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My Guitar Lies Bleeding In My Arms

Bon Jovi

MetalAdvanced for beginners11 chords

How to play it

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

Em
G
A×
E
D××
BDiagram coming soon
C×
Bm×
A9Diagram coming soon
F#Diagram coming soon
Am×

Chords & lyrics

Chord names sit directly above the word where you change.

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Capo on 3rd fret
               to get it in the same key as the recording...
 
Intro: Em G Em G
 
Solo: A  E  D  B  (7x) A E A E |  C  D  Em (4x)  | D  C  Bm  A9  G  G(F#)
 
Verse 1
Em                         G
Misery likes company, I like the way that sounds
Em                                               G
I've been trying to find the meaning, so I can write it down
Em                               G
Staring out the window, it's such a long way down
Em                             G
I'd like to jump, but I'm afraid to hit the ground
 
Chorus
D                 C                   Am         Em
I can't write a love song the way I feel today
D                 C                   Am         Em
I can't sing no song of hope, I got nothing to say
D                 C                   Am          Em
Life is feeling kind of strange, since you went away
D                 C                       B
I sing this song to you wherever you are
   C               D             Em (D  C  Bm  A9  G  G(F#) 
As my guitar lies bleeding in my arms
 
Verse 2
I'm tired of watching TV, it makes me want to screAm
Outside the world is burning, man it's so hard to believe
Each day you know you're dying from the cradle to the grave
I get so numb sometimes, that I can't feel the paine
 
Chorus
I can't write a love song the way I feel today
I can't sing no song of hope, I've got nothing to say
Life is feeling kind of strange, it's strange enough these days
I send this song to you whoever you are
As my guitar lies bleeding in my arms
 
Solo: A  E  D  B  (7x) A E A E |  C  D  Em (4x)  | D  C  Bm  A9  G  G(F#)
 
Verse 3
Staring at the paper, I don't know what to write
I'll have my last cigarette-well, turn out the lights
Maybe tomorrow I'll feel a different way
But here in my delusion, I don't know what to say
 
Chorus
I can't write a love song the way I feel today
I can't sing no song of hope, I've got nothing to say
And I can't fight the feelings that are burning in my veins
I send this song to you wherever you are
As my guitar lies bleeding
 
Chorus
I can't write a love song the way I feel today
I can't sing no song of hope, there's no one left to save
And I can't fight the feelings buried in my brains
I send this song to you wherever you are
As my guitar lies bleeding in my arms
As my guitar lies bleeding in my arms
As my guitar lies bleeding in my arms
C  D  Em (5x) D  C  Bm  A9  G  G(F#) Em
          
 

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Chord set

Em · G · A · E · D · B · C · Bm · A9 · F# · Am

Practice tip

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