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On the intro and between verses, play around with the high E string to sound like the ASP recording.

intro:  D  G

D                          F#m  Bm  G
lob some spit at the window

                       D
watch it drop down the pane

                    F#m                  Bm        G
it's only the guilty who concern themselves

                      Asus   A
with clearing their names

D                      F#m            Bm   G
you bring tidings of hope, false tidings

                 D
when you come here

                               F#m                       Bm  G
there's two friends who did me wrong that you're protecting

            Asus      A
it's so clear

Em                                A
and when you speak it's those two who speak through you

                 Bm
who'll speak for me

                  G       A    D
the burning and the electricity


sun goes down San Francisco
friends are hard to find
chew them up just as quick as I can find them
try to clear my mind

remember hours at the table
gauze white light easing through
if there's one thing that I'm not going to do tonight
it's die for you

'cause when you speak it's those two who speak through you
who'll speak for me
the burning and the electricity