Bullet For My Valentine
The Poison
2005 Trustkill Records
Submitted by: paramore_fans@yahoo.com
Tuning: Standard EADGBe
Tracklist:
1. Intro
2. Her Voice Resides
3. Four Words (To Choke Upon)
4. Tears Don't Fall lyrics
5. Suffocating Under Words Of Sorrow (What Can I Do)
6. Hit The Floor
7. All These Things (Revolve Around Me)
8. Room 409
9. The Poison
10. 10 Years Today
11. Cries In Vain
12. Spit You Out
13. The End lyrics
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1.) Intro
Matt Tuck: Guitar 1
Michael Padget: Guitar 2
Key:
Chords used:
- 133111
- x46664
- x68886
- x35543
Matt: x7
x2
x2
Michael: x5
x2
Michael: Lead Solo
(pick slide)
(pickslide with effects)
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2.) Her Voice Resides
Key:
Chords used:
- x35543
- 466544
- 355333
- 133111
- x68886
- x57765 or xx0231
- x587xx
-- x4, (hold)
Growl:
Our time has ended
I feel it's only just begun
And I'm frustrated
(hold)
I can't believe you're not the one
My ears are bleeding
her voice resides inside my head
And now I'm choking
(hold)
release this noose around my neck
Refrain:
Sing:
Will I just fall to pieces
Or am I alright
To iron out my creases
Growl:
(hold)
You must lacerate me
till they're gone
These are my final words to you
I know you're listening can you hear me?
The time has come to say goodbye
(hold) (hold)
These are my final words, to you
Growl:
The clock is ticking my heart
is bursting through my chest
And now I'm crying the tears
(hold)
are pouring off my face
The chair is creaking her
voice resides inside my head
And now its over you put
this noose around my neck
(Repeat Refrain and Chorus 1)
Bridge:
Sing:
Heaven where is my angel?
I need her now
Growl:
Holding me
Sing:
Heaven where is my angel?
I need her now
holding me
Growl:
tonight
Guitar Solo: -- x4
(Repeat Refrain)
These are my final words to you
I know you're listening can you hear me?
The time has come to say goodbye
(hold)
These are my final words, to you
-- x4, -- x4
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3.) 4 Words To Choke Upon
Key:
Chords used:
- x35543
- 466544
- x68886
- x13331
- 355333
- x46664
Growl:
Betrayed one more time
But somewhere down that
line You're gonna get
what's coming to you
Look at me now
Look at me now
Look at me now
Pull it out from my back
Soon I'm the one that's on attack
I can't wait to return the favor
Look at me now
Look at me now
(hold)
Look at me now
Sing:
Too many times I've seen it
rip a hole into our friendship
This is how it's been
how it always will be
You think you're above
me (you think you're above me)
But now I'm here to envy
four words to choke upon
Look (look) at me now
(Repeat Verse and Chorus)
Bridge:
Growl:
Too many times I've seen it rip
a hole into our friendship
Four words to choke upon
(Repeat chorus)
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4.) Tears Don't Fall
Key:
Chords used:
- 355333
- x68886
- x13331
- 133211
- x35543
- xx0232
- x46664
- 466544
- 244322
Part 1: plucking
Guitar 1:
Guitar 2:
Part 2: Distortion
Growl:
x2, (hold)
Lets Go!
Guitar 2: Intro Part 2
|-x--x--x--x-|-3--3--x--x-|-x--x--x--x-|-3--x-|-x-|-x-|
|-6--6--5--6-|-x--x--1--0-|-6--6--5--6-|-x--3-|-5-|-3-|
|-x--x--x--x-|-3--x--x--x-|-x--x--x--x-|-3--x-|-x-|-x-|
|-6--6--5--6-|-x--3--1--0-|-6--6--5--6-|-x--3-|-5-|-3-|
means bend
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-6b-6b-6b-6b-6b--|
Sing:
With blood shot eyes
I watch you sleeping
The warmth I feel beside
me is slowly fading
Would she hear me
if I called her name?
Would she hold me
if she knew my shame?
