How Does The Grass Grow

INTRO :

A    F

VERSE 1 :

Bbm                         Ab
There's a graveyard by the station 
where the girls
Gb
Wear vinyl skirts and sandals from 
Hungary
Bbm                         Ab
The boys ride their Riga 1s upon the
 little hills
Gb
And selfish and greed, the kids die 
standing
Bbm                                
That's where we made our tryst and 
Ab
struggled with our guns
Gb
Would you still love me if the 
clocks could go backwards?
Bbm                               
The girls would fill with blood, 
       Ab
and the grass will be green again
Gb
Remember the dead, they were so 
great, some of them

CHORUS 1 :
Gb          Ab          Bbm
Ya, ya, ya, ya, ya, ya, ya, ya, ya
Gb          Ab
Ya, ya, ya, ya, ya, ya,
On A string :
8--------10--------------11----------10-----
How does the grass grow? Blood, 
blood, blood
Gb          Ab          Bbm
Ya, ya, ya, ya, ya, ya, ya, ya, ya
Gb          Ab
Ya, ya, ya, ya, ya, ya,
On A string :
8--------10------------11--------10-----
Where do the boys lie? Mud, mud, mud
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8--------10--------------11----------10-----
How does the grass grow? Blood, 
blood, blood

(GUITAR G  O 1)

Bbm   Ab   Gb   Gb
Bbm   Ab   Gb   Gb

VERSE 2 :

Bbm                          Ab
Well I lived a blind life, a white 
face, a prison
     Gb
That you made, a life out of 
nothing, now I ride by
Bbm                     Ab       
Black roads. I miss you more than
                    Gb
 you'll never, ever know
Waiting with my red eyes and my 
stone heart

CHORUS 2 :

Gb          Ab          Bbm
Ya, ya, ya, ya, ya, ya, ya, ya, ya
Gb          Ab
Ya, ya, ya, ya, ya, ya,
On A string :
8--------10--------------11----------10-----
How does the grass grow? Blood, 
blood, blood
Gb          Ab          Bbm
Ya, ya, ya, ya, ya, ya, ya, ya, ya
Gb          Ab
Ya, ya, ya, ya, ya, ya,
On A string :
8--------10------------11--------10-----
Where do the boys lie? Mud, mud, mud
8--------10--------------11----------10-----
How does the grass grow? Blood, 
blood, blood


BRIDGE :

E            G           D      
I gaze in defeat at the stars in
            E
 the night
                G        D
The light in my life burnt away
           Ab      G
There will be no tomorrow,
     Gb          F
Then you sigh in your sleep
    A         Ab             D
And meaning returns with the day

On A string : 5-4-3-2-

(GUITAR G  O 2)

Gb   Ab   Bbm   Bbm
Gb   Ab   On A string : 
8----10----11----10----

CHORUS 3 :

Gb          Ab          Bbm
Ya, ya, ya, ya, ya, ya, ya, ya, ya
Gb          Ab
Ya, ya, ya, ya, ya, ya,
On A string :
8--------10------------11--------10-----
Where do the boys lie? Mud, mud, mud
8--------10--------------11----------10-----
How does the grass grow? Blood, 
blood, blood

OUTRO :

A       F
A       F
A       F
A       F    (until fade out)