Chords for Gavin Rossdale Explains "Glycerine" - Inside the Lyric
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Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
And I think I got something good, I better not screw it up with the lyrics.
That's the hypocrisy of people that are obsessed about He goes,
That's Sign My Life away, it's not about me, is it?
Hi, I'm Gavin from Bush,
answering some questions about some song lyrics that I am responsible for.
[C]
[Gbm] [Abm] [Bm] Starting with Everything Zen.
Ring the bell for the century
[B] A million [D] dollars at stake
[E] As you search for your [D] demi-god
[E] A fake where [D] the saints
First off, [C] Raindogs, I guess, was just
[G] Knowing the Tom Waits, Raindogs album,
is such a strong word for me, and I love Tom Waits,
so [C] that was in my head.
And [G] Howl is Alan Ginsberg,
who's another serious inspiration for me.
[C] So one of his most famous poems is Howl.
So, Raindogs, [D] Howl for the century,
kind of got my two muses in there.
[C] And then, A Million Dollars at Stake,
I was real poor at that time, dirt poor,
and then [A]
the world of money and [D] entitlement and all those things
just seemed so [G] far away.
And that's what A Million Dollars at Stake,
As you search for your [F] demi-god
You fake with [A] a saint
That was to do with people that espouse spiritual values
and lean certain ways,
and then they behave like douchebags in another area of their lives.
[F] So it was that sort of [G] hypocrisy of people that are obsessed about
self [C]-help books or self [G]-improvement.
So that's that jam-packed verse.
For Machine Head,
it's really funny when you break down lyrics,
you've got a machine head,
but other than that, green to red, machine [Em] head.
Just the idea of Machine Head always was about
[D] freeing yourself, about sort of losing your ego,
and just letting rip.
And I remember writing the riff,
and I had the riff before I had the final song,
I walk around Hyde Park in England [E] with the riff thinking,
I think I got something good,
I better not screw it up with the lyric.
Medusa smiles, Judas lips, open arms, fingertips, [C] love bites, and [Em] recompense.
I'll be with [E] you until the end.
For The Sound of Winter, [D]
Medusa, obviously, Judas,
these [B] figures from history that conjure up deception and backstabbing,
but then open arms and fingertips,
because I always like to try and bring things around.
So from that sort of negative beginning,
open arms and fingertips, love bites, [D] and recompense,
and I'll be with you till the end,
is when it's kind of separating the bad people you've been with in your life,
and just concentrating on the good people in your life.
[F] Live in [C] a world where [D] everyone steals,
and when we [Bb] rise like strawberry [F] fields.
In [A] Glycerine, it's a cynical world,
and Strawberry Fields is just obviously a Beatles reference,
because when people think of that song,
it makes them happy, and it elevates you,
and [Ab] it lifts [D] you up.
So for me, it just conjures up,
it's like a soft pillow or something.
[Bb] Most of my lyrics and most of the songs I've ever written
are [D] usually about just rising up against struggle,
and what you do within problems,
like the human condition,
[Dm] and how we can screw up,
and how we can make [Bb] up for it,
and what we can escape from,
and what we win.
Really fly, yeah, the Indian summer bit.
It's just all, the Indian summer is obviously [G]
[D] a [E] fake,
it's a sort of fake summer,
it's like something that happens when it comes out of turn,
and signing my life away.
Obviously, as you're coming up through your career,
and things go better,
you renegotiate,
or you look at what you signed when you first began,
and I guess I must have been made aware
that I signed everything away before I got successful,
and so somehow that bled into the lyrics.
Weirdly enough, my first manager,
when I sent that song to him and he heard it,
he goes,
that sign my life away is not about me, is it?
I was like, no, I loved him,
so he was great,
[D] so it wasn't about him,
it just was the general feeling of the [E] time.
[D] [E] [D]
That's the hypocrisy of people that are obsessed about He goes,
That's Sign My Life away, it's not about me, is it?
Hi, I'm Gavin from Bush,
answering some questions about some song lyrics that I am responsible for.
[C]
[Gbm] [Abm] [Bm] Starting with Everything Zen.
Ring the bell for the century
[B] A million [D] dollars at stake
[E] As you search for your [D] demi-god
[E] A fake where [D] the saints
First off, [C] Raindogs, I guess, was just
[G] Knowing the Tom Waits, Raindogs album,
is such a strong word for me, and I love Tom Waits,
so [C] that was in my head.
And [G] Howl is Alan Ginsberg,
who's another serious inspiration for me.
[C] So one of his most famous poems is Howl.
So, Raindogs, [D] Howl for the century,
kind of got my two muses in there.
[C] And then, A Million Dollars at Stake,
I was real poor at that time, dirt poor,
and then [A]
the world of money and [D] entitlement and all those things
just seemed so [G] far away.
And that's what A Million Dollars at Stake,
As you search for your [F] demi-god
You fake with [A] a saint
That was to do with people that espouse spiritual values
and lean certain ways,
and then they behave like douchebags in another area of their lives.
[F] So it was that sort of [G] hypocrisy of people that are obsessed about
self [C]-help books or self [G]-improvement.
