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Use Your Illusion 2

Guns N' Roses
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D-DU-UDU
 ( /F)2x
 "What we've got here is failure to communicate.
 Some men you just can't reach...
 So, you get what we had here last week
 Which is the way he wants it!
 Well, he gets it!
 N' I don't like it anymore than you, men."
Look  at your young men fighting
Look  at your women crying
Look  at your young men dying
The  way they've always done  before
Look  at the hate we're breeding
Look  at the fear we're feeding
Look  at the lives we're leading
The  way we've always done  before
My  hands are tied
The  billions shift from side to side
And  the wars  go on with brainwashed pride
For  the love of God and  our human rights
And  all these things are swept aside
By  bloody hands time can't deny
And  are washed  away by your genocide
 ( /F)2x
 And history hides the lies of our civil wars
D'you  wear a black amrband
When  they shot the man
Who  said "Peace could last forever"
And  in my first memories
They  shot Kennedy
And  I went numb when I learned  to see
So  I never fell for  Vietnam
We  got the wall of D.C. to remind us all
That  you can't trust freedom
When  it's not in your hands
When  everybody's fighting
For  their  promised land
And  I don't  need your civil war
It  feeds the rich  while buries the poor
Your  power hungry  sellin' soldiers
In  a human grocery store
 Ain't that fresh
 ( )2x
 I don't need your civil war
Look  at the shoes you're filling
Look  at the blood we're spilling
Look  at the world we're killing
The  way we've always  done before
Look  in the doubt we've wallowed
Look  at the leaders we've followed
Look  at the lies we've swallowed
And  I don't want to  hear no  more
My  hands are tied
For  all I've seen has changed my mind
But  still the  wars go on as the years go by
Wuth  no love of God  or human rights
'Cause  all these dreams are swept aside
By  bloody hands of the hypnotized
Who  carry the cross of homicide
 ( /F)2x
 And history bears the scars of our civil wars
 ( /A)
 "We practice selective annihilation of mayors
 And government officials
 For example to create a vacuum
 Then we fill that vacuum
 As popular war advances.
 Peace is closer."
I  don't need your  civil war
It  feeds the rich while  buries the poor
Your  power hungry  sellin' soldiers
In  a human grocery store
 Ain't that fresh
And  I don't need  your civil  war
I  don't need  your civil war
I  don't need  your civil war
Your  power hungry  sellin' soldiers
In  a human grocery store
 Ain't that fresh
I  don't need  your civil war
I  don't need  one more war
And  I don't  need one more war
 Whaz so civil 'bout war anyway?
I  try and feel  the sunshine
You  bring the rain
You  try and hold  me down
With  your complains
You  cry and moan  and complain
You  whine an tear
Up  to my neck in  sorrow
The  touch you bring
You  don't just step  inside to 14  years
So  hard to keep my  own head...  That's what I say
You  know... I've been  the beggar...
I've  played the thief
I  was the dog...  They  all tried to beat
But  it's been  14 years of silence
It's  been 14 years of pain
It's  been 14 years that  are gone forever
 ( )2x
 And I'll never have again
Your  stupid girlfriends  tell you
That  I'm to blame
Well,  they're all used-up  has-beens
Out  of the game
This  time I'll have  the last word
You  hear what I say
I  tried to see  it your way
It  won't work today
You  just don't step  inside to 14  years
So  hard to keep my  own head...  That's what I say
You  know... I've been  the dealer...
Hangin'  on your street
I  was the dog... They  all tried to beat
But  it's been  14 years of silence
It's  been 14 years of pain
It's  been 14 years that  are gone forever
 ( )4x
 And I'll never have again
 (Solo)
Bullshit  and contemplation
Gossip's  their trade
If  they knew half  the real truth
What  would they say
Well,  I'm past the point  of concern
It's  time to play
These  last 4 years  of madness
Sure  put me straight
Don't  get back 14  years
In  just one day
So  hard to keep my  own head
Just  go away
You  know... Just like  a hooker she said
Nothin's  for free
Oh,  I tried to see  it your way
I  tried to see  it your way
 2x Rhythm Figure
Yesterday  there was so  many things I was never  told.
Now  that I'm startin' to learn I  feel I'm growin'  old.
'Cause  yesterday's got nothin'  for me. Old pictures  that I'll always see.
Time  just fades the pages in my  book of memories.
Prayers  in my pocket  and no hand in destiny.
I'll  keep movin' along with no time  to plant  my feet.
'Cause  yesterday's got nothin'  for me.
Old  pictures that I'll always see.
Some  things could be better if  we'd just let them be
Ooh,____________yesterday's________  got nothin' for me.__________
Yesterday's________ooh,__  __________got nothin' for me.__________
Yesterday  there were  so many things I was  never shown.
Suddenly  this time I found I'm on  the streets  and I'm alone.
Yesterday's  got nothin'  for me.
Old  pictures that I'll always see.
I  ain't got time to reminisce  old novelties.
 (chorus)
 ( )4x
Mama  take this  badge from me
I  can't use  it anymore
It's  getting dark  too dark to see
Feels  like I'm knockin'  on heavens's door
Knock,  knock, knockin'  on heaven's door
Knock,  knock, knockin'  on heaven's door
Knock,  knock, knockin'  on heaven's door
 ( )4x
 Knock, knock, knockin' on heaven's door
Mama  put my  guns in the ground
I  can't shoot them  anymore
That  cold back cloud  is comin' down
Feels  like I'm knockin'  on heaven's door
Knock,  knock, knockin'  on heaven's door
Knock,  knock, knockin'  on heaven's door
Knock,  knock, knockin'  on heaven's door
 ( )8x
 Knock, knock, knockin' on heaven's door
Knock,  knock, knockin'  on heaven's door
Knock,  knock, knockin'  on heaven's door
Knock,  knock, knockin'  on heaven's door
Knock,  knock, knockin'  on heaven's door.
 ( )6x
Why  do you look  at me
When  you hate me
Why  should I look  at you
When  you make me hate you too
I  sense a smell  of retribution  in the air
I  don't even understand
Why  the fuck you even care
And  I don't need your jealously,  yeah
Why  drag me down in your misery
And  when you stare  you don't think I feel  it
But  I'm gonna deal  it back to you in spades
When  I'm havin' fun  ya know I can't conceal  it
'Cause  I know you'd never  cut it in my game,oh  no
And  when you're talkin' about a vasectomy,  yeah
I'll  be writin' down your obituary
History!
You  got you bitches with the silicone injections
Crystal  meth and yeast infections
Bleached  blond hair, collagen lip protections
Who  are you to criticize my intentions
Got  your subtle manipulative devices
Just  like you I got my vices
 I got a thought that would be nice
I'd  like to crush your head tight in my vice
Pain!!!
And  that goes for all you  punks in the press
That  want to start shit by printin' lies
Instead  of hte things we said
 That means you
Andy  Secher at Hit Parader
Circus  Magazine
 Mick Wall at Kerrang
Bob  Guccione Jr.  at Spin
 What you piseed off
Cuz  your dad gets more pussy than you?
Fuck  you
Suck  my fuckin' dick
You  be rippin' off the fuckin' kids
 While they be payin' their hard earned
Money  to read about the bands
 They want to know about
Printin'  lies startin' controversy
You  wanta antagonize me
 Antagonize me, motherfucker
Get  in the ring, motherfucker
 And I'll kick your bitch little ass
Punk!
I  don't like you, I just hate you
I'm  gonna  kick your  ass,  oh yeah, oh yeah!
You  may not like our integrity,  yeah