Guitar 2: "beside me"
Refrain:
Growl:
There's always something
different going wrong
The path I walk is in
the wrong direction
There's always someone
fucking hanging on
Can anybody help me
(hold)
Guitar 2: Refrain
Sing:
Your tears don't fall
They crash around me
Her conscience calls
the guilty to come home
Your tears don't fall
They crash around me
Her conscience calls
the guilty to come home
Guitar 2: Chorus
|-x--x--x--x-|-3--3--x--x-|-x--x--x--x-|-3--x-|-x-|-x-|
|-6--6--5--6-|-x--x--1--0-|-6--6--5--6-|-x--3-|-5-|-3-|
|-x--x--x--x-|-3--x--x--x-|-x--x--x--x-|-3--x-|-x-|-x-|
|-6--6--5--6-|-x--3--1--0-|-6--6--5--6-|-x--3-|-5-|-3-|
Post Chorus: (hold)
Guitar 2: Post Chorus
means bend
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-6b-6b-6b-6b-6b--|
The moments died I
hear no screaming
The visions left inside
me are slowly fading
Would she hear me
if I called her name?
Would she hold me
if she knew my shame?
(Repeat Refrain and Chorus 1)
Interlude:
Part 1:
Guitar 1:
Guitar 2:
Pick slide on
Part 2: Drums are double bass pedal
Guitar 1: x2
Guitar 2: x2
Bridge:
Sing:
This battered room
I've seen before
The broken bones they
heal no more, no more
With my last
breath I'm choking
Will this ever
end I'm hoping
Guitar 2: on "before" and "no more"
Growl:
My world is over
(fast palm mute) x3,
one more time
--(hold)
Lets go
Lead Solo:
Guitar 1:
Guitar 2:
Guitar 3:
(Adlib)
Sing:
Would she hear me
if I called her name?
Would she hold me
if she knew my shame?
(Repeat Refrain)
Sing:
Your tears don't fall
They crash around me
Her conscience calls
the guilty to come home
Your tears don't fall
They crash around me
Her conscience calls
the guilty to come
Guitar 2: after "come"
Guitar 3: after "come"
Growl:
back home
Sing:
Your tears don't fall
They crash around me
Her conscience calls
the guilty to come home
(hold) (hold) (hold)
Guitar 2: after "come"
Guitar 3: after "come"
--(hold)
Guitar 2:
|-2-|-3-|-5-|
Guitar 1:
Guitar 2:
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5.) Suffocating Under Words Of Sorrow
Key:
Chords used:
- 355333
- x68886
- x13331
- 133211
- xx0231
Sing:
You line them up
we'll put them down
This is so frustrating
To watch you sleazing
all around
Yet you keep on smiling
Refrain:
Sing:
What can I do
to make you see
Growl:
you're guilty
Sing:
What can I do to make
you feel you're wanted
Sing:
What can I do
to make you see
Growl:
you're guilty
Sing:
I'm suffocating under
words of sorrow
Sing:
Her skin reflects
behind the blur
I'm intoxicated
Where am I from
why am I here
Growl:
You're so predictable
Growl:
Fingers running through my hair
But its all just fiction
She steps out from her
(hold)
underwear So beautiful
(Repeat Refrain)
Bridge:
Growl:
Their bodies lying
on the floor
Sing:
but I keep on staring
Growl:
My world is over
close the door
(Repeat Chorus)
(Repeat Verse 2)
(Repeat Refrain)
Growl:
--(break)-(hold)
Words of sorrow
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6.) Hit The Floor
Key:
Chords used:
- xx0231
- x13331
- x32010
- x032xx
- 032xxx
- 022000
- x32010
- x2x033
- xx0232
-- x4, -- x8
Sing:
i see you walking home alone
Your face is alive and bright
But you can't see how weak you are
Cause I could end it tonight
It's the feeling you
get when you think
That someone behind is
watching you
Well I can tell you know
that someone is me
And I'm about to make it right
Sing:
Why do you take it all
why do I beg for more
I never thought that this
is how I'd hit the floor
Why do you take it all
why do I beg for more
I never thought
that this is how I'd
Growl:
hit the floor
Interlude: -- x4
Sing:
I creep up from behind
Touch your neck
move down your spine
You take a look and
breathe so sharp
Just a matter of time
Don't scream I ask of you
But then you let one
out so know its time to go
I come down on you
like a ton of bricks
All over so its time to go
Sing:
Why do you take it all
why do I beg for more
I never thought that this
is how I'd hit the floor
Why do you take it all
why do I beg for more
I never thought that this
is how I'd hit the floor
Growl:
(hold)
how I'd hit the floor
Hit the floor
Sing:
Why do you take it all
why do I beg for more
I never thought that this
is how I'd hit the floor
Why do you take it all
why do I beg for more
I never thought
that this is how I'd
Growl:
hit the floor
Sing:
Take this from me
I don't wanna hurt you
Take this from me
Growl:
I don't wanna hurt you
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7.) All These Things I Hate
Key:
Chords used:
- 244222
- 022100
- xx0232
- 320033
- x46654
Once more I'll say
goodbye to you
Things happen but we
don't really know why
If it's supposed to be like this
Why do most of us ignore
the chance to miss? Oh yeah
Refrain 1:
Torn apart at the seams and
my dreams turn to tears
I'm not feeling this situation
Run away try to find that
safe place you can hide
The best place to be when
(hold)
you're feeling like
Me! (Me)
Yeah! (Yeah)
All these things
I hate revolve around
Me (Me)
Yeah! (Yeah)
Just back off before I snap
Post Chorus 1:
Once more you tell
those lies to me
Why can't you just be
straight up with honesty?
