My Arms Don't Bend That Way, Damn It

Cage The Elephant

RockMedium for beginners6 chords

How to play it

Fingering diagrams for the shapes in this song. × = don't play, ○ = open string.

C#mDiagram coming soon

Chords & lyrics

Chord names sit directly above the word where you change.

 
              
Intro: A  D (4x) 
 
Verse 1
 
A                                                        Em 
I've been put on a pedestol and I can't get down 
D                                                         A 
No ones helping but everyone knows who I am 
A                                                 Em      D      A 
They say I'm gonna die soon but I got no one by my side 
 
 
C#m                                 E 
They said if you wanna help just kill yourself 
         Bm                         A 
But I won't, I won't do that 
 
Break:  A   D (2x) 
 
Verse 2
 
A                                            Em 
Don't laugh at the funeral, don't laugh at the hospital  
                    D                                A 
It's not the place that i wanna be  
A                                                                      Em 
My friends are all in prison and thats the place I wanna go 
                       D                    A 
Cause I hate everywhere 
 
 
C#m                                 E 
They said if you wanna help just kill yourself 
         Bm                         A 
But I won't, I won't do that 
 
Outro: A      D 
 
End on: A

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Chord set

A · D · Em · C#m · E · Bm

Practice tip

Loop the first two chords slowly until the change is clean, then add the rest.