Biography:
Richie Kotzen is an American guitarist, singer, and songwriter.
Born in Reading, Pennsylvania on February 3, 1970, Richie Kotzen was soon taken by music and first began playing piano at the age of five. At the age of seven he was inspired by New York City band KISS to learn the electric guitar. Relentlessly developing chops and his own unique voice on the guitar, Kotzen was eventually discovered by Shrapnel Records' Mike Varney, and he recorded his first album by the age of 18.
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Other songs:
- Doing What The Devil Says To Do
- Alone Against The Wind
- Am I Dreaming Acoustic
- Beautiful Life
- Cannibals
- Cannon Ball
- Change
- Chase It
- Doin What The Devil Says To Do
- End Of Earth
- Everything Good
- Get A Life
- Grammy
- High
- I Would
- In An Instant
- Ive Got You
- Loose Again
- Love Is Blind
- Meds
- Ready
- Remember
- Riot
- Rust
- Shine
- Stand
- Stay
- The Damned
- The Enemy
- The Shadow
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[Intro / Verse Riff]
The riff begins with a pickup phrase; after that repeat the two full bars.
Let the notes in the chord ring.
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D|----------------|----------5--------------|-----------------------------|
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[Intro]
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[Verse]
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I’m not beholden, but I’m bottled up, yeah
Oh, look in my eyes, into my window
A7sus4
Oh, I am not beholden to no one
If I am threatened I build a wall
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I beat the drum till I’m satisfied
And lead a ritual, devour all of our young
G D C
[Pre-chorus]
G Am
Yeah, what am I?
D
I’m at war with my memories
C G Am
No, don’t torture me
A
Yeah, I’d like to live without my memory
[Chorus]
Dm F C
I flew too high, she clipped my wings
G
But I soared to the end of earth
Dm F C
Before my eyes I can’t believe
G
But I soared to the end of earth
Dm F C
My love is gone, I lost some blood
Now I’m salting a bit of earth
Dm F C
I let her fly, she clipped my wings
G A7sus4
But I soared to the end of earth
[Verse]
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Crawl into my window
Oh, and become beholden to me, oh
A7sus4
I’ve got my back against the wall
I dodge the bullets while they fire
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And now I’m fighting for, fighting for my life, my life
G D C
[Pre-chorus]
G Am
Yeah, what am I?
D
I’m at war with my memories
C G Am
No, don’t torture me
D C
My memory's hard to me, yeah, look out
Am A D
C G Am
No, don’t torture me
A
Yeah, I’d like to live without my memory
[Chorus]
Dm F C
I flew too high, she clipped my wings
G
But I soared to the end of earth
Dm F C
Before my eyes I can’t believe
G
But I soared to the end of earth
Dm F C
My love is gone, I lost some blood
Now I’m salting a bit of earth
Dm F C
I let her fly, she clipped my wings
G A7sus4
But I soared to the end of earth
[Riff]
A7sus4
Am
The riff begins with a pickup phrase; after that repeat the two full bars.
Let the notes in the chord ring.
A7sus4
e|----------------|-------------------------|----0------------------------|
B|----------------|----------------------3--|(3)--------------------------|
G|----------------|----------------2--------|-----------------------------|
D|----------------|----------5--------------|-----------------------------|
A|--0-3p0-3p0-3p0-|-0--0--------------------|---------------0-3p0-3p0-3p0-|
E|----------------|-------------------------|-----------------------------|
p = pull-off, (n) = hold note over bar line
[Intro]
A7sus4
[Verse]
A7sus4
I’m not beholden, but I’m bottled up, yeah
Oh, look in my eyes, into my window
A7sus4
Oh, I am not beholden to no one
If I am threatened I build a wall
A7sus4
I beat the drum till I’m satisfied
And lead a ritual, devour all of our young
G D C
[Pre-chorus]
G Am
Yeah, what am I?
D
I’m at war with my memories
C G Am
No, don’t torture me
A
Yeah, I’d like to live without my memory
[Chorus]
Dm F C
I flew too high, she clipped my wings
G
But I soared to the end of earth
Dm F C
Before my eyes I can’t believe
G
But I soared to the end of earth
Dm F C
My love is gone, I lost some blood
Now I’m salting a bit of earth
Dm F C
I let her fly, she clipped my wings
G A7sus4
But I soared to the end of earth
[Verse]
A7sus4
Crawl into my window
Oh, and become beholden to me, oh
A7sus4
I’ve got my back against the wall
I dodge the bullets while they fire
A7sus4
And now I’m fighting for, fighting for my life, my life
G D C
[Pre-chorus]
G Am
Yeah, what am I?
D
I’m at war with my memories
C G Am
No, don’t torture me
D C
My memory's hard to me, yeah, look out
Am A D
C G Am
No, don’t torture me
A
Yeah, I’d like to live without my memory
[Chorus]
Dm F C
I flew too high, she clipped my wings
G
But I soared to the end of earth
Dm F C
Before my eyes I can’t believe
G
But I soared to the end of earth
Dm F C
My love is gone, I lost some blood
Now I’m salting a bit of earth
Dm F C
I let her fly, she clipped my wings
G A7sus4
But I soared to the end of earth
[Riff]
A7sus4
Am
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