NOTE: Since Eve 6 only uses one guitar, the guitar plays the following lead riffs for
entire song. I have, however, provided the chords along with the lyrics for reference,
you want to play it acoustic by yourself.
Chords:
C#m: x46654
| E | x79997 |
| A | 577655 |
| B | 799677 |
Intro - Clean electric
| e |
| B |
| G 7 6 4 2 2 4 2 0 |
| D 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 2 |
| A 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 |
E ------------------------------------------------------| x2
Verse riff A - Palm muted, distorted (There's a plastic toy four door...)
| e |
| B |
| G 9 8 9 8 9 8 8 |
| D 9 |
| A |
| E |
Verse riff B - Distorted (Promise that forever...)
| e |
| B |
| G 4 4 4 4 4 4 |
| D 2 2 2 4 |
| A |
| E |
Verse riff C - Distorted, 2nd verse only (Growing up and learning...)
| e |
| B |
| G 13 13 13\\11 \\9 |
| D |
| A 11 11 11\\9 \\7 |
| E |
Chorus - Distorted (Good lives are gold...)
| e |
| B |
| G 13 13 13\\11 11 11\\9 |
| D |
| A 11 11 11\\9 9 9 \\7 |
| E |
Solo - Distorted
| e |
| B |
| G 6 6 6 8 8 8 9 9 6 6 6 8 8 8 9 9 8 8 8 9 9 9 11 11 8 8 8 9 9 9 11 11 |
| D |
| A 4 4 4 6 6 6 7 7 4 4 4 6 6 6 7 7 6 6 6 7 7 7 9 9 6 6 6 7 7 7 9 9 |
E -----------------------------------------------------------------------| x2
| e |
| B |
| G 13vvv 14v 16 |
| D |
| A 11vvv 12v 14v |
| E |
Bridge - Distorted (I never wanted to be...)
| e |
| B |
| G 6 6 6 4 4 4 2 2 2 2 |
| D 6 6 6 2 2 2 2 4 4 4 2 2 2 2 |
| A 4 4 4 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 |
E --------0-0-0-0------------------------| x2
| e |
| B 5 5 5 5 5 5 |
| G |
| D |
| A |
| E | x3 |
| e |
| B |
| G 13 13 13 13 13 13 13 13 |
| D |
| A 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 |
| E |
C#m E
There's a plastic toy four door in the cereal box and
A B
He's licking off the sugar of the breakfast of chumps
C#m A
Promise that forever we will never get better at
E B
Growing up and learning to lie
C#m E
There is no floor thirteen, there's not even a second story
A B
You got one to tell and it's sad as hell
C#m A
Promise that forever we will never get better at
E B
Growing up and learning to lie
C#m E
Grad school kid with wall street glib
A B
Got a suit and a tie and a record with winners
C#m A
Promise that forever we will never get better at
E B
Growing up and learning to lie
A
I'm on my way back home now
E B A
Good lives are gold, like the oldest story
E B A
Will mine be told, while I'm still young and horny?
E B A
I know my role is to be a confusion
E B A
Set the clock back when I'm growing old
[Repeat intro x1]
C#m E
This kid came over and I let him crash
A B
But he went into my wallet and he grabbed my cash
C#m A
Promise that forever we will never get better at
E B
Growing up and learning to lie
C#m E
And the good girlfriend, she turned me in
A B
I was lying with my eyes about adulterous sin
C#m A
Promise that forever we will never get better at
E B
Growing up and learning to lie
A
I'm on my way back home now
[repeat chorus]
C#m E B A
I never wanted to be like you or all the rest
C#m E B A
I've always been the first one to settle for second best
C#m E
I never wanted to be
B A
I never wanted to be
C#m B A
I never wanted to be like you
[repeat chorus]
E A
Promise that forever we will never get better at
C#m B
Growing up and learning to lie
[repeat this last part 3 times]
E
Promise it
[Also, if you want the bassline, it's entirely root notes of the chords.
C#m = 4th fret A-string (actually 2nd fret low B-string; it's recorded on a 5-string,
most people don't have one.)
E = open E-string
A = open A-string
B = 2nd fret A-string]