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Trying To Focus Acoustic

The Expendables
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Chords in this song

Strum
D-DU-UDU
 (Barre): x79987
 (Barre): x57775
 (Barre): x35553
/  (Barre)
  I'm Trying To Focus
/  (Barre)
  But I'm Falling Asleep
/  (Barre)
  The Baggage On My Eyelids is too heavy too keep from falling
 Ramble On  into  the  day...
/  (Barre)
  I've been Driving
/  (Barre)
  Since A Quarter To Three
/  (Barre)
  I've seen the sun come up so many times this week
 It's scary,  Rollin'  on until  the day....
When  I get on that open  road
 There's a pull within  my  bones
Like  a ship that's bound by  rope
 It won't let  go, It  Won't let  go...
 It won't let  go,  It Won't let  go...
/  (Barre)
  I've been runover
/  (Barre)
  By The hangover Truck
/  (Barre)
  A Drive-by shooting shot down by 12 ounce city proof slugs
 Embedded,  in my head
 The ache  in my  head....
/  (Barre)
  I've been smoking
/  (Barre)
  Sticks from a ditch
/  (Barre)
  That Midwest Farmers Daughter's the one thats making me itch
 In Places,  I'd never want  an  itch  to be...
When  I get on that open  road
 There's a pull within  my  bones
Like  a ship that's bound by  rope
 It won't let  go, It  Won't let  go
 It won't let  go,  It Won't let  go...
 For the Solo Part Geoff Weers uses an Em chord with some quick little mutted strums in
 between. You should be able to figure it out on your own,
 Listen to the song to figure out the rhythm.
 (He Starts using Barre Chords)
When  I get on that open  road
 There's a pull within  my  bones
Like  a ship that's bound by  rope
 It won't let  go, It  Won't let  go...
C Dmaj Em <------------ He Goes back to Open Chords
 It won't let go, It Won't let go...
Like  a ship that's bound by  rope
 It won't let  go, It  Won't let  go...
 It won't let  go, It  Won't let  go...
 That's how you play it.

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Readable chord sheet for Trying To Focus Acoustic by The Expendables

[Em9] (Barre): x79987

[D] (Barre): x57775

[C] (Barre): x35553

[F#m]/[C#]  [G] (Barre)

        I'm Trying To Focus

[F#m]/[C#]  [G] (Barre)

        But I'm Falling Asleep

[F#m]/[C#]  [G] (Barre) [Gmaj7]           [C]

        The Baggage On My Eyelids is too heavy too keep from falling

[Em] Ramble [Am9]On i[C]nto th[G]e day...

[F#m]/[C#]  [G] (Barre)

        I've been Driving

[F#m]/[C#]  [G] (Barre)

        Since A Quarter To Three

[F#m]/[C#]  [G] (Barre)  [Gmaj7]           [C]

        I've seen the sun come up so many times this week

It's scary[Em], Rollin'[Am9] on [C]until[G] the day....

[Em]When I get on that [D]op[Em]en road

There's a [C]pull [D]within my[Em] bones

[Em]Like a ship that's [D]bound [Em]by rope

It won't l[C]et go, [D]It Won't l[Em]et go...

It won't [C]let go,[D] It Won't [Em]let go...

[F#m]/[C#]  [G] (Barre)

        I've been runover

[F#m]/[C#]  [G] (Barre)

        By The hangover Truck

[F#m]/[C#]  [G] (Barre) [Gmaj7]               [C]

        A Drive-by shooting shot down by 12 ounce city proof slugs

Embedded[Em], in my [Am9]head

The [C]ache in [G]my head....

[F#m]/[C#]  [G] (Barre)

        I've been smoking

[F#m]/[C#]  [G] (Barre)

        Sticks from a ditch

[F#m]/[C#]  [G] (Barre) [Gmaj7]                  [C]

        That Midwest Farmers Daughter's the one thats making me itch

In Places[Em], I'd never [Am9]want an[C] itch[G] to be...

[Em]When I get on that [D]op[Em]en road

There's a [C]pull [D]within my[Em] bones

[Em]Like a ship that's [D]bound [Em]by rope

It won't l[C]et go, [D]It Won't l[Em]et go

It won't [C]let go,[D] It Won't [Em]let go...

For the Solo Part Geoff Weers uses an Em chord with some quick little mutted strums in
between. You should be able to figure it out on your own,
Listen to the song to figure out the rhythm.

(He Starts using Barre Chords)

[Em]When I get on that o[D]pe[Em]n road

There's a [C]pull [D]within my[Em] bones

[Em]Like a ship that's [D]bound [Em]by rope

It won't let[C] go, It[D] Won't let[Em] go...

             C      Dmaj         Em <------------ He Goes back to Open Chords

It won't let go, It Won't let go...

[Em]Like a ship that's [D]bound [Em]by rope

It won't let[C] go, It[D] Won't let[Em] go...

It won't let[C] go, It[D] Won't let[Em] go...

That's how you play it.

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