So Long Chords

Drop D

Intro

Gtr. 1

Verse

Em Am G

Chorus

Am C G F

Outro

Am C G C

That's the basic song structure. Now, here's the lyrics w/the chords. I tried my best to line up the chords with the exact part of the word, but it's not entirely accurate

I knew a Emman with a son

bought him a gun

he Amlearned shorty just how to uGse it

taught him Emhuntin' and skinin'

right from the beginin'

builAmt himself a mighty fine Gkiller (killer)

but sEmhorty got picked on

beat on and kicked on

and Amall his classmates wanted to pGunk him

so with Emtears in his eye

and the catcher in the rye

anAmd he told his old man he went Ghuntin' (huntin')

he never fEmelt so free

like his destiny

lay sAmomewhere out on the Ghorizon

it's Emhard when you're cold

he felt a hundred years old

Am& G&

and started pulling back on the trigger

Chorus

Gtr. 1 & Gtr. 2

AmThink I'm gonna die todaCy

GEveryone that hurt me's gonna Fpay

AmHow could such a short time feel so lCong?

GHow could such a young life go so wroFng?

Bridge

Gtr. 1: strum Em 4 times.

After that, Gtr. 2 hit (hard) the low D string 3 times. Then to verse 2

Verse 2

Gtr. 1

EmSee me hear me

but don't tAmouch me, you should Gfear me

cuz I'm cEmlearly... cuz I'm seriously distruAmbed

that's my wGord

don't wake my mEmother

just wake my brother

cuz i found anotAmher who want to play suckeGr

and I ain't the Emone

who put shade in your sun

and took all your shAmine... watch me get miGne

feel how it buEmrns

to pay for my sins

watch the world tuAmrn

inside the begiGnin'

losses and winEms

angels and demons

dancin' on tAmop of the head of a pGin

don't know where I'm gEmoin'

but I know where I been

Can't hear a sounAmd, clap me for pouGnd

I came to get doEmwn

I came to get dirty

Am& G&

I came to get even (even, even even)

Chorus

Outro

Gtr. 1

Gtr. 2 (clean)

AmPlease mama don't cry

CPlease mama don't cry

GPlease mama don't cry you did nothing wFrong

repeat w/o lyrics 1 time. End on F.

Notes:

I couldn't find the exact lyrics, so I did the best by ear. If anyone knows the real lyrics, drop me a line.

During the chorus, on Gtr. 1, instead of just going from Am to C, it sounds better if you go Am, C/B, C, hitting C/B for one beat. Listen to the song to get the timing on that right.

For Gtr. 2, I know you can play an A chord with the base note on the A string, but you need to get the slide up to the C, then back down to the G and F. So start at the 7th fret, slide to the 10th, then slide down to the 5th, then the 3rd. It sounds weird at first, but that's the way it is on the CD.

Gtr. 2: distortion. Everlast uses what I like to call the "NIN Fuzz" on this song. What I mean by "NIN Fuzz" is a heavy distortion, but with low tone quality. If you have amp distortion, I recomend using that with either your neck pickup or using both neck and bridge pickups, and your tone knob either all the way, or halfway down. If you're using a pedal, just put the distortion down to about half, turn the tone down about 2/3rds of the way, and turn up the volume, since doing this takes you down a lot. Or you can use mild distortion with a fuzz pedal, or distortion with a phaser pedal, with the phase about halfway. I just use the amp distortion method.

For the outro, there's still distortion, but not enough for it to be palm muted. So I recomend either just palm muting Gtr. 2, or just playing Gtr. 2 clean.