Suburban Outlaw
View chords used in this chart
Csus2 x3000x
D/F# 200232
* Single strum
[Intro]
Em Cadd9 G GM7
Em Cadd9 G GM7
[Verse 1]
Em Cadd9
No you ain’t an outlaw boy
G GM7
You’re just redneck suburban trash
Em Cadd9
Crown royal on your visors
G GM7
And reds on your dash
Em Cadd9
You think you’re such a man
G GM7
But you’re a fucking sociopath
Em Cadd9
With a heart full of cruel intentions
G G Em Gsus2 Csus2
And your knife in my baa~ack
Em Gsus2 Csus2
Mmmm mmm mmm mmm mmm mmmm mmm
[Chorus]
C G
You’ve got me on the verge
Bm
Of an existential nervous breakdown
C G Bm
Why don’t you go and curse my name all over this wretched town
C G
You left me in the cold
D/F# Cadd9
With nothing but the skin on my bones
G D/F#
I should have known
[Instrumental]
Em Cadd9 G D/F#
Em Cadd9 G D/F#
[Verse 2]
Em C
A washed up blue color boy
G GM7
No you ain’t no man in black
Em Cadd9
How could anyone ever love your
G GM7
Drunk and lying ass
Em Cadd9
You knew just how to hurt me
G GM7
You knew about my past
Em Cadd9
All I wanted was to fix you now
G G Em Gsus2 Csus2
I’m bleeding from your shards in my graa~asp
Em Gsus2 Csus2
Mmmm mmm mmm mmm mmm mmmm mmm
[Chorus]
Cadd9 G
You’ve got me on the verge
Bm
Of an existential nervous breakdown
Cadd9 G Bm
Why don’t you go and curse my name all over this wretched town
C G
You left me in the cold
D/F# Cadd9
With nothing but the skin on my bones
G D/F# Em Cadd9 D/F#
I should have knoo~own
Em Cadd9 D/F#
I should have kno~own
[Bridge]
Em
Ever since the day you left
C
I started smoking cigarettes
G D/F#
I’ve become all that I despised of you
Em
I always say no regrets
C
But you haunt my every waking breath
G D/F#
I shiver at the sight of rose tattoos
I wish I never met you
[Outro]
Cadd9* G*
You’ve got me on the verge
Bm* Em* GM7*
Of an existential nervous breakdown
Cadd9* G* D/F#*
I scream and I curse your name all over this wretched
Cadd9 G D/F#
There’s truly nothing worse then loving you who doesn’t know
Cadd9 G
I wanna hit you where it hurts
D/F#
And put you six feet in the god damn ground
Cadd9 G
You left me in the cold
D/F#
With nothing but the skin on my bones
Cadd9 G
I ain’t your centerfold
D/F#
For you to have and to hold
Cadd9 G D/F#
I hope you die alone
Cadd9 G D/F#
And reap what you sow
C G D/F# D/F#
C* G* D/F#*
How to play Suburban Outlaw
Use the controls above to change the key and text size. Follow the highlighted chords while listening, then practice each section slowly before playing at the original tempo.
What is the starting chord?
The first identified chord is Csus2. You can transpose without leaving the page.
Can I play it on guitar or keyboard?
Yes. The chord progression works on acoustic guitar, electric guitar and keyboard. Adapt the voicings to your instrument and level.