Standard (EADGBE)

Intro

 ( /F#)2x

"What we've got here is failure to communicate.

Some men you just can't reach...

So, you get what we had here last week

Which is the way he wants it!

Well, he gets it!

N' I don't like it anymore than you, men."

Look at your young men fighting

Look at your women crying

Look at your young men dying

The way they've always done before

Look at the hate we're breeding

Look at the fear we're feeding

Look at the lives we're leading

The way we've always done before

My hands are tied

The billions shift from side to side

And the wars go on with brainwashed pride

For the love of God and our human rights

And all these things are swept aside

By bloody hands time can't deny

And are washed away by your genocide

( /F#)2x

And history hides the lies of our civil wars

D'you wear a black amrband

When they shot the man

Who said "Peace could last forever"

And in my first memories

They shot Kennedy

And I went numb when I learned to see

So I never fell for Vietnam

We got the wall of D.C. to remind us all

That you can't trust freedom

When it's not in your hands

When everybody's fighting

For their promised land

And I don't need your civil war

It feeds the rich while buries the poor

Your power hungry sellin' soldiers

In a human grocery store

Ain't that fresh

( )2x

I don't need your civil war

Look at the shoes you're filling

Look at the blood we're spilling

Look at the world we're killing

The way we've always done before

Look in the doubt we've wallowed

Look at the leaders we've followed

Look at the lies we've swallowed

And I don't want to hear no more

My hands are tied

For all I've seen has changed my mind

But still the wars go on as the years go by

Wuth no love of God or human rights

'Cause all these dreams are swept aside

By bloody hands of the hypnotized

Who carry the cross of homicide

( /F#)2x

And history bears the scars of our civil wars

 ( /A)

"We practice selective annihilation of mayors

And government officials

For example to create a vacuum

Then we fill that vacuum

As popular war advances.

Peace is closer."

I don't need your civil war

It feeds the rich while buries the poor

Your power hungry sellin' soldiers

In a human grocery store

Ain't that fresh

And I don't need your civil war

I don't need your civil war

I don't need your civil war

Your power hungry sellin' soldiers

In a human grocery store

Ain't that fresh

I don't need your civil war

I don't need one more war

And I don't need one more war

Whaz so civil 'bout war anyway?

I try and feel the sunshine

You bring the rain

You try and hold me down

With your complains

You cry and moan and complain

You whine an tear

Up to my neck in sorrow

The touch you bring

You don't just step inside to 14 years

So hard to keep my own head... That's what I say

You know... I've been the beggar...

I've played the thief

I was the dog... They all tried to beat

But it's been 14 years of silence

It's been 14 years of pain

It's been 14 years that are gone forever

( )2x

And I'll never have again

Your stupid girlfriends tell you

That I'm to blame

Well, they're all used-up has-beens

Out of the game

This time I'll have the last word

You hear what I say

I tried to see it your way

It won't work today

You just don't step inside to 14 years

So hard to keep my own head... That's what I say

You know... I've been the dealer...

Hangin' on your street

I was the dog... They all tried to beat

But it's been 14 years of silence

It's been 14 years of pain

It's been 14 years that are gone forever

( )4x

And I'll never have again

(Solo)

Bullshit and contemplation

Gossip's their trade

If they knew half the real truth

What would they say

Well, I'm past the point of concern

It's time to play

These last 4 years of madness

Sure put me straight

Don't get back 14 years

In just one day

So hard to keep my own head

Just go away

You know... Just like a hooker she said

Nothin's for free

Oh, I tried to see it your way

I tried to see it your way

2x Rhythm Figure

Yesterday there was so many things I was never told.

Now that I'm startin' to learn I feel I'm growin' old.

'Cause yesterday's got nothin' for me. Old pictures that I'll always see.

Time just fades the pages in my book of memories.

Prayers in my pocket and no hand in destiny.

I'll keep movin' along with no time to plant my feet.

'Cause yesterday's got nothin' for me.

Old pictures that I'll always see.

