Standard Tuning
(chords are relative to capo)
CHORDS USED (All fingerstlye, no strumming):
e--0-- --0-- --0-- --1--
B--1-- --0-- --1-- --1--
G--0-- --0-- --2-- --2--
D--2-- --2-- --2-- --3--
A--3-- --2-- --0-- --0--
E--0-- --0-- --0-- --0--
INTRO
C, Em, Am, F (x2)
VERSE 1:
Me and My best friend Jim started our own band
Am FWhen I was fifteen living in Deutschland.
C EmDidn't matter that we could hardly play
Came up with a crazy name, called the band "Queen UK"
C EmI played the guitar, he played drums
Am FOur parents told us one day we'd be bums
And everyday we'd go over to his parents house
Am FAnd in the basement we'd play as hard and loud
C EmAs we could get it. It drove his mom mad
But it never seemed to bother his drunk dad.
C EmWe wrote five or six, songs or so
Am FWe played them at the high school talent show
We blew the shit up. The girls went crazy.
Am FWe looked so cool. They called us 'baby.'
C EmAnd after that man, we had it made.
The normal life was later-ade.
INTERLUDE:
C, Em, Am, F...
VERSE 2:
C EmWell I moved to Austin, he moved to LA after living in Seattle.
I joined a funk band, he got all into heavy metal.
C EmIt was a wild time. I did a lot of blotter.
Am FIt was like some bad episode of "Welcome Back Kotter".
I went out to LA to visit him.
Am FBut he was all messed up playing in some shitty band.
C EmSnorting heroin. He had like ten tatoos.
We smoked some serious kind, drank a ton of booze.
C EmWe joked around alot. We'd always say
Am FWe've come so far since the good ol' days.
INTERLUDE:
C, Em, Am, F...
VERSE 3:
C EmIt was a blur but, I don't really remember much.
Am FJust glad to get the hell out, I never liked LA too much.
Austin was more laid back, more like my kind of town.
Am FPeople kickin it, not so tightly wound.
C EmMy bands kept breaking up, like they always do.
I kept getting by, and pulling through.
C EmI got a phone call from Jim one night in ninety-eight
Am FHe didn't sound so good he said 'I need a break'.
He said can I come to stay for a week or so.
Am FI said 'That'd be cool. No problem bro.'
C EmBut I never spoke to him again after that.
I got a call from this guy in Jim's band Aftermath.
C EmHe said that Jim had died sometime last week or so.
Am FIn his apartment, some kind of overdose.
The police couldn't find his folks, and maybe did I know
Am FHow to get a hold of them and I said I did and so
C EmThey called his parents up and it was shitty but,
I went to the funeral and I was all fucked up.
C EmAnd I felt responsible in some weird ol' way.
Am FBut there was nothing I could do, there was nothing I could say.
INTERLUDE:
C, Em, Am, F (x2)...
VERSE 4:
C EmThat's the way it goes when fate is king.
Am FYou can't tell the world how to do its thing.
You can just hold on tight, let it take you for a ride.
Am FAnd maybe you might make it to the other side.
C EmWell in the end I guess, it doesn't matter so.
I guess I'll tell you everything I know now.
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