Tip the scale
Tip the scale

Tip the scale easy guitar chords by The Roots

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Guitar
Tuning

E A D G B E

Capo

Fret 2

Capo

Transpose

0

Capo

  • Am

  • G

  • Gbdim

    4

  • Fm

  • F#dim

    4

  • D

  • Bb

  • C

  • E

  • Fdim

    3

  • F

  • Am

  • G

  • Gbdim

    4

  • Fm

  • F#dim

    4

  • D

  • Bb

  • C

  • E

  • Fdim

    3

  • F

    • Intro 1


    Verse 1
    Homicide 
    or suicide 

    Heads 
    or tails 

    Some 
    think 
    life 
    is 
    a living 
    hell 

    Some 
    live 
    life 
    just 
    living 
    well 

    I 
    live 
    life 
    tryna 
    tip 
    the scale 

    My 
    way, 
    my 
    way 

    My 
    way, 
    my 
    way 

    Verse 2
    Yo, 
    I'm al
    ways 
    early 

    I 
    never 
    take 
    off 
    'cause 
    I got 
    a 
    job 

    Rob Peter 
    to 
    pay Paul 

    Now 
    I real
    ize 
    it's 

    the winner 
    that 
    takes 
    all 

    Do what 
    I gotta 
    do 
    because 

    I 
    can't 
    take 
    loss 

    Picture 
    me living 
    life 
    as 
    if I'm 

    some 
    animal 

    That consumes 
    its own 
    dreams 

    like 
    I'm a cannibal 

    I won't 
    accept 
    failure 
    unless 

    it's mechanical 

    But still 
    the alco
    hol 
    mixed 

    with 
    the botanical 

    I guess 
    I be 
    re
    ferred 
    to 
    the owners 

    manual 
    full 
    of 
    loaners 

    Full of all 
    the homeless 

    throwaways and 
    the 
    stoners 

    Soldiers 
    of the streets 
    with 

    8th 
    grade 
    dip
    lomas 

    And 
    the world 
    awaiting 
    their 

    shoulders 
    as 
    a 
    bonus 

    Look, 
    let he 
    without 
    sin 
    live 
    without 
    sin 

    Until 
    then, 
    I'll be 
    doing 
    dirty 

    jobs 
    like 
    swamp 
    men 

    Counting 
    the 
    faces 
    of those 

    that might 
    have been 

    It's like 
    living 
    that 
    life 
    but I 

    Verse 3
    won't live 
    that life 
    again 

    Hom
    icide 
    or suicide 

    Heads 
    or tails 

    Some 
    think 
    life 
    is a living 
    hell 

    Some 
    live life 
    just 
    living 
    well 

    I 
    live life 
    tryna 
    tip 
    the scale 

    My 
    way, 
    my 
    way 

    My 
    way, 
    my 
    way 

    Verse 4
    Lot 
    of niggas 
    go 
    to prison 

    How many 
    come 
    out Malcolm 
    X? 

    I know 
    I'm not 

    Shit, 
    can't even 
    talk 
    about 
    the rest 

    Famous 
    last 
    words: 
    "You 
    under 
    arrest" 

    Will 
    I get 
    popped to
    night? 

    It's anybody's 
    guess 

    I 
    guess, 
    a nigga 
    need 
    to stay 
    cunning 

    I guess 
    when 
    the cops 
    comin' 

    need 
    to start 
    runnin' 

    I 
    won't 
    make 
    the same 
    mistakes 

    from 
    my last 
    run 
    in 

    You either 
    done 
    doing 
    crime 

    now 
    or 
    you done 
    in 

    I got 
    a brother 
    on 
    the run 
    and one 
    in 

    Wrote me 
    a letter, 

    he said 
    when 
    you comin' 

    Shit 
    man, 

    I thought 
    the 
    goal's to stay 
    out 

    Back 
    against 
    the wall, 

    then shoot 
    your way 
    out 

    Gettin' 
    money's 
    a style 

    that never 
    plays 
    out 

    'Til 
    you end 
    up boxin' 
    your stash, 

    money's 
    paid 
    out 

    The scales 
    of justice 
    ain't equally 

    weighed 
    out

    Only 
    two ways 
    out, 

    digging 
    tunnels 
    or digging 
    graves 
    out 

    Verse 5
    Homicide 
    or suicide 

    Heads 
    or tails 

    Some 
    think 
    life 
    is 
    a living 
    hell 

    Some 
    live 
    life 
    just 
    living 
    well 

    I 
    live 
    life 
    tryna 
    tip 
    the scale 

    My 
    way, 
    my 
    way 

    My 
    way, 
    my 
    way 


    Interlude 1



    Verse 6
    Hom
    icide 
    or suicide 

    Heads 
    or Tails 

    Some 
    think 
    life 
    is 
    a living 
    hell 

    Some 
    live life 
    just 
    living 
    well 

    I 
    live life 
    tryna 
    tip 
    the scale 

    My 
    way, 
    my 
    way 

    My 
    way 

    Outro 1


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