Strong-Arm Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Verse 1]
[C#5]Pent u[D]p a[C#5]nd che[D]wed[C#] up [D5]at[Bb5][C#][D]
a [C#5]fleeting [D]gla[C#]nce[D][G][E5][G]
[C#]Miscon[D]trued in [C#5]the mood[D]
[C#]for [D5]assis[E5]tance
Flames [Em]fanned with[Em]
[Bb5]compli[C#]ance[D]
[C#5]We all have [D]fallen [C#]foul[D5][Bbm]
And [Bb5]forced the [E5]striking hand
[Db5]Indiscri[D]minate [Db5]an d l[D]oat[Db5]he
[D]To [E5]now b[Em]acktrack - see red
[E5]and fight [Db]fast[E5][Bb5][Bbm]

[Verse 2]
Punishment [Bbm]is somehow
[Bb5]Always due somewhere
down [Bbm]the line[Bb5]
[Bbm]Until this realisatio[Bb5]n dawns:[Bbm]
Spare the rod [Bb5]an d y[Bbm]ou'll [Bb5]arise[Eb5]
[Bb5]Spare[Ab5]

[Verse 3]
[G]it![Ab5] Spare[G] th[Ab5]e[G5][Bb5][Ab5][G][Ab5][G][Ab5][G][Bb5]
[Db5]rod an[Ab5][G][Ab5]
[G]d y[Ab5]ou'll[G][Bbm][Db][Ab5][G][Ab5][G][Ab5][G][Bb5][Db5][Bbm][Db5]
[Bb5]arise
[Db]

[Verse 4]
A strong- arm is for bleak times
[E5]But spar[G]e this rod[E5][G][E5][B5][E5][G]
[E5]an d[B5] aris[E5]e[E5][C#][D][C#5][D][C#][D][G][C#]
Pent [D]up [C#5]and

[Verse 5]
[D]chewed [C#]up at[D] a f[G]leet
[E5]ing glance[C#5][D]
[C#5]Miscontrued in the [D]moo[C#]d
[D]for [G]as sistance
[E5]Flames fanned [E5]with[B5]
[C#5]complianc[D]e
[C#5]We all have fallen [D]foul[C#5]
[D]And [C#5]forced the [Bb5]striking [E5]hand[Db5]
[D]Indis[Db5]crimin[D]ate [Db]and l[D]oath[G]e
[E5]To now b[G]acktrack- see re[E5]d an[Bb5]d
[Db]fight fast[Db5]
[E5][Bb5][Bbm][Bb5]

[Verse 6]
Flurries [Bbm]of blows [Bb5]to tenuously prove
[Bbm]that d[Bb5]ialogue
[E5]Rarely makes [Bb5]thing [Bbm]s right
[Bb5]Until this realisation dawns:
[Bbm]Talk it through,
[Bb5]gain i[Bbm]n sigh[Bb5]t[Bbm][Bb5][Ab5][G][Ab5][G][Ab5][G5]
[Bbm]Talk t[Ab5]hrough[G]![Ab5][G]

[Verse 7]
[Ab5]Talk it through,
[G]gain [Bb5]insight[Db][Ab5]
[G]A[Ab5]

[Verse 8]
[G]str[Ab5]ong- a[G]rm[Bb5][Bbm][Ab5][G][Ab5]
[G]is [Ab5]for bl[G]eak[Bb5] times[Db5][Bbm][Db]
[E5]But talk it thro[G]ugh, gain insi[E5]ght
[E5][G][E5][B5]

[Verse 9]
[E]
[B5]So spare this rod and arise!