Rooster
Aaron Lewis
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Tom : Bm
Intro and through Verse
C#11m hammer E string to F#11 to get the signature sound
C#11 044300
F#11 244300
G6 577600
A2
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[Intro]
C#m11 F#11 G6 C#m11 F#11 G6
[Verse]
C#m11 F#11 G6
Ain't found a way to kill me yet
C#m11 F#11 G6
Eyes burn with stinging sweat
C#m11 F#11 G6 C#m11 F#11 G6
Seems every path leads me to nowhere
C#m11 F#11 G6
Wife and kids household pet
C#m11 F#11 G6
Army green was no safe bet
C#m11 F#11 G6 C#m11 F#11 G6
The bullets scream to me from somewhere
[Chorus]
F#11 A2 F#11
Here they come to snuff the rooster
F#11 A2
Yeah here come the rooster, yeah
F#11 G6 F#11 G6 F#11 G6
You know he ain't gonna die
F#11 G6 F#11 G6 F#11 G6
No, no, no, ya know he ain't gonna die
[Verse]
C#m11 F#11 G6
Walkin' tall machine gun man
C#m11 F#11 G6
They spit on me in my home land
C#m11 F#11 G6 C#m11 F#11 G6
Gloria sent me pictures of my boy
C#m11 F#11 G6
Got my pills 'gainst mosquito death
C#m11 F#11 G6
My buddy's breathin' his dyin' breath
C#m11 F#11 G6 C#m11 F#11 G6
Oh God please won't you help me make it through
[Chorus]
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