Fear And Trembling - Gang Of Youths
Version 1 of 2
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Capo: Fret 2
Tuning: Standard, E A D G B E
This probably isn't how they play it, but this is how I'm doing it. More doing this for my own frame of
reference haha
I also like to play this in open D tuning (D A D F# A D), so if you use that tuning and transpose this +2,
that's another good option as well
[Intro]
[Verse 1]
There's a moos
ehead hanging
From a wall at
a bar at a
Nondescript pa
rt of the stre
et
There's a long
-haired boy
Making eyes at
a john
By the lamplig
hts hung from
the beams
We're at the s
tumbling phase
Of the midnigh
t waltz
At a bookend t
o the weirdest
of weeks
Me and Arnold
walk
Pretty hammere
d and crying
"Hey, I'll mis
s you man, whe
n you leave"
Yeah, I'll mis
s you when you
leave
'Coz there are
feelings that
are strong
And there are
ones that are
mixed
At the dawn of
my young life
's eclipse
I was a boy on
ce, now
I'm a kind-of-
adult
Catching up on
the cool shit
I missed
'Coz we were r
aised where th
e pastors
They danced in
the aisles
With a moshpit
up front full
of youths
So if faith is
to lose
The mind to wi
n God
Then I guess I
got nothing t
o prove
I guess I got
nothing to pro
ve
[Break]
(I do mostly loud single strums here)
[Verse 2]
I was waiting
on the future
But the future
only came
In the form of
greying matte
r
In my only fat
her's brain
I'm not afraid
of acquiescin
g
To the trials
of his old age
But of missing
all the human
ness
He'll show whe
n I'm away
And the part o
f me unspoken
And the part t
hat's self ass
ured
Are belligeren
ts divergent
In a psychic c
ivil war
But I'm a crie
r and a fighte
r
Not a faker an
d a fraud
So if losing m
y religion
Is the way to
finding God
Then light it
up
The shadow's in my blood
"Oh, a weary h
eart", they sa
y
"It shatters i
t all"
So light it up
It's bound to be much worse
When you get g
et get get bac
k to the summe
r
If you get get
get get back
to the summer
at all
[Verse 3]
There's an ome
n now of frail
ty
Hanging heavy
from my face
A kind of exis
tential loneli
ness
That struts an
d frets a stag
e
And disappears
unsatiated by
The rhythms of
the day
Still illumina
ting nothing
But the love I
turn away
And I still ca
re about the p
resent
And the weight
of circumstan
ce
To the muckrak
ing of cowards
And a symphony
of sass
While I have q
uestions of mo
rtality
The clear and
present vast
They just yell
the words "pr
etentious"
"With no clari
ty or class"
So light 'em u
p
Their shadows in my blood
"Oh, a weary h
eart", they sa
y
"It shatters i
t all"
So line 'em up
It's bound to be much worse
Oh, when you g
et get get get
back to the s
ummer
If you get get
get get back
to the summer
When you get g
et back to the
summer
If you get get
get get back
to the summer
at all
[Break]
One time
[Bridge]
I feel every
thing
Yeah I feel it
all
And I feel it in my bones and in my fucking skull
I feel ever
ything
Yeah I feel it all
And I never lo
ok back
Oh, and I feel it in my heart attack
And I feel
it all
I feel everyth
ing
And I know it'
s weird
I fought the f
ear and trembl
ing
'Coz I feel
it all
I feel everyth
ing
And I never looked back
This fear, thi
s fear is trem
bling
[Verse 4]
And I waited o
n forever
But forever ne
ver came
Just a latent
sense of loyal
ty
To the things
I love in vain
And now I'm te
rrified of lov
ing
'Coz I'm terri
fied of pain
And of missing
out on human
things
By cowering aw
ay
So light 'em u
p
Those shadows in my blood
"Oh, a weary h
eart", they sa
y
"It shatters i
t all"
So light 'em u
p
It's bound to be much worse
Oh, when you g
et get get get
back to the s
ummer
If you get get
get get back
to the summer
When you get g
et back to the
summer
If you get get
get get back
to the summer
at all