blink-182 - TURPENTINE: Guitar Chords

Learn to play "TURPENTINE" on your guitar with our detailed chord guide and lyrics. This page provides everything you need to perform this song on the guitar, including lyrics integrated with chords, chord diagrams, and a key transposer to match your vocal range.

Learn TURPENTINE Guitar Chords and Lyrics by blink-182

This section will guide you through each part of the song, providing the guitar chords placed directly above the lyrics for easy playing. Whether you are a beginner or an experienced player, these elements will help you perform "TURPENTINE" smoothly on your guitar.

For easier playing, use our Simplify Chords feature to remove difficult chords like barre.

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E                       D
Soaked your clothes in kerosene
  F                     D
Cleansed the mind with ketamine
  E                D
Slide your mom on top of me
Wash yourself with turpentine

C/E            F       C   C/G
My arms, I've raised again
C/E      F          C
Today I don't feel bitter
C/E        F       C   C/G
I have no path within
C/E           F         C   C/G
Don't know if I'll get better

F
My own mind's unclean
Can't taste anything

Chorus:
Am          G/B          C
What if I'm not like the others?
Em                F
A broken man, a Frankenstein
Am      G/B             C
What if my heart won't recover?
C/E
I'll clean myself with turpentine

C              G6 G7 G
Working at the factory
C                  G6 G7 G
Stick the veins of nicotine
C                  G6 G7 G
Wash yourself with turp?ntine

I feel like I'll cave in
I'm anxious, I am weathered
I've lost my way again
I know there ain't no treasure

My mind breaks with ease
Sticks and stones and dreams

Chorus

Working at the factory
Stick the veins of nicotine
Wash yourself with turpentine
(turpentine, turpentine, turpentine)

Am
Sharks smell the blood in the water
F
We're all just lambs to the slaughter
Am                       F
It's only all the time this time
Am
A generation lost and forgotten
F
Clawing at the lid of the coffin
Am                           F
Your god ain't coming back this time

Quit your job and have a drink
Take a pound of ecstasy
Blah, bl-blah, bl-blah, fuck
Wash yourself with turpentine!

Chorus

Like me like a trampoline
Stick your dick in Ovaltine
Snort a bag of dramamine
Douse yourself in gasoline
Throw up in a limousine
Jack off to a magazine
Wash yourself with turpen... tine, goddammit



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Guitar Chord Diagrams

A

Guitar chord A

Am

Guitar chord Am

B

Guitar chord B

C

Guitar chord C

D

Guitar chord D

E

Guitar chord E

Em

Guitar chord Em

F

Guitar chord F

G

Guitar chord G

G6

Guitar chord G6

G7

Guitar chord G7

Here you can see detailed diagrams for each guitar chord used in the song. Utilize our key transposer to adjust the chords to a key that better fits your singing range. Simply select the desired key, and the chords throughout this page will update automatically, ensuring you can play and sing comfortably.

If you are also interested in learning how to play "TURPENTINE" on the ukulele, check out the chords on our sister site: Ukulele Chords for "TURPENTINE" by blink-182.

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