Biography:
The Academy Is... was a rock band which formed in 2003 in Chicago, Illinois, United States. The band's longest lasting lineup consisted of William Beckett (vocals, guitar), Mike Carden (guitar, vocals), Michael Chislett (guitar, keyboards), Adam Siska (bass) and Andy Mrotek (drums). The band released three albums - "Almost Here" (2005), "Santi" (2007) and "Fast Times at Barrington High" (2008) - before disbanding in 2011, several months after Chislett and Mrotek left the band.
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Other songs:
- About A Girl
- After The Last Midtown Show
- Almost Here
- Attention
- Automatic Eyes
- Beware Cougar
- Black Mamba Three In The Morning Party Mix
- Checkmarks
- Chicago
- Classifieds
- Coppertone
- Everything We Had
- Fever Acoustic
- His Girl Friday
- Im Yours Tonight
- Lax To Ohare
- Neighbors
- New York Saint In The City
- One More Weekend
- Paper Chase
- Phrase That Pays
- Pour Yourself A Drink
- Rumored Nights
- Seed
- Skeptics And True Believers
- Sleeping With Giants
- Slow Down
- Sputter
- Summer Hair Forever Young
- The Test
- Winter Passing
Four years of hard work!This month of May we celebrated four years on the air. We continue working on the dissemination of this wonderful instrument, thank you for participating in our story!
The Academy Is... - Black Mamba
note: you can leave the top two strings open while playing the chords
[Verse 1]
C#m C#sus2 C#m C#sus2 E Esus2 E Esus2
We've got one chance to break out and we need it now
E/B E E/B E Asus2
Cause I'm sick and tired of waiting sick of this fucking apartment
C#m C#sus2 C#m C#sus2 E Esus2 E Esus2
Love me or leave me or rip me apart, this is the voice that I was given and if you don't like it
E/B E E/B E Asus2
Take a long walk, off of the shortest pier you can find and I'll be singing it out I'll be singing
[Chorus]
A G#m
Oh, Mr. Magazine I never wrote one single thing for you
A E/G#
Or your so-called music scene, you don't mean a thing to me
C#m A B
Pick it up, pick it up, and won't you want it
C#m A B
Pick it up, pick it up, and you need it to
C#m A B
Pick it up, pick it up, and won't you want it
C#m B A
Pick it up, pick it up
[Verse 2]
N.C. E Esus2 E Esus2
When they review the debut, what if the critics hate you?
E/B E E/B E Asus2
Don't worry cause they might just catch somebody off their feet
C#m C#sus2 C#m C#sus2 E Esus2 E Esus2
Well they can love it or leave it or rip it apart, we're living while we're singing so I guess that's a step
E/B E E/B E Asus2
In the right direction, glare of composition in the honesty, honesty
[Chorus]
A G#m
Oh, Mr. Magazine I never wrote one single thing for you
A E/G#
Or your so-called music scene, you don't mean a thing to me
C#m A B
Pick it up, pick it up, and won't you want it
C#m A B
Pick it up, pick it up, and you need it to
C#m A B
Pick it up, pick it up, and won't you want it
C#m B
Pick it up, pick it up
[Bridge]
C#m A B
So save your breath and the money you spent
C#m A B
Go work in retail and spare the suspense
C#m A B C#m A B A
Just don't take chances on anything at all, anything at all
E/G# A B
So afraid of anything that may not come that easy
E/G# A B
Too afraid of anything that you may not have seen before
E/G# A B
So afraid of anything that may not come that easy
E/G# A B
Too afraid of anything that may not
[Chorus]
N.C.
Pick it up, pick it up, and won't you want it
Pick it up, pick it up, and you need it to
Pick it up, pick it up, and won't you want it
N.C. B
Pick it up, pick it up
C#m A B
Pick it up, pick it up, and won't you want it
C#m A B
Pick it up, pick it up, and you need it to
C#m A B
Pick it up, pick it up, and won't you want it
C#m B
Pick it up, pick it up
[Outro]
C#m A B
So save your breath and the money you spent
C#m A B
Go work in retail and spare the suspense
C#m A B C#m A B A
Just don't take chances on anything at all, anything at all
C#m A B
Anything at all
C#m A B
Go work in retail and spare the suspense
C#m A B C#m A B A
Just don't take chances on anything at all, anything at all
A G#m F#m
E
note: you can leave the top two strings open while playing the chords
[Verse 1]
C#m C#sus2 C#m C#sus2 E Esus2 E Esus2
We've got one chance to break out and we need it now
E/B E E/B E Asus2
Cause I'm sick and tired of waiting sick of this fucking apartment
C#m C#sus2 C#m C#sus2 E Esus2 E Esus2
Love me or leave me or rip me apart, this is the voice that I was given and if you don't like it
E/B E E/B E Asus2
Take a long walk, off of the shortest pier you can find and I'll be singing it out I'll be singing
[Chorus]
A G#m
Oh, Mr. Magazine I never wrote one single thing for you
A E/G#
Or your so-called music scene, you don't mean a thing to me
C#m A B
Pick it up, pick it up, and won't you want it
C#m A B
Pick it up, pick it up, and you need it to
C#m A B
Pick it up, pick it up, and won't you want it
C#m B A
Pick it up, pick it up
[Verse 2]
N.C. E Esus2 E Esus2
When they review the debut, what if the critics hate you?
E/B E E/B E Asus2
Don't worry cause they might just catch somebody off their feet
C#m C#sus2 C#m C#sus2 E Esus2 E Esus2
Well they can love it or leave it or rip it apart, we're living while we're singing so I guess that's a step
E/B E E/B E Asus2
In the right direction, glare of composition in the honesty, honesty
[Chorus]
A G#m
Oh, Mr. Magazine I never wrote one single thing for you
A E/G#
Or your so-called music scene, you don't mean a thing to me
C#m A B
Pick it up, pick it up, and won't you want it
C#m A B
Pick it up, pick it up, and you need it to
C#m A B
Pick it up, pick it up, and won't you want it
C#m B
Pick it up, pick it up
[Bridge]
C#m A B
So save your breath and the money you spent
C#m A B
Go work in retail and spare the suspense
C#m A B C#m A B A
Just don't take chances on anything at all, anything at all
E/G# A B
So afraid of anything that may not come that easy
E/G# A B
Too afraid of anything that you may not have seen before
E/G# A B
So afraid of anything that may not come that easy
E/G# A B
Too afraid of anything that may not
[Chorus]
N.C.
Pick it up, pick it up, and won't you want it
Pick it up, pick it up, and you need it to
Pick it up, pick it up, and won't you want it
N.C. B
Pick it up, pick it up
C#m A B
Pick it up, pick it up, and won't you want it
C#m A B
Pick it up, pick it up, and you need it to
C#m A B
Pick it up, pick it up, and won't you want it
C#m B
Pick it up, pick it up
[Outro]
C#m A B
So save your breath and the money you spent
C#m A B
Go work in retail and spare the suspense
C#m A B C#m A B A
Just don't take chances on anything at all, anything at all
C#m A B
Anything at all
C#m A B
Go work in retail and spare the suspense
C#m A B C#m A B A
Just don't take chances on anything at all, anything at all
A G#m F#m
E
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