Bayside
Blame It On A Bad Luck
Bayside
2005
Submitted by: jeremyunderground41@yahoo.com

Key: D

Tuning: Standard EADGBe

Chords used:
Bm –    x24432
A –     x02220
G –     320033
F#m –   244222
F# –    244322
Em –    022000
F –     133111
D –     xx0232
F#/Bb – x143xx


Chorus 1: Bass Only
Bm         A
  Pound my knuckles 
G                     F#m
hard against the floor
   Em                   F
My head against the wall
      F#                A
But I did this to myself
  Bm             A   G
Assume it's just not worth
               F#m
getting back up   but 
     Em                  F
I'll blame it on bad luck
     F#                  A Bm <–– Guitar Enters
I'll shake responsibility 
 

Verse 1:
Bm
  I spent some time in 
A     Em       F#m
a bad place at 18
Bm              D
wishing I could see 
          Em
something through clear
F#m Bm
eyes  Do you ever wake up
   A      Em
to realize  that your
        F#m
life is meaningless?
        Bm
Does it give you strength
   D
or lead you to your 
Em               F#m
grave at a young age?


Chorus 2:
Bm         A
  Pound my knuckles 
G                     F#m
hard against the floor
   Em                   F
My head against the wall
      F#                F#/Bb
But I did this to myself
  Bm             A   G
Assume it's just not worth
               F#m
getting back up   but 
     Em                  F
I'll blame it on bad luck
     F#
I'll shake responsibility 


Post Chorus: Guitar Solo
Bm––Em–F#– x2


Verse 2:
Bm
  It seems that when 
  A    Em
I ran away from 
F#m     Bm          D
my past all my dignity my 
      Em           F#m
faith my pride got left back
Bm
  And now I think it's time that 
  A      Em            F#m
I realize  self pity's meaningless
       Bm
Though I'm 10 feet deep
     D
I'll claw my way back 
Em             F#m
out from in my grave


Chorus 3:
Bm         A
  Pound my knuckles 
G                     F#m
hard against the floor
   Em                   F
My head against the wall
      F#                F#/Bb
But I did this to myself
  Bm             A   G
Assume it's just not worth
               F#m
getting back up   but 
     Em                  F
I'll blame it on bad luck
     F#
I'll shake responsibility
         Em(hold)
And I'll save a hard life
    A(hold)
You did this to me


Breakdown: D––F#m–Bm–– x2


Bridge:
G           D      F#
  But now I realize  I'd give 
Bm A       G
anything I have to walk 
  D                F#
a day in those old shoes
Wondering what 
   G
my first smoke
      D      F#
would be like  my first
Bm      A         G
fuck my next fuck up
            D
Or the next band that
             F#
would change my life
                  G   A F#/Bb 
and it changed my life
Bm                  G   A F#/Bb(Hold)   
  and it changed my life


Chorus 3:
Bm         A
  Pound my knuckles 
G                     F#m
hard against the floor
   Em                   F
My head against the wall
      F#                F#/Bb
But I did this to myself
  Bm             A   G
Assume it's just not worth
               F#m
getting back up   but
     Em                  F
I'll blame it on bad luck
     F#
I'll shake responsibility
         G
And I'll save a hard life
    A        F#/Bb  Bm(hold)
You did this to   me