So that's that jam-packed verse.
For Machine Head,
it's really funny when you break down lyrics,
you've got a machine head,
but other than that, green to red, machine [Em] head.
Just the idea of Machine Head always was about
[D] freeing yourself, about sort of losing your ego,
and just letting rip.
And I remember writing the riff,
and I had the riff before I had the final song,
I walk around Hyde Park in England [E] with the riff thinking,
I think I got something good,
I better not screw it up with the lyric.
Medusa smiles, Judas lips, open arms, fingertips, [C] love bites, and [Em] recompense.
I'll be with [E] you until the end.
For The Sound of Winter, [D]
Medusa, obviously, Judas,
these [B] figures from history that conjure up deception and backstabbing,
but then open arms and fingertips,
because I always like to try and bring things around.
So from that sort of negative beginning,
open arms and fingertips, love bites, [D] and recompense,
and I'll be with you till the end,
is when it's kind of separating the bad people you've been with in your life,
and just concentrating on the good people in your life.
[F] Live in [C] a world where [D] everyone steals,
and when we [Bb] rise like strawberry [F] fields.
In [A] Glycerine, it's a cynical world,
and Strawberry Fields is just obviously a Beatles reference,
because when people think of that song,
it makes them happy, and it elevates you,
and [Ab] it lifts [D] you up.
So for me, it just conjures up,
it's like a soft pillow or something.
[Bb] Most of my lyrics and most of the songs I've ever written
are [D] usually about just rising up against struggle,
and what you do within problems,
like the human condition,
[Dm] and how we can screw up,
and how we can make [Bb] up for it,
and what we can escape from,
and what we win.
Really fly, yeah, the Indian summer bit.
It's just all, the Indian summer is obviously [G]
[D] a [E] fake,
it's a sort of fake summer,
it's like something that happens when it comes out of turn,
and signing my life away.
Obviously, as you're coming up through your career,
and things go better,
you renegotiate,
or you look at what you signed when you first began,
and I guess I must have been made aware
that I signed everything away before I got successful,
and so somehow that bled into the lyrics.
Weirdly enough, my first manager,
when I sent that song to him and he heard it,
he goes,
that sign my life away is not about me, is it?
I was like, no, I loved him,
so he was great,
[D] so it wasn't about him,
it just was the general feeling of the [E] time.
[D] [E] [D]
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And I think I got something good, I better not screw it up with the lyrics.
That's the hypocrisy of people that are obsessed about_ He goes,
That's Sign My Life away, it's not about me, is it?
Hi, I'm Gavin from Bush,
answering some questions about some song lyrics that I am responsible for.
_ [C] _ _
_ [Gbm] _ _ [Abm] _ [Bm] Starting with Everything Zen.
Ring the bell for the century
[B] _ _ A million [D] dollars at stake
_ [E] _ _ As you search for your [D] demi-god
[E] _ A fake where [D] the saints_
First off, _ [C] Raindogs, I guess, was just_
[G] Knowing the Tom Waits, Raindogs album,
is such a strong word for me, and I love Tom Waits,
so [C] that was in my head.
And _ [G] Howl is Alan Ginsberg,
who's another serious inspiration for me.
[C] So one of his most famous poems is Howl.
So, Raindogs, [D] Howl for the century,
kind of got my two muses in there.
_ [C] And then, A Million Dollars at Stake,
I was real poor at that time, dirt poor,
and then [A]
the world of money and [D] entitlement and all those things
just seemed so [G] far away.
And that's what A Million Dollars at Stake,
As you search for your [F] demi-god
You fake with [A] a saint
That was to do with people that espouse spiritual values
and lean certain ways,
and then they behave like douchebags in another area of their lives.
[F] So it was that sort of [G] hypocrisy of people that are obsessed about
self [C]-help books or self [G]-improvement.
So that's that jam-packed verse.
For Machine Head,
_ _ it's really funny when you break down lyrics,
you've got a machine head,
but other than that, green to red, machine [Em] head.
Just the idea of Machine Head always was about _
[D] freeing yourself, about sort of losing your ego,
and just letting rip.
And I remember writing the riff,
and I had the riff before I had the final song,
I walk around Hyde Park in England [E] with the riff thinking,
I think I got something good,
I better not screw it up with the lyric.
Medusa smiles, Judas lips, _ open arms, fingertips, [C] _ _ love bites, and [Em] recompense.
I'll be with [E] you until the end.
For The Sound of Winter, _ [D]
Medusa, obviously, Judas,
these [B] figures from history that _ conjure up deception and backstabbing,
but then open arms and fingertips,
because I always like to try and bring things around.
So from that sort of negative beginning,
open arms and fingertips, love bites, [D] _ _ and recompense,
and I'll be with you till the end,
is when it's kind of _ _ separating the bad people you've been with in your life,
and just concentrating on the good people in your life.
[F] Live in [C] a world where [D] everyone steals,
and when we [Bb] rise like strawberry [F] fields.
