Mediocre Bad Guys

{tuning: Standard (EADGBE)}
{sot}                       [B]   [D]   [A]   [G]   [E]  [E]
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                    e|-7-|-5-|-5-|-3-|-7-|-0-|
                    B|-7-|-7-|-5-|-3-|-9-|-0-|
                    G|-8-|-7-|-6-|-4-|-9-|-1-|
                    D|-9-|-7-|-7-|-5-|-9-|-2-|
                    A|-9-|-5-|-7-|-5-|-7-|-2-|
                    E|-7-|-x-|-5-|-3-|-x-|-0-|{eot}

{section: Intro x3}
{sot}e|-7--7--------5--5--------5--5--------3-3-7-7-5-5-7-7|
B|-7--7--------7--7--------5--5--------3-3-7-7-7-7-9-9|
G|-8--8--------7--7--------6--6--------4-4-8-8-7-7-9-9|
D|-9--9--------7--7--------7--7--------5-5-9-9-7-7-9-9|
A|-9--9-7/9\7--5--5-7/9\7--7--7-7/9\7--5-5-9-9-5-5-7-7|
E|-7--7--------x--x--------5--5--------3-3-7-7-x-x-x-x|{eot}

{section: Verse 1}
[B]  Don't give me no [A]comic book sad looks [E]no more,
[B]  please don't [A]use those sam[E]e excuses you've used before,
[B]  mmmh mhhmmm, [A]mmmh mhh, [E]mmmh mmmh
[B]  you told yourself [A]so many times it's o[E]kay,
[B]  so be good to [A]try, but you just don't know [E]how to come back down,

{section: Chorus}
and now you [B]beat me up and break me down,
[D]hopeing i don't come around,
[A]kick me when i'm on the ground, [G]  [G]   [B]    [B]     [D]      [D]       [E]        [E]
[B]beat me up, break me down,
[D]hopeing i don't come around,
[A]kick me when i'm on the ground, [G]  [G]   [B]    [B]     [D]      [D]       [E]        [E]

{section: Solo}
{sot}e|--7-7-7---------------------------------------|
B|--7-7-7---------------------------------------|
G|--8-8----9--7----------7~---------7~-------7~-|
D|--9-9----------9--7h9-----------7----9-7h9----|
A|--9-9-----------------------7h9---------------|
E|--7-7-----------------------------------------|{eot}

{sot}e|--7-------------------------------------------|
B|--7----------------------------------10-------|
G|-----9--7----------7~---------7~-9/11--11\9~--|
D|-----------9--7h9-----------7-----------------|
A|------------------------7h9-------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------|{eot}

{section: Verse 2}
[B]  well how about those [A]people i know, but you [E]know the ones i mean,
[B]not so good, not so bad, only [A]know what they have, and they [E]have only what they've seen, ohh
[B]  them mediocre [A]bad guys don't let them bring you do[E]wn,
[B]  they can't be de[A]feated, and you know, they're [E]never going to come around,

{section: Chorus}
they just, [B]beat me up and break me down,
[D]hopeing i don't come around,
[A]kick me when i'm on the ground, [G]  [G]   [B]    [B]     [D]      [D]       [E]        [E]
[B]beat me up, and break me down,
[D]hopeing i don't come around,
[A]kick me when i'm on the ground, [G]  [G]   [B]    [B]     [D]      [D]       [E]        [E]

[B]beat me up, and break me down,
[D]hopeing i don't come around,
[A]kick me when i'm on the ground, [G]  [G]   [B]    [B]     [D]      [D]       [E]        [E]
[B]beat me up, and break me down,
[D]hopeing i don't come around,
[A]kick me when i'm on the ground, [G]  [G]   [B]    [B]     [D]      [D]       [E]        [E]

[B]beat me up, break me down,
[D]hopeing i don't come around,
[A]kick me when i'm on the ground, [G]  [G]   [B]    [B]     [D]      [D]       [E]        [E]
[B]beat me up, break me down,
[D]hopeing i don't come around,
[A]kick me when i'm on the ground, [G]  [G]   [B]    [B]     [D]      [D]       [E]        [E]

{section: Outro x3}
{sot}e|-7----------5----------5----------3-3-7-7-5-5-7-7|
B|-7----------7----------5----------3-3-7-7-7-7-9-9|
G|-8----------7----------6----------4-4-8-8-7-7-9-9|
D|-9----------7----------7----------5-5-9-9-7-7-9-9|
A|-9---7/9\7--5---7/9\7--7---7/9\7--5-5-9-9-5-5-7-7|
E|-7----------x----------5----------3-3-7-7-x-x-x-x|{eot}

{section: Verse 3}
sometimes included in live version)
well, [B]somebody's something was [A]left in the room, and [E]now that it's gone of course we assume,
that [B]somebody else needed [A]something so bad, that they [E]took everything somebody had,
[B]somebody saw him jump yeah but [A]nobody saw him slip, i guess he [E]lost a lot of hope
and then he lost his grip,
and now he's [B]lying in the freeway in the [A]middle of this mess, I [E]guess we lost
another one, just like the other one,

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| p  pull-off
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