INTRO PART 1/VERSE (palm muting) (X4)
INTRO PART 2 (X4)
VERSE (X4) (rather be dead than alive for your oppression...)
on the last time...
CHORUS (X4)
REPEAT VERSE (X4)
REPEAT CHORUS (let the guitar hum out after you hit the last open note)
BRIDGE PART 1
little guitar solo part
BRIDGE PART 2 (X8)
for the first 4 measures of the second part of the bridge, palm mute and
gradually get take your pal off the guitar to get louder.
REPEAT CHORUS (X4)
stop and let the drummer do that fill and then go back into the intro/verse
REPEAT VERSE (X4)
REPEATE CHORUS (X1)
intro:
[E] [F] [F#] [G#]
verse:
Rather be dead, then alive by your opression
[EmEm] [EmEm] [EmEmEm] [EmEm] [Em]
Rather be dead then alive by your design
[EmEm] [EmEm] [EmEmEm] [EmEm] [Em]
chorus:
[BbBb]Poiso[A]en[Em]d my fingers
[BbBb]Burne[A]d [Em]out my eyes
[BbBb]Cut o[A]ut[Em] my throat
[BbBb]To be[A] a[Em]live
Rather be alive ...........
[Em] [Em] [Em] [Em] [Em] [Em] [Em] [Em] [Em] [Em] [Em]
RatherbealiveRatherbealiveRatherbe ........
[EmEmEmEmEmEmEmEmEmEmEmEmEm] [A#] [G#]
HereB4s the rest of the text:
Verse:
Rather be dead, than alive by social values
Rather be dead, than alive by your tradition
e|--------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------|
E|-0-0----0-0----0-0-0----0-0----0------------|
INTRO PART 2 (X4)
e|--------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------|
A|-2----------3-----5-------------------------|
E|-0----------1-----3-------------------------|
VERSE (X4) (rather be dead than alive for your oppression...)
e|--------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------|
E|-0-0----0-0----0-0-0----0-0----0------------|
on the last time...
e|---------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------------9---|
A|---------------------------------------7---7-|
E|-0-0----0-0----0-0-0----0(harmonics)-9-------|
CHORUS (X4)
e|------------------|
B|------------------|
G|------------------|
D|------------------|
A|-8-8-8-7--2-------|
E|-6-6-6-5-0--------|
REPEAT VERSE (X4)
REPEAT CHORUS (let the guitar hum out after you hit the last open note)
BRIDGE PART 1
little guitar solo part
e|--------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------------------------|
D|-2---------234--------345----------9--5--5--4--7--4-----|
A|--------------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------|
BRIDGE PART 2 (X8)
for the first 4 measures of the second part of the bridge, palm mute and
gradually get take your pal off the guitar to get louder.
e|---------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------|
D|-----------------5-5-5-5-7-7-7-7-|
A|-9-9-9-2-2-3-2-2-3-3-3-3-5-5-5-5-|
E|-7-7-7-0-0-1-0-0-----------------|
REPEAT CHORUS (X4)
stop and let the drummer do that fill and then go back into the intro/verse
REPEAT VERSE (X4)
REPEATE CHORUS (X1)
intro:
[E] [F] [F#] [G#]
verse:
Rather be dead, then alive by your opression
[EmEm] [EmEm] [EmEmEm] [EmEm] [Em]
Rather be dead then alive by your design
[EmEm] [EmEm] [EmEmEm] [EmEm] [Em]
chorus:
[BbBb]Poiso[A]en[Em]d my fingers
[BbBb]Burne[A]d [Em]out my eyes
[BbBb]Cut o[A]ut[Em] my throat
[BbBb]To be[A] a[Em]live
Rather be alive ...........
[Em] [Em] [Em] [Em] [Em] [Em] [Em] [Em] [Em] [Em] [Em]
RatherbealiveRatherbealiveRatherbe ........
[EmEmEmEmEmEmEmEmEmEmEmEmEm] [A#] [G#]
HereB4s the rest of the text:
Verse:
Rather be dead, than alive by social values
Rather be dead, than alive by your tradition