AREA 11 - THE STRAYS CHORDS

Tuning: E A D G B E

(When the chords are written 1 space before the text, they are played on the off-beat before the lyric is sung) [Intro] Bm D G A Bm D Em G Em D Bm G Bm D Em G F#m A [Overdrive guitar kicks in] Bm A G D Bm A G A [Verse]

^Bm I still cheer for you Ten years down the ^Gline

Time

^D Stepped away from me ^Bm Stained with tiger stripes ^D Losing all your lives ^G Stray^A from this boring dream

^Bm What must it be like With your world alight ^G Hard to swallow But ^Dhunger's the best spice ^Bm Catch a warrior's eye ^A With an asteroid's sign ^GStr^Aay

[Chorus]

^BmHow could I stay here and rust When I'm set to expl^Dode^A? ^BmYou can outrun everything But the debts that you ^Dow^Ae ^BmYou think I'm vicious But you don't know what vicious ^Dis^A I'm ^Bmnumb from the distance So stub out the stars on my ^Dwrist ^AStub out the stars on my ^Bmwrist

Bm A G A (x2) [Verse]

^Bm If it's just the bored ^G Asking this kind of thing Where^D do we fit in? ^Bm Watch the star dust rise ^D With your reddened eyes ^G Take^A what you want from it

^Bm We're the last ones left Left to convalesce ^G Get the others And ^Acut to the next Scene ^Bm To be truly free ^AFreedom comes not from, but through me ^GTak^Ae

[Chorus]

[Bridge] A G D Bm F#m G

Do ^Dyou remember ^Awhen the sta^Emrs Were much ^Ghigher? ^DYou would ^Gtry to ^Acount them ^Gall^A But you grew ^Gtired - tired - tired

[Solo] Bm A G A Bm A G D Bm A G A Bm A G A [Chorus] How could I stay here and rust

When I'm ^Bmset to expl^Dode^A? ^BmYou can outrun everything But the debts that you ^Dow^Ae ^BmYou think I'm vicious But you don't know what vicious ^Dis^A I'm ^Bmnumb from the distance So stub out the stars on my ^Dwrist ^AStub out the stars on my ^Bmwrist.

Area 11 - The strays