• Song:

    Amen

  • Artist:

    Paper Tongues

[Intro] (Drum beat and rap; and the use the high E)
E (022100@1)[Verse]
EOnce (022100@1)upon a time when a cowboy was a duck
ESipping (022100@1)on pina coladas lying on a genie rug
ABack (x02220@1)when nobody had cable they were still living the dream
AAmen (x02220@1)AAmen (x02220@1)
[Verse]
EI (022100@1)love you doesn't matter when you say it in a text
EUsed (022100@1)to meet a date in person now it's on the Internet
AWherever (x02220@1)I'm on the brink yeah I think I need a drink
AAmen (x02220@1)AAmen (x02220@1)
[Chorus x2]
E (022100@1)                                      BYou've (x2444x@1)just gotta lay your weapons down, forget about your problems
C#m (x13321@4)        AJust (x02220@1)do you, no one else can solve them
E B Ab A
Amen

[Verse]
EI (022100@1)know a girl who say she loves me but she's crazy in the head
EShe (022100@1)don't even know my name but she still wants me in her bed
AThere's (x02220@1)an apple on the table, want a bite, be my guest
AAmen (x02220@1)AAmen (x02220@1)
[Verse]
ETommy's (022100@1)out of money and his team is 0 and 4
EPlus (022100@1)he's looking in the window at the things he can't afford
AWe've (x02220@1)got neighbors on the street, why's the cycle on repeat
AAmen (x02220@1)AAmen (x02220@1)
[Chorus x2]
E (022100@1)                                      BYou've (x2444x@1)just gotta lay your weapons down, forget about your problems
C#m (x13321@4)        AJust (x02220@1)do you, no one else can solve them
E B Ab A
Amen

[Bridge]
E (022100@1)                                  BIt's (x2444x@1)a new day now let's be friends (ayyo)
B (x2444x@1)                           C#mNo (x13321@4)babies crying, no one dying (ayyo)
C#m (x13321@4)           AOh (x02220@1)now let it be (ayyo)
A (x02220@1)                    ECome (022100@1)on now and join me (ayyo)
EAmen (022100@1)ELift (022100@1)up your voices children
AAmen (x02220@1)AEverybody (x02220@1)
[Chorus x4]  (Double Chorus)
E (022100@1)                                      BYou've (x2444x@1)just gotta lay your weapons down, forget about your problems
C#m (x13321@4)        AJust (x02220@1)do you, no one else can solve them
E B Ab A
Amen

[Fill 1]  (Goes over every chorus in the song directly after he sings "Amen"  It's very 
subtle and not necessary but it's still there.)
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-12-12p9------12-12-9-12--------------------------------------------------|
G|---------11-9-------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|

[Fill 2]  (Goes over 2nd half of the final chorus and plays through the rest of the 
song.  Also very subtle and not necessary but it's in the studio version but sounds really good.)
 (Slide up first time around)
E|/12----12----14-------14----12----12----14-------14-----------------------|
B|----12----12----12-12----12----12----12----12-12----12--------------------|
G|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|

E|-12----12----14-------14----12----12----16----14---------------------------|
B|----12----12----12-12----12----12----12----12-----12-----------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|

ECan (022100@1)you teach me how to love, can you show me how to live
EWill (022100@1)you help me dig a well, is this the least that we can give
AWhen (x02220@1)it's all said and done you'll be remembered by what you did
Amen
Amen

You can end the song on either A or E for whatever purpose.
Any questions feel free to email me at benmeyerbzm@aol.com
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