Guns N' Roses - Coma acoustic
Autoscroll
1 Column
Text size
Transpose 0
okay. so i thought, this being a guns song, i'd tune my guitar flat a half
step. i think it's actually a whole step. actually it's probably in drop c,
or something ridiculous. you can probably tell i don't play metal a lot. but
oh well. these are all power chords and fifths anyway. you can always
transpose. but it's a crazy song, so you're going to play an ass load of
barred chords anyway. deal.
Section 1:
(these aren't official, it's just the way i like to break the song up)
Riff
AbSee you've caught me in a coma
AbmAnd I don't think I want toF# ever come back to thisF#m world again
EKinda like it in a coma
Em'Cause no one's ever gonnaG make me Dcome back to thisF# world aC#gain
C#mNow I feel as if I'm floating away
I can't Bfeel the pressure and I like it this way
But my Bmbody's calling, my body's calling
DWant me to Acome back to thisC# world aAbgain
AbmSuspended deep in a sea of black
I got the F#light at the end, I got the bones on the mast
Well, F#mI've gone sailing, I've gone sailing
A#I could leave so E#easily
A#My friends are calling C#back to me
I said G#yeah, they're leaving it all Ebup to me when
F#mAll I needed was cElarity
(alternate between B and Bb)
And someone to tell me what the fuck is going on
Riff
Ab
B / C#7 / F# / A (or F#m) /
ESlippin' farther and farther away
B (alternate between Bb and A)
It's a miracle how long we can stay in a world our minds created
In a world that's full of shit
Riff
C#Please underG#stand me
I'm Bbclimbin' through the wreckage of all my twisted dreams
And this Fcheap investigation just can't stifle all my screams
And I'm F#waiting at the C#crossroads
Waiting for D#you, waiting for you
Where are Abyou?
Section 2
Ab
No one's gonna bother me anymore
No one's gonna mess with my head no more
I can't understand what all the fightin's for
But it's so nice here down off the shore
I wish you could see this, cause there's nothing to see
It's peaceful here and it's fine with me
Not like the world where I used to live
I never really wanted to live
Riff
Guitar solo:
F#
G# / G#m / F# / F#m / E / Em /
B / F# / C# / G# /
B / Bm / F# //
E / B / (alternate between Bb and A)
Riff
G#Live your life like it's a coma,G#m won't you tell me why we'd want to?
F#With all the reasons you giveF#m it's kinda hard to believe
Section 3
But Ewho am I to tell you that I've seen Bany reason why you should stay
(there's a crazy break here)
Maybe we'd be better off without you anyway
Crazy break (goes something like):
e||-----------------------||
B||-----------------------||
G||-----------------------||
D||-------------------1---||
A||-4---3---2---1-2-4---4-||
E||---4---3---3-----------||
I got a Bbone way ticket on your C#last chance ride
Got a G#one way ticket to yourD# suicide
C# (alternate between B and Bb)
Got a one way ticket and there's no way out alive
And all this D#crass communication that has F#left you in the cold
Isn't C#much for consolation when you G#feel so weak and old
But if Bhome is where the heart is then there's F#stories to be told
(alternate between E and D#)
No, you don't need a doctor, no one else can heal your soul
Got your Abmmind in submission, got your Blife on the line
But noF#body pulled the trigger they justC# stepped aside
E B (alternate between A and Ab)
They'll be down by the water while you watch 'em wavin' goodbye
They'll be C#callin' in the morning
They'll be hanging on the Ephone
They'll be Bwaitin' for an answer
But you F#know nobody's home
A E (alternate between D and C#)
And when the bells stop ringing it was nobody's fault but your own
There were F#malways ample warning
There were Aalways subtle signs
And you Ewould have seen them coming but we Bgave you too much time
And when you Dsaid that no one's listening
Why'd your Abest friend drop a dime
(alternate between G and F#)
Sometimes we get so tired of waiting for a way to spend our time
And it's so Beasy to be social
It's so Deasy to be cool
Yeah, its Aeasy to get hungry when you Eain't got shit to lose
And I Gwish that I could help you with Dwhat you hope to find
(alternate between C and B)
But I'm still out here waiting watching reruns of my life
When you reach the point of breaking
Know it's gonna take some time to heal those broken memories
That another man would need just to surEmvive
(that last chord - the Em - might not be a minor. the note axl settles on is
the major third, which is G#, but unless you're planning to replicate his
singing exactly you might as well play the minor. it sounds better. or just a
power chord, as you're presumerably been playing for the whole song.)