'HEADSTRONG' SEVEN MARY THREE from the album "AMERICAN STANDARD" Transcribed by Jason Leonard Chords: Em D* Cmaj7sus2 C5 G/B A9 G5 B5 A5 F5 ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- --0-- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- --0-- ----- --0-- --0-- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- --0-- --5-- --0-- --0-- --4-- --8-- --6-- --3-- --2-- --4-- --0-- --5-- --0-- --2-- --5-- --9-- --7-- --4-- --2-- --5-- --3-- --3-- --2-- --0-- --5-- --9-- --7-- --4-- --0-- --5-- ----- ----- ----- ----- --3-- --7-- --5-- --2-- Intro: Drum & Bass intro: 0:00- 0:06 Bass plays: ----------|----------|----------|----------| ----------|----------|----------|----------| ---7------|--5-------|-----7----|---5------| ----------|----------|----------|----------| Guitar enters: 0:07- 0:20 Rhy. Fig. 1 Em D* ----------|----------| ----------|----------| * Play 4 times * ----------|----------| ---2-2----|--4-4-----| ---2-2---0|--5-5----0| -0--------|0---------| Rocking part: 0:21- 0:34 Rhy. Fig. 2 Em D* ---------------|---------------| ---------------|---------------| * Play 4 times * ---------------|---------------| 2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2|4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4| 2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2|5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5| 0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0|5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5| 0:35- 0:41 Cmaj7sus2 ----------| -0--------| * Hold, let it ring & feedback * -0--------| -0--------| -3--------| ----------| 0:42- 0:48 E5 ----------| ----------| * Hold, let ring & feedback * ----------| -2--------| -2--------| -0--------| 0:49- 1:23 Verse: Play with Rhy. Fig. 1 Em D* Em D* Headstrong is willing to live like a rat in a hole Em D* Em D* Headstrong... unwilling to listen to anyone at all keeps her Em D* Em D* head above the water, keeps her head upon her shoulders Em D* Em D* I know, I know, I know she has heard this all before C5 she don't break, she don't sink, don't think, a thing of me 1:24- 1:37 Rhy. Fig. 2 Em D* ---------------|---------------| ---------------|---------------| * Play 4 times * ---------------|---------------| 2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2|4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4| 2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2|5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5| 0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0|5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5| 1:38- 2:07 Chorus: Guitar 1 Plays Rhy. Fig. 1 & Guitar 2 plays Rhy. Fig. 2 Em D Em D Headstrong can fake an awkwardness, silenced by the price of love Em D Em D don't get too close in case, push comes to shove, won't Cmaj7sus2 G/B be your favorite girl, hear you play her song A9 G5 (slide up to C5) she's heard it all before 2:08- 2:35 Bridge: C5 B5 C5 B5 I don't mind she knows the number I'm writing C5 B5 A5 G5 we all need some pain C5 B5 C5 B5 C5 B5 A5 G5 and remember, what you told me, we all bleed the same 2:36- 2:58 Guitar solo: Lead guitar solo: C5 B5 C5 B5 15-14------------|-------17--17|15-14--------------|---------------| -----15--15~17-15|~--------15--|-----15----17-15-17|17`-17`-17`-17`| -----------------|-------------|-------------------|---------------| -----------------|-------------|-------------------|---------------| -----------------|-------------|-------------------|---------------| -----------------|-------------|-------------------|---------------| C5 B5 A5 G5 15-14-------------|-------------------|-----------|---------| -----15---15~17-15|-12-12-13---12-10-8|----8------|---------| ------------------|-------------------|-9`--`9-9-7|----7----| ------------------|-------------------|-----------|-9`--97-7| ------------------|-------------------|-----------|---------| ------------------|-------------------|-----------|---------| F5 E ----------|---------------------------| ----------|---------------------------| -----7----|---------------------------| -7~9---9--|---------------------------| ---------7|-7-(hold till bass enters)-| ----------|---------------------------| 2:59- 3:13 Bass Entrance: -----------------|-----------------| -----------------|-----------------| * Repeat 4 times * 7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--|7-5---5-7-5---7--| -----------------|----7-------7----| 3:14- 3:40 Verse: Rhy. Fig. 1 Em D* Em D* headstrong is making a list so long, of all the people she has done, Em D* Em D* and undone again, my name engraved Em D* Em D* she doesn't notice the things that I take for granted were my Em D* Em D* own to give, my own to give and take she don't 3:41- 3:54 Cmaj7sus2 break, she don't sink, don't think don't want to give or take my love don't break don't sink don't think, of me! 3:55- end Guitar 1 plays Rhy. Fig. 1 & Guitar 2 plays Rhy. Fig 2. until end. E D E D E D E D E D E D E D E D Headstrong Headstrong Headstrong Headstrong E D E D E D E D E (let ring) Headstrong Headstrong Headstrong Headstrong Ow! (c)1998 Seven Mary Three Music, BMI. All rights reserved. Administered by EMI Publishing. Lyrics reprinted by permission