Straighten Out Chords by The Stranglers
Tempo:
160.65 bpm
Chords used:
A
E
G
C
B
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
And the first [G] commandment reads, human worship is sacred, [B] until there is no more food.
[D] The break of day has come, I [G] see the cracks have just begun to [E] line the walls, line the walls.
[G] I want to see the little girls and boys destroy their toys, [E] line the walls, line the walls.
[B] Why fight [C] for little [A] [E] girls, [B] British boys, [C] mines in [A] the [E] world, [B] tear things [C] out and make [A] a girl.
[C] [A]
Straight out, [G] [E] straight out, [C] straight [D]
[A] out, [G] [E] straight out.
[G] I'm twenty years or more, just tell me what we're living for, so [E] tell me now, tell me now.
[G] Frustrated intellect, the government capitulation [E] follows now, follows now.
[B] Why fight [C] for little [A] [E] girls, [B] British boys, [C] mines in the [A] world, [E] [B] tear things [C] out and make [A] a girl.
[C] [D] Straight [A] out, [G] straight [A]
[E] out, [C] [A] straight out, [G] [E] straight out.
[G] The break of day has come, I see the cracks have just begun to [E] line the walls, line the
[G] walls.
I want to see the little girls and boys destroy their toys, [E] line the walls, line the walls.
[B] Why fight [C] for [A] little girls, [B] British boys, [C] mines in [A] the world, [E] [B] tear [C] things out and [A] make a girl.
[C]
[A] Straight out, [G] straight [E] [C] out, [D] straight [A] out, [G] [E] straight [G] out.
[F#m]
[G] [A] [F#m]
[G] [A] [Em] [F#m]
[G] [A] [Em] [F#m]
[G] [A] [Em]
[B] Straighten him [C] out.
[A] Straighten him out.
[E] Straighten him [B]
[Em] [B]
[Am] [E] [B]
[C] [A] [E] [B]
[C] out.
[A] [E] [Em]
[D] The break of day has come, I [G] see the cracks have just begun to [E] line the walls, line the walls.
[G] I want to see the little girls and boys destroy their toys, [E] line the walls, line the walls.
[B] Why fight [C] for little [A] [E] girls, [B] British boys, [C] mines in [A] the [E] world, [B] tear things [C] out and make [A] a girl.
[C] [A]
Straight out, [G] [E] straight out, [C] straight [D]
[A] out, [G] [E] straight out.
[G] I'm twenty years or more, just tell me what we're living for, so [E] tell me now, tell me now.
[G] Frustrated intellect, the government capitulation [E] follows now, follows now.
[B] Why fight [C] for little [A] [E] girls, [B] British boys, [C] mines in the [A] world, [E] [B] tear things [C] out and make [A] a girl.
[C] [D] Straight [A] out, [G] straight [A]
[E] out, [C] [A] straight out, [G] [E] straight out.
[G] The break of day has come, I see the cracks have just begun to [E] line the walls, line the
[G] walls.
I want to see the little girls and boys destroy their toys, [E] line the walls, line the walls.
[B] Why fight [C] for [A] little girls, [B] British boys, [C] mines in [A] the world, [E] [B] tear [C] things out and [A] make a girl.
[C]
[A] Straight out, [G] straight [E] [C] out, [D] straight [A] out, [G] [E] straight [G] out.
[F#m]
[G] [A] [F#m]
[G] [A] [Em] [F#m]
[G] [A] [Em] [F#m]
[G] [A] [Em]
[B] Straighten him [C] out.
[A] Straighten him out.
[E] Straighten him [B]
[Em] [B]
[Am] [E] [B]
[C] [A] [E] [B]
[C] out.
[A] [E] [Em]
Key:
A
E
G
C
B
A
E
G
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
And the first [G] commandment reads, human worship is _ sacred, _ [B] until there is no more food.
_ [D] The break of day has come, I [G] see the cracks have just begun to [E] line the walls, line the walls.
[G] I want to see the little girls and boys destroy their toys, [E] line the walls, line the walls.
[B] Why fight [C] for little [A] _ [E] girls, [B] British boys, [C] mines in [A] the [E] world, [B] tear things [C] out and make [A] a girl.
