Leftover Man v4 (final pick)

Bluegrass, Thrash, Heavy Metal, Indie Rock, [Deep Gritty Male Vocal], [Badgids]

[INSTRUMENTAL PRELUDE]
[Em] [C] [G] [B7]
[*A slow, mournful mandolin melody that suddenly explodes into a thrash-bluegrass rhythm*]
[*Heavy, syncopated foot-stomps and a distorted banjo slide*]
[*Sound of dry wood clacking together*]

[Male Vocals: Badgids]
[INTRO]
[Em]
The pulse is gone...
[C]
But the bone remains...
[G]                 [B7]
I’m the watchman of the dust!

[VERSE 1]
[Em]               [G]
The doctor said the ol' pump just stopped... It was a leak within the soul... 
[G]               [Em]
"The loss was just to much for him. Died of a broken heart, he said"
[D]                [A]
They dug a hole beside my bride to make the story whole
[Em]               [G]
I felt the velvet of the box, I heard the shovels cry
[D]                [A]
A perfect end for a tired man who finally earned his time in the sky
[Em]               [G]
But midnight came with a silver sting, a rattle in my chest
[D]                [A]
The earth began to spit me out, denying me my rest
[Em]               [G]
I clawed through six feet of the dark, looking for her hand
[D]                [A]
But I woke up as a stack of bone in a godforsaken land

[CHORUS]
[Em]         [C]
I am the leftover man
[G]          [D]
Outliving the stone
[Em]         [C]
I am the master of nothing
[G]          [D]
Just calcium and bone
[Em]         [C]
Too hard to rot, too cold to feel the sun
[G]          [D]            [Em]
The world is moving on and I have only just begun
[C]          [D]
I’m the leftover man

[VERSE 2]
[Em]               [G]
I watched the ivy climb her cross until the wood was gone
[D]                [A]
I watched the town turn into smoke and a concrete jungle dawn
[Em]               [G]
Her great-grandchildren lived and died, their names are lost to me
[D]                [A]
While I’m still tuning this mandolin beneath a dead oak tree
[Em]               [G]
The mountains round the hollow here are bowing to the rain
[D]                [A]
But there ain't a drop of water that can wash away this stain
[Em]               [G]
I’ve seen a thousand winters bite and a thousand summers burn
[D]                [A]               [Em]
And I’m the only lesson that the world refuses to learn

[PRE-CHORUS]
[C]                [G]
(Piano) I’m waiting...
[D]                [Em]
(Mezzo Forte) Still waiting...
[C]                [D]
(Forte) FOR THE END THAT NEVER COMES!

[BRIDGE]
[Am]                [Em]
I’m a fossil with a heartbeat made of thunder and of grit
[Am]                [B7]
The book of life is finished, but I’m the ghost that’s haunting it
[Am]                [Em]
There’s a hole where she once rested, just a hollow in my ribs
[C]                 [D]
FROM THE RATTLE OF THE COFFIN TO THE RATTLE OF THE CRIBS!

[SOLO]
[Em] [C] [G] [D] (x2)
[*Virtuosic flat-picking mandolin solo with heavy distortion and wah-wah effect*]
[*Drums transition into a double-time thrash beat*]

[BREAKDOWN]
[*Rhythm drops to a singular, heavy bass thrum and a mandolin pulse*]
[Em]
Too much time, not enough skin
[G]
Where the end stops and I begin
[D]
Too many faces, too many graves
[A]
Leftover...
[Em]
The sun goes out, the stars go dim
[G]
I’m the skeleton singing the final hymn
[D]
The marrow is dry but the spirit is loud
[A]
NO! YEAH! NO-O-O-O!

[FINAL CHORUS]
[Em]         [C]
(Fortissimo) I AM THE LEFTOVER MAN!
[G]          [D]
OUTLIVING THE STONE!
[Em]         [C]
I AM THE MASTER OF NOTHING!
[G]          [D]
JUST CALCIUM AND BONE!
[Em]         [C]
Too hard to rot, too cold to feel the sun
[G]          [D]             [Em]
When the universe is over, I’ll be the only one
[C]          [D]
I’m the leftover man...

[OUTRO]
[Em]         [G]
The world goes on...
[D]          [A]
(So heavy...)
[Em]         [G]
But I stay here...
[D]          [A]
(Bone and stone...)
[Em]         [G]
(Pianissimo) Leftover...
[D]          [A]
Leftover...
[Em]
Alone.