We  built a world out of anarchy,  oh yeah
"And  in this corner  weighing in at 850 pounds:
Guns  N'Roses!"
 ( )3x
 Get in the ring, get in the ring...
Yeah!
 This song is dedicated to all
 The Guns N'fuckin' Roses fans
 Who stuck with us through all the fuckin' shit
 And to all those opposed...
 Hum... Well...
I  got  the  shotgun blues
Shotgun  blues
I  said I don't  know what I did
But  I know I gotta move
I  got  the  shotgun blues
Shotgun  blues
I  can't wait here  forever
I  got too much here to lose
And  now  you're blowin' smoke
I  think  you're one big  joke
Me...  I gotta  lot ta learn
And  I'm still waitin'  for the heads to  turn
You  say  I walk a line
Fuck  they  move it every  time
You  walk  a mile in my shoes
And  then you tell  me 'bout singin' the blues
You  get what you pay for
And  freedom's real high priced
And  while you're rippin' off children
Somebody's  fuckin' your wife
It's  never made a difference
It's  only how you survive
I  got  the  shotgun blues
Shotgun  blues
I  said I don't  know what I did
But  I know I gotta move
I  got  the  shotgun blues
Shotgun  blues
I  can't wait here  forever
I  got too much here to lose
And  now  you ask me why
I  said  it's do or  die
I'll  stick  it right in your face
And  then I'll put you
In  your motherfuckin' place
And  you...  You can suck my ass
And  I think it's  so low  class
Me...  I'm  just so concerned
I'm  still waitin' for  your ass to burn
Ooooh,  you want a confrontation
I'll  give you every fuckin' chance
With  your verbal masturbation
Me...  I just like to dance
How's  that for provocation
I'm  just makin' a stance
And  I'm tired  of the frustation
Of  living inside of your lies
And  I'm wired on  indignation
 I said somebody's got to die /
I  got  the  shotgun blues
Shotgun  blues
I  said I don't  know what I did
But  I know I gotta move
I  got  the  shotgun blues
Shotgun  blues
I  can't wait here  forever
I  got too much here to lose
I  got  the  shotgun blues
Shotgun  blues
Listen  motherfucker
You're  about to pay your dues
I  got  the shotgun  blues
Shotgun  blues
If  you're  goin' up against me
Then  you know  you're gonna lose
I  know
I  know  (There's ways - That we - Can find)
I  know
I  know
You  think anyone with and I.Q. over fifteen
 ( )4x
 Would believe your shit... Fuckhead
Nothing  but a fuckin' pussy
We  all come in from the cold
We  come down from the wire
And  everybody warms themselves
To  a different fire
When  sometimes we get burned
You'd  think sometime we'd learned
The  one you love is the one
That  should take you higher
You  ain't got no one
You  better  go back out
 And find her ( )2x
Just  like children hidin' in a closet
Can't  tell what's goin' on outside
Sometimes  we're so far off the beaten track
We'll  get a taken for a ride
By  a parlor trick or some  words of wit
A  hidden hand up a sleeve
 To think that the one you love
 Could hurt you know
Is  a little hard to believe
 But everybody darlin' sometimes
Bites  the hand that  feeds
When  I look around
Everybody  always brings me down
Well  is it them or me well I just can't see
But  there ain't no peace to be found
But  if someone really  cared
Well,  they'd take the  time to spare
 A moment to try and understand
Another  one's despair
Remember  in this game we call life that no one
Said  it's  fair
Let  me hear it now
 Let me hear it now, yeah
 Let me hear it now, yeah
Get  down with yo' bad self
 ( /E)2x
 Alright
I've  come to know the cold
I  think of it as home
When  there ain't enough of me to go around
I'd  rather be left alone
But  if I call you out of habit I'm  out of love
 And I gotta have it
Would  you give it to me if I fit your needs
Like  when we both knew we had it
But  now the damage's  done
And  we're back out on the
I  know this chick, she lives down on Melrose.
She  ain't satisfied without some pain (Oooh)
Friday  night is go--in'  up in--side  her again
Well  crack  the whip 'cause that bitch  is just  in-sane  (spoken:) I'm
 Serious. Oh
She's  pretty  tied  up  hangin' up--side down
She's  pretty  tied  up  an you can ride her
She's  pretty  tied  up  hangin' up--side down
Ooooh  I can't tell  you she's the right one, oh no,  oh no, oh no.
Once  there was this rock n' roll band rollin' on the streets
Time  went by and it became a joke
We  just needed more  and more fulfilling-  Uh-huh
Time  went  by and it all went up in  smoke
 But check it out
She's  pretty  tied  up  hangin' up--side down
She's  pretty  tied  up  an you can ride her
She's  pretty  tied  up  hangin' up--side down
Ooooh  I can't tell  you she's the right one, oh no,  oh no, oh no.
Once  you made that money it costs more now
It  might cost a lot more than you'd think
I  just found a million  dollars
 That someone forgot
It's  days  like this that push me o'er  the brinks
 Cool and stressing
She's  pretty  tied  up  hangin' up--side down
She's  pretty  tied  up  an you can ride her
She's  pretty  tied  up  hangin' up--side down
I  can't tell you she's  the  right  one
She's  the  right one.
 ( )3x  ( )2x
Gonna  find a way to cure this loneliness
 Yeah, I'll find a way to cure the pain
 If I said that you're my friend
 And our love would never end
 How long before I had your trust again
 I opened up the dorrs when it was cold outside
 Hopin' that you'd find your own way in
 But how can I protect you
 Or try not to neglect you
 When you won't take the love I have to give
I  bought me an illusion
And  I put it on the wall
I  let it fill my head with dreams
And  I had to have them all
But,  oh, the taste is never  so  sweet
 As what you'd believe it is
 Well, I guess it never is
It's these  prejudiced illusions
 That pump the blood
To  the heart of the biz
You  know I never thought
 That it could take so long
 You know I never knew how to be strong
 Yeah, I let you shape me
 But I fell as thought you raped me
 'Cause you climbed inside my world
 And in my songs
 So now I've closed the dorr
 To keep the cold outside
 Seems somehow I've found the will to live
 But how can I forget you
 Or try not to reject you
When  we both know it takes time  to forgive
Sweetness  is a  virtue
And  you lost  your virtue  long ago
You  know  I'd like  to hurt  you
But  my  conscience  always tells  me no
You  could  sell  your body  on the street
To anyone  whom  you might meet
Who'd love  to try  and  get inside
And  bust your innocence open  wide
'Cause  my baby's got a locomotive
My  baby's gone off the track
My  baby's got a locomotive
Gotta  peel the bitch off my back
I know  it  looks  like I'm insane
Take a  closer  look I'm not to  blame
No!
Gonna  have some fun with my frustration
 Gonna watch the big screen in my head
 I'd rather take a detour
 'Cause this road ain't getting clearer
 Your train of thought has cut me off again
 Better to me that boy 'cause he's a wild one
 Better to me that boy for he's a man
 Sweetheart don't make me laugh
 You's getting too big for your pants
 And I's think maybe you should
 Cut on while you can
You  can use your illusion
Let  take you where it may
We  live and learn
And  then sometimes it's best to walk away
Me,  I'm just here hangin'  on
It's  my only place to stay at least
 For now anyway
I've  worked  too hard for my illusions
Just  to throw them all away
I'm  taking time for quiet consolation
 In passing by this love that's passed away
 I know it's never easy
 So why should you believe me
 When I've always got so many things to say
 Calling off the dogs a simple choice is made
 'Cause playful hearts
 Can sometimes be enraged
 You know I tried to wake you
