Angry Chair - Alice in Chains
Tuning: Standard, E A D G B E
Angry Chair
(words & music by Layne Staley)
Main riff throughout verses
Eb|-----------
Bb|-----------
Gb|-----------
Db|-----------
Ab|------2----
Eb|--0-----0--
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Pre-chorus - b
Eb|-----------
Bb|-----------
Gb|-----------
Db|--3-3-3-3-2
Ab|--3-3-3-3-2
Eb|--1-1-1-1-0
asically it's FFFF EE and bend A
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--2-------|
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--0--5b---|
[Intro]
(x4)
[Verse 1]
Sitting on an
angry chair
Angry walls th
at steal the a
ir
Stomach hurts
and I don't ca
re
[Pre-Chorus]
What do I see
across the way
, hey.
See myself mol
ded in clay, o
h
Stares at me,
yeah I'm afrai
d hey
Changing the s
hape of his fa
ce, oh yeah
[Verse 2]
Candles red I
have a pair
Shadows dancin
g everywhere
Burning on the
angry chair
[Pre-Chorus]
Little boy mad
e a mistake he
y
Pink cloud has
now turned to
gray, oh
All that I wan
t is to play h
ey
Get on your kn
ees, time to p
ray, oh
[Chorus]
I don't mind,
yeah I don't m
ind I I I
I don't mind,
yeah I don't m
ind I I I
Lost my mind,
yeah I don't m
ind I I I
Can't find it
anywhere I don
t mind I I I
[Pre-Chorus]
Corporate pris
on, we stay he
y
I'm a dull boy
, work all day
Oh
So I'm strung
out anyway Hey
[Guitar Solo]
(x2)
[Verse 3]
Loneliness is
not a phase
Field of pain
is where I gra
ze
Serenity is fa
r away
[Pre-Chorus 4]
Saw my reflect
ion and cried
hey
So little hope
that I died,
oh
Feed me your l
ies, open wide
hey
Weight of my h
eart, not the
size, oh
[Chorus]
I don't mind,
yeah I don't m
ind I I I
I don't mind,
yeah I don't m
ind I I I
Lost my mind,
yeah I don't m
ind I I I
Can't find it
anywhere I don
t mind I I I
[Pre-Chorus]
Pink cloud has
now turned to
gray
All that I wan
t is to play
Get on your kn
ees time to pr
ay, boy