[FADE OUT]
[*Sound of a mandolin string slowly detuning until it goes slack*]
[*Final, distant echo of a bone-rattle*]

[END]

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[Decade: 1995] [Genre: Bluegrass, Subgenre: Indie Rock] [Country: USA] [Vocalist info: Deep Gritty Male Vocals] [Music descriptors: driving mandolin pulses, stomping drum beats, thunder bass, syncopated banjo accents] [Tempo: 130 BPM] [Produced by Badgids, Rob Zombie, White Zombie | Studios: The Sound Kitchen & Ocean Way] [INSTRUMENTAL PRELUDE] [Em] [C] [G] [B7] [*A slow, mournful mandolin melody that suddenly explodes into a thrash-bluegrass rhythm*] [*Heavy, syncopated foot-stomps and a distorted banjo slide*] [*Sound of dry wood clacking together*] [Male Vocals: Badgids] [INTRO] [Em] The pulse is gone... [C] But the bone remains... [G] [B7] I’m the watchman of the dust! [VERSE 1] [Em] [G] The doctor said the ol' pump just stopped... It was a leak within the soul... [G] [Em] "The loss was just to much for him. Died of a broken heart, he said" [D] [A] They dug a hole beside my bride to make the story whole [Em] [G] I felt the velvet of the box, I heard the shovels cry [D] [A] A perfect end for a tired man who finally earned his time in the sky [Em] [G] But midnight came with a silver sting, a rattle in my chest [D] [A] The earth began to spit me out, denying me my rest [Em] [G] I clawed through six feet of the dark, looking for her hand [D] [A] But I woke up as a stack of bone in a godforsaken land [CHORUS] [Em] [C] I am the leftover man [G] [D] Outliving the stone [Em] [C] I am the master of nothing [G] [D] Just calcium and bone [Em] [C] Too hard to rot, too cold to feel the sun [G] [D] [Em] The world is moving on and I have only just begun [C] [D] I’m the leftover man [VERSE 2] [Em] [G] I watched the ivy climb her cross until the wood was gone [D] [A] I watched the town turn into smoke and a concrete jungle dawn [Em] [G] Her great-grandchildren lived and died, their names are lost to me [D] [A] While I’m still tuning this mandolin beneath a dead oak tree [Em] [G] The mountains round the hollow here are bowing to the rain [D] [A] But there ain't a drop of water that can wash away this stain [Em] [G] I’ve seen a thousand winters bite and a thousand summers burn [D] [A] [Em] And I’m the only lesson that the world refuses to learn [PRE-CHORUS] [C] [G] (Piano) I’m waiting... [D] [Em] (Mezzo Forte) Still waiting... [C] [D] (Forte) FOR THE END THAT NEVER COMES! [CHORUS] [Em] [C] I am the leftover man [G] [D] Outliving the stone [Em] [C] I am the master of nothing [G] [D] Just calcium and bone [Em] [C] Too hard to rot, too cold to feel the sun [G] [D] [Em] The world is moving on and I have only just begun [C] [D] I’m the leftover man [BRIDGE] [Am] [Em] I’m a fossil with a heartbeat made of thunder and of grit [Am] [B7] The book of life is finished, but I’m the ghost that’s haunting it [Am] [Em] There’s a hole where she once rested, just a hollow in my ribs [C] [D] FROM THE RATTLE OF THE COFFIN TO THE RATTLE OF THE CRIBS! [SOLO] [Em] [C] [G] [D] (x2) [*Virtuosic flat-picking mandolin solo with heavy distortion and wah-wah effect*] [*Drums transition into a double-time thrash beat*] [BREAKDOWN] [*Rhythm drops to a singular, heavy bass thrum and a mandolin pulse*] [Em] Too much time, not enough skin [G] Where the end stops and I begin [D] Too many faces, too many graves [A] Leftover... [Em] The sun goes out, the stars go dim [G] I’m the skeleton singing the final hymn [D] The marrow is dry but the spirit is loud [A] NO! YEAH! NO-O-O-O! [FINAL CHORUS] [Em] [C] (Fortissimo) I AM THE LEFTOVER MAN! [G] [D] OUTLIVING THE STONE! [Em] [C] I AM THE MASTER OF NOTHING! [G] [D] JUST CALCIUM AND BONE! [Em] [C] Too hard to rot, too cold to feel the sun [G] [D] [Em] When the universe is over, I’ll be the only one [C] [D] I’m the leftover man... [OUTRO] [Em] [G] The world goes on... [D] [A] (So heavy...) [Em] [G] But I stay here... [D] [A] (Bone and stone...) [Em] [G] (Pianissimo) Leftover... [D] [A] Leftover... [Em] Alone. [FADE OUT] [*Sound of a mandolin string slowly detuning until it goes slack*] [*Final, distant echo of a bone-rattle*] [END]

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