Intro
The main riff goes like this
e|-------------------------------------|
B|----------------8-9-10-----------9---|
G|-------------10-------10-------7-----|
D|--3/15----11------------10-9-8-------|
A|-------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------|
Then the last time you play it the ending slightly changes and then it just goes into an F chord
e|------------------------------------------|
B|----------------8-9-10--------------------|
G|-------------10-------10-------7-----5----|
D|--3/15----11------------10-9-8---8-6---6--|
A|------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------|
Verse1
F C C# A#
Heaven, have mercy on the hypnic jerk
F C A#
you blame for your speech
F C C#
Walk around the block again
Bb F
Wait 'til I feel cool and straight
C A# F#
With a diaristic bent on undertaking
[Pre-Chorus]
G# F#
Careful, steady
G# F#
Are we steady?
G# F#
Cruel and ready
[Chorus]
F C# F
I'm not bossy, I'm the boss
C# F
Shooter, not the shot
C# F C#
On the tip and fit to execute
F C# F
I'm chief, not the overthrown
C# F
Captain, not a crony
C# F A# G# F
So if you wanna row, you better have an awfully big boat
C# F C# F C# F A# G#
Boat, boat, boat
G# F# G# F# G# F#
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[Verse 2]
F C C# A#
Holding a package from a total stranger
F C A#
who claims to know me
F C C# A#
No, you never knew me, man, not even a fraction
F C A# F#
You just glimpsed your own reflection in a gold sheen
[Chorus]
F C# F
I'm not bossy, I'm the boss
C# F
Shooter, not the shot
C# F C#
Well-composed with keys to raise the skate
F C# F
I'm chief, not the overthrown
C# F
Captain, not a crony
C# F A# G# F
So if you wanna throw, you better have an awfully big stone
C# F C# F C# F A# G#
Stone, stone, stone
C# F C# F C# F A# G#
Stone, stone, stone
G# F# G# F# G# F#
[Bridge]
F C# F C#
We could hang out for the summer while you wait for your girl
G# G7 G# A#
Dip a toe 'til it's soaked and freezing
F C# F C#
But just because I let you kill time dangling me
G# G7 G# A#
from the quarry doesn't mean that I won't land on my feet
[Chorus]
That's cause I'm the boss
Caller of the shots
Sutanejo, never spit to me
Chief, play my own right hand
Not haggish, but the hag
How na�ve to trample
She who's running from the stampede
I'm raising the skate
Look, I'm raising the skate
