the other tabs on here are more accurate to the original way it’s played but
i put this up for those of us who are less familiar with drop D tuning ,
happier with standard chords and wanted to play this excellent song .
you’ll have to work away with the strumming patterns yourself ,
particularly with the intro and verses but the chords fit the recording .
intro and verse
D G D
E | – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – 3 – – – – – – – – – 2 – – – – |
B | – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – 0 – – – – – – – – – 3 – – – – |
G | – – – 2 – 2 – 2 – 2 – 2 – 2 – 2 – 2 – / – 3 – 3 – 3 – 3 – 3 – – 2 – 2 – 2 – 2 – – – – 0 – – – – – – – – – 2 – – – – |
D | – – – 4 – 4 – 4 – 4 – 4 – 4 – 4 – 4 – / – 5 – 5 – 5 – 5 – 5 – – 4 – 4 – 4 – 4 – – – – 0 – – – – – – – – – 0 – – – – |
A | – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – 2 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – |
E | – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – 3 – – – 3 – 2 – 0 – – – – – – |
( play tab above throughout verse )
a cripple walks amongst you all ,
you tired human beings
he’s got all the things a cripple has
not two working arms and legs
and vital parts fall from his system
and dissolve in scottish rain
D G A
vitally he doesn’t miss them he’s too fxxked up to care
D G A Bm
is that you in front of me? coming back for even more of exactly the same?
D G A Bm
you must be a masochist , to love a modern leper on his last leg .
G
on his last leg
fill ( same as intro x 2 with speeded up rhythm )
( 2nd verse same chords as 1st )
i’ve crippled your heart a hundred times
and still can’t work out why
see , i’ve got this disease , i can’t shake and i’m just rattling through life
well , oh , this is how we do things now ,
yeah this is how the modern stay scared
so i cut out all the good stuff yeah ,
i cut off my foot to spite my leg
D G A Bm
is that you in front of me? coming back for even more of exactly the same?
D G A Bm
you must be a masochist , to love a modern leper on his last leg .
G D G A Bm
i Am ill but i’m not dead and i don’t know which of those i’d prefer
D G A Bm
because that limb which i have lost , it was the only thing holding me up
G ( strumming rhythm changes ) D A Bm G D A Bm G
holding me uuuuuuuuuuuppp
D A Bm G
i’m lying on the ground now and you walk in through the only door
D A Bm G
well , i have lost my eyesight like i said i would but i still knowwwww
A D G
that that is you in front of me
A Bm G
and you are back for even more of exactly the same
D G A Bm G
well , are you a masochist? you love a modern leper on his last leg
D G A Bm G
you’re not ill and i’m not dead . doesn’t that make us the perfect pair?
D G
you should sit with me and we’ll start again .
A Bm
and you can tell me all about what you did today
G D
what you did today .
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