riff 1:
D G D G
| -2-------2---2- | -3-------3----- | -2-----3-2---2- | -3-------3---0- |
| -3-----3---3--- | -0-----0---0--- | -3---------3--- | -0-----0---0--- |
| -2---2--------- | -0---0--------- | -2---2--------- | -0---0--------- |
| -0------------- | -0------------- | -0------------- | -0------------- |
| --------------- | -2------------- | --------------- | -2------------- |
| --------------- | -3------------- | --------------- | -3------------- |
riff 2:
| -2----7----9---7---- |
| -3----8----10--8---- | listen to the song to get the timing for
| -2----7----9---7---- | this part - it isn't broken up into bars
| -0------------------ | here.
| -------------------- |
| -------------------- |
riff 1 2X
D G D G D G D G
I don't know just where I'm going
D G D G D<---- end of riff 1, strum
But I'm gonna try for the kingdom if I can this chord, and the
G D rest of the chords
Cos it makes me feel like I'm a man
G D
When I put a spike into my vein
G D
And I tell ya things aren't quite the same when you hit the word
G D know at the end of the
When I'm rushing on my run verse, the D chord marks the
G D beginning of riff 1 again,
And I feel just like Jesus' son which contintues until the
G D nullify in the next verse/
And I guess that I just don't know this pattern continues thru
G D G D G the whole song/
And I guess that I just don't know
D G D G D G D
I have made a big decision
D G D G D
I'm gonna try to nullify my life
G D
Cos when the blood begins to flow
G D
And it shoots up the dropper's neck
G D
When I'm closing in on death
riff2 2X
G D
You can't help me not you guys
G D
Oh, all you sweet girls with all your sweet talk
G D
You can all go take a walk
G D
And I guess that I just don't know
G D G D G
And I guess that I just don't know
D G D G D G D G
I wish that I was born a thousand years ago
D G D G D
I wish that I'd sailed the darkened seas
G D
On a great big clipper ship
G D
Going from this land here to that
G D
Oh, in a sailor's suit and cap
riff2 2X
G D
Away from the big city
G D
Where a man can not be free
G D
Of all the evils of this town
G D
And of himself and those around
G D
Oh, and I guess that I just don't know
G D G D G
Oh, and I guess that I just don't know
D G D G D G D G
Her_____oin, it'll be the death of me
D G D G D G
Her_____oin, it's my wife, and it's my life
G D
Because a mainline in my vein
G D
Leads to a center in my head
G D
And then I'm better off as dead
riff2 4X
G D
Cos when the smack begins to flow
G D
Oh, I really don't care anymore
G D
'Bout all the jim-jims in this town
G D
And all the politicians making crazy sounds
G D
And everybody puttin' everybody else down
G D
And all the dead bodies piled up in Nam
riff 2 4x
G D
Cos when the smack begins to flow
G D
And I really don't care anymore
riff 2 2x
G D
When that heroin is in my blood
G D
And the blood is in my head
G D
Then I thank God that I'm as good as dead
G D
And thank your God that I'm not aware
G D
And thank God that I just don't care
G D
And I guess that I just don't know
G D G D G
And I guess that I just don't know
riff1 2X
F arpeggio
