Strumming pattern: D DU UDU
* = play the strumming pattern x2 on this chord
[Intro]
Am   F   C   G
[Refrain]
Am             F           C 
 How long, how long will I slide? 
G            Am   F 
Separate my siiii-iiide 
  C      G                  Am   F 
I don't, don't believe it's baaa-aaad 
C                       G 
Slittin' my throat it's all I ever
[Strophe]
Am                              Em 
   I heard your voice through a photograph 
Am                             Em 
   I thought it up and brought up the past 
Am                       Em 
   Once you know you can never go back 
            G              A* 
I've got to take it on the otherside
[Strophe]
Am                      Em 
  Centuries are what it meant to me 
Am                   Em 
  A cemetery where I marry the sea 
Am                      Em 
  Stranger things never change my mind 
            G              A 
I've got to take it on the otherside 
G              A 
Take it on the otherside 
G* 
Take it on 
A* 
Take it on
[Refrain]
Am             F           C 
 How long, how long will I slide? 
G            Am   F 
Separate my siiii-iiide 
  C      G                  Am   F 
I don't, don't believe it's baaa-aaad 
C                       G 
Slittin' my throat it's all I ever
[Strophe]
Am                    Em 
  Pour my life into a paper cup 
Am                           Em 
  The ashtray's full and I'm spillin' my guts 
Am                       Em 
  She wants to know am I still a slut 
            G              A* 
I've got to take it on the otherside
[Strophe]
Am                          Em 
  Scarlet starlet and she's in my bed 
Am                  Em 
  A candidate for a soul mate bled 
Am                     Em 
  Push the trigger and pull the thread 
            G              A 
I've got to take it on the otherside 
G              A 
Take it on the otherside 
G* 
Take it on 
A* 
Take it on
[Refrain]
Am             F           C 
 How long, how long will I slide? 
G            Am   F 
Separate my siiii-iiide 
  C      G                  Am   F 
I don't, don't believe it's baaa-aaad 
C                       G 
Slittin' my throat it's all I ever
[Instrumentale]
Em* - C*
Em* - C*
[Pont]
Em* 
  Turn me on take me for a hard ride 
C* 
  Burn me out leave me on the otherside 
Em* 
  I yell and tell it that it's not my friend 
C* 
  I tear it down I tear it down, and then it's born again
[Solo]
Am   F   C   G
[Refrain]
Am              F           C 
  How long, how long will I slide? 
G           Am    F 
Separate my siiii-iiide 
  C      G                  Am   F 
I don't, don't believe it's baaa-aaad 
C                       G 
Slittin' my throat it's all I ever  
Am   F       C      G                  Am    F 
Haaa-aaad, I don't, don't believe it's saaa-aaad 
C                        G          Am 
Slitting my throat, it's all I ever