okay. so i thought, this being a guns song, i'd tune my guitar flat a half
step. i think it's actually a whole step. actually it's probably in drop c,
or something ridiculous. you can probably tell i don't play metal a lot. but
oh well. these are all power chords and fifths anyway. you can always
transpose. but it's a crazy song, so you're going to play an ass load of
barred chords anyway. deal.

Section 1:
(these aren't official, it's just the way i like to break the song up)

Riff


See you've cau

ght me in a co

ma
           
And I don't th

             
ink I want to 

#             
ever come back

        
 to this world

 again

Kinda like it 

in a coma
            
'Cause no one'

             
s ever gonna m

             
ake me come ba

            
ck to this wor

    
ld again


Now I feel as 

if I'm floatin

g away
        
I can't feel t

he pressure an

d I like it th

is way
       
But my body's 

calling, my bo

dy's calling
            
Want me to com

              
e back to this

      
 world again


Suspended deep

 in a sea of b

lack
          
I got the ligh

t at the end, 

I got the bone

s on the mast
      
Well, I've gon

e sailing, I'v

e gone sailing
            
I could leave 

   
so easily
            
My friends are

         
 calling back 

to me
            
I said yeah, t

              
hey're leaving

        
 it all up to 

me when
           
All I needed w

    
as clarity
( 
And someone to

   
 tell me what 

the fuck is go

ing on

Riff



 /  /  /  (or ) / 


Slippin' farth

er and farther

 away
             
It's a miracle

              
 how long we c

            (
an stay in a w

 
orld our minds

   
 created
In a world that's full of shit

Riff

          
Please underst

and me
    
I'm climbin' t

hrough the wre

ckage of all m

y twisted drea

ms
         
And this cheap

 investigation

 just can't st

ifle all my sc

reams
            
And I'm waitin

         
g at the cross

roads
            
Waiting for yo

u, waiting for

 you
          
Where are you?




Section 2



No one's gonna bother me anymore
No one's gonna mess with my head no more
I can't understand what all the fightin's for
But it's so nice here down off the shore
I wish you could see this, cause there's nothing to see
It's peaceful here and it's fine with me
Not like the world where I used to live
I never really wanted to live

Riff

Guitar solo:



 /  /  /  /  /  / 

 /  /  /  /

 /  /  //

 /  / (alternate between  and )

Riff

            
Live your life

              
 like it's a c

    
oma, won't you

 tell me why w

e'd want to?
            
With all the r

              
easons you giv

 
e it's kinda h

ard to believe




Section 3

             
But who am I t

              
o tell you tha

            
t I've seen an

y reason why y

ou should stay
(there's a crazy break here)
Maybe we'd be better off without you anyway

Crazy break (goes something like):

e||-----------
B||-----------
G||-----------
D||-----------
A||-4---3---2-
E||---4---3---

------------||
------------||
------------||
--------1---||
--1-2-4---4-||
3-----------||

            
I got a one wa

              
y ticket on yo

   
ur last chance

 ride
            
Got a one way 

              
ticket to your


 suicide
            
Got a one way 

              
ticket and the

    (
re's no way ou

    
t alive

             
And all this c

#             
rass communica

              
tion that has 


left you in th

e cold
            
Isn't much for

              
 consolation w

        
hen you feel s

o weak and old
             
But if home is

              
 where the hea

              
rt is then the

     
re's stories t

o be told
(alternate between E and D#)
No, you don't need a doctor, no one else can heal your soul

           
Got your mind 

              
in submission,

          
 got your life

 on the line
            
But nobody pul

              
led the trigge

           
r they just st

epped aside
             
They'll be dow

              
n by the water

             
 while you wat

       (
ch 'em wavin' 

    
goodbye

           
They'll be cal

lin' in the mo

rning
              
They'll be han

            
ging on the ph

one
           
They'll be wai

tin' for an an

swer
        
But you know n

obody's home
             
And when the b

              
ells stop ring

             
ing it was nob

   ( 
ody's fault bu

   
t your own

           
There were alw

ays ample warn

ing
           
There were alw

ays subtle sig

ns
             
And you would 

              
have seen them

              
 coming but we

 
 gave you too 

much time
             
And when you s

aid that no on

e's listening
           
Why'd your bes

t friend drop 

a dime
  ( 
Sometimes we g

   
et so tired of

#)
 waiting for a

 way to spend 

our time

            
And it's so ea

sy to be socia

l
        
It's so easy t

o be cool
             
Yeah, its easy

              
 to get hungry

          
 when you ain'

t got shit to 

lose
             
And I wish tha

              
t I could help

          
 you with what

 you hope to f

ind
      (
But I'm still 

   
out here waiti

 
ng watching re

runs of my lif

e
When you reach the point of breaking
Know it's gonna take some time to heal those broken memories
              
That another m

              
an would need 

           
just to surviv

e

(that last chord - the Em - might not be a minor. the note axl settles on is
the major third, which is G#, but unless you're planning to replicate his
singing exactly you might as well play the minor. it sounds better. or just a
power chord, as you're presumerably been playing for the whole song.)