Doing Time Chords
Doing Time by Avenged Sevenfold is a more advanced guitar song played in the key of Em. It uses the chords Em, F#, G, B, A, D, Bm, Fm, F, E, F#m, Am and Bb. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
Hahahahaha
The lives of some men
If walls can talk to spill the lies
We’ll see the world through devil’s eyes
Em
I maintain an addiction
They know they take too high
I got an itch with a loaded hair trigger
And a one way ticket to fly
F# G
When there’s no writing on the walls
B A D B G
I see the lifeless devils start to crawl
A Bm D
And I don’t need no lessons
Fm G
After all
D F
Everybody is doing their time
G
Got you right in the corner
Em
Don’t you look at me wrong
E Em
Fucked up and thrown into the gutter, gotta fix what don’t belong
Fm
What don’t belong
G
I see the writing on the wall
B Fm D B G
I see the lifeless devils start to crawl
F#m Am B F
And I don’t need no lessons
B D G
After all
F#m B F
Everybody is doing their time
Uhhh
G F# Bm
That’s just a price to pay
A
So tell me what you like
G F# B
Gotta handle the kerosene match tonight
E
Had enough of opinions
Em E
I got enough on my mind
Em G D
Sell your soul for approval and a dollar
Got a pretty little body to grind
G
I see the writing on the wall
B Fm D B G
I see the lifeless devils start to crawl
A D E
I don’t need no lessons
F G
Watch the fall
D B
You lost my attention
G
After all
F#m B Bb
Everybody is doing their time