Chords for The Stranglers - Straighten Out
Tempo:
161.2 bpm
Chords used:
E
A
C
G
B
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
And the first commandment reads that human [D] flesh and blood is sacred until there is no
need for [G] food.
The break of day has come, I 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 and line [E] the walls, line the walls.
[B] Line of faithful, [C] little [A] [E] girls, [B] British boys, [C] minds in [A] a whirl, [E] [B] tear things [C] out and make [A] a girl.
[C]
[A] Straighten [G] out, straighten [E] out, [C]
straighten [A] out, [G]
straighten [E] out.
[G] I'm twenty years or more, just tell me what we're living for, [A] so [E] tell me now, tell me now.
[G] Frustrated intellect, the government capitulation [E] follows now, follows now.
[B] Line of faithful, [C] little [A] girls, [E] [B] British boys, [C] minds in a [A] whirl, [E] [B] tear things [C] out and make a [A] girl.
[C]
[A] Straighten out, [G] straighten [E] out, [C]
straighten [A] [G] out, straighten [E] out.
[G] The break of day has come, I 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 and [E] line the walls, line the walls.
[B] Line of faithful, [C] little [A] [E] girls, [B] British boys, [C] minds in [A] a whirl, [E] [B] tear things [C] out and make [A] a girl.
[C]
[A] Straighten out, [G]
[E] straighten out, [C]
[A] straighten out, [G]
[E] straighten out.
[Em]
[G]
[F#m]
[G] [A] [Em] [F#m]
[G] [A] [Em] [F#m]
[G] [A] [Em] [F#m]
[G] [A] [E] [C#]
[G] [A] [Em] [B] Straighten out, [C] [B] straighten out, straighten out, [C] straighten out.
[Em] [B] [E] [B]
[C] [Em] [B]
[C] [F#] [Bm]
[Em]
[E]
need for [G] food.
The break of day has come, I 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 and line [E] the walls, line the walls.
[B] Line of faithful, [C] little [A] [E] girls, [B] British boys, [C] minds in [A] a whirl, [E] [B] tear things [C] out and make [A] a girl.
[C]
[A] Straighten [G] out, straighten [E] out, [C]
straighten [A] out, [G]
straighten [E] out.
[G] I'm twenty years or more, just tell me what we're living for, [A] so [E] tell me now, tell me now.
[G] Frustrated intellect, the government capitulation [E] follows now, follows now.
[B] Line of faithful, [C] little [A] girls, [E] [B] British boys, [C] minds in a [A] whirl, [E] [B] tear things [C] out and make a [A] girl.
[C]
[A] Straighten out, [G] straighten [E] out, [C]
straighten [A] [G] out, straighten [E] out.
[G] The break of day has come, I 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 and [E] line the walls, line the walls.
[B] Line of faithful, [C] little [A] [E] girls, [B] British boys, [C] minds in [A] a whirl, [E] [B] tear things [C] out and make [A] a girl.
[C]
[A] Straighten out, [G]
[E] straighten out, [C]
[A] straighten out, [G]
[E] straighten out.
[Em]
[G]
[F#m]
[G] [A] [Em] [F#m]
[G] [A] [Em] [F#m]
[G] [A] [Em] [F#m]
[G] [A] [E] [C#]
[G] [A] [Em] [B] Straighten out, [C] [B] straighten out, straighten out, [C] straighten out.
[Em] [B] [E] [B]
[C] [Em] [B]
[C] [F#] [Bm]
[Em]
[E]
Key:
E
A
C
G
B
E
A
C
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ And the first commandment reads that human [D] flesh and blood is sacred _ until there is no
need for _ [G] food.
The break of day has come, I 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 and line [E] the walls, line the walls.
[B] Line of faithful, [C] little [A] _ [E] girls, [B] British boys, [C] minds in [A] a whirl, [E] _ [B] tear things [C] out and make [A] a girl.
[C] _ _ _
_ [A] _ Straighten [G] out, _ straighten [E] _ _ out, [C] _ _
straighten [A] out, _ _ [G] _ _
straighten [E] _ out.