 I mean how long could it take you
To  open up your eyes and turn the page
Kindness  is  a treasure
And  it's  one  towards  me you've seldom shown
So  I'll say  it for  good  measure
To  all  the ones like  you I've  known
Ya  know I'd  like to  shave your  head
And  all  my friends  could paint  it red
'Cause  love  to me's  a two  way street
And  all I  really  want  is peace
'Cause  my baby's got a locomotive
My  baby's gone off the track
My  baby's got a locomotive
Gotta  peel the bitch off my back
I know  it  looks  like I'm insane
Take a  closer  look I'm not to  blame
 ( )2x  ( )2x
 No!
Affection  is a  blessing
Can you  find  it in your sorrid  heart
I  tried to keep this  thing  together
But  the  tremor  tore  my  pad apart
Yeah,  I  know it's hard  to face
When  all  we've  worked for's gone  to waste
But  you're  such a  stupid woman
And  I'm such a stupid man
But  love  like time's  got its  own plans
'Cause  my baby's got a locomotive
My  baby's gone off the track
My  baby's got a locomotive
Gotta  peel the bitch off my back
I know  it  looks  like I'm insane
Take a  closer  look I'm not to  blame
Yeah
If love is  blind  I guess
I'll  buy myself a cane
Love's  so strange
Love's  so strange
Love's  so strange...
 ( /11 /11 )2x
/11
 How could she look so fine
/11
 How could it be she might be mine
/11
 How could she be so cool
/11
 I've been taken for a fool so many times, yeah
It's  a story  of a man
Who  works as hard as he can
 Just to be a man who stands on his own
But  the book  always burns
As  the story takes it's turn
 An leaves a broken man
/11
 How could she be so cool
/11
 How could she be so fine
/11
 I owe a favor to a friend
/11
 My friends they always come through for me, yeah
It's  a story  of a man
Who  works as hard as he can
 Just to be a man who stand on his own
But  the book  always burns
As  the story takes it's turn
 An leaves a broken man
If  you could only  live my life
You  could see the difference you make to me
To  me
I'd  look right up  at night
And  all I'd see was darkness
Now  I see the stars alright
I  wanna reach right up and grab  one for you
When  the lights went down in your house
Yeah,  that made me happy
The  sweat I make for you
Yeah,  I think you know where
 ( /11 /11 )2x
 That comes from
Well,  I'd look right  up at night
And  all I'd see was darkness
Now  I see the stars alright
I  wanna reach right up and grab  one for you
When  the ligths went down in your house
Yeah,  that made me happy
The  sweat I make for you
I  think you know where that comes from
/11
 How could she look so good (so good)
/11
 How could she be so fine
/11
 How could she be so cool
/11
 How could it be she might be mine
When  you're talking to yourself
And  nobody's home
You  can fool yourself
You  came in this world alone
Alone
So  nobody ever told you, baby
How  it was gonna be
So  what'll happen to you, baby
Guess we'll  have to wait and see
 ( )2x  ( )2x
 One, two
Old  at heart but I'm only  28
And  I'm much too young
To  let love break my heart
Young  at heart but it's getting  much too late
To  find ourselves so far apart
I  don't know how you're supposed
To  find me lately
And  what more could you ask from me
How  could you say that I never needed  you
When  you took everything
Said  you took everything from me (G  Eb F)2x
Young  at heart and it gets so hard  to wait
When  no one I know can seem to help  me now
Old  at heart but I mustn't hesitate
If  I'm find my own way  out
Still  talkin' to myself and nobody's  home
Alone
So  nobody ever told us, baby
How  it was gonna be
So  what'll happen to us, baby
 ( )5x
 Guess we'll have to wait and see  ( )2x
When  I find all of the reasons
Maybe  I'll find another way
Find  another way
With  all the changin' seasons  of my life
Maybe  I'll get  it right next time
And  now that you've been broken  down
Got  your head out of the clouds
You're  back down on the ground
And  you don't talk so loud
And  you don't talk so proud
Anymore,  and  what  for
Well,  I jumped into the river too many times
To  make it home
I'm  out here on my own, and  drifting all alone
If  it doesn't show give  it time
To  read between the lines
'Cause  I see the  storm getting closer
And  the waves  they get so high
Seems  everything  we've ever known's  here
 ( )3x
 Why must it drift away and die
I'll  never find anyone to replace you
Guess  I'll have to make  it thru, this time
Oh,  this time
Without  you
I  knew the storm  was getting closer
And  all my friends  said I was high
But  everything  we've ever known's here
I  never wanted  it to die.
 You Could Be Mine
 Tune:
 ( )3x /9 /9  ( )2x
I'm  a cold heartbreaker
 Fit ta burn and I'll rip your heart in two
And  I'll leave you lyin' on  the bed
 I'll be out the door before ya wake
 It's nothin' new ta you
'Cause  I think we've seen that  movie too
'Cause  you could  be mine
But  you're  way  out of line
With  your bitch slap rappin'
And  your cocaine tongue
You  get nothin' done
I  said  you could  be mine
Now  holidays come and then they go
 It's nothin' new today
Collect  another  memory
 When I come home late at night
 Don't ask me where I've been
Just  count your stars I'm home  again
'Cause  you could  be mine
But  you're  way  out of line
With  your bitch slap rappin'
And  your cocaine tongue
You  get nothin' done
 ( )2x  ( /9)2x
 I said you could be mine
You've  gone sketchin'  too many  times
Why  don't  ya give  it a rest?
Why must  you find
 ( )2x
 Another reason to cry
While  you're breakin' down my back and
I  been rackin' out my brain
It  don't matter how we make it
 'Cause it always ends the same
You  can  push it for more mileage
But  your flaps r'wearin' thin
And  I could sleep on it 'til mornin'
 But this nightmare never ends
Don't  forget to call my lawyers
With  ridiculous demands
And  you can take the pity so far
 But it's more than I can stand
'Cause  this couchtrip's gettin' older
Tell  me how long has it been
'Cause  5 years is forever
 And you haven't grown up yet
You  could  be mine
But  you're  way  out of line
With  your bitch slap rappin'
And  your cocaine tongue
You  get nothin' done
I  said  you could be
You  should  be
You  could  be mine
You  could be mine (You could be mine)
 You could be mine (You could be mine)
 You could be mine (You could be mine)
You  could be mine (You could be mine)...yeah!
if  we could see tomorrow
what  of your plans
no  one can live in  sorrow
ask  all your friends
times  that you took in  stride
they're  back in demand
i  was the one who's washing
blood  off your hands
Don't  you cry  tonight
 I still love you, baby
Don't  you cry  tonight
Don't  you cry  tonight
There's a  heaven above you, baby
And  don't you cry  tonight
i  know the things you wanted
they're  not what  you have
with  all the people  talkin'
it's  drivin' you  mad
if  i was standin'  by you
how  would you feel
knowing  your love's  decided
and  all love is real,  baby
And  don't you cry  tonight
Don't  you cry  tonight
Don't  you cry  tonight
There's a  heaven above you, baby
And  don't you cry  tonight  E  F  G  Am
i  thought i could live in your world
as  years all went  by
with  all the voices  i've heard
something  has died
and  when you're  in need of someone
my  heart won't deny you
so  many seem so  lonely
with  no one left to cry  to baby
And  don't you cry  tonight
And  don't you cry  tonight
And  don't you cry  tonight
There's  a heaven above you, baby
And  don't you cry
Don't  you ever cry
Don't  you cry  tonight
Baby,  maybe, someday
Don't  you cry
Don't  you ever cry
Don't  you cry
Tonight.

