"Ashtray Monument"                                                               I -- indicates 1st position
(c) 1994 Blake Schwarzenbach (BMI)                                 VII -- indicates 7th position
from 24 Hour Revenge Therapy                                            * -- indicates bass notes 
                                                                                                        which differ from the
                                                                                                        root of the chord
Intro riff (2X)                                                                     As far as I can tell, all chords      
F# C# A D                                                                             are power chords.
F# C# D D                                                                              

Verse 
F#    C#          A                  D          F#           C#       A       D
Free,                                               alone                                   [muted]
  the predawn white light's coming on                                        [muted]
Bottle                                  on the   night stand
      I count disasters            on my   free         hands  now

Bridge
F#                                    A                       E(I)                                    G
   Run for cover there's a big one coming,   you'll be lucky if you're at ground zero
                                                                                                      (its got your number)
   No one said that this     life was easy        did that no one ever        live a life this

Verse (same chords throughout  --  F# C# A D    8X)
hard, it gets hard
the bills are scattered in the yard
ashtray monument
a life spent waiting in cement comes down

Bridge 
end the bridge with the following fill:
(A string) --5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--
(low E)    --3--2--3--2--3--2--3--2--

Chorus
E(VII)               (F#)*         C#          D(A)*      E(VII)           (F#)*           C#             D
         After         all     its     not that   bad             I still have   pictures and I look       back
(rest)    
          at all the   things that we once  did              you said "I love you," I guess you did

Intro riff (1X)

Verse 
Remember our life                                   [muted]
I did the dishes while you read out loud  [muted]
best friends, strangers now
were our kids all we could call common ground

Bridge (no words -- end w/ fill)

Chorus

Intro riff (1X)

transcribed by Paul Candon    br00535@binghamton.edu