When you say those
things in my ear
Why do you always tell
me what you wanna hear?
Oh yeah (yeah!)
Refrain 2:
Wear your heart on your sleeve
make things hard to believe
I'm not feeling this situation
Run away try to find that
safe place you can hide
(hold)
It's the best place to be
when you're feeling like
(Repeat Chorus 1)
You see me
Yeah! (Yeah)
All these things
I hate revolve around
Me (Me)
Yeah! (Yeah)
Just back off before I snap
Post Chorus 2: x4
x4
Refrain 3:
Torn apart at the seams and
my dreams turn to tears
I'm not feeling this situation
Run away try to find that
safe place you can hide
The best place to be when
--
you're feeling like me
GROWL:
best place to be when
you're..
(Repeat Chorus1 and Chorus 2)
x4
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8.) Room 409
Key:
Chords used:
- x35543
- 466544
- x68886
- x13331
- 133111
- 355333
- xx0231
Yeah!
(hold)
I can't believe what I've seen
so scratch my eyes out!
You were at ease on
your knees, in his apartment!
You said his name as I
came in your direction!
Now, I can choose what to
do with both of you
Refrain:
I loved you! (I need you)
You hurt me! (I loved you)
I loved you You hurt
(hold)
me bad! GO!
Your words bury me
of what I used to be
I can't erase all
those things I've seen
You heart, smothers me
now it's hard to breathe
I can't erase all my me-mories
I take a step to the
left now you see me!
Tears, start to pour as
you crawl in his apartment!
You, screamed his name as
I came in your direction!
Fists, start to fly say
goodbye there's no excuses!
(Repeat Refrain and Chorus)
Bridge:
Wha-oh-ah-oh!
Wha-oh-ah-oh!
Wha-oh-ah-oh!
Wha-oh-ah-oh!
(hold)
Get up!
(Hey!) There's no excuses!
(Hey!)
(Hey!) There's no excuses!
(Hey!)
(Repeat Refrain and Chorus)
-- x4
erase all my me-mo-ries of you
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9.) The Poison
Key:
Chords used:
- xx0231
- x13331
- 133211
- x32010
- x02220
- 355333
- x68886
(tapping)-- x3
Tapping: L = left hand, R = Right Hand
L L R L L R L L R L L R L L R
L L R L L R L L
Growl:
Now, is your time to die
Sing:
We've gathered here
to say goodbye
Growl:
No, more, you'll cry
Sing:
No reason left for
(tapping x2)
you to fight
Growl:
Feel pain no more
Sing:
Emotions never felt before
Growl:
Where, do, we go we go
Sing:
she'll never know
Sing:
Holding on to you
to keep from falling
Your eyes are closing now
Another chapter's ending
Interlude: --
Growl:
Hard, times
we always saw
Sing:
There's nothing
left of you no more
Growl:
Fear, has, no
place, no place
Sing:
Cover her face
(Repeat Chorus 1)
This is our last
goodbye (goodbye!)
--
This is our time tonight
Bridge:
Growl:
-- x4
Holding on to you!
Cover up her face!
Holding on to you
To keep from falling!
(Repeat Chorus 1)
This is our last
goodbye (goodbye!)
This is our time tonight
(goodbye!)
This is our last goodbye!