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Readable chord sheet for Use Your Illusion 2 by Guns N' Roses

([Em] [G] [Em] [G] [D]/F

"What we've got here is failure to communicate.
Some men you just can't reach...
So, you get what we had here last week
Which is the way he wants it!
Well, he gets it!
N' I don't like it anymore than you, men."
[Em]Look at your young men fighting
[G]Look at your women crying
[Em]Look at your young men dying
[G]The way they've always [D/F#]done bef[Em]ore[G]  [Em]     [G]       [D/F#]
[Em]Look at the hate we're breeding
[G]Look at the fear we're feeding
[Em]Look at the lives we're leading
[G]The way we've always [D/F#]done be[A]fo[B/A]re  [C/A]      [D/A]
[Em]My hands are tied
[G]The billions shift from side to side
[D/F#]And the wa[Em]rs go on with brainwashed pride
[G]For the love of God [D/F#]and our human rights
[Em]And all these things are swept aside
[G]By bloody hands time can't deny
[D/F#]And are wa[Em]shed away by your genocide
[G]                   [D/F#]               [A] [B/A] [C/A] [D/A] ([Em] [G] [Em] [G] [D]/F
And history hides the lies of our civil wars
[G]D'you wear a black amrband
[Bm]When they shot the man
[Em]Who said "Peace could last forever"
[G]And in my first memories
[Bm7]They shot Kennedy
[Em]And I went numb when I [C]learned to s[D]ee
[G]So I never fell fo[Bm]r Vietnam
[Em]We got the wall of D.C. to remind us all
[G]That you can't trust freedom
[Bm7]When it's not in your hands
[Em]When everybody's fighting
[C]For thei[D]r promised land
[G]And I don'[Bm]t need your civil [Em]war
[G]It feeds the rich[Bm7] while buries the poor[Em]   [C]     [D]
[G]Your power [Bm]hungry sellin' soldiers
[Em]In a human grocery store
Ain't that fresh
[G]               [Bm]          [Em] [C] [D] ([G] [Bm7] [Em] [G] [Bm7] [Em] [C] [D])2x
I don't need your civil war
[Em]Look at the shoes you're filling
[G]Look at the blood we're spilling
[Em]Look at the world we're killing
[G]The way we've alway[D/F#]s done before
[Em]Look in the doubt we've wallowed
[G]Look at the leaders we've followed
[Em]Look at the lies we've swallowed
[G]And I don't want [D/F#]to hear no[A] m[B/A]ore [C/A]     [D/A]
[Em]My hands are tied
[G]For all I've seen has changed my mind
[D/F#]But still t[Em]he wars go on as the years go by
[G]Wuth no love of [D/F#]God or human rights
[Em]'Cause all these dreams are swept aside
[G]By bloody hands of the hyp[D/F#]notized
[Em]Who carry the cross of homicide
[G]                   [D/F#]               [A] [B/A] [C/A] [D/A] ([Em] [G] [Em] [G] [D]/F
And history bears the scars of our civil wars
([A]  [B/A]  [C/A]  [D/A]  [F/A]  [C]/A)
"We practice selective annihilation of mayors
And government officials
For example to create a vacuum
Then we fill that vacuum
As popular war advances.
Peace is closer."
[G]I don't need [Bm]your civil war [Em]
[G]It feeds the rich whi[Bm7]le buries the poor[Em]   [C]     [D]
[G]Your power [Bm]hungry sellin' soldiers
[Em]In a human grocery store
Ain't that fresh
[G]And I don't [Bm]need your civil[Em] wa[C]r [D]
[G]I don't nee[Bm]d your civil war[Em]
[G]I don't nee[Bm]d your civil war[Em]   [C]     [D]
[G]Your power h[Bm]ungry sellin' soldiers
[Em]In a human grocery store
Ain't that fresh
[G]I don't ne[Bm]ed your civil w[Em]ar [C]   [D]
[G]I don't ne[Bm]ed one more w[Em]ar [G]   [Bm7]       [Em]          [C]            [D]              [G]                [Bm]                   [Em]
[G]And I don'[Bm]t need one mo[Em]re [C]wa[D]r [G]
Whaz so civil 'bout war anyway?

[Am]I try and fe[G]el the sunshine
[F]You bring the ra[E]in
[Am]You try and ho[G]ld me down
[F]With your compla[E]ins
[Am]You cry and moa[G]n and complain
[F]You whine an tear[E]
[Am]Up to my neck in[G] sorrow
[F]The touch you bri[E]ng

[Am]You don't just ste[C]p inside to [D]14 years
[Am]So hard to keep [C]my own head...[D] That's what I say
[Am]You know... I've bee[C]n the beggar...
[D]I've played the thief
[Am]I was the dog.[C].. T[D]hey all tried to beat

[Am]But it's been[G] 14 years of silence
[D]It's been 14 years of pain
[Am]It's been 14 years [G]that are gone forever
[D]              ([Am] [G] [F] [E])2x
And I'll never have again

[Am]Your stupid gir[G]lfriends tell you
[F]That I'm to blame [E]
[Am]Well, they're all used-[G]up has-beens
[F]Out of the game [E]
[Am]This time I'll ha[G]ve the last word
[F]You hear what I say [E]
[Am]I tried to see[G] it your way
[F]It won't work today [E]
[Am]You just don't st[C]ep inside to [D]14 years
[Am]So hard to keep [C]my own head...[D] That's what I say
[Am]You know... I've be[C]en the dealer...
[D]Hangin' on your street
[Am]I was the dog.[C].. [D]They all tried to beat

[Am]But it's been[G] 14 years of silence
[D]It's been 14 years of pain
[Am]It's been 14 years [G]that are gone forever
[D]                ([Am] [G] [D])4x
And I'll never have again

(Solo)

[Am]Bullshit and conte[G]mplation
[F]Gossip's their trade[E]
[Am]If they knew ha[G]lf the real truth
[F]What would they say [E]
[Am]Well, I'm past the poin[G]t of concern
[F]It's time to play [E]
[Am]These last 4 ye[G]ars of madness
[F]Sure put me straight[E]

[Am]Don't get back 1[C]4 years
[D]In just one day
[Am]So hard to keep [C]my own head
[D]Just go away
[Am]You know... Just lik[C]e a hooker she said
[D]Nothin's for free
[Am]Oh, I tried to s[C]ee it your way
[Am]I tried to se[C]e it your way

2x Rhythm Figure
[D]      [C]      [G5]

[D]Yesterday there was [C]so many things I was [G5]never told.
[D]Now that I'm startin' to learn [C]I feel I'm [G5]growin' old.
[D]'Cause yesterday's got [Cadd2]nothin' for me.  Old [G5]pictures that I'll always see.
[D]Time just fades the pages in [G5]my book of memories.

[D]Prayers in my pocket[C] and no hand in desti[G5]ny.
[D]I'll keep movin' along with no [C]time to pla[G5]nt my feet.
[D]'Cause yesterday's got [Cadd2]nothin' for me.
[G5]Old pictures that I'll always see.
[D]Some things could be better i[G5]f we'd just let them be

[A]Ooh,____________[B]yest[C5]erday's________ got nothin' for [G5]me.__________
[A]Yesterday's_____[B]___o[C5]oh,__ __________got nothin' for [G5]me.__________

[Bm]   [G]   [Bm]   [G]
[Bm]   [C#m] [D]    [E]

[D]Yesterday there were[C] so many things I was[G5] never shown.
[D]Suddenly this time I found I'm [C]on the stre[G5]ets and I'm alone.
[D]Yesterday's got [Cadd2]nothin' for me.
[G5]Old pictures that I'll always see.
[D]I ain't got time to reminisce[G5] old novelties.

