Chords for Ramshackle Glory - 8 - Bitter Old Man
Tempo:
65.7 bpm
Chords used:
D
G
A
Bm
Em
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
I [Bm]
[A] [G] [D] [B]
[A] [G] was [D] born a bitter old man who got [Bm] his heart broken in [A] Catalonia in 1936.
[D] Things haven't felt right since.
I gave up on life before [Bm] I knew it.
The news place was a brick.
[A] Fascism, Republicans, and [D] their apologists.
[A] But I swear to God [D] I'm gonna die.
Full of [A] naive optimism.
A teenager's heart breaking [G] conviction that things could be different, oh yeah.
[A] Things are gonna be real different when [D] we're finished around here.
[Em] I always wanted [G] to die young.
[A] [D]
I always [Em] wanted to die [G] young.
[Em]
[G] I always wanted [D] to die young.
[Am] Now I feel younger [G] every day and I just hope I die younger than I [D] am.
[A]
[G] [D] [Bm] [A]
[G] [D] I can hear you from a dozen states [Bm] away, shivering through a dome, saying,
Lord, [A] enough.
There's no [G] money left and nothing else [D] to steal.
And Lord only knows that I've had [Bm] my share.
You can tell there were years when I was ready [A] to die.
But it's only [G] been recently [D] that I've been willing to live.
[A] And I swear [G] to God I [D] didn't plan for [Em] things to end up this [A] way.
I had a teenager's conviction [G] that I would be different, oh yeah.
[A] I was gonna be real different than the person [D] I became.
I [Em] always wanted to [G] die young.
[A] [D] I always wanted to [G] die young.
[A] [Em] I [G] always wanted to [D] die young.
Now [Am] I feel younger [G] every day and I just hope I die younger than [D] I am.
[Gm] [D]
[Bm] But now living's a struggle, [G] except when it isn't yet.
I [Bm] woke up this [G] morning and I wasn't in prison, [D] but [Bm] I can't promise that I'll fart on [G] it.
I'd still kill a man [D] for a cigarette.
I was raised like you who [G] needs homicide.
So the song [Bm] goes out to all the homies locked down.
[D] Come on [Bm] back now, we [G] need you around.
[D] That judge, he doesn't know what he's done.
[Bm] Now judges never know the things [G] they do.
[D] How could they?
[G] [D] [A]
[D] [Bm] [A] [D]
[A] [D]
[A] [G] [D] [B]
[A] [G] was [D] born a bitter old man who got [Bm] his heart broken in [A] Catalonia in 1936.
[D] Things haven't felt right since.
I gave up on life before [Bm] I knew it.
The news place was a brick.
[A] Fascism, Republicans, and [D] their apologists.
[A] But I swear to God [D] I'm gonna die.
Full of [A] naive optimism.
A teenager's heart breaking [G] conviction that things could be different, oh yeah.
[A] Things are gonna be real different when [D] we're finished around here.
[Em] I always wanted [G] to die young.
[A] [D]
I always [Em] wanted to die [G] young.
[Em]
[G] I always wanted [D] to die young.
[Am] Now I feel younger [G] every day and I just hope I die younger than I [D] am.
[A]
[G] [D] [Bm] [A]
[G] [D] I can hear you from a dozen states [Bm] away, shivering through a dome, saying,
Lord, [A] enough.
There's no [G] money left and nothing else [D] to steal.
And Lord only knows that I've had [Bm] my share.
You can tell there were years when I was ready [A] to die.
But it's only [G] been recently [D] that I've been willing to live.
[A] And I swear [G] to God I [D] didn't plan for [Em] things to end up this [A] way.
I had a teenager's conviction [G] that I would be different, oh yeah.
[A] I was gonna be real different than the person [D] I became.
I [Em] always wanted to [G] die young.
[A] [D] I always wanted to [G] die young.
[A] [Em] I [G] always wanted to [D] die young.
Now [Am] I feel younger [G] every day and I just hope I die younger than [D] I am.
[Gm] [D]
[Bm] But now living's a struggle, [G] except when it isn't yet.
I [Bm] woke up this [G] morning and I wasn't in prison, [D] but [Bm] I can't promise that I'll fart on [G] it.
I'd still kill a man [D] for a cigarette.
I was raised like you who [G] needs homicide.
So the song [Bm] goes out to all the homies locked down.
[D] Come on [Bm] back now, we [G] need you around.
[D] That judge, he doesn't know what he's done.
[Bm] Now judges never know the things [G] they do.
[D] How could they?
[G] [D] [A]
[D] [Bm] [A] [D]
[A] [D]
Key:
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Em
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_ _ _ I _ [Bm] _ _
[A] _ _ [G] _ _ [D] _ _ [B] _ _
[A] _ [G] was _ [D] born a bitter old man who got [Bm] his heart broken in [A] Catalonia in 1936.
