song: My Friend Chris
artist: The Menzingers
album: I Was Born - EP
tabbed by: fr3shb4ng

Hi folks,
these chords are based on the "Nervous Energies" session.
Check this version out on youtube!
Some chords are a bit tricky, I don't know if they're 100% right or how
they're named correctly but here's my suggestion. Sounds good to me. ;)

Dsus2   A7Sus4   B6     Asus4   E7sus4 Asus4/G  Dsus2*
e|---5---|---5---|---x---|---x---|---x---|---x---|---0---|
B|---5---|---5---|---x---|---3---|---3---|---3---|---3---|
G|---7---|---7---|---x---|---2---|---2---|---2---|---2---|
D|---7---|---5---|---9---|---2---|---0---|---0---|---0---|
A|---5---|---7---|---9---|---0---|---2---|---x---|---0---|
E|---5---|---5---|---7---|---0---|---0---|---3---|---x---|

// standard tuning
// capo on 3rd fret



1st verse

Bm (x24432@1)               Dsus2The (xx0230@1)first sin that I once told

A7Sus4           B6Was (02110x@1)to my parents at ten years old

G (320003@1)               Asus4I (x02230@1)stole somethin' I'll admit it

E7sus4 (020200@1)          GBut (320003@1)not to priests or crucifixes

Bm (x24432@1)      Dsus2Me (xx0230@1)and my best friend Chris

A7Sus4       B6We (02110x@1)built our alibis from bricks

G (320003@1)                         Asus4 (x02230@1)          E7sus4And (020200@1)when we were questioned we just read our scripts

Asus4
"I didn't do it"

D  Asus4/G  Asus4  E7sus4  Dsus2*  Asus4/G  Asus4



2nd verse

Bm (x24432@1)              Dsus2The (xx0230@1)first crime I did commit

A7Sus4              B6Was (02110x@1)mischief night with my friend Chris

G (320003@1)                  Asus4We (x02230@1)packed our bags with toilet paper,

E7sus4 (020200@1)          GBars (320003@1)of soap, and egg containers

Bm (x24432@1)            Dsus2 (xx0230@1)      A7Sus4         B6And (02110x@1)we targeted everyone who ever seemed to do us wrong

G (320003@1)        Asus4 (x02230@1)    E7sus4 (020200@1)  Asus4Oh (x02230@1)how the time turns on



1st Chorus

D (xx0232@1)            Asus4/GAnd (302230@1)maybe Einstein can express

Asus4 (x02230@1)   E7sus4 (020200@1)     Asus4/GThe (302230@1)formulaic mysteries of time

Asus4
But I've lost the time

Dsus2*      Asus4/G
And maybe Kafka was a writer

Asus4 (x02230@1)          E7sus4 (020200@1)        Asus4/G (302230@1)  Asus4But (x02230@1)I've been living like my name is Samsa



3rd verse

Bm (x24432@1)             Dsus2The (xx0230@1)first night I got my fix

A7Sus4              B6Was (02110x@1)with my brother and my friend Chris

G (320003@1)              Asus4We (x02230@1)stole my mothers Smirnoff vodka

E7sus4 (020200@1)           GMixed (320003@1)it with some cans of Fresca

Bm (x24432@1)               Dsus2We (xx0230@1)learned how our parents lived

A7Sus4             B6And (02110x@1)found that we were good at it

G (320003@1)            Asus4 (x02230@1)      E7sus4 (020200@1)  Asus4Meet (x02230@1)me at the bottom or in between



2nd chorus

D (xx0232@1)            Asus4/GAnd (302230@1)maybe Einstein can express

Asus4 (x02230@1)   E7sus4 (020200@1)     Asus4/GThe (302230@1)formulaic mysteries of time

Asus4
But I've lost the time

Dsus2*      Asus4/G
And maybe Kafka was a writer

Asus4 (x02230@1)          E7sus4 (020200@1)        Asus4/G (302230@1)  Asus4But (x02230@1)I've been living like my name is Samsa



Outro [2x]

Dsus2*
See you in hell

Asus4/G
I'll see ya when I see ya

E7sus4
See you in hell

GI'll (320003@1)see ya when I see ya

//let Dsus2* ring at the end



have fun! :D