Biography:
Smoking Popes is an American punk band from Chicago, Illinois, formed in 1991. They play pop-influenced punk music with crooning vocals and romantic lyrics. The core of the group is composed of brothers Matt Caterer (b. 1968), Josh Caterer (b. 1972) and Eli Caterer (b. 1975).
The Caterer brothers were raised on rock 'n' roll and crooners like Tony Bennett and Frank Sinatra. In 1980 Matt got a guitar, Josh a bass guitar and Eli a drum set and they began to play together.
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Smoking Popes - "Letter To Emily"
from "This is Only a Test" (2011)
These chords match the album version without a capo.
Playing can be simplified by transposing the chords up one half step with a capo at 1.
[Intro]
F# D#m
F# D#m
[Verse 1]
F#
I believe there's a heart in everyone
D#m
Crying out for the love of someone
F#
If that heart isn't held by anyone
D#m
It can start to believe that it's no one
C#
Did you start to believe you were no one
G#m F# D#m
Did you start to believe you were no one at all
[Verse 2]
F#
I believe there are lost hearts everywhere
D#m
Searching hard just to find home somewhere
F#
If you don't see the light shining anywhere
D#m
You get lost in the darkness of nowhere
C#
Were you lost in the darkness of nowhere
G#m D#m C#
Were you lost in the darkness of nowhere at all
[Chorus]
B F# G#m D#m B
I could've been the one to tell you it's alright
B F# G#m E
I can do nothing to reach you now
E F# D#m
No one can reach you now
[Verse 3]
F#
I believe there's a point to everything
D#m
That it all adds up to something
F#
If you don't feel that way about anything
D#m
It can seem like less than nothing
C#
Did it seems like less than nothing
G#m D#m C#
Did it seems like less than nothing at all
[Chorus 2]
B F# G#m D#m B
I could've been the one to tell you it's alright
B F# G#m E
I can do nothing to reach you now
E B
No one can reach you now
[Interlude]
B F# G#m D#m
B F# G#m E
F# D#m
F#
Do you see me?
D#m
Does anyone see me?
[Verse 4]
F#
I believe there's a heart in everyone
D#m
Crying out for the love of someone
F#
If you don't feel that way about anyone
D#m
You can feel like less than no one
C#
Did you feel like less than no one
G#m D#m C# B
Did you feel like less than no one at all
[Chorus 3]
B F# G#m D#m B
I could've been the one to tell you it's alright
B F# G#m E
I can do nothing to reach you now
B F# G#m D#m B
I could've been the one to tell you it's alright
B F# G#m E
I can do nothing to reach you now
E F# D#m
No one can reach you now
F# D#m
No one can reach you now
F#
from "This is Only a Test" (2011)
These chords match the album version without a capo.
Playing can be simplified by transposing the chords up one half step with a capo at 1.
[Intro]
F# D#m
F# D#m
[Verse 1]
F#
I believe there's a heart in everyone
D#m
Crying out for the love of someone
F#
If that heart isn't held by anyone
D#m
It can start to believe that it's no one
C#
Did you start to believe you were no one
G#m F# D#m
Did you start to believe you were no one at all
[Verse 2]
F#
I believe there are lost hearts everywhere
D#m
Searching hard just to find home somewhere
F#
If you don't see the light shining anywhere
D#m
You get lost in the darkness of nowhere
C#
Were you lost in the darkness of nowhere
G#m D#m C#
Were you lost in the darkness of nowhere at all
[Chorus]
B F# G#m D#m B
I could've been the one to tell you it's alright
B F# G#m E
I can do nothing to reach you now
E F# D#m
No one can reach you now
[Verse 3]
F#
I believe there's a point to everything
D#m
That it all adds up to something
F#
If you don't feel that way about anything
D#m
It can seem like less than nothing
C#
Did it seems like less than nothing
G#m D#m C#
Did it seems like less than nothing at all
[Chorus 2]
B F# G#m D#m B
I could've been the one to tell you it's alright
B F# G#m E
I can do nothing to reach you now
E B
No one can reach you now
[Interlude]
B F# G#m D#m
B F# G#m E
F# D#m
F#
Do you see me?
D#m
Does anyone see me?
[Verse 4]
F#
I believe there's a heart in everyone
D#m
Crying out for the love of someone
F#
If you don't feel that way about anyone
D#m
You can feel like less than no one
C#
Did you feel like less than no one
G#m D#m C# B
Did you feel like less than no one at all
[Chorus 3]
B F# G#m D#m B
I could've been the one to tell you it's alright
B F# G#m E
I can do nothing to reach you now
B F# G#m D#m B
I could've been the one to tell you it's alright
B F# G#m E
I can do nothing to reach you now
E F# D#m
No one can reach you now
F# D#m
No one can reach you now
F#
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