Protect Me From What I Want

Placebo

standard tuning Hope it sounds right to you too~ listen to the track to get more of a feel of the song/~good luck! Intro {bass} - {intro is actually played on keyboard, bass doesn't come in til verse starts} G|---------|---------|---------|---------|| D|---------|---------|---------|---------|| A|---------|-3-3-3-3-|-0-0-0-0-|---------|| E|-0-0-0-0-|---------|---------|-3-3-2-2-|| Verse 1 - {chords} ~ strum or pick in succession, whichever suits e|--------- |--------- |--------- B|--------- |-1------- |-1------- G|-1------- |--------- |-2------- D|-2------- |-2------- |-2------- A|-2------- |-3------- |--------- E|-0------- |--------- |--------- It's the disease of the age, It's the disease that we crave e|--------- |--3-------|--------- |----- B|--------- |--3-------|-1------- |----- G|--------- |--4-------|-2------- |-1--- D|--------- |--5-------|-2------- |-2--- A|--------- |--5-------|--------- |-2--- E|--------- |--3-------|--------- |-0--- Alone, at the end of the rave, We catch the last bus home. Verse 2 - |repeated with lyrics|: Corporate America wakes Coffee republic and cakes We open the latch on our gates On the hole we call our home {|same chord progression is used throughout the song with}: CHORUS {protect me from what I want {x3} protect me, protect me} V3&4: Maybe we're victims of fate Remember when we'd celebrate We'd drink and get high until late And now we're all Alone Wedding bells ain't gonna chime With both of us guilty of crime And both of us sentenced to time And now we're all alone then: CHORUS {x2} / solo / CHORUS {x2} / solo thingy? / CHORUS --quick end at final chorus—

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