Song: By the Throat Band: Dead to Me Album: Cuban Ballerina Key: E (standard tuning) chords used e|--4---2---0---0---6--| b|--5---4---0---2---7--| g|--6---4---1---2---8--| d|--6---4---2---2---8--| a|--4---2---2---0---6--| e|----------0----------| C#m B E A Ebm Verse: C#m, B, E, A, C#m, B, E (2 measures) Bridge: A, B, C#m, Ebm Chorus: E, B, A, B Verse: C#m B Feel, don't watch the mercury drop E A Things fell apart and then I turned and stopped and said C#m B E I can't go on anymore like this Verse x2 Save me from the tired hums The crooked stares of the broken ones One by one, let's watch them all disappear I used to climb up to the attic at night I'd end up in the basement screaming I'm floating above all of you now little riff e|--------------------------------------------------| b|--------------------------------------------------| g|--9-8-9-6-----------------------------------------| d|----------9-6-99999999-7777-66-4-9----------------| a|--------------------------------------9----7-7-7-7| e|--------------------------------------------------| Bridge: A B C#m Ebm It feels like now they've got me by the throat Chorus: E B You make it sound so sincere A A I never believe what I always hear Chorus: x3 I never thought I'd see the day They've got me by the throat I'm force-fed all the answers My paranoia spreads like cancer I'm so far from all my problems now C#m, B E So I packed what's left of me and I'm leaving C#m B E These city walls are closing in on me Verse: Take me back before it all began Before I'd run and before I cared Sometimes my best just isn't enough little riff number 2 (basically the same thing with a little lick at the end) e|-------------------------------------------------------| b|----------------------------------------7h9p7----------| g|--9-8-9-6-------------------------------------9-9-9-9--| d|----------9-6-99999999-7777-66-4-9---------------------| a|--------------------------------------9----------------| e|-------------------------------------------------------| Bridge: It feels like now they've got me by the throat Chorus: x4 You make it sound so sincere I never believe what I always hear I never thought I'd see the day They've got me by the throat I'm force-fed all the answers My paranoia just spreads like cancer I'm so far from all my problems now Palm mute: E -: measures played %: pause Break: E--A, E--B, E-%A E AE BE A B }x2 They've got me by the throat } Verse: All of the things that I've left behind Have washed out to sea and soon comes The day that a hard rain falls on me