------------------------------------------------------------------------------- DEAD MAN WALKING - The Confession ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tabbed By : mariewong Tuning: Drop C Intro: F|---------------------------------| C|---------------------------------| G|------------2--------------------| C|-4-2-554-2-5-54~-2-554-4444444-2-| Verse: Push it away Heart cold in the land of gray Suck it all in I'm watching them cringe Damn, what a waste The boy's got that prescription taste He's dying away Look at 'em fade There has to be another way F|---------------------------------------| C|-----------25--252---------------------| G|--------------3------------------------| [x4] C|-424444442---------4-4444444-2-22-5-55-| Pre-chorus: The aftermath is devastating Writing, leave me, medicating The hating, the horror that haunts my day If I can get a chance to brush off this decay Who gives a f***, gimme what I need, another dose F|--------------------------------------------------------------------| C|--------------------------------------------------------------------| G|-------------------------------2--------------------------------2---| C|-444444442222-554-44444442222-5-54-44444442222-554-44444442222-5-54-| F|--------------------------| C|--------------------------| G|--------------------------| C|-44444-44444-44444-2~-555-| Chorus: And I stop shaking tonight Pull myself up off the floor Kneel down and exercise Prepare for what's in store And I stop shaking tonight Pull myself up off the floor Kneel down and exercise I'm resurrecting F|--------------------------------|--------------------------------| C|--------------------------------|--------------------------------| G|-----0----0-24--22-45-2--5420-0-|-----0----0-24--22-45-2--5420-0-| C|-44-6---00------------------6---|-44-6---00-------------------6--| F|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------| C|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------| G|----------------------------5420-0-|----------------------------5420-0-| C|-44444444-00000000-22222222-----6--|-44444444-00000000-22222222-----6--| Verse: Lock it away Beneath the pain, beneath the insane Take it all in and I'll take the blame Pushing the grace The cancer radiates in her face You ruined my stay So I'll destroy the faith There has to be another way F|---------------------------------------| C|-----------25--252---------------------| G|--------------3------------------------| [x4] C|-424444442---------4-4444444-2-22-5-55-| Pre-chorus: I'm in the rubble, contemplating The pills that thrill Killing, not aiding The hating, the horror that haunts my day If I could get another chance I'd probably throw it away F|--------------------------------------------------------------------| C|--------------------------------------------------------------------| G|-------------------------------2--------------------------------2---| C|-444444442222-554-44444442222-5-54-44444442222-554-44444442222-5-54-| Who gives a f***, gimme what I need, another dose I'll resurrect for all to see And death to those who've forsaken me F|--------------------------|------------------------------------------| C|--------------------------|--------------------24--------------------| G|--------------------------|------424--------424---------424----------| C|-44444-44444-44444-44444-2|-44444---4--44444-------44444---4--2~-555-| Chorus: And I stop shaking tonight Pull myself up off the floor Kneel down and exercise Prepare for what's in store And I stop shaking tonight Pull myself up off the floor Kneel down and exercise F|--------------------------------|--------------------------------| C|--------------------------------|--------------------------------| G|-----0----0-24--22-45-2--5420-0-|-----0----0-24--22-45-2--5420-0-| C|-44-6---00------------------6---|-44-6---00-------------------6--| F|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------| C|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------| G|----------------------------5420-0-|----------------------------5420-0-| C|-44444444-00000000-22222222-----6--|-44444444-00000000-22222222-----6--| Bridge/Solo: Dead man walking, baby I call 'em how I see 'em Killin' time, killin' pain, baby But instead you're killin' me F|-------------------------| C|-------------------------| G|-------------------------| [x4] C|-4(x8)-2(x8)-0(x8)-3(x8)-| [solo] F|------------------------------------------| C|----------------00-2-----------------00-2-| G|------00-2-22-2------------00-2-22-2------| C|-44-4-----------------44-4----------------| Back away from the pain It's insane and I will throw away All the things that sting So back away, it's okay You're a stain ad now you'll rot away It's sickening F|---------------------------------------------------------------| C|----------------------00-22222222-----------------------00-222-| G|--------00-22--22-22----------------------00-22--22-22---------| C|-44-44-----------------------------44-44-----------------------| F|----------------------------------------------------------------------| C|----------------------------------------------------------------------| G|----------------------------------------------------------------------| C|-0(x4)-2(x8)--4(x4)-0(x4)-2(x8)--4(x4)-0(x4)-2(x8)--4(x4)-0(x4)-2(x8)-| Chorus: And I stop shaking tonight Pull myself up off the floor Kneel down and exercise Prepare for what's in store And I stop shaking tonight Pull myself up off the floor Kneel down and exercise F|--------------------------------|--------------------------------| C|--------------------------------|--------------------------------| G|-----0----0-24--22-45-2--5420-0-|-----0----0-24--22-45-2--5420-0-| [x2] C|-44-6---00------------------6---|-44-6---00-------------------6--| And I stop shaking tonight Pull myself up off the floor Kneel down and exercise Prepare for what's in store And I stop shaking tonight Pull myself up off the floor Kneel down and exercise F|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------| C|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------| G|----------------------------5420-0-|----------------------------5420-0-| C|-44444444-00000000-22222222-----6--|-44444444-00000000-22222222-----6--| F|-----------------------------------|--------------------------------------| C|-----------------------------------|-------------------22-00--------------| G|----------------------------5420-0-|-------------------------44-22-242-1~-| C|-44444444-00000000-22222222-----6--|-44444444-00000000--------------------| | / slide up | \ slide down | h hammer-on | p pull-off | ~ vibrato | + harmonic | x Mute note 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