(chorus)

([G] [D] [C])4x

[G]Mama take [D]this badge from [Am]me
[G]I can't us[D]e it anymor[C]e
[G]It's getting d[D]ark too dark to [Am]see
[G]Feels like I'm [D]knockin' on heavens's do[C]or
[G]Knock, knock, kno[D]ckin' on heaven's do[C]or
[G]Knock, knock, kno[D]ckin' on heaven's do[C]or
[G]Knock, knock, kno[D]ckin' on heaven's do[C]or
[G]                [D]                   [C]   ([G] [D] [C])4x
Knock, knock, knockin' on heaven's door
[G]Mama put m[D]y guns in the gro[Am]und
[G]I can't shoot [D]them anymore[C]
[G]That cold back clo[D]ud is comin' dow[Am]n
[G]Feels like I'm [D]knockin' on heaven's do[C]or
[G]Knock, knock, kno[D]ckin' on heaven's do[C]or
[G]Knock, knock, kno[D]ckin' on heaven's do[C]or
[G]Knock, knock, kno[D]ckin' on heaven's do[C]or
[G]                [D]                   [C]   ([G] [D] [C])8x
Knock, knock, knockin' on heaven's door
[G]Knock, knock, kno[D]ckin' on heaven's do[C]or
[G]Knock, knock, kno[D]ckin' on heaven's do[C]or
[G]Knock, knock, kno[D]ckin' on heaven's do[C]or
[G]Knock, knock, kno[D]ckin' on heaven's do[C]or. [G]

([Bb] [F] [Eb])6x [Bb]

[Bb]Why do you loo[F]k at me
[Eb]When you hate me
[Bb]Why should I loo[F]k at you
[Eb]When you make me hate you too
[Bb]I sense a sme[F]ll of retribu[Eb]tion in the air
[Bb]I don't even un[F]derstand
[Eb]Why the fuck you even care
[C]And I don't need your jealously,[F] yeah
[C]Why drag me down in your mise[F]ry  [Bb]     [Eb]        [Bb]
[Bb]And when you sta[F]re you don't think I fe[Eb]el it
[Bb]But I'm gonna de[F]al it back to you in spa[Eb]des
[Bb]When I'm havin' fu[F]n ya know I can't conc[Eb]eal it
[Bb]'Cause I know you'd ne[F]ver cut it in my ga[Eb]me,oh no
[C]And when you're talkin' about a vasectomy[F], yeah
[C]I'll be writin' down your obituary[F]
[Bb]History!
[C]You got you bitches with the silicone injections
[Eb]Crystal meth and yeast infections
[Bb]Bleached blond hair, collagen lip protections
[C]Who are you to criticize my intentions
[Eb]Got your subtle manipulative devices
[Bb]Just like you I got my vices
I got a thought that would be nice
[C]I'd like to crush your head tight in my vice
[D]Pain!![Dsus4]!     [D]       [C]         [A]           [G]             [F]               [C]
[Bb]And that goes for all yo[F]u punks in the press
[Eb]That want to start shit by printin' lies
[Bb]Instead of hte things we said
That means you
[F]Andy Secher at Hit Parader
[Eb]Circus Magazine
Mick Wall at Kerrang
[Bb]Bob Guccione Jr[F]. at Spin
What you piseed off
[Eb]Cuz your dad gets more pussy than you?
[Bb]Fuck you
[F]Suck my fuckin' dick
[Eb]You be rippin' off the fuckin' kids
While they be payin' their hard earned
[C]Money to read about the bands
They want to know about
[F]Printin' lies startin' controversy
[C]You wanta antagonize me
Antagonize me, motherfucker
[F]Get in the ring, motherfucker
And I'll kick your bitch little ass
[Bb]Punk![C]  [D]
[D]I don't like you, I just hate you
[G]I'm g[F#]onn[E]a kick yo[A]ur a[D]ss[C], oh yeah, oh yeah!
[C]You may not like our integrity,[F] yeah
[C]We built a world out of anarch[F]y, oh yeah [Bb]    [F]        [Eb]           [Bb]
[F]"And in this corner[Eb] weighing in at 850 po[Bb]unds:
[F]Guns N'R[Eb]ose[Bb]s!"[F]  [Eb]
[Bb]              [F]                [Eb] ([Bb] [F] [Eb])3x
Get in the ring, get in the ring...
[Bb]Yeah!
This song is dedicated to all
The Guns N'fuckin' Roses fans
Who stuck with us through all the fuckin' shit
And to all those opposed...
Hum... Well...

[E]I go[A/E]t the[D] shotgun blues
[C#]Shot[F#]gun[C#] bl[C#]ues
[D]I said I do[G]n't know what I did
[D]But I know I gotta move
[E]I go[A/E]t the[D] shotgun blues
[C#]Shot[F#]gun[C#] bl[C#]ues
[D]I can't wait h[G/D]ere forever
[D]I got too much here to lose

[E]And no[A/E]w you're blowin' smo[E]ke
[C]I thi[F]nk you're one bi[C]g joke
[A]Me... I got[D/A]ta lot ta le[A]arn
[B]And I'm still waitin'[E/B] for the heads to[B] turn
[E]You say[A/E] I walk a lin[E]e
[C]Fuck t[F]hey move it eve[E]ry time
[A]You w[D/A]alk a mile in my sho[A]es
[B]And then you tell[E/B] me 'bout singin' the blu[B]es
[B]You get what you pay for
[A]And freedom's real high priced
[B]And while you're rippin' off children
[A]Somebody's fuckin' your wife
[D]It's never made a difference
[E]It's only how you survive

[E]I go[A/E]t th[D]e shotgun blues
[C#]Shot[F#]gun[C#] bl[C#]ues
[D]I said I [G]don't know what I did
[D]But I know I gotta move
[E]I g[A/E]ot th[D]e shotgun blues
[C#]Shot[F#]gun[C#] bl[C#]ues
[D]I can't wait h[G/D]ere forever
[D]I got too much here to lose

[E]And no[A/E]w you ask me [E]why
[C]I sai[F]d it's do or[C] die
[A]I'll sti[D/A]ck it right in your fa[A]ce
[B]And then I'll put yo[E/B]u
[B]In your motherfuckin' place
[E]And you.[A/E].. You can suck my [E]ass
[C]And I think i[F]t's so low[C] class
[A]Me... I'm[D/A] just so concern[A]ed
[B]I'm still waitin' fo[E/B]r your ass to bu[B]rn
[B]Ooooh, you want a confrontation
[A]I'll give you every fuckin' chance
[B]With your verbal masturbation
[A]Me... I just like to dance
[D]How's that for provocation
[E]I'm just makin' a stance
[F#]And I'm tire[C#]d of the frustation
[D]Of living inside of your [E]lies
[F#]And I'm wired on[C#] indignation
[D]                    [E]  [F#] [A] [D] [F#] [E] [A] [F#] [A] [D] [F#] [E] [B]
I said somebody's got to die       [E] [A/E] [E] [C#] [F#]/[C#] [C#] [D] [G/D] [D]

