Slow Cheetah

rhcp – slow cheetah
tuning : D# – G# – C# – F# – A# – D#

hm D E2 G
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| – – – 4 – – – | – – – 2 – – – | – – 1 – – – | – – 0 – – – |
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[ verse 1 ]

hm D
waking up dead inside of my head
E G
will never never do there is no med
hm D E G
no medicine to take

hm D
i’ve had a chance to be insane
E G
asylum from the falling rain
hm D E G
i’ve had a chance to break

hm D
it’s so bad it’s got to be good
E G
mysterious girl misunderstood
hm D E G
dressed like a wedding cake

hm D
any other day and i might play
E G
a funeral march for bonnie brae
hm D E E E E2 E2
why try and run away

[ chorus : ]

G D
slow cheetah come
E E2 – E – E2 – E
before my forest
G D E E2 – E – E2 – E
looks like it’s on today

G D
slow cheetah come
E E2 – E – E2 – E
it’s so euphoric
G D E E2 – E – E2 – E
no matter what they say

[ verse 2 ]

hm
i know a girl
D
she worked in a store
E
she knew not what
G
her life was for
hm D E G
she barely knew her name

hm
they tried to tell her
D
she would never be
E
as happy as the girl
G
in the magazine
hm D E E E E2 E2
she bought it with her pay

[ chorus 1x ]

[ verse 3 ]

hm
everyone has
D
so much to say
E
they talk talk talk
G
their lives away
hm D E G
don’t even hesitate

hm
walking on down
D
to the burial ground
E
it’s a very old dance
G
with a merry old sound
hm D E E E E2 E2
looks like it’s on today

[ chorus 2x ]

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spenger daniel “spengi”
email : spengi01@gmail . com