Biography:
Rocky Votolato is an American musician. He was born in rural Texas in 1978, though was raised in the Pacific Northwest. When his former band Lying on Loot disbanded in 1996, Rocky Votolato, along with friends Rudy Gajadhar (drums) and Andrew Hartley (bass), started playing under the name Waxwing. Rocky's younger brother Cody (The Blood Brothers) soon joined the band on second guitar, and the band recorded their debut 7" for Henry's Finest Recordings.
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Other songs:
- End Like This
- Mix Tapes Cellmate
- The Break-up Song (let's Just Be Friends)
- White Daisy Passing Am C Please Slow It Down Am There'
- A Discourse On Killing
- Above The Water
- Alabaster
- Automatic Rifle
- Boxcutter
- Crabtree And Evelyn
- Death Right
- Death
- Dont Walk Out On Me
- Eyes Like Static
- Fragments
- Goldfield
- Hospital Handshakes
- Ill Catch You
- Instrument
- Light And The Sound
- Like Silver
- Lilly White
- Lily White
- Little Spring
- Lucky Clover Coin
- Makers
- Mix Tapes Cellmates
- Montana
- Nights Disguise
- October
- One More Work Song Blues
- Portland Is Leaving
- Postcard From Kentucky
- Red River
- Safety Is A Coffin
- Sawdust And Shavings
- Secrets Of A Salesman
- She Was Only In It For The Rain
- Silver Trees
- Sparklers
- Suicide Medicine
- Sun Devil
- Sunlight
- Television Of Saints
- Tennessee Train Tracks
- The Finish Line
- The Old Holland
- The Wrong Side Of Reno
- Tinfoil Hats
- Treasure Chest
- Uppers Arent Necessary
- Where We Left Off
- White Daisy Passing
- White
- Without Eyes Still Seeing
- Writing Fiction
- Your Darkest Eyes
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Death-right by Rocky Votolato
Album: Suicide Medicine
tabbed by Luftspisen
Basic chord structure, listen to the song for the exact
timings and strumming pattern. You may use other inversions
of the chords, though these are the easiest ones for me.
Chords that are being used:
C#m x-4-6-6-5-4
G#m 4-6-6-4-4-4
B 7-9-9-8-7-7
E 0-2-2-1-0-0
F#m 2-4-4-2-2-2
A 5-7-7-6-5-5
Verse 1:
C#m G#m
you'll die young if you live so carefully
C#m G#m
there are risks you must take to pay this world
C#m G#m
I know it would never be that easy
B C#m
I have not yet earned the right to die
C#m G#m
I want you to hear me screaming
C#m G#m
I want you to notice what goes on
C#m G#m B C#m
temptation and evil demons crawling the earth hiding in every corner
C#m G#m
C#m G#m
C#m G#m
B G#m
Verse 2:
C#m G#m
I've seen men crippled in anger
C#m G#m
the sun burns alive in silence
C#m G#m
I've seen men wallow in fear
B C#m
inaction acts as a blade across the throat
C#m G#m
I'll learn how to make decisions
C#m G#m
I'll stick by my word - won't let you down
C#m G#m
I swear by the grave that's calling
B C#m
nothing will stop me from doing what must be done
C#m G#m
C#m G#m
C#m G#m
B G#m
Chorus:
E B C#m
something here is still innocent
E B C#m
It doesn't matter if you decide not to believe it
E B F#m A
There are still places where the magic can breathe
E B C#m G#m
I want to breathe it in I want to lay down and never leave
C#m G#m
C#m G#m
B G#m
Verse 3:
C#m G#m
we're stalking the ancient mariner
C#m G#m
through waters he takes his lonely course
C#m G#m
once powerful once beautiful
B C#m
extinction lingering these things are no more
C#m G#m
I love you I'll never leave you
C#m G#m
though I may be gone for years on end
C#m G#m
I will never be separate
B C#m
lovers through the lives before and after
Chorus:
E B C#m
something here is still innocent
E B C#m
It doesn't matter if you decide not to believe it
E B F#m A
There are still places where the magic can breathe
E B C#m G#m
I want to breathe it in I want to lay down and never leave
Outro:
C#m G#m B C#m
Album: Suicide Medicine
tabbed by Luftspisen
Basic chord structure, listen to the song for the exact
timings and strumming pattern. You may use other inversions
of the chords, though these are the easiest ones for me.
Chords that are being used:
C#m x-4-6-6-5-4
G#m 4-6-6-4-4-4
B 7-9-9-8-7-7
E 0-2-2-1-0-0
F#m 2-4-4-2-2-2
A 5-7-7-6-5-5
Verse 1:
C#m G#m
you'll die young if you live so carefully
C#m G#m
there are risks you must take to pay this world
C#m G#m
I know it would never be that easy
B C#m
I have not yet earned the right to die
C#m G#m
I want you to hear me screaming
C#m G#m
I want you to notice what goes on
C#m G#m B C#m
temptation and evil demons crawling the earth hiding in every corner
C#m G#m
C#m G#m
C#m G#m
B G#m
Verse 2:
C#m G#m
I've seen men crippled in anger
C#m G#m
the sun burns alive in silence
C#m G#m
I've seen men wallow in fear
B C#m
inaction acts as a blade across the throat
C#m G#m
I'll learn how to make decisions
C#m G#m
I'll stick by my word - won't let you down
C#m G#m
I swear by the grave that's calling
B C#m
nothing will stop me from doing what must be done
C#m G#m
C#m G#m
C#m G#m
B G#m
Chorus:
E B C#m
something here is still innocent
E B C#m
It doesn't matter if you decide not to believe it
E B F#m A
There are still places where the magic can breathe
E B C#m G#m
I want to breathe it in I want to lay down and never leave
C#m G#m
C#m G#m
B G#m
Verse 3:
C#m G#m
we're stalking the ancient mariner
C#m G#m
through waters he takes his lonely course
C#m G#m
once powerful once beautiful
B C#m
extinction lingering these things are no more
C#m G#m
I love you I'll never leave you
C#m G#m
though I may be gone for years on end
C#m G#m
I will never be separate
B C#m
lovers through the lives before and after
Chorus:
E B C#m
something here is still innocent
E B C#m
It doesn't matter if you decide not to believe it
E B F#m A
There are still places where the magic can breathe
E B C#m G#m
I want to breathe it in I want to lay down and never leave
Outro:
C#m G#m B C#m
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