[E]I go[A/E]t the[D] shotgun blues
[C#]Sho[F#]tgu[C#]n b[C#]lues
[D]I said I don[G]'t know what I did
[D]But I know I gotta move
[E]I g[A/E]ot th[D]e shotgun blues
[C#]Sho[F#]tgu[C#]n b[C#]lues
[D]I can't wait h[G/D]ere forever
[D]I got too much here to lose
[E]I g[A/E]ot th[E]e shotgun blues
[C#]Sho[F#]tgu[C#]n b[C#]lues
[D]Listen mo[G/D]therfucker
[D]You're about to pay your dues
[E]I got[A/E] the [E]shotgun blues
[C#]Sho[F#]tgu[C#]n b[C#]lues
[D]If you're[G/D] goin' up against me
[D]Then you [G/D]know you're gonna lose
[D]I k[G/D]now
[D]I k[G/D]now (There's ways - That we - Can find)
[D]I k[G/D]now
[D]I k[G/D]now
[D]You think anyone with and I.Q. over fifteen
([D] [C#] [B] [A])4x
Would believe your shit... Fuckhead
[E]Nothing but a fuckin' pussy

[D] [G] [A] [G] [A] [D/F#] [G] [A] [D]

[D]We all come in from the cold
[C9]We come down from the wire
[G/B]And everybody warms themselves
[Asus4]To a different fire
[D]When sometimes we get burned
[C9]You'd think sometime we'd learned
[G/B]The one you love is the one
[Asus4]That should take you higher
[G]You ain't got no one
[D/F#]You be[A/E]tter go back out
[C9] [G/B] [Asus4] [D] [C9] [G/B]  [A] [G] [D/F#] [A/E] [D]
And find her                        ([G] [D])2x
[D]Just like children hidin' in a closet
[A]Can't tell what's goin' on outside
[G]Sometimes we're so far off the beaten track
[D]We'll get a taken for a ride
[G]By a parlor trick or [A]some words of wit
[D/F#]A hidden hand up a [G]sleeve
To think that the one you love
Could hurt you know
[A]Is a little hard to believe
But everybody darlin' sometimes
[A]Bites the hand that[D] fee[G]ds[D]  [G]    [D]      [D]        [G/D]
[D]When I look around
[A]Everybody always brings me down
[G]Well is it them or me well I just can't see
[D]But there ain't no peace to be found
[G]But if someone re[A]ally cared
[D/F#]Well, they'd take [G]the time to spare
A moment to try and understand
[A]Another one's despair
[A]Remember in this game we call life that no one
[D]Said i[G]t's fair
[D]
[G]Let me hear it now
[D]
Let me hear it now, yeah
[G]
Let me hear it now, yeah
[A]Get down with yo' bad self
[D]  [C9] [G/B] [Asus4] ([D] [C9] [G/B] [Asus4] [G] [D/F#] [A]/E)2x
Alright
[D]I've come to know the cold
[C9]I think of it as home
[G/B]When there ain't enough of me to go around
[Asus4]I'd rather be left alone
[D]But if I call you out of habit I'm[A] out of love
And I gotta have it
[G/B]Would you give it to me if I fit your needs
[A]Like when we both knew we had it
[G]But now the damage[A]'s done
[D/F#]And we're back out on the

[D5]I know this chick, she lives down on Melrose.
[D5]She ain't satisfied without some pain (Oooh)
[G5]Friday night is go[B5]--in' up in[D5]--side her again
[G5]Well c[G5]rack the whip 'cause that bi[F#5]tch is ju[E5]st in-s[D5]ane (spoken:) I'm
Serious. Oh

[D5]She's p[A5]retty t[C5]ied u[D5]p hangin' up--[C5]side [G5]down
[D5]She's p[A5]retty t[C5]ied u[D5]p an you can r[C5]ide [G5]her
[D5]She's p[A5]retty t[C5]ied u[D5]p hangin' up--[C5]side [G5]down

[F5]Ooooh  I can't t[G5]ell you she's the right one, oh no[D5], oh no, oh no.

[D5]Once there was this rock n' roll band rollin' on the streets
[D5]Time went by and it became a joke
[G5]We just needed mor[B5]e and more [D5]fulfilling- Uh-huh
[G5]Time w[G5]ent by and it all went up in[F#5] smoke   [E5]          [D5]
But check it out

[D5]She's p[A5]retty t[C5]ied u[D5]p hangin' up--[C5]side [G5]down
[D5]She's p[A5]retty t[C5]ied u[D5]p an you can r[C5]ide [G5]her
[D5]She's p[A5]retty t[C5]ied u[D5]p hangin' up--[C5]side [G5]down

[F5]Ooooh  I can't t[G5]ell you she's the right one, oh no[D5], oh no, oh no.

[D5]Once you made that money it costs more now
[D5]It might cost a lot more than you'd think
[G5]I just found a mil[B5]lion dollar[D5]s
That someone forgot
[G5]It's d[G5]ays like this that push me o[F#5]'er the b[E5]rinks  [D5]
Cool and stressing

[D5]She's p[A5]retty t[C5]ied u[D5]p hangin' up--[C5]side [G5]down
[D5]She's p[A5]retty t[C5]ied u[D5]p an you can r[C5]ide [G5]her
[D5]She's p[A5]retty t[C5]ied u[D5]p hangin' up--[C5]side [G5]down

[F5]I can't tell you s[G5]he's the [A5]    r[C5]ight   o[D5]ne           [C5]                 [G5]

[G5]She's the[A5] right [C5]    [D5]one.            [C5]                   [G5]                             [A5]                                   [C5]

([A] [F#m])3x ([G] [F#] [E])2x [G] [A]

