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This Ain't A Scene, It's An Arms Race Tab by Fall Out Boy

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Am
E7
F
C
E/G#
E7/G#
Dm7

Intro 1

Am

Am

Am

Am

Verse 1
Am 
   I                                 am an arms dealer Fitting you with
E|------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
G|-5---7---9---7---5--7----9----------|-5---7---9---7---5--7----9----------|
D|-7---9---10--9---7--9----10---------|-7---9---10--9---7--9----10---------|
A|-(0)-(0)-(0)-(0)-(0)--(0)--(0)-(0)--|-(0)-(0)-(2)-(2)-(3)--(3)--(5)-(5)--|
E|------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
   1       2       3       4            1       2       3       4
E7 
   weapons                                 in the form of
E|------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------|
G|-4---5---7---5---4--5----7----------|
D|-6---7---9---7---6--7----9----------|
A|------------------------------------|
E|-(4)-(4)-(4)-(4)-(4)--(4)--(4)-(4)--|
   1       2       3       4
words And
E|------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------|
G|-4---5---7---5---4--5----7-----9----|
D|-6---7---9---7---6--7----9-----10---|
A|---------(0)-(0)-(2)--(2)--(3)-(3)--|
E|-(4)-(4)----------------------------|
   1       2       3       4
Am 
don't really care which side wins
E7 
Long as the room keeps singing
That's just the business I'm in

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Pre-chorus 1

Am

This ain't a scene, it's a goddamn arms race

E7

This ain't a scene, it's a goddamn arms race

Am

This ain't a scene, it's a goddamn arms race

E7

I'm not a shoulder to cry on,

E|------------------------------------| B|------------------------------------| G|-4---5---7---5---4--5----7----------| D|-6---7---9---7---6--7----9----------| A|-------------------------------(7)--| E|-(4)-(4)-(4)-(4)-(4)--(4)--(4)-(4)--| 1 2 3 4

but I digress

Chorus 1
Am 
F 
I'm a leading man and the lies
C 
I weave are oh so intricate
E/G# 
Oh so intricate yeah
Am 
F 
I'm a leading man and the lies
C 
I weave are oh so intricate
E/G# 
Oh so intricate yeah
Am 
E|----------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------|
G|-5---7---9---7---5-7---9----------|
D|-7---9---10--9---7-9---10---------|
A|----------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------|
   1       2       3       4

Verse 2
Am 
I   wrote the gospel on giving up
(You look pretty sinking)
E7 
But the real bombshells have already sunk
(Primadonnas of the gutter)
Am 
At night we're painting your trash gold,
while you sleep
E7 
Crashing not like hips or cars
No, more like p-p-parties

Pre-chorus 2

Am

This ain't a scene, it's a goddamn arms race

E|----------------------------------|----------------------------------| B|----------------------------------|----------------------------------| G|----------------------------------|----------------------------------| D|----------------------------------|----------------------------------| A|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--|-0-0-0-0-2-2-2-2-3-3-3-3-5-5-5-5--| E|----------------------------------|----------------------------------| 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4

E7

This ain't a scene, it's a goddamn arms race

E|----------------------------------|----------------------------------| B|----------------------------------|----------------------------------| G|----------------------------------|----------------------------------| D|----------------------------------|----------------------------------| A|----------------------------------|---------0-0-0-0-2-2-2-2-3-3-3-3--| E|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4--|-4-4-4-4--------------------------| 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4

Am

This ain't a scene, it's a goddamn arms race

E7

Bandwagon's full, please catch another

Chorus 2
Am 
F 
I'm a leading man and the lies
C 
I weave are oh so intricate
E7/G# 
Oh so intricate yeah
Am 
F 
I'm a leading man and the lies
C 
I weave are oh so intricate
E7/G# 
Oh so intricate

Interlude 1

Dm7

Am

(yeah) Whoa

E|----------------------------------|----------------------------------| B|----------------------------------|----------------------------------| G|-101010101010101010101010101010---|-5---7---9---7---5-7---9----------| D|----------------------------------|-7---9---10--9---7-9---10---------| A|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8----|----------------------------------| E|----------------------------------|----------------------------------| 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4

E7

Am

oh oh oh oh

E|----------------------------------|----------------------------------| B|----------------------------------|----------------------------------| G|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--|-5---7---9---7---5-7---9----------| D|----------------------------------|-7---9---10--9---7-9---10---------| A|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--|----------------------------------| E|----------------------------------|----------------------------------| 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4

Dm7

Am

E|----------------------------------|----------------------------------| B|----------------------------------|----------------------------------| G|-101010101010101010101010101010---|-5---7---9---7---5-7---9----------| D|----------------------------------|-7---9---10--9---7-9---10---------| A|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8----|----------------------------------| E|----------------------------------|----------------------------------| 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4

E7

E7

E|----------------------------------|----------------------------------| B|----------------------------------|----------------------------------| G|-7--------------------------------|-9---------------13---------------| D|----------------------------------|----------------------------------| A|-5--------------------------------|-7---------------11---------------| E|----------------------------------|----------------------------------| 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4

Verse 3
Am 
All the boys
who the dance floor didn't love
E7 
And all the girls whose lips
couldn't move fast enough
E7 
Sing, until your lungs give out

Pre-chorus 3
Am 
This ain't a scene, it's a goddamn arms race
E7 
This ain't a scene, it's a goddamn arms race
Am 
This ain't a scene, it's a goddamn arms race
E7 
This ain't a scene, it's a goddamn arms race
This ain't a scene, it's a goddamn arms race
This ain't a scene, it's a goddamn arms race

Chorus 3
Am 
F 
I'm a leading man and the lies
C 
I weave are oh so intricate
E7/G# 
Oh so intricate yeah
Am 
F 
I'm a leading man and the lies
C 
I weave are oh so intricate
E7/G# 
Oh so intricate
E7/G# 
Am 

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