Otherside — Red Hot Chili Peppers
Chords and lyrics for Otherside by Red Hot Chili Peppers (key of Am).
Verse 1
Strumming pattern: D DU UDU
* = play the strumming pattern x2 on this chord
Intro
[Am] [F] [C] [G]
Chorus
[Am] How long, how [F]long will I [C]slide?
[G]Separate my [Am][F]siiii-iiide
I [C]don't, [G]don't believe it's [Am][F]baaa-aaad
[C]Slittin' my throat it's [G]all I ever
Verse 1
[Am] I heard your voice through a [Em]photograph
[Am] I thought it up and brought [Em]up the past
[Am] Once you know you can [Em]never go back
G A*
I've got to take it on the otherside
Verse 2
[Am] Centuries are what it [Em]meant to me
[Am] A cemetery where I [Em]marry the sea
[Am] Stranger things never [Em]change my mind
I've got to [G]take it on the [A]otherside
[G]Take it on the [A]otherside
G*
Take it on
A*
Take it on
Chorus
[Am] How long, how [F]long will I [C]slide?
[G]Separate my [Am][F]siiii-iiide
I [C]don't, [G]don't believe it's [Am][F]baaa-aaad
[C]Slittin' my throat it's [G]all I ever
Verse 3
[Am] Pour my life into a [Em]paper cup
[Am] The ashtray's full and I'm [Em]spillin' my guts
[Am] She wants to know am I [Em]still a slut
G A*
I've got to take it on the otherside
Verse 4
[Am] Scarlet starlet and she's [Em]in my bed
[Am] A candidate for a [Em]soul mate bled
[Am] Push the trigger and [Em]pull the thread
I've got to [G]take it on the [A]otherside
[G]Take it on the [A]otherside
G*
Take it on
A*
Take it on
Chorus
[Am] How long, how [F]long will I [C]slide?
[G]Separate my [Am][F]siiii-iiide
I [C]don't, [G]don't believe it's [Am][F]baaa-aaad
[C]Slittin' my throat it's [G]all I ever
Instrumental
Em* - C*
Em* - C*
Bridge
Em*
Turn me on take me for a hard ride
C*
Burn me out leave me on the otherside
Em*
I yell and tell it that it's not my friend
C*
I tear it down I tear it down, and then it's born again
Guitar Solo
[Am] [F] [C] [G]
Chorus
[Am] How long, how [F]long will I [C]slide?
[G]Separate my [Am][F]siiii-iiide
I [C]don't, [G]don't believe it's [Am][F]baaa-aaad
[C]Slittin' my throat it's [G]all I ever
[Am][F]Haaa-aaad, I [C]don't, [G]don't believe it's [Am][F]saaa-aaad
[C]Slitting my throat, it's [G]all I ever[Am]
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