[A]Gonna find a way to cure this loneliness
Yeah, I'll find a way to cure the pain
If I said that you're my friend
And our love would never end
How long before I had your trust again
I opened up the dorrs when it was cold outside
Hopin' that you'd find your own way in
But how can I protect you
Or try not to neglect you
When you won't take the love I have to give
[F#m]I bought me an illusion
[A]And I put it on the wall
[F#m]I let it fill my head with dreams
[A]And I had to have them all
[F#m]But, oh, the taste is nev[G]er s[F#]o s[E]weet
As what you'd believe it is
Well, I guess it never is
[G]It's [F#]thes[E]e prejudiced illusions
That pump the blood
[G]To[A] the heart of the biz
[A]You know I never thought
That it could take so long
You know I never knew how to be strong
Yeah, I let you shape me
But I fell as thought you raped me
'Cause you climbed inside my world
And in my songs
So now I've closed the dorr
To keep the cold outside
Seems somehow I've found the will to live
But how can I forget you
Or try not to reject you
[A]When we both know it takes time[D] to forgive
[G]Sweetne[A]ss is [Ab]a vi[G]rtue
[F#]And you los[F]t you[E]r [Eb]vir[D]tue long [C]ago
[A]You know[Ab] I'd lik[G]e to [F#]hurt you
[F]But my[E] consci[Eb]ence[D] always tells[C] me no
[A]You could[Ab] sel[G]l your body[F#] on the street
[F]To [E]anyon[Eb]e w[D]hom you might meet
[C]Who'd [A]love to [Ab]try and[G] get insi[F#]de
[F]And bust your in[E]noc[D]ence [C]open wide
[A]'Cause my baby's got a locomotive
[A]My baby's gone off the track
[A]My baby's got a locomotive
[A]Gotta peel the bitch off my back
[A]I [D]kno[A]w it[D] loo[A]ks like I'm in[D]san[A]e [D]   [A]
[D]Ta[A]ke [D]a close[A]r look I'm not to[A] bla[D]me [A]   [C]
[A]No!
[A]Gonna have some fun with my frustration
Gonna watch the big screen in my head
I'd rather take a detour
'Cause this road ain't getting clearer
Your train of thought has cut me off again
Better to me that boy 'cause he's a wild one
Better to me that boy for he's a man
Sweetheart don't make me laugh
You's getting too big for your pants
And I's think maybe you should
Cut on while you can
[F#m]You can use your illusion
[A]Let take you where it may
[F#m]We live and learn
[A]And then sometimes it's best to walk away
[F#m]Me, I'm just here hangi[G]n' on[F#]
[E]It's my only place to stay at least
For now anyway
[G]I've[F#] wor[E]ked too hard for my illusions
[G]Just[A] to throw them all away
[A]I'm taking time for quiet consolation
In passing by this love that's passed away
I know it's never easy
So why should you believe me
When I've always got so many things to say
Calling off the dogs a simple choice is made
'Cause playful hearts
Can sometimes be enraged
You know I tried to wake you
I mean how long could it take you
[D]To open up your eyes and turn the page
[G]Kindne[A]ss is[Ab] a tr[G]easur[F#]e
[F]And it's[E] on[Eb]e t[D]owards me you've seldom shown
[C]So I'll [A]say it f[Ab]or g[G]ood me[F#]asure
[F]To al[E]l the o[Eb]nes [D]like you I've[C] known
[A]Ya know [Ab]I'd like t[G]o shave y[F#]our head
[F]And[E] all[Eb] my [D]friends could pai[C]nt it red
[A]'Cause l[Ab]ove to [G]me's a two[F#] way street
[F]And all [E]I real[D]ly w[C]ant is peace
[A]'Cause my baby's got a locomotive
[A]My baby's gone off the track
[A]My baby's got a locomotive
[A]Gotta peel the bitch off my back
[A]I [D]kno[A]w it[D] loo[A]ks like I'm in[D]san[A]e [D]   [A]
[D]Ta[A]ke [D]a close[A]r look I'm not to[A] bla[D]me [A]   [C]
[A]  ([C] [D])2x ([G] [A])2x [B] [A] [B] [G] [F#] [E] [G] [A] [F#] [G] [F#]
No!                               [F] [E] [Eb] [D] [C]
[A]Affecti[Ab]on is [G]a ble[F#]ssing
[F]Can [E]you f[Eb]ind[D] it in your sor[C]rid heart
[A]I tried to keep thi[Ab]s thin[G]g together
[F#]But the[F] tre[E]mor to[Eb]re m[D]y pad ap[C]art
[A]Yeah, I[Ab] know it's ha[G]rd to fa[F#]ce
[F]When[E] all[Eb] we'[D]ve worked for's gone[C] to waste
[A]But you're[Ab] such a[G] stupid woman
[F#]And I'm such a stupid man
[F]But lov[E]e like tim[D]e's got [C]its own plans
[A]'Cause my baby's got a locomotive
[A]My baby's gone off the track
[A]My baby's got a locomotive
[A]Gotta peel the bitch off my back
[A]I [D]kno[A]w it[D] loo[A]ks like I'm in[D]san[A]e [D]   [A]
[D]Ta[A]ke [D]a close[A]r look I'm not to[A] bla[D]me [A]   [C]
[D]Ye[A]ah[D]  [A]    [D]      [A]        [D]          [A]
[A]If [D]love [A]is bli[D]nd I gu[A]ess
[D]I'l[A]l buy [C]mys[A]el[G]f [F]a [Am]can[G]e [F]   [G]     [Am]        [F]          [Am]             [F]
[Am]Love's so str[F]ange
[Am]Love's so str[F]ange
[Am]Love's so str[F]ange...

([G] [G7] [Bm7]/11 [Bm7] [C] [G] [G7] [Bm7]/11 [Bm7] [C] [D])2x

[G]     [G7]                 [Bm7]/11 [Bm7] [C]
How could she look so fine
[G]     [G7]                 [Bm7]/11 [Bm7] [C] [D]
How could it be she might be mine
[G]     [G7]                [Bm7]/11 [Bm7] [C]
How could she be so cool
[G]              [G7]          [Bm7]/11 [Bm7]   [C] [D]
I've been taken for a fool so many times, yeah
[Em]It's a sto[Am]ry of a man
[C]Who works as hard as he can
Just to be a man who stands on his own
[Em]But the bo[Am]ok always burns
[C]As the story takes it's turn
An leaves a broken man

[G]      [G7]             [Bm7]/11 [Bm7] [C]
How could she be so cool
[G]      [G7]             [Bm7]/11 [Bm7] [C] [D]
How could she be so fine
[G]          [G7]           [Bm7]/11 [Bm7] [C]
I owe a favor to a friend
[G]         [G7]                    [Bm7]/11  [Bm7]   [C] [D]
My friends they always come through for me, yeah

[Em]It's a sto[Am]ry of a man
[C]Who works as hard as he can
Just to be a man who stand on his own
[Em]But the bo[Am]ok always burns
[C]As the story takes it's turn
An leaves a broken man
[Em]If you could on[Am]ly live my life
[C]You could see the difference you make to me[Em]
[Am]To me [C]

[D]I'd look right up[E] at night
[G]And all I'd see was d[D]arkness
[E]Now I see the stars alright
[G]I wanna reach right up and g[D]rab one for you
[E]When the lights went down in your house
[G]Yeah, that made me h[D]appy
[E]The sweat I make for you
[G]Yeah, I think you know where
([G] [G7] [Bm7]/11 [Bm7] [C] [G] [G7] [Bm7]/11 [Bm7] [C] [D])2x
That comes from

[D]Well, I'd look ri[E]ght up at night
[G]And all I'd see was dar[D]kness
[E]Now I see the stars alright
[G]I wanna reach right up and gra[D]b one for you
[E]When the ligths went down in your house
[G]Yeah, that made me [D]happy
[E]The sweat I make for you
[G]I think you know where that comes from

[G]      [G7]              [Bm7]/11  [Bm7]  [C]
How could she look so good (so good)
[G]      [G7]              [Bm7]/11 [Bm7] [C] [D]
How could she be so fine
[G]      [G7]              [Bm7]/11 [Bm7] [C]
How could she be so cool
[G]      [G7]               [Bm7]/11 [Bm7] [C] [G]
How could it be she might be mine

