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Rooster

Alice in Chains
ChordsKeyAmCapoFret 1beginner
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Chords in this song4

capo 1 — sounds a semitone higher

Intro

E G x4
Oooh
E G x4

Verse 1

Aint found a way to kill me yet
Eyes burn with stinging sweat
Seems every path leads me to
Nowhere um 
Wife and kids, household pet
Army greens was no safe bet
The bullets scream to me from
Somewhere um 

Chorus

Yeah they come to snuff the rooster  
Yeah here come the rooster 
Yeah you know he ain't gonna die 
No no no
Well no he ain't gonna die 

Instrumental

E G x6

Chorus

Yeah they come to snuff the rooster  
Yeah here come the rooster 
Yeah you know he ain't gonna die 
No no no
Well no he ain't gonna die 

Verse 2

Walking tall machine gun man
They spit on me in my home land
Gloria sent me pictures of my
Boy 
Got my pills against mosquito death
My buddy's breathing his dying breath
Oh God please won't you help me
Make it through um 

Chorus

Yeah they come to snuff the rooster  
Yeah here come the rooster 
Yeah you know he ain't gonna die 
No no no
Well no he ain't gonna die 

Outro

E G x3
Ooohh

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