Strumming pattern: D DU UDU
* = play the strumming pattern x2 on this chord

[Intro]
         

[Chorus]
            
 How long, how

            
 long will I s

lide?
            
Separate my si

   
iii-iiide
            
I don't, don't

              
 believe it's 

   
baaa-aaad
             
Slittin' my th

          
roat it's all 

I ever

[Verse 1]
            
   I heard you

              
r voice throug

    
h a photograph
            
   I thought i

              
t up and broug

   
ht up the past
            
   Once you kn

           
ow you can nev

er go back
             
I've got to ta

             
ke it on the o

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therside

[Verse 2]
            
  Centuries ar

          
e what it mean

t to me
            
  A cemetery w

       
here I marry t

he sea
            
  Stranger thi

          
ngs never chan

ge my mind
             
I've got to ta

             
ke it on the o

therside
             
Take it on the

 
 otherside

Take it on

Take it on

[Chorus]
            
 How long, how

            
 long will I s

lide?
            
Separate my si

   
iii-iiide
            
I don't, don't

              
 believe it's 

   
baaa-aaad
             
Slittin' my th

          
roat it's all 

I ever

[Verse 3]
            
  Pour my life

        
 into a paper 

cup
            
  The ashtray'

              
s full and I'm

 
 spillin' my g

uts
            
  She wants to

           
 know am I sti

ll a slut
             
I've got to ta

             
ke it on the o

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therside

[Verse 4]
            
  Scarlet star

              
let and she's 


in my bed
            
  A candidate 

      
for a soul mat

e bled
            
  Push the tri

         
gger and pull 

the thread
             
I've got to ta

             
ke it on the o

therside
             
Take it on the

 
 otherside

Take it on

Take it on

[Chorus]
            
 How long, how

            
 long will I s

lide?
            
Separate my si

   
iii-iiide
            
I don't, don't

              
 believe it's 

   
baaa-aaad
             
Slittin' my th

          
roat it's all 

I ever

[Instrumental]
* - *
* - *

[Bridge]

  Turn me on t

ake me for a h

ard ride

  Burn me out 

leave me on th

e otherside

  I yell and t

ell it that it

's not my frie

nd

  I tear it do

wn I tear it d

own, and then 

it's born agai

n

[Guitar Solo]
         

[Chorus]
            
  How long, ho

             
w long will I 


slide?
           
Separate my si

    
iii-iiide
            
I don't, don't

              
 believe it's 

   
baaa-aaad
             
Slittin' my th

          
roat it's all 

I ever

          
Haaa-aaad, I d

             
on't, don't be

            
lieve it's saa

   
a-aaad
             
Slitting my th

             
roat, it's all

        
 I ever