The Best Ever Death Metal Band In Denton Chords

by Laura Jane Grace
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Difficulty: beginner
Tuning: E A D G B E
Capo: 3rd fret
Author rjbedell 42. Last edit on Oct 26, 2020

Chords

D5
G5
A
G
D

Strumming

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Transcribed from her performance on The Right Note, which sounds the same as her studio version:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sg36HsJNFXA&ab_channel=SKIPITV
 
[Chords]
    D5  G5  A   G   D
e|--x---3---0---3---2|
b|--3---3---2---3---3|
g|--2---0---2---0---2|
d|--0---0---2---0---0|
a|--x---x---0---2---x|
E|--x---3---x---3---x|
 
Riff chords:
(D5* riff is played only in the intro, interlude from verse 2 to 3, and outro verse.
G5* and A* riffs are played every time G5* and A* appear including verses.
Chords without asterisk are played as straight chords, no riff embellishment.)
 
D5* (riff):
e|--x--------------x--------------x----x----x----x--------------|
b|--3--------------3--------------5----3----2----3--------------|
g|--2--------------2--------------4----2----2----2--------------|
d|--0--------------0--------------0----0----0----0--------------|
a|--x--------------x--------------x----x----x----x--------------|
E|--x--------------x--------------x----x----x----x--------------|
 
G5* (riff):                       A* (riff):
e|--3--------------3----0----0----0--------------0----0----0----|
b|--3--------------3----2----0----2--------------2----3----5----|
g|--0--------------0----0----0----2--------------2----0----0----|
d|--0--------------0----0----0----2--------------2----0----0----|
a|--x--------------x----x----x----0--------------0----0----0----|
E|--3--------------3----x----x----x--------------x----x----x----|
 
 
[Intro]
D5*  G5*  A*
D5*  G5*  A*
 
 
[Verse 1]
    D5
The best ever death metal band out of Denton
       G5*                  A*
were a couple of guys who'd been friends since grade school.
D5
One was named Cyrus, and the other was Jeff
         G5*                              A*
and they practiced twice a week in Jeff's bedroom.
 
 
[Verse 2]
    D5
The best ever death metal band out of Denton
G5*                     A*
     never settled on a name.
        D5
But the top three contenders after weeks of debate
             G5*              A*                        D5*     G5*  A*
were Satan's Fingers, and The Killers, and The Hospital Bombers.
 
 
[Verse 3]
         D5
Jeff and Cyrus believed in their hearts they were headed
    G5*                        A*
for stage lights and Learjets, fortune and fame.
      D5
So in script that made prominent use of a pentagram
     G5*                              A*
they stenciled their drumheads and guitars with their names.
 
 
 
[Bridge]
G                      A
This was how Cyrus got sent to the school
           D5                      G
where they told him he'd never be famous.
    G
And this was why Jeff,
       A                           D5
in the letters he'd write to his friend,
                 G
helped develop a plan to get even.
 
 
[Verse 4]
         D5
When you punish a person for dreaming their dreams,
        G5*                      A*
don't expect them to thank or forgive you.
    D5
The best ever death metal band out of Denton
        G5*                      A*
will in time both outpace and outlive you.
 
 
[Outro verse with riff]
     D5*         G5*     A*
Hail Satan! Hail Satan tonight!
 
     D5*          G5*    A*    D  D  D
Hail Satan! Hail, hail!
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