State I'm In Chords

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State I'm In by Aaron Lewis is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of D. It uses the chords D, G, A, Em and Bm. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

Transpose
D
Text
16
Speed
  			Intro:
D G D 
D A D 

Verse:
   D                    Em   D 
I lost my faith a long time ago 
   D                   G   D 
Puttin' miles on this old road 
   D                    Em       D 
I lost my family and I lost my soul 
   D                Em   D 
800 miles and one more show 

Instrumental: Bm G D (x2) 

Verse 
D                            Em     D 
Still workin' these fingers to the bone 
   D                       Em   D 
When the show is over I settle on 
             D                     Em   D 
Well the angels and devils are my only friends 
        D                       Em     D 
I wake up in the morning and I do it again 

 
A 
I don't know what you've been told 
          G                         D 
All the whiskey in the world won't save my soul 
       A 
I've done it all so where do I begin 
    G                           D 
To fix all the messes and the state I'm in 
      D    Bm D 
It's hard 
           Bm   G D 
Yeah it's hard 

Verse 
   D                    Em   D 
I feel like there's a better way 
   D                   Em   D 
To make it through another day 
    D                        Em   D 
So sad that life turned out like this 
        D                    Em   D 
'Cause I still taste you on my lips 

 
A 
I don't know what you've been told 
          G                         D 
All the whiskey in the world won't save my soul 
       A 
I've done it all so where do I begin 
    G                           D 
To fix all the messes and the state I'm in 
      D    Bm D 
It's hard 
           Bm   G D 
Mmh it's hard 

Outro 

      D    Bm D 
It's hard 
           Bm   G D 
Mmh it's hard 
    	

Chord diagrams

Guitar tuner

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Start the tuner and play a string

Reference tones

Standard tuning, lowest to highest. Click a string to play it; the string the mic hears is highlighted.

Click Start tuner and allow microphone access. The needle centers and turns green when a string is in tune (within 5 cents).
No microphone? You can still tap any string above to hear its exact reference pitch.

Metronome

100 BPM Andante