Rancid – Junkie Man
168 bpm 4/4 8th Note Strumming
[…And Out Come the Wolves 1995]
Intro
A A D D A A D D
Ah-hhh-hhh turn it up…
A A D D A A D D
Verse 1
A A
The common man doesn't suffer pain like this…
D D
Only the sort that has never been kissed…
A A
Let us adore our… beautiful son…
D D
He's riding on the rivers of Babylon…
Verse 2
A
Burning up shooting up
A
bring on the brightness…
D
See the son of god is coming up
D
and there is a likeness…
A A
Internalize the lunacy the misery is showing…
D
When you're brought up…
D
You're caught up in a system that's going…
Pre Chorus
F#m D
No one answers no one takes that call from you…
F#m D
No one answers no one takes that call from you…
F#m D
No one answers no one takes that call from
E. D. C#m. Bm.
you-eee-you-eee-you-eee-you-uuu…
Chorus
A A
Junkie man tell-lll me what your story is…
D D
Junkie man tell-lll me what your story is…
A A
Junkie man tell-lll me what your story is…
D D
Junkie man tell-lll me what your story is…
Verse 3
A A
What do what do what do what do I desire…
D D
Some parent's house… is on fire
A A
Oh slowly the house gonna… burn to the ground…
D D
The neighborhood will watch… without a sound…
Verse 4
A
Will someone be a witness
A
please tell me that he's crazy…
D
but he's not and they know that
D
and they can't get him ‘cause he's not crazy…
A
Beat lock him knock him
A
take him away his authority…
D
Hit 'em ship 'em club 'em…
D
Submitted conformity…
Pre Chorus
F#m D
No one answers no one takes that call from you…
F#m D
No one answers no one takes that call from you…
F#m D
No one answers no one takes that call from
E. D. C#m. Bm.
you-eee-you-eee-you-eee-you-uuu…
Chorus
A A
Junkie man tell-lll me what your story is…
D D
Junkie man tell-lll me what your story is…
A A
Junkie man tell-lll me what your story is…
D D
Junkie man tell-lll me what your story is…
Bridge (Bass)
A A
My hand went blind…
D D
You were in the vein… clairvoyant…
A A
You were in the vein… clairvoyant…
D
My hand went blind…
D
I make love to my transistor…
A A
My transistor…
D D
and my transparency from the balcony…
A
I looked out on the big field…
A
on the big field
D D
it opens… like the cover of an old bible…
Middle 8
F#m D
and outcome the wolves…
F#m D
Outcome the wolves…
F#m
Their paws-sss trampling in the snow…
D
the alphabet…
E. D. C#m. Bm.
I stand on my head and watch it all go away…
Verse 2
A
Burning up shooting up
A
bring on the brightness…
D
See the son of god is coming up
D
and there is a likeness…
A A
Internalize the lunacy the misery is showing…
D
When you're brought up…
D
You're caught up in a system that's going…
Pre Chorus
F#m D
No one answers no one takes that call from you…
F#m D
No one answers no one takes that call from you…
F#m D
No one answers no one takes that call from
E. D. C#m. Bm.
you-eee-you-eee-you-eee-you-uuu…
Outro
A A
Junkie man tell-lll me what your story is…
D D
Junkie man tell-lll me what your story is…
A A
Junkie man tell-lll me what your story is…
D D ^ A
Junkie man tell-lll me what your story is…