• Song:

    Somewhere Down The Barrel

  • Artist:

    The Dissociatives

  • Album:

    Somewhere Down the Barr...

INTRO:
Keyboard riff for guitar:
    D#                                     G                      
E-|---------------------------------------------------------------|-
B-|-----------------------------------then-12-10--8-6--5-3--1-0---|-
G-|-0--3--1~~----0-1-3/6-3-0-1~~--etc-----------------------------|-
D-|---------------------------------------------------------------|-
A-|---------------------------------------------------------------|-
E-|---------------------------------------------------------------|-

1ST VERSE CHORDS:
    C   Am  G#  D#  A#m G#  F     C   Am  G#  D#  A#m G#  B 
E-|-----------------------------|----------------------------|-
B-|-5---5---4---8---6---4---10--|-5---5---4---8---6---4---4--|-
G-|-5---5---5---8---6---5---10--|-5---5---5---8---6---5---4--|-
D-|-5---7---6---8---8---6---10--|-5---7---6---8---8---6---4--|-
A-|-3---7---6---6---8---6---8---|-3---7---6---6---8---6---2--|-
E-|-----5---4-------6---4-------|-----5---4-------6---4------|-


CHORUS CHORDS:
    D#  G   Cm  F   G#  G     D#  G   Cm  F   C#  G#  G
E-|---------3---------------|---------3-----------------|-
B-|-8---3---4---10--4---3---|-8---3---4---10--6---4---3-|-
G-|-8---4---5---10--5---4---|-8---4---5---10--6---5---4-|-
D-|-8---5---5---10--6---5---|-8---5---5---10--6---6---5-|- then play intro bit again
A-|-6---5---3---8---6---5---|-6---5---3---8---4---6---5-|-
E-|-----3-----------4---3---|-----3---------------4---3-|-

OUTRO: 
    D#5 C#5 A#5       B5
E-|-----------------------|-
B-|-----------------------|-
G-|-8---6-----------------|-
D-|-8---6---8---------9---|-
A-|-6---4---8---------9---|-
E-|---------6---3-4-5-7---|-


Lyrics:
Somewhere from the mortar 
they saved you from far away labels 
eternity means nothing 
but a sign on a bridge 

when everyones a stranger 
they call for you by your first name 
and laugh at jokes you once made 
when you were a kid 

somewhere down the barrel 
lies a bullet that i can't keep 
and in these waters i'm wading for a reason 
afterall, it's in my head 
i'm not a slave to a desperate lust 
and in these waters i'm waiting for a reason afterall 

screaming limitations 
fall silent on new york corners 
a terrorist's a prisoner, and a tourist a thief 
when paintings seem like bargains 
but they're nothing but wallpaper 
i'm plagued by small town fascists 
like a rash on my skin 

somewhere down the barrel 
lies a bullet that i can't keep and 
i've been searching for something more than distance 
afterall, it's in my head 
i'm not a slave to an unborn trust 
and in these waters i'm waiting for a reason afterall, afterall, afterall 

nah nah nah nah nah
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