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The Zolas - Escape Artist chords
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Intro: C Em G D x2 (Single strum) (First Verse is one strum each chords) C Em My alter-ego. Hes an escape artist, G D hes only truly happy when hes under arrest. C C C/B Em oh how he handsome, scheduled to hang to death G D Hes only truly happy at the precipice. (Listen to the song to get the strumming pattern) Em G Hes like a mirror. He sticks into our ears Em G a stethoscope to the chest of the vacant years. Em G I cant escape the chair, Im etherized with fear C that my only talent is in E--------------------------------| B--------------------------------| G--------0---4--------4---2---0--| D----2---------------------------| A-2------------------------------| E--------------------------------| Hanging here, but then its Bm G (Can also play hanging here, but then its) G Bm C Hey boy, Ive got your man hes right here Bm putty in my hands G ice cream and sweets, Bm coming in the sheets C Em he got no excuse to leave. E-7-5-3--| B--------| (each note played for each words in "but in the") G--------| D--------| A--------| E--------| C Em but in the real world, an intertidal cave, G D I ride a desk chair waiting for a tidal wave C Am C Em I feel like dancing, but that is miles away C D Im feeling hard and hollow like paper mache. [ Tab from: http://www.guitaretab.com/t/the-zolas/340901.html ] C Em My alter ego. Hes in a jailers cage G D he sits and waits for the devil to abet his escape. C C C/B Em Im sorry pastor, I cant be pasteurized. G D All of the bibles in the world for a metal file. C Em At every clock strike, he hears the jailers keys G D and the doubt starts to sprout til hes on his knees. C Em G Em and he remembers like its his mothers call G D to feel his hand find a grip at the top of the wall. C G and I want to feel it, I want to feel the fire C G of the leftover sun on the roofing tiles. C G I want to feel it, I want to feel the fire C of the leftover sun on the E----0---3---7--------7---5---3--| B-0------------------------------| G--------------------------------| D--------------------------------| A--------------------------------| E--------------------------------| Roofing tiles, But still its D (Can also play Roofing tiles, But still its) G Bm C Hey boy, Ive got your man hes right here Bm putty in my hands G ice cream and sweets, Bm coming in the sheets C Em he got no excuse to leave. G Bm C Hey boy, Ive got your man hes right here Bm putty in my hands G ice cream and sweets, Bm coming in the sheets C G (let ring) he got no excuse to leave.  |