Biography:
Matt Nathanson (born March 28, 1973 in Lexington, Massachusetts) is a singer-songwriter whose work is a blend of folk and rock music. In addition to singing, he plays acoustic and electric guitar (usually a twelve-string), and has played both solo and with a full band.
The Faster Songfacts says that his seventh studio album, Modern Love debuted on #17 on the Billboard 200 for the week of July 9, 2011, making it Nathanson's most successful album to date.
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Other songs:
- Angel
- Come On Get Higher
- Faster
- Kill The Lights
- Laid
- Little Victories
- Modern Love
- Still
- Weight Of It All
- Adrenaline
- All We Are
- Answering Machine
- Bare
- Bent
- Bill Murray
- Bottom Of The Sea
- Bullet Proof Weeks
- Car Crash
- Continue Dreaming
- Curve Of The Earth
- Disappear
- Fall To Pieces
- Falling Apart
- First Time
- Giants
- Gimme Your Love
- Headphones
- Heartbreak World
- I Hope That Something Better Comes Along
- I Saw
- Illusions
- Kept
- Kinks Shirt
- Kiss Quick
- Last Days Of Summer In San Francisco
- Let You Go
- Loud
- Love Comes Tumbling Down
- Mercy
- Mine
- Mission Bells
- Princess
- Romeo And Juliet
- Room The End Of The World
- Run
- Show Me Your Fangs
- Sing Me Sweet
- Sky High Honey
- Sooner Surrender
- Suspended
- Used To Be
- Watching You Watch Him
- Wedding Dress
This is a simple song to learn, and, as opposed to the album version,
the acoustic (EP) version can be played by yourself, without the need of a back-up band
an electric guitarist.
I believe the tuning is standard, with a capo on the 1st, but you can choose to tune it up,
or ignore the capo, since it's only a half-step difference.
Just listen to the song and you'll get the timings.
Also, you can add little transitional chords (normally, in this song, a D transitions a
to Em nicely, or vice versa),
and since some parts of the song itself are hard to hear, there may be a few incorrect chords,
or a missed one here or there, but what I've got here is good for solo performance.
Chords used: (from high E to low E)
G: 330023
Em: 330220
D: 330002
C: 330233
Verse(s):
G
I'm wide awake and so alive
Em D
Ringing like a bell
G
Tell me this is paradise
Em D
And not some place I fell
G
Cus I keep on falling down
Chorus:
Em D C G
I wanna feel the car crash, I wanna feel it capsize
Em D
I wanna feel the bomb drop, the earth stop
C G
Til I'm satisfied
Em D C G
I wanna feel the crash, cus I'm dyin on the inside
Em D
I wanna let go and know that I'll be
C G
Alright, alright
[Verse 2 is the same chords as Verse 1, and then one more Chorus]
Solo/Breakdown:
C C C C C C G
So right
C C C C C C G D C G
So wrooooooong
G (quick transitional D)
I'm wide awake and so.... alive
[Chorus once more]
the acoustic (EP) version can be played by yourself, without the need of a back-up band
an electric guitarist.
I believe the tuning is standard, with a capo on the 1st, but you can choose to tune it up,
or ignore the capo, since it's only a half-step difference.
Just listen to the song and you'll get the timings.
Also, you can add little transitional chords (normally, in this song, a D transitions a
to Em nicely, or vice versa),
and since some parts of the song itself are hard to hear, there may be a few incorrect chords,
or a missed one here or there, but what I've got here is good for solo performance.
Chords used: (from high E to low E)
G: 330023
Em: 330220
D: 330002
C: 330233
Verse(s):
G
I'm wide awake and so alive
Em D
Ringing like a bell
G
Tell me this is paradise
Em D
And not some place I fell
G
Cus I keep on falling down
Chorus:
Em D C G
I wanna feel the car crash, I wanna feel it capsize
Em D
I wanna feel the bomb drop, the earth stop
C G
Til I'm satisfied
Em D C G
I wanna feel the crash, cus I'm dyin on the inside
Em D
I wanna let go and know that I'll be
C G
Alright, alright
[Verse 2 is the same chords as Verse 1, and then one more Chorus]
Solo/Breakdown:
C C C C C C G
So right
C C C C C C G D C G
So wrooooooong
G (quick transitional D)
I'm wide awake and so.... alive
[Chorus once more]
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