
The Battle For Straight Time
A.C. Newman
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Tom: E
[Intro]
G# G#
E|-------|---4-4-4-4------|---4-4-4-4-|
B|-------|--4-5-7-4-------|--4-5-7-4--|
G|-------|----------------|-----------|
D|-------|----------------|-----------|
A|--6-6-5|-6---------6-6-5|-6---------|
E|-4-0-3-| 4---------4-0-3-|4----------|
Verse:
G# B A E B A E
E|-------|---4-4-4-4------|---7-7-7-7------|---5-5-5-4------|---7-7-7--|
B|-------|--4-5-7-4-------|--4-5-7-4-------|--2-3-5-0-------|--4-5-7---|
G|-------|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------|
D|-------|----------------|-4---------4-4-4|-2--------------|-4--------|
A|--6-6-5|-6---------6-6-5| 2---------6-2-5-|0----------6-6-5|2---------|
E|-4-0-3-| 4---------4-0-3-|----------------|----------4-0-3-|----------|
O c s life, w c my hands. T r v lut'n has b l to chance
o w a l h e o e e
m e s e e | | e f
e e h a n t
t n
G# B E B E
E|-------|---4-4-4-4------|----------|
B|-------|--4-5-7-4-------|----------|
G|-------|----------------|----------|
D|-------|----------------|----------|
A|--6-6-5|-6---------6-6-5| 9s2--9s2--|
E|-4-0-3-| 4---------4-0-3-|7s0--7s0--|
T d on me e mnaa b three.
h a v oit o
i w e rn u
s n r g t
s y
Chorus:
B E D A B E
Battle for straight time (2x)
Verse:
End of the road, our clock strikes nine.
Take back the streets, or take straight time for this.
My pure gone days, every morning an about face.
Chorus:
Battle for straight time (2x)
Bridge:
Again it sounds like this is two guitars. Its some sort of overdubbed thing but this
almost like it.
E|-5s0-5-5s0-5s0--|
B|-5s0-5-5s0-5s0--| (make sure you let go so that the opens still sound)
The chords are essentially G A E7 but G is played like this
-0-
-0-
-0-
-0-
-2-
-3-
Our time in hell has served us fine.
At last alive, we'll meet at five for this.
Cocktails on me, we can light them on the count three.
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