Rooster Chords

by Alice In Chains
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Difficulty: absolute beginner
Tuning: E A D G B E
Capo: 1st fret
Author acousticMade [a] 216.
4 contributors total, last edit on Jan 9, 2023
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Chords

E
G
A
C

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[Intro]
E   G      x4
Oooh
E       G  x4
 
 
[Verse 1]
E                       G
Aint found a way to kill me yet
E                 G
Eyes burn with stinging sweat
E               G
Seems every path leads me to
E               G
Nowhere um
E              G
Wife and kids, household pet
E               G
Army greens was no safe bet
E               G
The bullets scream to me from
E               G
Somewhere  um
 
 
[Chorus]
A                               C E A E
Yeah they come to snuff the rooster
A                               C
Yeah here come the rooster
E       G                      E      G
Yeah you know he ain't gonna die
E       G
No  no  no
                         E       G
Well no he ain't gonna die
 
 
[Instrumental]
E G    x6
 
 
[Chorus]
A                               C E A E
Yeah they come to snuff the rooster
A                               C
Yeah here come the rooster
E       G                      E      G
Yeah you know he ain't gonna die
E       G
No  no  no
                         E       G
Well no he ain't gonna die
 
 
[Verse 2]
E               G
Walking tall machine gun man
E                       G
They spit on me in my home land
E               G
Gloria sent me pictures of my
E               G
Boy
E                       G
Got my pills against mosquito death
E                        G
My buddy's breathing his dying breath
E               G
Oh God please won't you help me
                E       G
Make it through um
 
 
[Chorus]
A                               C E A E
Yeah they come to snuff the rooster
A                               C
Yeah here come the rooster
E       G                      E      G
Yeah you know he ain't gonna die
E       G
No  no  no
                         E       G
Well no he ain't gonna die
 
 
[Outro]
E G       x3
Ooohh
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Rooster – Alice In Chains
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25 comments
Nathan Lueken
Try putting capo on the 1st fret/ I thought it was a lot better with it. Happy Playing!!!
+27
Hotplate88
Verse 2 should read: line 3 "Gloria sent me pictures of my boy" and line 5 " my buddy's breathing his dying breath" also try this in F# and A letting the last three strings play open.
+9
Prettiest_88
Sounds exactly like the original with capo on 1st
+7