Switchblades Chords - Roger Clyne

Intro

B Bsus2 B

{tab: e|-0-0--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0----|}

{tab: B|-2-2--0-0-0-0-0-0-2-2----|}

{tab: G|-2-2--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2----| 4x}

{tab: D|-2-2--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2----|}

{tab: A|-0-0--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0----|}

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Verse 1

B F# B Went down to Mexico on the Fourth of July B F# B I got a tattoo of a moth and a butterfly E B Had too much time to burn, a little money to spend B F# B So I bought a switchblade for each of my friends B F# B Pablo and Dan had a plan said we gonna get rich B F# B Put the double-cross on a double-crossin' narco snitch E B Just a dirty little two man job, but it's a sure-fire win B F# B Brother when we cut him down we gonna cut you in

Chorus

Interlude

B Bsus2 B

Verse 2

B F# B They said amigo don't you worry now we're gonna dissappear B F# B Just a couple of months, they said, it's been almost a year E B And know that if you want that kinda money man you gotta stay brave B F# B Federales are pullin' bodies out of shallow graves

Chorus

Interlude

E B F# E B F# E B F# G#m E B

Verse 3

B F# B Later in the fall I got the call, "Boy won't ya come down? B F# B Maybe put a name with a few unlucky faces we found" E B Now no matter what I do can't get my heart to mend B F# B Somebody buried a switchblade in each of my friends

Chorus

E B Yeah dumb and drunk as I was ya know I'd do it all again B F# B Back when I bought a switchblade for each of my friends E B F# They were sharp enough to stab another hole in the sky E B F# Hard enough to make the proudest diamond sigh E B F# Faster than the rockets on the Fourth of July G#m E F# B Strong and cruel enough to make a statue of Mary cry E B F# They were sharp enough to stab another hole in the sky E B F# Hard enough to make the proudest diamond sigh E B F# Faster than the rockets on the Fourth of July G#m E F# B Strong and cruel enough to make a statue of Mary cry

Outro

B Bsus2 B