Some things could be better if we'd just let them be

Chorus

Ooh,____________yesterday's________ got nothin' for me.__________

Yesterday's________ooh,__ __________got nothin' for me.__________

Chords for solo are

Yesterday there were so many things I was never shown.

Suddenly this time I found I'm on the streets and I'm alone.

Yesterday's got nothin' for me.

Old pictures that I'll always see.

I ain't got time to reminisce old novelties.

(chorus)

Intro

( )4x

Mama take this badge from me

I can't use it anymore

It's getting dark too dark to see

Feels like I'm knockin' on heavens's door

Knock, knock, knockin' on heaven's door

Knock, knock, knockin' on heaven's door

Knock, knock, knockin' on heaven's door

( )4x

Knock, knock, knockin' on heaven's door

Mama put my guns in the ground

I can't shoot them anymore

That cold back cloud is comin' down

Feels like I'm knockin' on heaven's door

Knock, knock, knockin' on heaven's door

Knock, knock, knockin' on heaven's door

Knock, knock, knockin' on heaven's door

( )8x

Knock, knock, knockin' on heaven's door

Knock, knock, knockin' on heaven's door

Knock, knock, knockin' on heaven's door

Knock, knock, knockin' on heaven's door

Knock, knock, knockin' on heaven's door.

Intro

( )6x

Why do you look at me

When you hate me

Why should I look at you

When you make me hate you too

I sense a smell of retribution in the air

I don't even understand

Why the fuck you even care

And I don't need your jealously, yeah

Why drag me down in your misery

And when you stare you don't think I feel it

But I'm gonna deal it back to you in spades

When I'm havin' fun ya know I can't conceal it

'Cause I know you'd never cut it in my game,oh no

And when you're talkin' about a vasectomy, yeah

I'll be writin' down your obituary

History!

You got you bitches with the silicone injections

Crystal meth and yeast infections

Bleached blond hair, collagen lip protections

Who are you to criticize my intentions

Got your subtle manipulative devices

Just like you I got my vices

I got a thought that would be nice

I'd like to crush your head tight in my vice

Pain!!!

And that goes for all you punks in the press

That want to start shit by printin' lies

Instead of hte things we said

That means you

Andy Secher at Hit Parader

Circus Magazine

Mick Wall at Kerrang

Bob Guccione Jr. at Spin

What you piseed off

Cuz your dad gets more pussy than you?

Fuck you

Suck my fuckin' dick

You be rippin' off the fuckin' kids

While they be payin' their hard earned

Money to read about the bands

They want to know about

Printin' lies startin' controversy

You wanta antagonize me

Antagonize me, motherfucker

Get in the ring, motherfucker

And I'll kick your bitch little ass

Punk!

I don't like you, I just hate you

I'm gonna kick your ass, oh yeah, oh yeah!

You may not like our integrity, yeah

We built a world out of anarchy, oh yeah

"And in this corner weighing in at 850 pounds:

Guns N'Roses!"

( )3x

Get in the ring, get in the ring...

Yeah!

This song is dedicated to all

The Guns N'fuckin' Roses fans

Who stuck with us through all the fuckin' shit

And to all those opposed...

Hum... Well...

