Chords for John Darnielle - The Best Ever Death Metal Band Out of Denton (NPR Ask Me Another)
Tempo:
73.65 bpm
Chords used:
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Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret

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Congratulations, John.
put you through this huge challenge.
Can I just say I'm [D] very excited that you're gonna play the song that you're going to play
[G] because it feels like a perfect wrapping up [D] of our discussion of death metal.
[Bm] [D] [G]
[A] [D] Best ever death metal band out of death [G] was a couple of guys who [A] had been friends since grade school.
[Em] They would practice twice a week [A] in Jeff's bedroom, practice [D] really hard.
[Bm] [A] [D]
put you through this huge challenge.
Can I just say I'm [D] very excited that you're gonna play the song that you're going to play
[G] because it feels like a perfect wrapping up [D] of our discussion of death metal.
[Bm] [D] [G]
[A] [D] Best ever death metal band out of death [G] was a couple of guys who [A] had been friends since grade school.
[Em] They would practice twice a week [A] in Jeff's bedroom, practice [D] really hard.
[Bm] [A] [D]
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Congratulations, John.
You and Ben in Los Angeles both get an Ask Me Another Anagram t-shirt.
And I know we just put you through this huge challenge.
And so to reward us even more, you're gonna play a song for us.
_ _ _ Can I just say I'm [D] very excited that you're gonna play the song that you're going to play
[G] because it feels like a perfect wrapping up [D] of our discussion of death metal. _
[Bm] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ [G] _
_ _ [A] _ [D] Best ever death metal band out of death [G] was a couple of guys who [A] had been friends since grade school.
One was [D] named Cyrus and the other was Jeff.
[Em] They would practice twice a week [A] in Jeff's bedroom, practice [D] really hard. _ _ _
[Bm] _ _ [A] _ _ [D] _ _ _ _
[Bm] _ _ [A] _ _ [D] Best ever death metal band out of death [G] never [A] settled on a name.
But the top three [D] contenders after weeks of debate [G] were corpulent [A] postulants
and the killers and the [D] hospital bombers. _ _
[G] _ _ [A] _ _ _ _ _ _
[Bm] _ _ [A] _ [D] Jeff and Cyrus believed in their hearts that they were headed [G] for stage lights and clear [A] jets.
Fortune and fame so inscript that made prominent use of a pentagram.
[Bm] They would stencil their drum heads, [A] their guitars with their names.
[G] This was how Cyrus [A] got sent off to the school where they told him he'd never be [G] famous.
And this was why [A] Jeff, in the letters he'd write to his friend,
helped develop [G] a plan to get even [D] when you punish a person for dreaming his dream.
Don't expect him to [A] thank or forgive you.
The best ever death metal band out of death [G] will in time both [E] outpace and outlive you.
[D] Hail Satan!
_ Hail [G] Satan!
[A] Tonight, hail [D] Satan.
Hail sweet prince [Bm] of all flesh.
Hail, hail, [D] hail, hail.
_ _ [G] _ _ [A] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[N] _ Hunter Neal. _ _ _ _
_ Hail Satan.
Hail Satan, everybody.
This is NPR.
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
You and Ben in Los Angeles both get an Ask Me Another Anagram t-shirt.
And I know we just put you through this huge challenge.
And so to reward us even more, you're gonna play a song for us.
_ _ _ Can I just say I'm [D] very excited that you're gonna play the song that you're going to play
[G] because it feels like a perfect wrapping up [D] of our discussion of death metal. _
[Bm] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ [G] _
_ _ [A] _ [D] Best ever death metal band out of death [G] was a couple of guys who [A] had been friends since grade school.
One was [D] named Cyrus and the other was Jeff.
[Em] They would practice twice a week [A] in Jeff's bedroom, practice [D] really hard. _ _ _
[Bm] _ _ [A] _ _ [D] _ _ _ _
[Bm] _ _ [A] _ _ [D] Best ever death metal band out of death [G] never [A] settled on a name.
But the top three [D] contenders after weeks of debate [G] were corpulent [A] postulants
and the killers and the [D] hospital bombers. _ _
[G] _ _ [A] _ _ _ _ _ _
[Bm] _ _ [A] _ [D] Jeff and Cyrus believed in their hearts that they were headed [G] for stage lights and clear [A] jets.
Fortune and fame so inscript that made prominent use of a pentagram.
[Bm] They would stencil their drum heads, [A] their guitars with their names.
[G] This was how Cyrus [A] got sent off to the school where they told him he'd never be [G] famous.
And this was why [A] Jeff, in the letters he'd write to his friend,
helped develop [G] a plan to get even [D] when you punish a person for dreaming his dream.
Don't expect him to [A] thank or forgive you.
The best ever death metal band out of death [G] will in time both [E] outpace and outlive you.
[D] Hail Satan!
_ Hail [G] Satan!
[A] Tonight, hail [D] Satan.
Hail sweet prince [Bm] of all flesh.
Hail, hail, [D] hail, hail.
_ _ [G] _ _ [A] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[N] _ Hunter Neal. _ _ _ _
_ Hail Satan.
Hail Satan, everybody.
This is NPR.
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