As Recorded by Colorfinger in "Deep in the Heart of the Beast in the Sun"
INTRO (bass)
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VERSE 1 (All chords in this verse are heavily palm muted)
[E]I woke up sweating in the sun Sprawled a[F#]cross my big brother&[A]#8217;s grave
[E]Shaking and drunk with sleep I crawled to[F#] my feet and walked up into the[A]
[E]shade of a young elm tree that must have [F#]been planted since last we came [A]
[E]Vicki my mom and me to clean [F#]the dirt from the plaque[A] that says his
E F# E F#(lighter muting)
name
VERSE 2 (All chords in this verse with lighter palm muting)
[E]Walking to my girlfriend’s car [F#]It came back down on [A]me
[E]Yeah, I guess I fell[F#] to my knees to keep from falling face[A] first into the
[E]dream The vision that had had me twisting o[F#]ut under the afternoon sky[A]
[E]I didn’t know it then but it was [F#]thirteen years to the day he d[A]ied
E B E (x3 with no palm muting)
CHORUS (All chords in this chorus with no muting)
[E]He held his hand to me [F#][A]
[E]Like brothers we walked (we walked) through the [F#]colorless world of an
[A]alcohol dream
[E]I talked for hours Trying to break th[F#]rough the silence that he held to [A]me
[E]Then he started away, turned[F#] and said Keep i[A]t up so you can die like me
[E] [A] [G] Yea[A]h-e[E]ah [A] [G] so you ca[A]n die like me
[E] Go! [G#][F#][E][A][G#][B]
G# F# E A G# B (x3)
BRIDGE (Heavily Palm Muted)
[G#]Ever since my [F#]brother [E]O.DR[A]17;d I’ve dr[G#]ifted al[B]l over from town to town to town
[G#]Every place I [F#]go it&am[E]p;#8217;s a[A]lways the same I k[G#]eep doing junk I k[B]eep going down
[G#]Yeah my mama [F#]got [E]religion my [A]sisters gave up Man, I [G#]just gave [B]up too
[G#] [F#] [E] I just died ins[A]ide [G#] [F#] Don't wa[E]nna die like George
[G#] [F#] [E] Don’t wanna die like Ge[A]orge[G#]
[F#]Everyone says there's things to see,
[F#]everyone’s pointing their f[E]ingers at me
CHORUS (Heavily Palm muted until after the first "He's gonna die like me" then play with no muting)
[E]I woke up driving after [F#]another blackout from [A]another bad drug
[E]I can’t shake this hell That I&a[F#]mp;#8217;ve made for[A] myself for every other life I
[E]touch See my sister[F#]217;s son walk the line I [A]walk He’s only sixteen
[E]If he don’t lear[F#]n from my mistakes He&[A]#8217;s gonna waste away,
He’s gonna di[E]e like me [A][G][A]
[E] [A] [G]He̵[A]7;s gonna[E] die lik[A]e me[G] [A]
[E] [A] [G]He's gonna [A]die like [E]me [A] [G]He's gonna [A]die like me
[E] [A] [G]He's gonna [A]die like [E]me [A] [G]He's gonna [A]die like me
[E] [A] [G]He's gonna [A]die like [E]me [A] [G]He's gonna [A]die like me
[E] [A] [G]He's gonna [A]die like [E]me [A] [G]He's gonna [A]die like me
(Play an E to finish)
INTRO (bass)
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B|--------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------|
E|--0--0--0--0--0--0--2--2--2--0--0--0--| x3
VERSE 1 (All chords in this verse are heavily palm muted)
[E]I woke up sweating in the sun Sprawled a[F#]cross my big brother&[A]#8217;s grave
[E]Shaking and drunk with sleep I crawled to[F#] my feet and walked up into the[A]
[E]shade of a young elm tree that must have [F#]been planted since last we came [A]
[E]Vicki my mom and me to clean [F#]the dirt from the plaque[A] that says his
E F# E F#(lighter muting)
name
VERSE 2 (All chords in this verse with lighter palm muting)
[E]Walking to my girlfriend’s car [F#]It came back down on [A]me
[E]Yeah, I guess I fell[F#] to my knees to keep from falling face[A] first into the
[E]dream The vision that had had me twisting o[F#]ut under the afternoon sky[A]
[E]I didn’t know it then but it was [F#]thirteen years to the day he d[A]ied
E B E (x3 with no palm muting)
CHORUS (All chords in this chorus with no muting)
[E]He held his hand to me [F#][A]
[E]Like brothers we walked (we walked) through the [F#]colorless world of an
[A]alcohol dream
[E]I talked for hours Trying to break th[F#]rough the silence that he held to [A]me
[E]Then he started away, turned[F#] and said Keep i[A]t up so you can die like me
[E] [A] [G] Yea[A]h-e[E]ah [A] [G] so you ca[A]n die like me
[E] Go! [G#][F#][E][A][G#][B]
G# F# E A G# B (x3)
BRIDGE (Heavily Palm Muted)
[G#]Ever since my [F#]brother [E]O.DR[A]17;d I’ve dr[G#]ifted al[B]l over from town to town to town
[G#]Every place I [F#]go it&am[E]p;#8217;s a[A]lways the same I k[G#]eep doing junk I k[B]eep going down
[G#]Yeah my mama [F#]got [E]religion my [A]sisters gave up Man, I [G#]just gave [B]up too
[G#] [F#] [E] I just died ins[A]ide [G#] [F#] Don't wa[E]nna die like George
[G#] [F#] [E] Don’t wanna die like Ge[A]orge[G#]
[F#]Everyone says there's things to see,
[F#]everyone’s pointing their f[E]ingers at me
CHORUS (Heavily Palm muted until after the first "He's gonna die like me" then play with no muting)
[E]I woke up driving after [F#]another blackout from [A]another bad drug
[E]I can’t shake this hell That I&a[F#]mp;#8217;ve made for[A] myself for every other life I
[E]touch See my sister[F#]217;s son walk the line I [A]walk He’s only sixteen
[E]If he don’t lear[F#]n from my mistakes He&[A]#8217;s gonna waste away,
He’s gonna di[E]e like me [A][G][A]
[E] [A] [G]He̵[A]7;s gonna[E] die lik[A]e me[G] [A]
[E] [A] [G]He's gonna [A]die like [E]me [A] [G]He's gonna [A]die like me
[E] [A] [G]He's gonna [A]die like [E]me [A] [G]He's gonna [A]die like me
[E] [A] [G]He's gonna [A]die like [E]me [A] [G]He's gonna [A]die like me
[E] [A] [G]He's gonna [A]die like [E]me [A] [G]He's gonna [A]die like me
(Play an E to finish)
