None of them
All chords are
strummed except in the chorus when it sounds like Chris is palm muting the Eb
string on fret 5 (third time round), it's actually the bass playing that note.
Tuning - Eb (Eb, Ab, Db, Gb, Bb, eb)
|-----4p0------2p0----------0--------2p0----------4p0------2p0------0-
|---0--------0-----4p0----0---0----0-----4p0----0--------0-----4p0--0-
|-6--------4------------2--------4------------6--------4------------2-
|-------------------------------------------------------------------2-
|-------------------------------------------------------------------0-
|---------------------------------------------------------------------
|-0-------------0------------------0----------------------0----------
|-0-------------0------------------0----------------------0----------
|-1-------------2------------------6----------------------6----------
|-2-------------4------------------6----------------------7----------
|-2-------------4------------------4----------------------7----------
|-0-------------------------------------------------------5----------
Consider the odds, consider the obvious, the martyr is meaningless,
|----------------0--------------------0----------------------0-----
|----------------0--------------------0----------------------0-----
|----------------1--------------------2----------------------6-----
|----------------2--------------------4----------------------6-----
|----------------2--------------------4----------------------4-----
|----------------0-------------------------------------------------
the campaign has died. In the planning stages and the fallen faces,
|----------------0----------------------0-----
|----------------0----------------------0-----
|----------------6----------------------1-----
|----------------7----------------------2-----
|----------------7----------------------2-----
|----------------5----------------------0-----
are the singular proof that it was ever alive.
|--------------0------------------0-----------------------0--------
|--------------0------------------0-----------------------0--------
|--------------2------------------6-----------------------6--------
|--------------4------------------6-----------------------7--------
|--------------4------------------4-----------------------7--------
|---------------------------------------------------------5--------
This purchased rebellion has been outdated, denounced and rescinded
|---------------0--------0-------------0-------------0----
|---------------0--------0-------------0-------------0----
|---------------1--------2-------------6-------------6----
|---------------2--------4-------------6-------------7----
|---------------2--------4-------------4-------------7----
|---------------0------------------------------------5----
and left to die, championless, championless, championless
|---------------------------------------------------
|---------------------------------------------------
|---------------------------------------------------
|-14-------------9---------7-------------7----------
|-14-------------9---------7-------------7----------
|-12-------------7---------5-------------5----------
I begged you not to go, I begged you, I pleaded.
|--------------------------------------------------------------------
|--------------------------------------------------------------------
|--------------------------------------------------------------------
|-14---------------9--------------7---------------------7------------
|-14---------------9--------------7---------------------7------------
|-12---------------7--------------5---------------------5------------
Claimed you as my only hope, and watched the floor as you retreated.
|---------------------------------------------------
|---------------------------------------------------
|---------------------------------------------------
|-14-------------9--------7-------------7-----------
|-14-------------9--------7-------------7-----------
|-12-------------7--------5-------------5-----------
I begged you not to go, I begged you, I pleaded.
|---------------------------------------------------------------------
|---------------------------------------------------------------------
|---------------------------------------------------------------------
|-14---------------9--------------7---------------------7-------------
|-14---------------9--------------7---------------------7-------------
|-12---------------7--------------5---------------------5-------------
Claimed you as my only hope, and watched the floor as you retreated.
|-0-----------------0---------------0--------------0----------
|-0-----------------0---------------0--------------0----------
|-1-----------------2---------------6--------------6----------
|-2-----------------4---------------6--------------7----------
|-2-----------------4---------------4--------------7----------
|-0------------------------------------------------5----------
Hope has sprung a perfect dive, a perfect day, a perfect lie
|-0---------------0---------0--------------0-------
|-0---------------0---------0--------------0-------
|-1---------------2---------6--------------6-------
|-2---------------4---------6--------------7-------
|-2---------------4---------4--------------7-------
|-0----------------------------------------5-------
A slowly crafted monologue conceding your defeat.
|---0---------------0------------------0-----------------------0---------
|---0---------------0------------------0-----------------------0---------
|---1---------------2------------------6-----------------------6---------
|---2---------------4------------------6-----------------------7---------
|-2-2---------------4------------------4-----------------------7---------
|-0-0----------------------------------------------------------5---------
This purchased rebellion has been outdated, denounced and rescinded
|---------------0--------0-------------0-------------0----
|---------------0--------0-------------0-------------0----
|---------------1--------2-------------6-------------6----
|---------------2--------4-------------6-------------7----
|---------------2--------4-------------4-------------7----
|---------------0------------------------------------5----
and left to die, championless, championless, championless
|---------------------------------------------------
|---------------------------------------------------
|---------------------------------------------------
|-14-------------9---------7-------------7----------
|-14-------------9---------7-------------7----------
|-12-------------7---------5-------------5----------
I begged you not to go, I begged you, I pleaded.
|--------------------------------------------------------------------
|--------------------------------------------------------------------
|--------------------------------------------------------------------
|-14---------------9--------------7---------------------7------------
|-14---------------9--------------7---------------------7------------
|-12---------------7--------------5---------------------5------------
Claimed you as my only hope, and watched the floor as you retreated.
|---------------------------------------------------
|---------------------------------------------------
|---------------------------------------------------
|-14-------------9--------7-------------7-----------
|-14-------------9--------7-------------7-----------
|-12-------------7--------5-------------5-----------
I begged you not to go, I begged you, I pleaded.
|---------------------------------------------------------------------
|---------------------------------------------------------------------
|---------------------------------------------------------------------
|-14---------------9--------------7---------------------7-------------
|-14---------------9--------------7---------------------7-------------
|-12---------------7--------------5---------------------5-------------
Claimed you as my only hope, and watched the floor as you retreated.
|--------------------------------------------------
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-
|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6--8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-
|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-
|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4--6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-
|--------------------------------------------------
|-------------------------------------------------------
|-------------------------------------------0-----------
|-------------------------------------------6-----------
|--------x-------x------x--------14---------7-----------
|--------7-------9------12-------12---------7-----------
|-------------------------------------------------------
Does it comfort you to know you fought the good fight?
|-------------------------------------------
|----------------------------0--------------
|----------------------------6--------------
|-x-------x--------x-----14--7--------------
|-7-------9--------12----12--7--------------
|-------------------------------------------
Basking in your victory, hollow and alone
|-------------------------------------------------------------
|----------------------------------------0--------------------
|----------------------------------------6--------------------
|---x----------x------x--------14--------7--------------------
|---7----------9------12-------12--------7--------------------
|-------------------------------------------------------------
to boast your bitter bragging rights to anyone who'll listen
|------------------------------------------------
|----------------------------------------------0-
|----------------------------------------------6-
|-------------x---------x-------x-----14-------7-
|-------------7---------9-------12----12-------7-
|------------------------------------------------
While you're left with nothing tangible to gain
|----------------------------0-
|-0--------0--------0--------0-
|-6--------8--------8--------2-
|-7--------7--------9--------2-
|-7--------7--------9--------1-
|------------------------------
strum these chords out and just end on that E chord after a couple of strums
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