Balmoral Hotel

Am/G   302210
D9/F#  200210
F      133211
G      320033
D      xx0232


[Intro]
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G|14------12------11------10-------|    
D|---------------------------------| x2 
A|---------------------------------|    
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Stop, drop, roll, explore

Put out fires, to start some more

Rewards, little wars


[Verse 1]
  Am
I walked to the corner, went in the store
  Am/G
Familiar the smell, bourbon and quarts
  D9/F#
Cashier said, nice to see you again
  F
I smiled, I grabbed my shit and left
  Am
Hours later, numb in the face
  Am/G
I got to her house, a dodgy place
     D9/F#
She walked bent over, a crippled back
  F
Years of abuse, wrong side of the tracks
     Am
She offered me a vodka cran
  Am/G
Asked me if I had a plan
  D9/F#                         F
Hesitant to say what I was thinking, god damn


[Chorus]
     Am           G
I’m treading the same rake
    D
I’m way above the stakes
    Am        G
A bullet, a bullet
   D                  D
Is on it’s way to me, oh
  Am        G
A bullet, A bullet
     D
It’s life or death for me
          Am    G    D   D
I’m on my own
           Am   G    D
And I’m so alone


[Re-Intro]
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B|--13--13--13--13--13--13--13--13-|    
G|14------12------11------10-------|    
D|---------------------------------| x2 
A|---------------------------------|    
E|---------------------------------|    

Stop, drop, roll, explore

Put out fires, to start some more

Rewards, little wars


[Verse 2]
    Am
She sat in the corner, smoked on the floor
    Am/G
I asked her what lead to becoming a whore
    D9/F#
“Careers were never my closest friend
    F
And cash is king, my dividend
    Am
To pick my brain, and watch me pall”
    Am/G
A cloud of smoke, numbed her fall
    D9/F#                                 F
I watched her as she pierced into her veins
    Am
She said she was stuck, worst of the beds
    Am/G
The ugliest place, that she ever had been
    D9/F#
Balmoral Hotel, the best of the inns
    F
Supplies are steady, you can begin
      Am
Your quest to freedom, calm your skin
 Am/G
Fear diminish, start again
     D9/F#                           F
I’ve always kinda wondered what that meant


[Chorus]
    Am           G
I’m treading the same rake
    D
I’m way above the stakes
  Am        G
A bullet, a bullet
   D                  D
Is on it’s way to me, oh
  Am        G
A bullet, A bullet
     D
It’s life or death for me
          Am    G    D   D
I’m on my own
           Am   G    D
And I’m so alone


[Instrumental]
Am  Am/G  D9/F# F (x2)


[Guitar Solo]
Am G D (x2)


[Chorus]
    Am           G
I’m treading the same rake
    D
I’m way above the stakes
  Am        G
A bullet, a bullet
   D                  D
Is on it’s way to me, oh
  Am        G
A bullet, A bullet
     D
It’s life or death for me
          Am    G    D   D
I’m on my own
           Am   G    D
And I’m so alone