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=====Heel Turn 2=====

<code>
G:       320003
C:       x32010
Cmaj7:   x32000
Em:      022000
D:       xx0232 
Dsus2:   xx0230
Fmaj7:   x33210
    
The Em can be replaced with an Em7 (022030) if you prefer; both chords sound lovely.
    
Intro is the verse progression 
     
G                   C    Cmaj7
Get stomped like a snake
C               Em    D  G
Lie down in the dirt
G               C        Cmaj7
Cling to my convictions
C               Em    D  G
Even when I get hurt
    
C                           G          D
Be an upstanding well-loved man about town
C                          G            D
In your child’s mind that’s how it goes down
    
      C
But I tried
           Em
The losing side
  D                    C
I don’t want to die in here
C                    D  G
I don’t want to die in here

G                            C     Cmaj7
Drift down into the new dark light
C                Em     D G
Without any reservations
G                     C     Cmaj7
You found my breaking point
C       Em      D  G
Congratulations

Cmaj7                            G               D(sus2)
Spent too much of my life now trying to play fair
Cmaj7                             G                                 D(sus2)
Throw my better self overboard, shoot at him when he comes up for air
    
     Cmaj7
Come unhinged
    Em
Get revenge
  D                    C
I don’t want to die in here
C                   D  G
I don’t want to die in here
    
Fmaj7
Stay good under pressure
              Em
For years and years and years and years
Fmaj7
President of the fan club
          Em            D       G
Up there choking on his tears
    
G                      C    Cmaj7
Let all the trash rain down
C                  Em     D G
From way up in the rafters
G                              C     Cmaj7
I’m walking out of here in one piece
C                     Em    D G
Don’t care what comes after
   
          Cmaj7
Drive the wedge
           Em
Torch the bridge
  D                    C
I don’t want to die in here
C                   D  G
I don’t want to die in here
    
(and then a 2.5 minute piano instrumental, which I have no idea how to chart)

</code>
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