I got the shotgun blues

Shotgun blues

I said I don't know what I did

But I know I gotta move

I got the shotgun blues

Shotgun blues

I can't wait here forever

I got too much here to lose

And now you're blowin' smoke

I think you're one big joke

Me... I gotta lot ta learn

And I'm still waitin' for the heads to turn

You say I walk a line

Fuck they move it every time

You walk a mile in my shoes

And then you tell me 'bout singin' the blues

You get what you pay for

And freedom's real high priced

And while you're rippin' off children

Somebody's fuckin' your wife

It's never made a difference

It's only how you survive

I got the shotgun blues

Shotgun blues

I said I don't know what I did

But I know I gotta move

I got the shotgun blues

Shotgun blues

I can't wait here forever

I got too much here to lose

And now you ask me why

I said it's do or die

I'll stick it right in your face

And then I'll put you

In your motherfuckin' place

And you... You can suck my ass

And I think it's so low class

Me... I'm just so concerned

I'm still waitin' for your ass to burn

Ooooh, you want a confrontation

I'll give you every fuckin' chance

With your verbal masturbation

Me... I just like to dance

How's that for provocation

I'm just makin' a stance

And I'm tired of the frustation

Of living inside of your lies

And I'm wired on indignation

 I said somebody's got to die /

I got the shotgun blues

Shotgun blues

I said I don't know what I did

But I know I gotta move

I got the shotgun blues

Shotgun blues

I can't wait here forever

I got too much here to lose

I got the shotgun blues

Shotgun blues

Listen motherfucker

You're about to pay your dues

I got the shotgun blues

Shotgun blues

If you're goin' up against me

Then you know you're gonna lose

I know

I know (There's ways - That we - Can find)

I know

I know

You think anyone with and I.Q. over fifteen

( )4x

Would believe your shit... Fuckhead

Nothing but a fuckin' pussy

Intro

We all come in from the cold

We come down from the wire

And everybody warms themselves

To a different fire

When sometimes we get burned

You'd think sometime we'd learned

The one you love is the one

That should take you higher

You ain't got no one

You better go back out

 And find her ( )2x

Just like children hidin' in a closet

Can't tell what's goin' on outside

Sometimes we're so far off the beaten track

We'll get a taken for a ride

By a parlor trick or some words of wit

A hidden hand up a sleeve

To think that the one you love

Could hurt you know

Is a little hard to believe

But everybody darlin' sometimes

Bites the hand that feeds

When I look around

Everybody always brings me down

Well is it them or me well I just can't see

But there ain't no peace to be found

But if someone really cared

Well, they'd take the time to spare

A moment to try and understand

Another one's despair

Remember in this game we call life that no one

Said it's fair

Breakdown

Let me hear it now

Breakdown

Let me hear it now, yeah

Breakdown

Let me hear it now, yeah

Get down with yo' bad self

( /E)2x

Alright

I've come to know the cold

I think of it as home

When there ain't enough of me to go around

I'd rather be left alone

But if I call you out of habit I'm out of love

And I gotta have it

Would you give it to me if I fit your needs

Like when we both knew we had it

But now the damage's done

And we're back out on the

I know this chick, she lives down on Melrose.

She ain't satisfied without some pain (Oooh)

Friday night is go--in' up in--side her again

Well crack the whip 'cause that bitch is just in-sane (spoken:) I'm

Serious. Oh

Chorus

She's pretty tied up hangin' up--side down

She's pretty tied up an you can ride her

She's pretty tied up hangin' up--side down

Ooooh I can't tell you she's the right one, oh no, oh no, oh no.

Once there was this rock n' roll band rollin' on the streets

Time went by and it became a joke

We just needed more and more fulfilling- Uh-huh

Time went by and it all went up in smoke

But check it out

She's pretty tied up hangin' up--side down

She's pretty tied up an you can ride her

She's pretty tied up hangin' up--side down

Ooooh I can't tell you she's the right one, oh no, oh no, oh no.

Once you made that money it costs more now

It might cost a lot more than you'd think

I just found a million dollars

That someone forgot

It's days like this that push me o'er the brinks

Cool and stressing

She's pretty tied up hangin' up--side down

She's pretty tied up an you can ride her

She's pretty tied up hangin' up--side down

I can't tell you she's the right one

She's the right one.

Intro

( )3x ( )2x

Gonna find a way to cure this loneliness

Yeah, I'll find a way to cure the pain

If I said that you're my friend

And our love would never end

How long before I had your trust again

I opened up the dorrs when it was cold outside

Hopin' that you'd find your own way in

But how can I protect you

Or try not to neglect you

When you won't take the love I have to give

I bought me an illusion

And I put it on the wall

I let it fill my head with dreams

And I had to have them all

But, oh, the taste is never so sweet

As what you'd believe it is

Well, I guess it never is

It's these prejudiced illusions

That pump the blood

To the heart of the biz

You know I never thought

That it could take so long

You know I never knew how to be strong

Yeah, I let you shape me

But I fell as thought you raped me

'Cause you climbed inside my world

And in my songs

So now I've closed the dorr

To keep the cold outside

Seems somehow I've found the will to live

But how can I forget you

Or try not to reject you

When we both know it takes time to forgive

Sweetness is a virtue

And you lost your virtue long ago

You know I'd like to hurt you

But my conscience always tells me no

You could sell your body on the street

To anyone whom you might meet

Who'd love to try and get inside

And bust your innocence open wide

'Cause my baby's got a locomotive

My baby's gone off the track

My baby's got a locomotive

Gotta peel the bitch off my back

I know it looks like I'm insane

Take a closer look I'm not to blame

No!

