy city down.
There is a lead part during the bridge which plays this I think:
e|---------------------------------|
B|--------7-8-7-8-7-----7-8-7-8-7--|
G|----7-------------7--------------|
D|---------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------|etc, etc
Bridge ends on a D5, lead ends on
e|------------|
B|------------|
G|-----7------|
D|------------|
A|------------|
E|------------|
and back to chorus.
the end.
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Readable chord sheet for Mercenary by Brave Saint Saturn
[D5]I was the future,[D5] in nineteen-ninety-five, [G5]I watched the flashbulbs b[A5]urst, Whenever I'd arrive. [D5]I'd tape my knuckles up,[D5] cinched and tight for the ri[G5]ng, just beneath the gloves,[A5] clenching white for the swing. [D]I was a sellout,[D] before a sellout cro[G]wd, I threw the fight in my he[A]ad, before the fat lady bowed. [D]You want a tip-off,[D] some good advice for the bra[G]wl? Just wear a mouth-guard,[A] to keep your teeth when you fa[F#m]ll. And when you qu[G]it, make [F#m]sure that you can w[A]ash your hands of it. [D5]Armed to the teeth, [G5]score one for treachery, [B5] [A5] I [am] [A] mercenary. [D5]There's more lies here, than[G5] we can all bury [B5] [A5] [D5] I [am] [A] mercenary. I've seen the headlines, swarming thick with flies. I've seen the Billboard Charts I've heard them spitting lies. Here's to your lame award, your phony Nobel Prize. Here's to the suckers lining up to see us compromise. Let's light a campfire, We'll have a sing along, I'll burn some bridges, you'll bring the crappy songs. And when you quit, make sure that you can wash your hands of it. [D5]There's a part of me I've compromi[B5]sed, [G5]buried somewhere under g[A5]hosts of lies. [D5]Make it quick, make it [B5]sick, turn the crank and just p[G5]lay the greatest hits... [A5]sigh. There's a part of me that I despise, pull the curtain back and see what dies. Emerald spires of the near profound, let's burn this lousy city down. There is a lead part during the bridge which plays this I think: e|---------------------------------| B|--------7-8-7-8-7-----7-8-7-8-7--| G|----7-------------7--------------| D|---------------------------------| A|---------------------------------| E|---------------------------------|etc, etc Bridge ends on a D5, lead ends on e|------------| B|------------| G|-----7------| D|------------| A|------------| E|------------| and back to chorus. the end.