[Gm7]When you're talking to yourself
[C]And nobody's home
[Gm7]You can fool yourself
[C]You came in this world alone
[Gm7]Alon[C]e [Gm7]     [C]
[Bb]So nobody ever told you, b[C]aby
[G7]How it was gonna be
[Bb]So what'll happen to you, ba[C]by
[G7]Gue[Eb]ss [Gm]we'[F]ll have to wait and see
([G] [D] [C] [Eb] [F])2x ([G] [Eb] [F])2x
One, two
[G]Old at heart but I'm only[G/F] 28
[Eb]And I'm much too young
[G]To let love break my heart
[G]Young at heart but it's getting[G/F] much too late
[Eb]To find ourselves so far apa[G]rt
[F]I don't know how you're supposed
[G]To find me lately
[F]And what more could you ask from me [G]
[F]How could you say that I never nee[G]ded you
[Eb]When you took everything
[Gm]Sai[F]d you took everything from me [G]  [D]  [C]  [Eb]   [F](G[G] E[D]b [C]F)[Eb]2x [F]
[G]Young at heart and it gets so [G/F]hard to wait
[Eb]When no one I know can seem to he[G]lp me now
[G]Old at heart but I mustn't [G/F]hesitate
[Eb]If I'm find my own way[G] out
[Gm7]Still talkin' to myself and [C]nobody's home
[Gm7]Alon[C]e
[Bb]So nobody ever told us, ba[C]by
[G7]How it was gonna be
[Bb]So what'll happen to us, ba[C]by
[G7] ([C] [Eb])5x [Bb] [F] [C] [G] [C] [Bb] [C] [Bb] [C]
Guess we'll have to wait and see     [Bb] [F] [G/F] [Bb/F] ([F] [C] [G] [F] [F7])2x [C]
[G]When I find all of the reasons
[F]Maybe I'll find another way
[C]Find another way
[G]With all the changin' seas[F]ons of my life [C]
[G]Maybe I'll get[F] it right next time
[C]And now that you've been bro[G]ken down
[F]Got your head out of the clouds
[C]You're back down on the ground
[G]And you don't talk so loud
[F]And you don't talk so proud
[C]Anymore, and[G] wh[F]at[C] f[Am]or [G]   [F]     [F7]        [C]          [G]            [F]              [F7]                 [C]
[G]Well, I jumped into the river too many times
[F]To make it home
[C]I'm out here on my own, [G]and drifting all alone
[F]If it doesn't show giv[C]e it time
[G]To[F] read between the lines
[Am]'Cause I see the[G] storm getting [F]clo[G]ser
[Am]And the w[G]aves they get so [F]hig[G]h
[Am]Seems every[G]thing we've ever known[F]'s her[G]e
[Am]         [G]                [F] [Dm] [C] [Bb] [Am] [G] [C] ([C] [Bb])3x [F]
Why must it drift away and die        [C] [G] [F] [C] [G] [C] [G] [F] [C]
[G]I'll never find anyone to replace you
[F]Guess I'll have to [C]make it thru, this time
[G]Oh, this time
[F]Without you [C]    [Am]       [C]         [G/B]
[Am]I knew the stor[G]m was getting close[F]r  [G]
[Am]And all my fri[G]ends said I was hi[F]gh  [G]
[Am]But everythi[G]ng we've ever known's [F]here  [G]
[Am]I never wan[G]ted it to die[F].  [Dm]     [C]       [Am]          [F]            [C]

You Could Be Mine
Tune:[Eb]

([F#m] [Em])3x [F#m] [E7]/9 [F#m] [E7]/9 ([E] [F#m])2x

[F#m]I'm a cold heartbreaker
Fit ta burn and I'll rip your heart in two
[E5]And I'll leave you lyin' [F#m]on the bed
I'll be out the door before ya wake
It's nothin' new ta you
[E5]'Cause I think we've seen that[F#m] movie too
[A5]'Cause[B5] you could[F#m] be mine
[A5]But y[B5]ou're way[F#m] out of line
[A5]With your bitch slap rappin'
[B5]And your cocaine tongue
[F#m]You get nothin' done
[A5]I said[B5] you could[F#m] be [E5]min[F#m]e
[F#m]Now holidays come and then they go
It's nothin' new today
[E5]Collect ano[F#m]ther memory
When I come home late at night
Don't ask me where I've been
[E5]Just count your stars I'm hom[F#m]e again
[A5]'Cause[B5] you could[F#m] be mine
[A5]But y[B5]ou're way[F#m] out of line
[A5]With your bitch slap rappin'
[B5]And your cocaine tongue
[F#m]You get nothin' done
[A5]    [B5]        [C#m] ([F#m] [E5])2x ([F#m] [E7]/9)2x
I said you could be mine
[G5]You've gone sket[F#5]chin' too [G5]many times    [A5]       [D5]          [A5]
[G5]Why d[F#5]on't ya give[G5] it a rest?   [A5]      [D5]         [A5]
[G5]Why [F#5]must[G5] you find[B5]     [A5]        [G5]
[F#5]       [D5]         ([Bm] [D5] [Bm] [D5] [A5] [D5] [Bm] [D5])2x [Bm]
Another reason to cry
[Bm]While you're breakin' down my back and
[C#5]I been rackin' out my brain
[D5]It don't matter how we make it
'Cause it always ends the same
[C#5]You c[Bm]an push it for more mileage
[C#5]But your flaps r'wearin' thin
[D5]And I could sleep on it 'til mornin'
But this nightmare never ends
[C#5]Don't[Bm] forget to call my lawyers
[C#5]With ridiculous demands
[D5]And you can take the pity so far
But it's more than I can stand
[C#5]'Cause[Bm] this couchtrip's gettin' older
[C#5]Tell me how long has it been
[D5]'Cause 5 years is forever
And you haven't grown up yet
[A5]You co[B5]uld be min[F#m]e
[A5]But y[B5]ou're way[F#m] out of line
[A5]With your bitch slap rappin'
[B5]And your cocaine tongue
[F#m]You get nothin' done
[A5]I said[B5] you could be
[A5]You sho[B5]uld be
[A5]You co[B5]uld be min[F#m]e
[F#m]You could be mine (You could be mine)
You could be mine (You could be mine)
You could be mine (You could be mine)
[F#m]You could be mine (You could be mine)...yeah!

[Am]if we could see [Dm]tomorrow
[G]what of your [C]plans
[Am]no one can live i[Dm]n sorrow
[G]ask all your frie[C]nds
[Am]times that you took i[Dm]n stride
[G]they're back in dema[C]nd
[Am]i was the one who's wash[Dm]ing
[G]blood off your ha[C]nds

[F]Don't you cr[G]y tonight[Am]
I still love you, baby
[F]Don't you cr[G]y tonight[Am]
[F]Don't you cr[G]y tonight[Am]
[Am]There's [G]a heaven above you, baby
[F]And don't you [G]cry tonigh[Am]t

[Am]i know the things you [Dm]wanted
[G]they're not what[C] you have
[Am]with all the pe[Dm]ople talkin'
[G]it's drivin' yo[C]u mad
[Am]if i was standin[Dm]' by you
[G]how would you f[C]eel
[Am]knowing your love[Dm]'s decided
[G]and all love is r[C]eal[Am],   [G]  baby

[F]And don't you cr[G]y tonight[Am]
[F]Don't you cr[G]y tonight[Am]
[F]Don't you cr[G]y tonight[Am]
[Am]There's [G]a heaven above you, baby
[F]And don't you cry[G] tonight[Am]   [Dm]   [F]  [G]  [Am]   [G] E[F] F[G] G[Am] Am[F]  [G]

[Dm]i thought i could live in your [G]world
[C]as years all [Am]went by
[Dm]with all the vo[G]ices i've heard
[C]something has die[Am]d
[Dm]and when you're[G] in need of someone
[C]my heart won't deny y[Am]ou
[Dm]so many seem s[G]o lonely
[C]with no one left to cry[Am] to bab[G]y

[F]And don't you cr[G]y tonight[Am]
[F]And don't you cr[G]y tonight[Am]
[F]And don't you cr[G]y tonight[Am]
[Am]There's[G] a heaven above you, baby
[F]And don't you cr[G]y
[F]Don't you ever cr[G]y

[F]Don't you cr[G]y tonigh[E]t
[F]Baby, maybe, someday
[F]Don't you cr[G]y
[F]Don't you ever [G]cry
[F]Don't you cr[G]y
[C]Tonight.

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