A Song For The Metalheads Chords
by Butch Walker
A Song For The Metalheads by Butch Walker is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of G. It uses the chords G, C, D, E, Em7 and Bm. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
(intro 4x) G C D
(on the C lift your middle finger, or which ever is holding the E on the D string)
G Em7 C D
press the tape recorder let's get this all down real fast
G Em7 C D
before the insignificant thought goes by
G Em7 C D
there's one more slow song left to write for the record
G Em7 C D
make all the metal heads cry
G Em7 C D
throw rocks but not rocking and stand there just mocking
G Em7 C D
with hands in their armpits that they'll later smell
C Bm C Em7
when you live in the past there's one thing that will last
C D G G
it's resentment that time won't sit still
( G C D ) (4x)
G Em7 C D
the record business is fucked and it's kinda funny
G Em7 C D
it'll separate a boy from a man
G Em7 C D
you can buy every copy of your record with your money
G Em7 C D
but you'd be your only fan
G Em7 C D
if there's one thing my father said when he was younger
G Em7 C D
to a kid with a mullet that looked like his son
C Bm C Em7
to want and to try is the difference why
C D G G
some people will walk and some run . . .thank you dad
( G C D ) (4x)
G Em7 C D
sharpen up all your pencils cause class will come early
G Em7 C D
there's so much you thought that you knew
G Em7 C D
while the b list celebrities all pay for the fame
G Em7 C D
they'll soak up what's left of the pool
G Em7 C D
while a kid in the corner becomes a savant
G Em7 C D
no one will care til he's dead
C Bm C Em7
or he falls from his grace with it all over the place
C D G G
and a piece of it stuck in his head
( G C D ) (4x)