Gonna have some fun with my frustration

Gonna watch the big screen in my head

I'd rather take a detour

'Cause this road ain't getting clearer

Your train of thought has cut me off again

Better to me that boy 'cause he's a wild one

Better to me that boy for he's a man

Sweetheart don't make me laugh

You's getting too big for your pants

And I's think maybe you should

Cut on while you can

You can use your illusion

Let take you where it may

We live and learn

And then sometimes it's best to walk away

Me, I'm just here hangin' on

It's my only place to stay at least

For now anyway

I've worked too hard for my illusions

Just to throw them all away

I'm taking time for quiet consolation

In passing by this love that's passed away

I know it's never easy

So why should you believe me

When I've always got so many things to say

Calling off the dogs a simple choice is made

'Cause playful hearts

Can sometimes be enraged

You know I tried to wake you

I mean how long could it take you

To open up your eyes and turn the page

Kindness is a treasure

And it's one towards me you've seldom shown

So I'll say it for good measure

To all the ones like you I've known

Ya know I'd like to shave your head

And all my friends could paint it red

'Cause love to me's a two way street

And all I really want is peace

'Cause my baby's got a locomotive

My baby's gone off the track

My baby's got a locomotive

Gotta peel the bitch off my back

I know it looks like I'm insane

Take a closer look I'm not to blame

( )2x ( )2x

 No!

Affection is a blessing

Can you find it in your sorrid heart

I tried to keep this thing together

But the tremor tore my pad apart

Yeah, I know it's hard to face

When all we've worked for's gone to waste

But you're such a stupid woman

And I'm such a stupid man

But love like time's got its own plans

'Cause my baby's got a locomotive

My baby's gone off the track

My baby's got a locomotive

Gotta peel the bitch off my back

I know it looks like I'm insane

Take a closer look I'm not to blame

Yeah

If love is blind I guess

I'll buy myself a cane

Love's so strange

Love's so strange

Love's so strange...

Intro

( /11 /11 )2x

/11

How could she look so fine

/11

How could it be she might be mine

/11

How could she be so cool

/11

I've been taken for a fool so many times, yeah

It's a story of a man

Who works as hard as he can

Just to be a man who stands on his own

But the book always burns

As the story takes it's turn

An leaves a broken man

/11

How could she be so cool

/11

How could she be so fine

/11

I owe a favor to a friend

/11

My friends they always come through for me, yeah

It's a story of a man

Who works as hard as he can

Just to be a man who stand on his own

But the book always burns

As the story takes it's turn

An leaves a broken man

If you could only live my life

You could see the difference you make to me

To me

I'd look right up at night

And all I'd see was darkness

Now I see the stars alright

I wanna reach right up and grab one for you

When the lights went down in your house

Yeah, that made me happy

The sweat I make for you

Yeah, I think you know where

( /11 /11 )2x

That comes from

Well, I'd look right up at night

And all I'd see was darkness

Now I see the stars alright

I wanna reach right up and grab one for you

When the ligths went down in your house

Yeah, that made me happy

The sweat I make for you

I think you know where that comes from

/11

How could she look so good (so good)

