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Raising Cain

The Mission
Tab

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Song

From: aeu95317 ( "b.n.mcphail-bn")

Date: Mon, 8 Jan 1996 10:56:23 -0800

Raising Cain - The Mission

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File updated: 7/1/96.

Thanks to all of the people (and there were a few!) who sent me the correct

lyrics to this song!

Verse Riff

e|---------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-----2---0-----------2-0--------0-------------2-0--------------|
D|-0-----0-----3-----------3----3----3---------------------------|
A|---------------4---4-------1---------------1-------------------|
E|-------------------------------------3---3---------------------|

| D bass C# bass Bb bass G bass

or play it an octave higher: (personally I prefer the above riff)

e|-----5---3-----------5-3-1---1-3-1--------5-3-----------------|
B|-3-----3-----6-2---2------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------3-------0--0-3---------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------------|

Break Riff

e|----------|
B|----------|
G|-2-0---0--|
D|-----3----|
A|----------|
E|----------|

Verse Bass

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|| D | C# | Bb | G || * 4

|| Bb | G | D | ||

Chorus Bass

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|| F | E | G | F# | F | E | G | Eb C |

Keyboard Ending

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Switch between Dm and Dsus 2

(End the song on a Dsus 2)

How To Play It:

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For all of the verses and the intro the bass plays the verse notes above,

the guitar plays the main verse riff. In the verse when the bass plays

Bb, G, D the guitar switches to power chords (Bb5, G5, D5)

In the chorus the bass plays the notes above (1 bar each, except for the

last one - half a bar each for Eb and C). And the guitar? I don't have

a clue! It's very quiet on the CD, you might as well just play the same

as the bass but an octave or two higher.

The 'break' guitar riff is the one that occurs just after the first chorus.

Lyrics

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I'm sick and tired of this masquerade

I'm bored to death by the games we play

For to long now it's been a charade

Don't wanna stay around to piss on parade

Gotta get the hell outta here

Too late now to wrap me up in chains

Too late now to bite my tongue, stop me

Raising Cain

The chip on your shoulder is a monkey on my back

You steal the glory, I'll take the flak

Can't stand your accusations, your recriminations

It's time to jump this train cos we've crashed the station

Don't wanna take this ride no more

Too late now to wrap me up in chains

Too late now to bite my tounge, stop me

Raising Cain

The gift of masque was like pearls before swine

Too late now to wrap me up in chains

Too late now to bite my tounge, stop me

Raising Cain

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