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Rooster by Alice in Chains - Guitar Chords

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            This is a simple rendition of the song Rooster by Alice in Chains that you can play with your acoustic guitar. 
If you want to play along with the record or just survive singing the song, remember they play it on a 
half-step down tuning (Eb-G#-C#-F#-Bb-Eb).

This is only 4 chords but if you listen to the song you can hear that the F# and A are played with some 
variations. You can easily reproduce that playing F# with barre on 2nd, A with barre on 5th and then lifting 
your index finger leaving 1st, 2nd and 6th strings open:

F#: 2 4 4 3 2 2 -> open -> 0 4 4 3 0 0
A : 5 7 7 6 5 5 -> open -> 0 7 7 6 0 0

[Intro]
F# A

[Verse 1]
F#                     A
  Ain't found a way to kill me yet
F#               A
  Eyes burn with stinging sweat
F#            A                F#          A
  Seems every path leads me to nowhere... mmh
F#              A
  Wife and kids household pet
F#                A
  Army green was no safe bet
F#              A                F#           A
  The bullets scream to me from somewhere... mmh

[Chorus]
B                           D        F# B F#  
Here they come to snuff the rooster
B                  D             F#
Yeah here come the rooster, yeah
A                         F#    A
  You know he ain't gonna die
F#         A                       F#     A
No, no, no, ya know he ain't gonna die

[Instrumental] 
F# A

[Chorus]
B                           D        F# B F#  
Here they come to snuff the rooster
B                  D             F#
Yeah here come the rooster, yeah
A                         F#    A
  You know he ain't gonna die
F#         A                       F#     A
No, no, no, ya know he ain't gonna die

[Verse 2]
F#                A
  Walkin' tall machine gun man
F#                   A
  They spit on me in my home land
F#               A              F#      A
  Gloria sent me pictures of my boy... mmh
F#                        A
  Got my pills 'gainst mosquito death
F#                         A
  My Buddy's breathin' his dyin' breath
F#             A                          F#        A
  Oh god please won't you help me make it through

[Chorus]
B                           D       F# B F#
Here they come to snuff the rooster
B                  D             F#
Yeah here come the rooster, yeah
A                         F#     A
  You know he ain't gonna die
F#        A                       F#       A
No, no, no ya know he ain't gonna die

[Outro]
F# A
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