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New Bad Things - Goethes Letter To Vic Chesnut

this is from "Freewheel," released in 1995 by Candy-Ass Records.
Transcribed by me, Jennifer Starfish.

every time a line leads off with G, right before it there's a hammer
on/off on the low E, which means you play on low E: 0, 1, 0; and carry it
straight into...

G			   Em
let me put it to you this way:
	    Am				C		
you will be hit by a truck and you will fall from your bicycle
G                 Em
and no-one will recall
Am			  C
who you were, except your friends and your enemies
Am	      Em
  and all the stuff you could've written 
Am  		   Em
  'bout times when you were sick, or smitten
Am            Em         D        G
  will mean about as much as your corpse
G			  Em
let me put it to you this way:
Am			    C
I've been writing songs for almost 7 years now
G			     Em
 and I haven't said a single thing
   Am		      C	
of lasting import. or social significance 
Am		  Em
  but I know from reading all your letters
Am	       Em	
  and midnight coffee double-headers
Am	     Em           D      G
  that maybe you could do better than me
G			  Em
let me put it to you this way:
	    Am			       C	
you will be hit by a bus, and you will die inside the ambulance
G                  Em
and no-one will recall
	Am				  C
who you are (or I mean WERE) except your friends and your relatives
Am	      Em
  and all the stuff you could've written
Am	      Em
  and all the words you could've hidden
Am	     Em          D        G  
  will mean about as much as your corpse

(ends on A G)