Intro/Main Riff: |---------------------------------------------------------------| |-10----------------------6-------6---------3------3------------| |---------------------------------------------------------------| |----12----------12----------8------8----------5------5-5-------| |-10----------10----10----6----------------3---------------4--3-| |---------------------------------------------------------------| Gadd2 Eb C Db-C (verse 1 ) Gadd2 Eb I've been drowned out by the rain C Still I'm wishing I could stay Db But I'm sorry my old friend C Gadd2 I've got to leave you once again Eb And despite what I might say C I measure pleasure by the pain Db Measure pleasure by the twisting C Gadd2 Of the metal in the vein Eb And it might be very hard C Can't be more than what we are D Can't be more till it's over Em Here comes the resurrection G Everybody's got to die from something C A Nothing ever left to leave you when you go Em I saw you strip my babies G Animal the way you cut them might be C A Animal the way I cut you from below (verse 2) Gadd2 Eb So you goad me into spite C It's the cruelty that you'd like Db It's the waiting for the one thing C Gadd2 That you never could define Eb Fill the longing just because C Emasculate the ones you love Have to wait till it's over Em We are the less than mighty G Never was a way I thought it could be C A Never quite enough to leave you when you go Em I saw you strip my babies G Animal the way you cut them might be C A Animal the way I cut you from below (Solo) Solo: |------------------------------7---| |-5-5--5-7-7^-5--5-7-5-7^-5-7----5-| Play around with those 3 positions, and |-0-0--0-0-0--0--0-0-0-0--0-0--0-0-| remember to keep the G-string ringing. |----------------------------------| |----------------------------------| |----------------------------------| Gadd2 Eb I've been drowned out by the rain C Still I'm wishing I could stay Db But I'm sorry my old friend C Gadd2 I've got to leave you once again Gadd2 Eb And despite what I might say C I measure pleasure by the pain Db Measure pleasure by the twisting C Gadd2 Of the metal in the vein Gadd2 Eb And it might be very hard C Can't be more than what we are D Can't be more till it's over Em Here comes the resurrection G Everybody wants to die for something C A Never thought I'd live to leave you when you go Em I saw you strip my babies G Animal the way we cut them might be C A Animal the way we cut them from below Em And if anger is the ending G Of the thing that we've become C For the mother and the father A And the sister and the son Em Through the shallow without wanting G Realization to mistake C Through the ugliness A The openings of the things we can't replace Em I will control G I will control C I will control A I will control Em I will control G I will control C I will control Gadd2 - Eb - C - Db - C - Gadd2