/11

How could she be so fine

/11

How could she be so cool

/11

How could it be she might be mine

When you're talking to yourself

And nobody's home

You can fool yourself

You came in this world alone

Alone

So nobody ever told you, baby

How it was gonna be

So what'll happen to you, baby

Guess we'll have to wait and see

( )2x ( )2x

One, two

Old at heart but I'm only 28

And I'm much too young

To let love break my heart

Young at heart but it's getting much too late

To find ourselves so far apart

I don't know how you're supposed

To find me lately

And what more could you ask from me

How could you say that I never needed you

When you took everything

Said you took everything from me (G Eb F)2x

Young at heart and it gets so hard to wait

When no one I know can seem to help me now

Old at heart but I mustn't hesitate

If I'm find my own way out

Still talkin' to myself and nobody's home

Alone

So nobody ever told us, baby

How it was gonna be

So what'll happen to us, baby

( )5x

 Guess we'll have to wait and see ( )2x

When I find all of the reasons

Maybe I'll find another way

Find another way

With all the changin' seasons of my life

Maybe I'll get it right next time

And now that you've been broken down

Got your head out of the clouds

You're back down on the ground

And you don't talk so loud

And you don't talk so proud

Anymore, and what for

Well, I jumped into the river too many times

To make it home

I'm out here on my own, and drifting all alone

If it doesn't show give it time

To read between the lines

'Cause I see the storm getting closer

And the waves they get so high

Seems everything we've ever known's here

( )3x

 Why must it drift away and die

I'll never find anyone to replace you

Guess I'll have to make it thru, this time

Oh, this time

Without you

I knew the storm was getting closer

And all my friends said I was high

But everything we've ever known's here

I never wanted it to die.

You Could Be Mine

 Tune:

Intro

( )3x /9 /9 ( )2x

I'm a cold heartbreaker

Fit ta burn and I'll rip your heart in two

And I'll leave you lyin' on the bed

I'll be out the door before ya wake

It's nothin' new ta you

'Cause I think we've seen that movie too

'Cause you could be mine

But you're way out of line

With your bitch slap rappin'

And your cocaine tongue

You get nothin' done

I said you could be mine

Now holidays come and then they go

It's nothin' new today

Collect another memory

When I come home late at night

Don't ask me where I've been

Just count your stars I'm home again

'Cause you could be mine

But you're way out of line

With your bitch slap rappin'

And your cocaine tongue

You get nothin' done

( )2x ( /9)2x

I said you could be mine

You've gone sketchin' too many times

Why don't ya give it a rest?

Why must you find

( )2x

Another reason to cry

While you're breakin' down my back and

I been rackin' out my brain

It don't matter how we make it

'Cause it always ends the same

You can push it for more mileage

But your flaps r'wearin' thin

And I could sleep on it 'til mornin'

But this nightmare never ends

Don't forget to call my lawyers

With ridiculous demands

And you can take the pity so far

But it's more than I can stand

'Cause this couchtrip's gettin' older

Tell me how long has it been

'Cause 5 years is forever

And you haven't grown up yet

You could be mine

But you're way out of line

With your bitch slap rappin'

And your cocaine tongue

You get nothin' done

I said you could be

You should be

You could be mine

You could be mine (You could be mine)

You could be mine (You could be mine)

You could be mine (You could be mine)

You could be mine (You could be mine)...yeah!

if we could see tomorrow

what of your plans

no one can live in sorrow

ask all your friends

times that you took in stride

they're back in demand

i was the one who's washing

blood off your hands

Don't you cry tonight

I still love you, baby

Don't you cry tonight

Don't you cry tonight

There's a heaven above you, baby

And don't you cry tonight

i know the things you wanted

they're not what you have

with all the people talkin'

it's drivin' you mad

if i was standin' by you

how would you feel

knowing your love's decided

and all love is real, baby

And don't you cry tonight

Don't you cry tonight

Don't you cry tonight

There's a heaven above you, baby

And don't you cry tonight E F G Am

i thought i could live in your world

as years all went by

with all the voices i've heard

something has died

and when you're in need of someone

my heart won't deny you

so many seem so lonely

with no one left to cry to baby

And don't you cry tonight

And don't you cry tonight

And don't you cry tonight

There's a heaven above you, baby

And don't you cry

Don't you ever cry

Don't you cry tonight

Baby, maybe, someday

Don't you cry

Don't you ever cry

Don't you cry

Tonight.