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10.) 10 Years Today
Key:
Chords used:
- 133211
- x32010
- xx0231
- x13331
- 032xxx
- x02210
- x68886
Sing:
10 Years Ago I got a call
that nearly killed me
repeat yourself my
hands are shaking
when i was told my
friend was gone
i felt so guilty
a thousand questions
left unanswered
Refrain:
Growl:
i'll bleed if you want me to
Sing:
i'll serenade before i do
Growl:
i'll bleed if you want me to
Sing:
On and on although your gone
candles burn without a flame on
our final call to you
i know your listening
how could you leave us that way
where did you go
Growl:
10 years today
Interlude:
Sing:
10 years ago i stood beside
the wood that held you
i must sit down my
legs are shaking
we let you go with gifts and
plectrums for your journey
and melodies to help
you on your way
(Repeat Refrain and Chorus 1)
Bridge:
Growl:
i'll bleed if you want me to
i'll bleed if you want me to
i'll bleed if you want me to
Sing:
On and on although your gone
candles burn without a flame on
our final call to you
i know your listening
how could you leave us that way
where did you go
Growl:
10 years today
Sing:
where did you go
Growl:
10 years today
Sing:
where did you go
how could you leave us that way
where did you go
Growl:
(hold)
10 years today
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11.) Cries In Vain
Key:
Chords used:
- x13331
- 133211
- 355333
- x68886
- x032xx
- xx0231
Lord you know I've cried
a thousand tears tonight
But nothing seems to quench
the thirst you keep on craving
But now I need an answer to
my prayers and your not there
So why think you listen? Listen!
Has no one told you! your
cries are all in vain
And everyone keeps trying
to take that all away
Has no one told you!
Your cries are all
in vain Your Cries!
Interlude: --
Lord I can't disguise
the look inside my eyes
The more I try to look
away the more I'm staring
But now I need an answer to
my prayers and your not there
So why think you listen? Listen!
(Repeat Chorus)
Interlude: Beat switched from standard 4/4 to 3/4
Bridge:
Your cries in vain
Your cries in vain
Your cries in vain
Your cries in vain
(Guitar solo x4)
I look away!
(Repeat Chorus)
Interlude: -- x2
Has nobody told you
when you look away
The stories they told you
still run through your veins
Has nobody told you
when you look away
The stories they told you
still run through your
(hold)
Run through your veins!
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12.) Spit You Out
Key:
Chords used:
- x35543
- 466544
- x68886
- x13331
- 355333
- x46664
Growl:
I am what I am
so I spit you out
Do I cut the ties or
do I hold on tight
Time has come for
me to realize
All those things I
loved I now despise
Refrain 1:
Growl:
But it's my life (I'm
taking back what's mine)
It's our time (To
rise above)
It's my life (I'm taking
back what's mine)
(hold)
It's our time
Sing:
Your picture's
on my wall
With this around me
I don't feel it's o--ver
I've never felt
this way before
With you around me
I don't feel it's o--ver
Interlude:
Growl:
I am what I am
so I spit you out
Can you justify how I
Time has come for
me to realize
All those things
I loved I now despise
(Repeat Refrain 1 and Chorus)
Growl:
Now!!!!
Bridge:
Growl:
I know you're faking
You try to get me back
I know you're faking it
Feel, feel it's o--ver
Feel, feel it's o--ver
Refrain 2:
Bullet for My Valentine
(Riff)
How are we doing everyone
Riff:
(Rpeat Refrain 1)
Growl:
--
To rise above
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13.) The End
Key:
Tuning: Standard EADGBe
Chords used:
- x35543
- 466544
- x68886
- x13331
- 133111
- 355333
(plucking) x8
Sing:
Your hair reminds me of
a time when we once were
Your fingernails that marked
my back now rot in earth
The sheets we slept in blew
away and now the storm is over
The taste of you inside my
mouth remains but still I'm hearing
Refrain:
Sing:
There's no love
everybody's crying
There's no truth
everyone's misguiding
Growl:
And now the end is here
There's no more pills to swallow
The bitter taste I feel
won't lead me to tomorrow
Sing:
Your scent reminds me
of a place we used to go
The kisses placed upon my
neck show signs of
Growl:
no return
Sing:
The bed we fucked in smells the
same but now the stench is fading
The taste of you inside my mouth
remains but still I'm hearing
(Repeat Refrain and Chorus)
Bridge:
Growl:
Cries for anger
lies for power
Fighting for nothing
is what you were born
for Cries for anger
lies for power
Fighting for nothing
Sing:
is what you were born for
(Repeat)
(hold)
(plucking like intro) x4
(Repeat Bridge)
Growl:
x4
for!!!!
Same intro plucking
(Repeat til lfade out)
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