Paralytic States (acoustic) by Against Me!
A couple of notes:
- This is how Laura plays the song at acoustic shows. The LP version is slightly
different (there's leads, a key change, etc).
- Also, G#m denotes something like this:
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[-6-5-6-5-]
[-6-6-6-6-]
[-4-3-4-3-]
That said, here's the song:
[B]She could hear them fking through
Those thin hotel walls
She heard [E]babies crying,
She heard laughter, she heard sirens
[B]Red and blue lights flashing
Through those cheap hotel drapes
Blood [E]spilled out on the porcelain
The [F#m]bath tub's over-flowing
[E]Paralytic [F#m]states of dependency
[B]All waking [G#m]life's just a living dream
[E]Agitated [F#m]states of amazement
B G#m
Never quite the woman that she wanted to be
B G#m
Never quite the woman that she wanted to be
[B]Spread out faced down on those
Stained cheap hotel sheets
She spent the [E]last years of her life
Running from the boy she used to be
[B]Cut her face wide open
Shaved the bone down thin
Plumped her [E]lips up exaggerated
A fked [F#m]up kind of feminine
[E]Paralytic [F#m]states of dependency
[B]All waking [G#m]life's just a living dream
[E]Agitated [F#m]states of amazement
B G#m
Never quite the woman that she wanted to be
B G#m
Never quite the woman that she wanted to be
[B]Night time at the hotel there was fighting in the hall
Thin chain [E]lock to keep the world out
She held her breath till it was gone
[B]Standing naked in front of that hotel bathroom mirror
In her dys[E]phoria's reflection
She still [F#m]saw her mother's son
[E]Paralytic [F#m]states of dependency
[B]All waking [G#m]life's just a living dream
[E]Agitated [F#m]states of amazement
B G#m
Never quite the woman that she wanted to be
B G#m
Never quite the woman that she wanted to be
[E]By the time the [F#m]ball dropped it was [E]already [F#m]over
[E]By the time the [F#m]ball dropped it was [E]already [F#m]over
[E]No resolutions for the [F#m]new year beginning to[B]morrow
A couple of notes:
- This is how Laura plays the song at acoustic shows. The LP version is slightly
different (there's leads, a key change, etc).
- Also, G#m denotes something like this:
---------
---------
---------
[-6-5-6-5-]
[-6-6-6-6-]
[-4-3-4-3-]
That said, here's the song:
[B]She could hear them fking through
Those thin hotel walls
She heard [E]babies crying,
She heard laughter, she heard sirens
[B]Red and blue lights flashing
Through those cheap hotel drapes
Blood [E]spilled out on the porcelain
The [F#m]bath tub's over-flowing
[E]Paralytic [F#m]states of dependency
[B]All waking [G#m]life's just a living dream
[E]Agitated [F#m]states of amazement
B G#m
Never quite the woman that she wanted to be
B G#m
Never quite the woman that she wanted to be
[B]Spread out faced down on those
Stained cheap hotel sheets
She spent the [E]last years of her life
Running from the boy she used to be
[B]Cut her face wide open
Shaved the bone down thin
Plumped her [E]lips up exaggerated
A fked [F#m]up kind of feminine
[E]Paralytic [F#m]states of dependency
[B]All waking [G#m]life's just a living dream
[E]Agitated [F#m]states of amazement
B G#m
Never quite the woman that she wanted to be
B G#m
Never quite the woman that she wanted to be
[B]Night time at the hotel there was fighting in the hall
Thin chain [E]lock to keep the world out
She held her breath till it was gone
[B]Standing naked in front of that hotel bathroom mirror
In her dys[E]phoria's reflection
She still [F#m]saw her mother's son
[E]Paralytic [F#m]states of dependency
[B]All waking [G#m]life's just a living dream
[E]Agitated [F#m]states of amazement
B G#m
Never quite the woman that she wanted to be
B G#m
Never quite the woman that she wanted to be
[E]By the time the [F#m]ball dropped it was [E]already [F#m]over
[E]By the time the [F#m]ball dropped it was [E]already [F#m]over
[E]No resolutions for the [F#m]new year beginning to[B]morrow
