Word Of Mouth

The bass changes to follow the C chord. Anything in brackets is optional but it is in
the song.

(pick just means pick the top strings in the C chord)
The strumming pattern is pretty simple. Listen to the song to get it down.

Intro

Am

Verse 1

    C
Oh, I see a girl thats blue like the sea
                                              Am
when i go to sleep you know that she sees me, too
      C
yeah, just standing around like the popular kids
                                   Am
hoping saint peter will let us in, too
                         F
"well," he says " if you value your life stay off the drugs
       C
if you value the drugs stay off the map.
       G
if you value maps you better travel, son.
       F                                         C(single strum)          Am
if you dont want to travel then you better run"
ooh, yeah, mmm, oh
           C
yeah, well I knew a king in his purple throne
                                              Am
oh, and he had some trouble so he's all alone now
       C
well I used to bring him little presents from time to time
                                             Am
and hed sit me in his castle and hed pick my mind
          F
he said, "if you value your heart, oh stay on the road.
       C
if you value the road, oh stay on the top .
       G
if you value the top, oh youre gonna suffer son.
       F                                             C(single strum)      Am
and if you dont want to suffer, then you better run"
(Full strums)
       C
well i see my boss in his practical suit
                                            Am
ill toss him in the cellar wont give him no food
(Back to picking)
     C
when anybody tries to tell him what to do
                                   Am
he holds his breath until he turns blue
          F
he says, "if you value your job, stay out of crime.
       C
if you value the crime, stay out of doors.
       G
if you value them doors you better lock em son.
       F                                    G
and if you dont want to lock em, you better buy a gun"
This part speeds up. Its the same Chords but just at a different tempo. Theres a few
riffs here. Theres no real
pattern I can distinguish. He just plays around with the high B and E strings on the
third fret with his pinkie.
He also throws in some bends on the B string.
The new bass riff comes to this.

Verse 1

           C
yeah, well i saw a snake in an apple tree
                                                    Am
you know i didnt trust a word that he hissed to me, no!
                   C
yeah, he said, "it must be gettin awful lonely tryin to save the world;
                                                   Am
just buy a collared shirt and try and fuck some girls."
          F
he said, "if you value your limbs, stay in the game.
       C
if you value the game, stay in the style.
       G
if you value that style, youre a sinkin son.
       F
if you dont want to sink then you better run."
(strumming)
C     Am     C     Am

Outro

F
And finish on
C
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| (n)  Ghost note
| h    Hammer-on
| s    slide