[C] _ _ _ [A]
Straight out, _ _ [G] _ _ [E] straight _ _ out, [C] _ straight [D] _
[A] out, _ _ [G] _ _ [E] straight _ out.
_ [G] I'm twenty years or more, just tell me what we're living for, so [E] tell me now, tell me now.
[G] _ Frustrated intellect, the government capitulation [E] follows now, _ follows _ now.
[B] Why fight [C] for little [A] _ [E] girls, [B] British boys, [C] mines in the [A] world, [E] _ [B] tear things [C] out and make [A] a girl.
[C] _ _ [D] Straight [A] out, _ _ [G] _ straight [A] _
[E] _ out, _ [C] _ _ [A] straight _ out, _ [G] _ _ [E] straight out.
_ _ [G] The break of day has come, I see the cracks have just begun to [E] line the walls, line the
[G] walls.
I want to see the little girls and boys destroy their toys, [E] line the walls, line the walls.
[B] Why fight [C] for [A] little girls, [B] British boys, [C] mines in [A] the world, [E] _ [B] tear [C] things out and [A] make a girl.
[C] _ _ _
[A] Straight out, _ [G] _ _ straight [E] _ _ _ _ [C] out, [D] straight [A] _ out, _ [G] _ _ [E] straight _ _ _ _ [G] _ out. _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [F#m] _ _
_ [G] _ [A] _ _ [F#m] _ _ _ _
[G] _ _ [A] _ _ [Em] _ _ [F#m] _ _
[G] _ _ [A] _ _ [Em] _ _ [F#m] _ _
[G] _ _ [A] _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [B] Straighten him [C] out.
[A] Straighten him out.
[E] Straighten him _ _ _ _ _ _ [B] _ _
[Em] _ _ _ _ _ _ [B] _ _
[Am] _ _ _ _ [E] _ _ [B] _ _
[C] _ _ [A] _ _ [E] _ _ [B] _
[C] out.
_ [A] _ _ [E] _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
And the first [G] commandment reads, human worship is _ sacred, _ [B] until there is no more food.
_ [D] The break of day has come, I [G] see the cracks have just begun to [E] line the walls, line the walls.
[G] I want to see the little girls and boys destroy their toys, [E] line the walls, line the walls.
[B] Why fight [C] for little [A] _ [E] girls, [B] British boys, [C] mines in [A] the [E] world, [B] tear things [C] out and make [A] a girl.
[C] _ _ _ [A]
Straight out, _ _ [G] _ _ [E] straight _ _ out, [C] _ straight [D] _
[A] out, _ _ [G] _ _ [E] straight _ out.
_ [G] I'm twenty years or more, just tell me what we're living for, so [E] tell me now, tell me now.
[G] _ Frustrated intellect, the government capitulation [E] follows now, _ follows _ now.
[B] Why fight [C] for little [A] _ [E] girls, [B] British boys, [C] mines in the [A] world, [E] _ [B] tear things [C] out and make [A] a girl.
[C] _ _ [D] Straight [A] out, _ _ [G] _ straight [A] _
[E] _ out, _ [C] _ _ [A] straight _ out, _ [G] _ _ [E] straight out.
_ _ [G] The break of day has come, I see the cracks have just begun to [E] line the walls, line the
[G] walls.
I want to see the little girls and boys destroy their toys, [E] line the walls, line the walls.
[B] Why fight [C] for [A] little girls, [B] British boys, [C] mines in [A] the world, [E] _ [B] tear [C] things out and [A] make a girl.
[C] _ _ _
[A] Straight out, _ [G] _ _ straight [E] _ _ _ _ [C] out, [D] straight [A] _ out, _ [G] _ _ [E] straight _ _ _ _ [G] _ out. _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [F#m] _ _
_ [G] _ [A] _ _ [F#m] _ _ _ _
[G] _ _ [A] _ _ [Em] _ _ [F#m] _ _
[G] _ _ [A] _ _ [Em] _ _ [F#m] _ _
[G] _ _ [A] _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [B] Straighten him [C] out.
[A] Straighten him out.
[E] Straighten him _ _ _ _ _ _ [B] _ _
[Em] _ _ _ _ _ _ [B] _ _
[Am] _ _ _ _ [E] _ _ [B] _ _
[C] _ _ [A] _ _ [E] _ _ [B] _
[C] out.
_ [A] _ _ [E] _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _