05/15/2011
Why? - Against me
From the album Eskimo snow
Tab by Jeff Cooper

Standard tuning. If you've got something with a whammy bar, use it!

Intro Chord
E|------|
B|--5---|
G|--5---|
D|--3---|
A|------|
E|------|

Em (022000@1)      C (x32010@1)                     FI've (133211@1)been habitually rubbing the sleep from my eyes,
          F (133211@1)           G (320003@1)           Em (022000@1)         AmI (x02210@1)see the rain does not respect state lines, why should you?
Em (022000@1)           C (x32010@1)      F (133211@1)            F (133211@1)        G (320003@1)      AmAnd (x02210@1)I've seen dirt dry fires arise by pissing boy fountain statues
C (x32010@1)          Em (022000@1)F (133211@1)  Dm (xx0231@1)F (133211@1)        G (320003@1) Em (022000@1)      AmAnd (x02210@1)they say electricity, can travel up your piss stream

F (133211@1)             G (320003@1)             Em (022000@1)    AmOh (x02210@1)am I too concerned with the burn of scrutiny?
            F (133211@1)         G (320003@1)            Em (022000@1)  AmCold (x02210@1)chased on run and covered like a horse before the race
    Dm (xx0231@1)   Am (x02210@1)      Em (022000@1)  AmWill (x02210@1)I gain weight in later life?
    Dm (xx0231@1)      Am (x02210@1)    Em (022000@1)    Am (x02210@1)     F (133211@1)         F (133211@1)  CAnd (x32010@1)when will someone swing a scythe against me?

Dm Am Em Am
Dm Am Em Am F

C (x32010@1)                FOut (133211@1)of every woman on earth, who will I mate with?
            F (133211@1)                Dm (xx0231@1)                       FOr (133211@1)will I spit empty threats, until all that's left, is a million zeros 
G (320003@1)           Em (022000@1)     Amprinted (x02210@1)on a roll of ticker-tape?
             F (133211@1)          G (320003@1)        Em (022000@1)       AmAnd (x02210@1)one last echo of the final tiny wave in my wake?
            C (x32010@1)                      F (133211@1)               F (133211@1)     G (320003@1)   EmWill (022000@1)all my unused seed collect like mercury, in some kind of afterlife for 
Amhalves? (x02210@1)          C (x32010@1)  Dm (xx0231@1)   F (133211@1)      G (320003@1)     Em (022000@1)      AmShould (x02210@1)I offer up my lats and pecs as stakes in death?
C (x32010@1)          G (320003@1)         Dm (xx0231@1)        Am (x02210@1) (Dm F (133211@1)name="chord_320003@1">G Am)?
Whatever the will of the people shall be, Ohio and me

F (133211@1)             G (320003@1)             Em (022000@1)    AmOh (x02210@1)am I too concerned with the burn of scrutiny?
            F (133211@1)         G (320003@1)            Em (022000@1)  AmCold (x02210@1)chased on run and covered like a horse before the race
 
   Dm (xx0231@1)   Am (x02210@1)      Em (022000@1)  AmWill (x02210@1)I gain weight in later life?
    Dm (xx0231@1)      Am (x02210@1)    Em (022000@1)    Am (x02210@1)     F (133211@1)         F (133211@1)  CAnd (x32010@1)when will someone swing a scythe against me?

Dm Am Em Am
Dm Am Em Am F

C (x32010@1)                   F (133211@1)                             DmOh (xx0231@1)I'd rest in peace on a freshly cleaned and steamed plush carpet for sure,
          F (133211@1)         G (320003@1)       Em (022000@1)      Am (x02210@1)
In the vacant third floor of a department store
      C (x32010@1)                          FOr (133211@1)be hung with four nails on the projection wall
         F (133211@1) G (320003@1)             Em (022000@1)     AmIn (x02210@1)an empty convention center banquet hall

C (x32010@1)      FThat's (133211@1)right, I'm like everybody else is
Dm (xx0231@1)       F (133211@1)       G (320003@1)        Em (022000@1)      AmAshamed (x02210@1)of sleep, I lie when a phone call wakes me

F (133211@1)         G (320003@1)             Em (022000@1)    AmBut (x02210@1)am I too concerned with the burn of scrutiny?
            F (133211@1)        G (320003@1)            Em (022000@1)             AmCold (x02210@1)chased on run and covered like a horse before the race

Dm (xx0231@1)   Am (x02210@1)      Em (022000@1)  AmWill (x02210@1)I gain weight in later life?
    Dm (xx0231@1)      Am (x02210@1)    Em (022000@1)    Am (x02210@1)     F (133211@1)         F (133211@1)  CAnd (x32010@1)when will someone swing a scythe against me?

Dm Am Em Am
Dm Am Em Am F

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