Sam Fender - Hypersonic missiles
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Strumming
Tuning: C# F# B E G# C#
You'll need to tune all the strings on your guitar down a step and a half to play this song.
This song switches strumming style back and forth between palm muted strums,rapid down strums and
big open strums. Listen to: https://youtu.be/IlqOREk35AE to get a better idea of the nuances of when each
strumming pattern is used and how the palm muting in the verses sounds.
Your third finger stays on the third fret of the first string for the whole song.
During the chorus, instrumental and outro sections - the guitar is sometimes hitting second fret of the fifth
string when switching from A7sus2 to Cmaj7sus2 and vice versa.
[Chords]
G 3x0003
A7sus2 x02003
Cmaj7sus2 x30003
Gadd9 3x0203
G* 3x0403
D6sus4 xx0203
[Verse 1]
G Dutch kids huff balloons in the parking lot
The golden arches illuminate the business park
A7sus2 I eat myself to death, feed the corporate machine
I watch the movies, recite every line and scene
Cmaj7sus2
God bless America and all of its allies
A7sus2 I'm not the first to live with wool over my eyesG
[Verse 2]
G I am so blissfully unaware of everything
Kids in Gaza are bombed, and I'm just out of it
A7sus2 The tensions of the world are rising higher
We're probably due another war with all this ire
Cmaj7sus2
I'm not smart enough to change a thing
I've no A7sus2answers, only questions, don't you ask a thingG G Gadd9 G*
[Chorus]
Cmaj7sus2 A7sus2 Cmaj7sus2 G
Oh, the silver-tongue suits and cartoons, they rule my world
D6sus4 A7sus2 Cmaj7sus2 G D6sus4
Saying it's a high time for hypersonic missiles
Cmaj7sus2
But when the bombs drop, darling
A7sus2 Cmaj7sus2 G
Can you say that you've lived your life?
D6sus4 A7sus2 Cmaj7sus2 G D6sus4
Oh, this is a high time for hypersonic missiles
[Verse 3]
GThe cities lie like tumours all across the world
A cancer eating mankind, hitting it on blindside
A7sus2They say I'm a nihilist 'cause I can't see
Any decent rhyme or reason for the life of you and me
Cmaj7sus2
But I believe in what I'm feeling, and I'm falling for you
This worlA7sus2d is gonna end, but 'til then, I'll give you everything GI have G Gadd9 G*
Cmaj7sus2 A7sus2 Cmaj7sus2 G D6sus4
I'll give you everything I have
[Instrumental]
A7sus2 Cmaj7sus2 G D6sus4
Cmaj7sus2 A7sus2 Cmaj7sus2 G D6sus4
A7sus2 Cmaj7sus2
[Middle 8]
G Oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh
Oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-A7sus2oh
Oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh
Cmaj7sus2
Oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh
Oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-A7sus2oh
Oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-Goh
(C'mon) G Gadd9 G*
[Chorus]
Cmaj7sus2 A7sus2 Cmaj7sus2 G
Oh, the silver-tongue suits and cartoons, they rule my world
D6sus4 A7sus2 Cmaj7sus2 G D6sus4
Saying it's a high time for hypersonic missiles
Cmaj7sus2
When the bombs drop, darling
A7sus2 Cmaj7sus2 G
Can you say that you've lived your life?
D6sus4 A7sus2 Cmaj7sus2 G Gadd9 G*
Oh, this is a high time for hypersonic missiles
[Outro]
G* Cmaj7sus2 A7sus2 Cmaj7sus2
Then you'll do the same, only the names change, honey
You can Gjoin their club if you're born into D6sus4money
A7sus2 Cmaj7sus2 G Gadd9 G*
It's a high time for hypersonic missiles
A7sus2 Cmaj7sus2 G Gadd9 G*
And, oh, this is a high time for hypersonic missiles
A7sus2 Cmaj7sus2 G Gadd9 G*
And, oh, this is a high time for hypersonic missiles
A7sus2 Cmaj7sus2 G
Oh, this is a high time for hypersonic missiles