In [A] Glycerine, it's a cynical world,
and Strawberry Fields is just obviously a Beatles reference,
because when people think of that song,
it makes them happy, and it elevates you,
and [Ab] it lifts [D] you up.
So for me, it just conjures up,
it's like a soft pillow or something.
[Bb] Most of my lyrics and most of the songs I've ever written
are [D] usually about just _ rising up against struggle,
and what you do within problems,
like the human condition,
[Dm] and how we can screw up,
and how we can make [Bb] up for it,
and what we can escape from,
and what we win.
Really fly, yeah, the Indian summer bit.
It's just all, the Indian summer is obviously [G]
[D] a [E] fake,
it's a sort of fake summer,
it's like _ something that happens when it comes out of turn,
and signing my life away.
Obviously, _ as you're coming up through your career,
and things go better,
you _ _ renegotiate,
or you look at what you signed when you first began,
and I guess I must have been made aware
that I signed everything away before I got successful,
_ _ and so somehow that bled into the lyrics.
Weirdly enough, my first manager,
when I sent that song to him and he heard it,
he goes,
that sign my life away is not about me, is it?
I was like, no, I loved him,
so he was great,
[D] so it wasn't about him,
it just was the general feeling of the [E] time. _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[D] _ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _ [D] _
That's the hypocrisy of people that are obsessed about_ He goes,
That's Sign My Life away, it's not about me, is it?
Hi, I'm Gavin from Bush,
answering some questions about some song lyrics that I am responsible for.
_ [C] _ _
_ [Gbm] _ _ [Abm] _ [Bm] Starting with Everything Zen.
Ring the bell for the century
[B] _ _ A million [D] dollars at stake
_ [E] _ _ As you search for your [D] demi-god
[E] _ A fake where [D] the saints_
First off, _ [C] Raindogs, I guess, was just_
[G] Knowing the Tom Waits, Raindogs album,
is such a strong word for me, and I love Tom Waits,
so [C] that was in my head.
And _ [G] Howl is Alan Ginsberg,
who's another serious inspiration for me.
[C] So one of his most famous poems is Howl.
So, Raindogs, [D] Howl for the century,
kind of got my two muses in there.
_ [C] And then, A Million Dollars at Stake,
I was real poor at that time, dirt poor,
and then [A]
the world of money and [D] entitlement and all those things
just seemed so [G] far away.
And that's what A Million Dollars at Stake,
As you search for your [F] demi-god
You fake with [A] a saint
That was to do with people that espouse spiritual values
and lean certain ways,
and then they behave like douchebags in another area of their lives.
[F] So it was that sort of [G] hypocrisy of people that are obsessed about
self [C]-help books or self [G]-improvement.
So that's that jam-packed verse.
For Machine Head,
_ _ it's really funny when you break down lyrics,
you've got a machine head,
but other than that, green to red, machine [Em] head.
Just the idea of Machine Head always was about _
[D] freeing yourself, about sort of losing your ego,
and just letting rip.
And I remember writing the riff,
and I had the riff before I had the final song,
I walk around Hyde Park in England [E] with the riff thinking,
I think I got something good,
I better not screw it up with the lyric.
Medusa smiles, Judas lips, _ open arms, fingertips, [C] _ _ love bites, and [Em] recompense.
I'll be with [E] you until the end.
For The Sound of Winter, _ [D]
Medusa, obviously, Judas,
these [B] figures from history that _ conjure up deception and backstabbing,
but then open arms and fingertips,
because I always like to try and bring things around.
So from that sort of negative beginning,
open arms and fingertips, love bites, [D] _ _ and recompense,
and I'll be with you till the end,
is when it's kind of _ _ separating the bad people you've been with in your life,
and just concentrating on the good people in your life.
[F] Live in [C] a world where [D] everyone steals,
and when we [Bb] rise like strawberry [F] fields.
In [A] Glycerine, it's a cynical world,
and Strawberry Fields is just obviously a Beatles reference,
because when people think of that song,
it makes them happy, and it elevates you,
and [Ab] it lifts [D] you up.
So for me, it just conjures up,
it's like a soft pillow or something.
[Bb] Most of my lyrics and most of the songs I've ever written
are [D] usually about just _ rising up against struggle,
and what you do within problems,
like the human condition,
[Dm] and how we can screw up,
and how we can make [Bb] up for it,
and what we can escape from,
and what we win.
Really fly, yeah, the Indian summer bit.
It's just all, the Indian summer is obviously [G]
[D] a [E] fake,
it's a sort of fake summer,
it's like _ something that happens when it comes out of turn,
and signing my life away.
Obviously, _ as you're coming up through your career,
and things go better,
you _ _ renegotiate,
or you look at what you signed when you first began,
and I guess I must have been made aware
that I signed everything away before I got successful,
_ _ and so somehow that bled into the lyrics.
Weirdly enough, my first manager,
when I sent that song to him and he heard it,
he goes,
that sign my life away is not about me, is it?
I was like, no, I loved him,
so he was great,
[D] so it wasn't about him,
it just was the general feeling of the [E] time. _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[D] _ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _ [D] _
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