Rancid – Journey To The End Of The East Bay
170 bpm 4/4 8th Note Strumming
[…And Out Come the Wolves 1995]
Intro (Bass)
C G Am F C G F F
C G Am F C G F F
Intro
C G Am F C G F F
C G Am F C G F F
Verse 1
C G
Reconcile to the relief…
Am F
Consumed in sacred… ground for me…
C G
There wasn't always a place to go
Am F
but there was always an urgent need to belong…
C G
All these bands and… all these people…
Am F
All these friends and… we were equals but…
C G
What you gonna do…
Am F
when everybody goes on-nnn with-hhh-out you…
Chorus
C. G.
To the end… to the end…
Am. F.
I'll journey to the end…
C. G.
To the end… to the end…
Am. F.
I'll journey to the end…
C. G.
To the end-ddd-ddd…
Am. F.
The end-ddd-ddd… To the end…
C. G.
To the end…
Am. F.
I'll journey to the end…
Verse 2
C G
Started in eighty seven… Ended in eighty nine…
Am F
You got a garage or an amp… We'll play anytime…
C
It was just the four of us…
G
Yeah man the core of us…
Am F
Too much attention unavoidably destroyed us…
C G
Four kids on tour… Three thousand miles…
Am F
in a four door car… Not knowing what was going on…
C G
We got a million years… It'd turn out like this…
Am F
Hell no… no premonition could've seen this…
Chorus
C. G.
To the end… to the end…
Am. F.
I'll journey to the end…
C. G.
To the end… to the end…
Am. F.
I'll journey to the end…
C. G.
To the end-ddd-ddd…
Am. F.
The end-ddd-ddd… To the end…
C. G.
To the end…
Am. F.
I'll journey to the end…
Solo
C G Am F C G F F
C G Am F C G F F
Verse 3
C G
Matty came from far away…
Am F
from New Orleans into the East Bay…
C G
He said… "This is a Mecca…" I said…
Am F
"This ain't no Mecca man… This place is fucked…”
C G
Three months go by… He had no home…
Am F
He had no food… He's all alone…
C G
Matty said "Fool me once shame on you…"
Am F
Said "Fool me twice…" He went back to New Orleans…
Chorus
C. G.
To the end… to the end…
Am. F.
I'll journey to the end…
C. G.
To the end… to the end…
Am. F.
I'll journey to the end…
C. G.
To the end-ddd-ddd…
Am. F.
The end-ddd-ddd… To the end…
C. G.
To the end…
Am. F.
I'll journey to the end…
Outro
C G Am F C G F ** F. * C.