[D] Things haven't felt right since.
_ _ I gave up on life before [Bm] I knew it.
The news place was a brick.
[A] Fascism, Republicans, and [D] their apologists.
_ _ _ [A] But I swear to God [D] I'm gonna die.
Full of [A] naive optimism.
A teenager's heart breaking [G] conviction that things could be different, oh yeah.
[A] Things are gonna be real different when [D] we're finished around here.
[Em] I always wanted [G] to die young.
[A] _ _ [D] _
I always [Em] wanted to die [G] young.
_ _ [Em] _
[G] I always wanted [D] to die young.
[Am] Now I feel younger [G] every day and I just hope I die younger than I [D] am.
_ _ [A] _ _
[G] _ _ [D] _ _ [Bm] _ _ [A] _ _
[G] _ _ [D] I can hear you from a dozen states [Bm] away, shivering through a dome, saying,
Lord, [A] enough.
There's no [G] money left and nothing else [D] to steal. _
_ _ And Lord only knows that I've had [Bm] my share.
You can tell there were years when I was ready [A] to die.
But it's only [G] been recently [D] that I've been willing to live.
_ [A] And I swear [G] to God I [D] didn't plan for [Em] things to end up this [A] way.
I had a teenager's conviction [G] that I would be different, oh yeah.
[A] I was gonna be real different than the person [D] I became.
I [Em] always wanted to [G] die young.
_ [A] _ _ [D] I always wanted to [G] die young.
_ [A] _ _ [Em] I [G] always wanted to [D] die young.
Now [Am] I feel younger [G] every day and I just hope I die younger than [D] I am. _ _ _ _ _
[Gm] _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Bm] But now living's a struggle, [G] except when it isn't yet.
I [Bm] woke up this [G] morning and I wasn't in prison, [D] but [Bm] I can't promise that I'll fart on [G] it.
I'd still kill a man [D] for a cigarette.
I was raised like you who [G] needs homicide. _
So the song [Bm] goes out to all the homies locked down.
[D] Come on [Bm] back now, we [G] need you around.
_ [D] That judge, he doesn't know what he's done.
_ [Bm] Now judges never know the things [G] they do.
[D] How could they?
_ _ [G] _ _ [D] _ _ [A] _ _
[D] _ _ [Bm] _ _ [A] _ _ [D] _ _
[A] _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _
[A] _ _ [G] _ _ [D] _ _ [B] _ _
[A] _ [G] was _ [D] born a bitter old man who got [Bm] his heart broken in [A] Catalonia in 1936.
[D] Things haven't felt right since.
_ _ I gave up on life before [Bm] I knew it.
The news place was a brick.
[A] Fascism, Republicans, and [D] their apologists.
_ _ _ [A] But I swear to God [D] I'm gonna die.
Full of [A] naive optimism.
A teenager's heart breaking [G] conviction that things could be different, oh yeah.
[A] Things are gonna be real different when [D] we're finished around here.
[Em] I always wanted [G] to die young.
[A] _ _ [D] _
I always [Em] wanted to die [G] young.
_ _ [Em] _
[G] I always wanted [D] to die young.
[Am] Now I feel younger [G] every day and I just hope I die younger than I [D] am.
_ _ [A] _ _
[G] _ _ [D] _ _ [Bm] _ _ [A] _ _
[G] _ _ [D] I can hear you from a dozen states [Bm] away, shivering through a dome, saying,
Lord, [A] enough.
There's no [G] money left and nothing else [D] to steal. _
_ _ And Lord only knows that I've had [Bm] my share.
You can tell there were years when I was ready [A] to die.
But it's only [G] been recently [D] that I've been willing to live.
_ [A] And I swear [G] to God I [D] didn't plan for [Em] things to end up this [A] way.
I had a teenager's conviction [G] that I would be different, oh yeah.
[A] I was gonna be real different than the person [D] I became.
I [Em] always wanted to [G] die young.
_ [A] _ _ [D] I always wanted to [G] die young.
_ [A] _ _ [Em] I [G] always wanted to [D] die young.
Now [Am] I feel younger [G] every day and I just hope I die younger than [D] I am. _ _ _ _ _
[Gm] _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Bm] But now living's a struggle, [G] except when it isn't yet.
I [Bm] woke up this [G] morning and I wasn't in prison, [D] but [Bm] I can't promise that I'll fart on [G] it.
I'd still kill a man [D] for a cigarette.
I was raised like you who [G] needs homicide. _
So the song [Bm] goes out to all the homies locked down.
[D] Come on [Bm] back now, we [G] need you around.
_ [D] That judge, he doesn't know what he's done.
_ [Bm] Now judges never know the things [G] they do.
[D] How could they?
_ _ [G] _ _ [D] _ _ [A] _ _
[D] _ _ [Bm] _ _ [A] _ _ [D] _ _
[A] _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _