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Contention
Secret Weapon
2007 Tooth And Nail Records
Submitted by: jeremyunderground41@yahoo.com

Key: G

Tuning: Standard EADGBe

Chords used:
Em - 022000
C -  x32010
G -  320033
G# - 466544
A -  x02220
Bb - x13331


Intro: Em-C-G-G#-A-Bb- x4


Verse 1:
Em
  This is a fight
broken bottles
       C
bloody walls
Em
  There was a time
when a fist could
         C  Em
solve it out  But
those days are
C
gone along with
G             D
many murdered lives


Chorus 1:
Em C G G# A Bb
Hey
   Em C   G G# A Bb
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Em C G G# A Bb
Hey
             Em C G G# A Bb
it's killing us


Verse 2:
Em
  This is a war
complete with a
     C    Em
body count  This

ain't the past
this ain't the
future this is
C  Em
now  When will
    C
we stand up
      G
and refuse to
       D
be put down?


(Repeat Chorus 1)


Mike Herrera Bass Solo:
Em-- x4


Interlude:
Em-C-G-G#-A-Bb- x4


Chorus 2:
Em C G G# A Bb
Hey
   Em C   G G# A Bb
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Em C G G# A Bb
Hey
             Em C G G# A Bb Em(hold)
it's killing us