Jon Foreman
Revenge
Spring EP -- 2008
Tuning - Standard (E A D G B E)
*Chords are listed at end of song
Riff 1 (Intro)
C Am Em G
e|-----------------------------------|
B|--1--------------------------------|
G|--0-0---0----------0--0--0---------|
D|--2-0h2-0h2----0-2----2--0---------|
A|--3----------0--------2--2--0-2/5--|
E|----------------------0--3---------|
Riff 2 (Verse & Chorus)
C Am Em G
e|-------------0-0-0--------------------|
B|--1----------1-1-1--------------------|
G|--0-0---0----2-2-2--0-0-0--0----------|
D|--2-0h2-0h2--2-2-2--2-2-2--0----------|
A|--3----------0-0-0--2-2-2--2--0-2/5*--|
E|--------------------0-0-0--3----------|
*Note: He doesn’t always play the last 3 notes.
Intro - 2x
C Am Em G
Verse 1
C Am
I’m the failure
Em G
I’m everyone’s fool
C Am Em G
And I’m losing my cool at the end
C Am
I’m the loser
Em G
My numbers come up
C Am Em
I’ve been hung up with thoughts of revenge
G C Am Em G
Revenge, revenge
Chorus 1
C Am Em G
Oh whoa oh
Verse 2
C Am Em G
I watched you from my terminal view
C Am Em G
As you struggled to rise to your end
C Am Em G
I laughed hard at the insults we through
C Am Em
As the weight of the world found revenge
G C
Revenge, revenge
Chorus 2
Am Em G C
Oh whoa oh
Am Em G
Oh whoa oh
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Channel 1
Am Gmaj C
The world hung upside down
Fmaj Am
And I drew first blood
Fmaj F
I drew first blood
Am Gmaj C
With my hate for a crown
Fmaj Am
I drew first blood
Fmaj F
I drew first blood
G
Revenge
Verse 3
C Am Em G
I watched heaven dying today
C Am Em G
And I’m going to die here tonight
C Am Em G
I’m the villain I deserve to be dead
C Am Em
I’ve been hung up for wrecking my life
G C
Revenge, revenge
Chorus 2
Bridge
F G Am7
So I stopped for a moment to look at the Son
G F
Dying today
G
That’s when the irony hit me
E
That this was revenge
A5 G F G Em
That love had descended and stolen our pain away
Channel 2
Am Gmaj C
We consumed heaven’s Son
Fmaj Am
And I drew first blood
Fmaj F
I drew first blood
Am Gmaj C
My hate was undone
Fmaj Am
I drew first blood
Fmaj F
I drew first blood
G
Revenge
Verse 4
C Am
Here’s a story
Em G
How a thief had been robbed
C Am Em G
How a murder had stolen my rage
C Am
Think of me Lord
Em G
I’m a few breaths away
C Am Em
As my lungs finally rip from the cage
G C Am Em G
Revenge, revenge
Outro
C Am Em
Oh whoa oh
*Chords Used
C Am Em G Gmaj Fmaj F Am7 E A5
e|-----0--------------------------0---------|
B|--1--1-----------0----------1---1---5--5--|
G|--0--2---0---0---0-----5----2---0---4--5--|
D|--2--2---2---0---0-----3----3---2---6--7--|
A|--3--0---2---2---2-----x----3---0---7--7--|
E|---------0---3---------5---(1)------4--5--|
