Drag My Body

Here for a long time, this is my first contribution.



Hot Water Music - Drag my Body



The Song is off the upcoming Album 'Exister', a video is already up on youtube.



The song is based on 4 Chords.

                                      (I think, the second guitar

    C#       A        B        E      plays the low E)

e|-----|  |-----|  |-----|  |-----|             |-----|

B|-----|  |-----|  |-----|  |-----|             |-----|

G|--6--|  |-----|  |-----|  |--9--|             |-----|

D|--6--|  |--7--|  |--9--|  |--9--|             |--2--|

A|--4--|  |--7--|  |--9--|  |--7--|             |--2--|

E|-----|  |--5--|  |--7--|  |-----|             |--0--|



From the second verse on, the lead guitar plays a little riff like



 (palm muted)

e|-----------|

B|-----------|   on the C#-parts, and also plays them   

G|-----------|   on the A- and B-parts. Listen to the 

D|--6-6664---|   song, and you'll know, hat I mean ;o)

A|--4-4444---|

E|-----------|







Not sure about the tab at the beginning, kind of like that.





Well I got my heart up in a beautiful mess



                                   e|-------------|

                                   B|-------------|

                                   G|-------6-----|    

                                   D|-----6-------|

                                   A|---4---------|

                                   E|-------------|





I should’ve known better when I took the risk



                                   e|--------------------------------|

                                   B|--------------------------------|

                                   G|----9-8---9-8---9-8---9-8-------|    

                                   D|--------9-----9-----9-----9/11--|

                                   A|--------------------------------|

                                   E|--------------------------------|





To wreck myself and to gamble while broke



                                   e|---4---4---4---4---4---4--------|

                                   B|-----7---7---7---7---7---5------|

                                   G|--------------------------------|    

                                   D|--------------------------------|

                                   A|--------------------------------|

                                   E|--------------------------------|



Shaking something mental at a loss for the words I’d once known



                                   e|--------------|

                                   B|----------5---|

                                   G|------6-------|    

                                   D|--------7-----|

                                   A|--------------|

                                   E|----5---------|









                                       C#

Well I got my heart up in a beautiful mess

                                           B

I should’ve known better when I took the risk

                                      C#

To wreck myself and to gamble while broke

                                                           A

Shaking something mental at a loss for the words I’d once known



         C#

I traded two steps forward for three steps back

                                         B

To get to know the meaning of showing respect

C#

I found the pedestals and burned them down

                                                 A

To kill my idols and to bury the thoughts underground

                            B

I’m no longer deaf to the sounds





Chorus:

C#    A            E        B

I’m hardly feeling human anymore

C#    A             E               B

  Enough to drag my body from the floor



C#

Well I got my head up in a critical mess

                                    B

Fighting like a demon in a shell I possess

C#

Gnashing my teeth and speaking in tongues

                                                                A

Still shaking something mental at a loss of the words I’d once known

                         B

Something’s rattling my bones





Chorus:

C#    A            E        B

I’m hardly feeling human anymore

C#    A             E               B

  Enough to drag my body from the floor



C#    A            E        B

I’m hardly feeling human anymore

C#    A             E               B

  Enough to drag my body from the floor





Intermission:

A B A B



A

    Stand to hold steady now

B

    To take a breath and somehow

A

    Take a step to begin again

B

    After all we can only do out best





Chorus:

C#    A            E        B

I’m hardly feeling human anymore

C#    A             E               B

  Enough to drag my body from the floor



C#    A            E        B

I’m hardly feeling human anymore

C#    A             E               B

  Enough to drag my body from the floor





A     B                             (ends with Bass)

        Stand and hold steady now





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