_ [G] I'm twenty years or more, just tell me what we're living for, [A] so [E] tell me now, tell me now.
[G] _ Frustrated intellect, the government capitulation [E] follows now, follows now.
_ [B] Line of faithful, [C] little [A] girls, [E] _ [B] British boys, [C] minds in a [A] whirl, _ [E] _ [B] tear things [C] out and make a [A] girl.
[C] _ _ _
_ [A] Straighten out, [G] _ straighten _ [E] _ out, _ [C] _ _
straighten [A] _ _ _ [G] out, _ straighten [E] _ out.
_ [G] The break of day has come, I 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 and [E] line the walls, line the walls.
[B] Line of faithful, [C] little [A] _ [E] girls, [B] British boys, [C] minds in [A] a whirl, [E] _ [B] tear things [C] out and make [A] a girl.
[C] _ _ _
_ [A] _ Straighten out, [G] _ _ _
[E] straighten _ out, [C] _ _ _
[A] straighten _ out, [G] _ _ _
[E] straighten out.
_ [Em] _ _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [F#m] _
_ [G] _ _ [A] _ _ [Em] _ _ [F#m] _
_ [G] _ _ [A] _ _ [Em] _ _ [F#m] _
_ [G] _ _ [A] _ _ [Em] _ _ [F#m] _
_ [G] _ _ [A] _ _ [E] _ _ [C#] _
_ [G] _ _ [A] _ _ [Em] _ [B] Straighten out, [C] _ [B] straighten out, _ straighten out, [C] straighten out.
[Em] _ [B] _ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _ _ [B] _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ [Em] _ [B] _ _
_ [C] _ _ [F#] _ _ _ _ [Bm] _
_ [Em] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ And the first commandment reads that human [D] flesh and blood is sacred _ until there is no
need for _ [G] food.
The break of day has come, I 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 and line [E] the walls, line the walls.
[B] Line of faithful, [C] little [A] _ [E] girls, [B] British boys, [C] minds in [A] a whirl, [E] _ [B] tear things [C] out and make [A] a girl.
[C] _ _ _
_ [A] _ Straighten [G] out, _ straighten [E] _ _ out, [C] _ _
straighten [A] out, _ _ [G] _ _
straighten [E] _ out.
_ [G] I'm twenty years or more, just tell me what we're living for, [A] so [E] tell me now, tell me now.
[G] _ Frustrated intellect, the government capitulation [E] follows now, follows now.
_ [B] Line of faithful, [C] little [A] girls, [E] _ [B] British boys, [C] minds in a [A] whirl, _ [E] _ [B] tear things [C] out and make a [A] girl.
[C] _ _ _
_ [A] Straighten out, [G] _ straighten _ [E] _ out, _ [C] _ _
straighten [A] _ _ _ [G] out, _ straighten [E] _ out.
_ [G] The break of day has come, I 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 and [E] line the walls, line the walls.
[B] Line of faithful, [C] little [A] _ [E] girls, [B] British boys, [C] minds in [A] a whirl, [E] _ [B] tear things [C] out and make [A] a girl.
[C] _ _ _
_ [A] _ Straighten out, [G] _ _ _
[E] straighten _ out, [C] _ _ _
[A] straighten _ out, [G] _ _ _
[E] straighten out.
_ [Em] _ _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [F#m] _
_ [G] _ _ [A] _ _ [Em] _ _ [F#m] _
_ [G] _ _ [A] _ _ [Em] _ _ [F#m] _
_ [G] _ _ [A] _ _ [Em] _ _ [F#m] _
_ [G] _ _ [A] _ _ [E] _ _ [C#] _
_ [G] _ _ [A] _ _ [Em] _ [B] Straighten out, [C] _ [B] straighten out, _ straighten out, [C] straighten out.
[Em] _ [B] _ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _ _ [B] _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ [Em] _ [B] _ _
_ [C] _ _ [F#] _ _ _ _ [Bm] _
_ [Em] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _ _