The Slaughter

hi everybody . there’s a few other versions of the chords of this song on this site , and although they are good , they have a few obvious mistakes . i’d like to address all of these errors in this tab , and show what i feel is the correct way to play this song . artist : john frusciante album : shadows collide with people song : the slaughter standard tuning : ( E A D G B E ) - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - | chords : ( notes in parentheses optional ) | | E : 022100 | G#m : 466444 | A : x02220 or 577655 | G# : 466544 | C#m : x46654 | Amaj7 : x02120 | A#dim7 : x1202 ( 0 ) | B : x24442 | Cdim7 : ( 2 ) 3424 ( 2 ) | F#dim7 : ( 4 ) x4545 | F#m6 : 2x122x | - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - | note : the lyrics i used were taken directly from the booklet with official lyrics that comes with the "shadows collide with people" cd . song starts off strumming an E chord . Chorus E G#m A C#m i’ll know her face a mile away E G#m C#m A i’ll know her face a mile away E G#m A C#m i’ll know her face a mile away E G#m C#m A i’ll know her face a mile . . . C#m A . . . away Verse G# A you’ll be there in the slaughter A#dim7 B freeing me when i’m cornered C#m Cdim7 being arrested by the mind cops E F#m6 C#m they’re the only ones worth changing what you do for B A and i try to be in line F#m6 E i guide my fate Cdim7 C#m and what it’s good for there’s no telling B it’s blood A it’s a flood Chorus C#m B A F#dim7 i’ll know her face a mile away C#m B Amaj7 A she’ll take me straight through that gate C#m B A F#dim7 i’ll know her face a mile away C#m B Amaj7 she’ll take me straight through that gate Verse G# A living there in a flower A#dim7 B you wouldn’t have made it without her C#m though she seems to stay in one place Cdim7 she grows with your life E so cry for time F#m6 C#m what’s slow is fast at the same time B A it comes to life F#m6 E and if it dies Cdim7 C#m you’d never notice cause it B A it slides as it climbs Chorus E G#m A C#m i’ll know her face a mile away E G#m C#m A i’ll know her face a mile away E G#m A C#m i’ll know her face a mile away E G#m C#m A i’ll know her face a mile away E G#m A C#m i’ll know my pains a life away E G#m C#m A i’ll know my pains a life away E G#m A C#m i’ll know my pains a life away E G#m C#m A i’ll know my pains a life . . . C#m A . . . away Outro C#m - B - A - F#dim7 C#m - B - Amaj7 - A x3 C#m - B - A - F#dim7 C#m - B - Amaj7 that’s it . i hope you enjoyed it , and recognized the key areas that this chord tab is different that the others . thank you and happy strumming = )