Biography:
The Format was an indie pop band formed in Peoria, Arizona, United States in 2001 by Sam Means and Nate Ruess.
Throughout the band's existence, the duo toured and recorded with a revolving door of musicians, and as of 2007, the band consisted of guitarists Mike Schey and Mark Buzard, bassist Don Raymond, drummer Adam Boyd, and its principal members, singer Nate Ruess and multi-instrumentalist Sam Means. The band chose their name to make fun of the music industry's inclination towards a cookie-cutter "format" for a hit.
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This song is played tuned a half step down,
(D#, G#, C#, F#, A#, D#) but for the sake
of simplicity I am going to be refering
to everything as if it were in Standard Tuning.
(E, A, D, G, B, E)
You can play this song in standard tuning and it will sound fine, it
just won't sound exactly like the reording.
G D C Em Bm Bm7(I think)
3 2 0 0 2 0
0 3 1 0 3 3
0 2 0 0 4 4
0 0 2 2 4 4
2 X 3 2 2 2
3 X X 0 X X
[Intro]
G D C D x4
[Verse]
G Em Bm7
They found my body near the river
G Em Bm7
Now all the people in our town, they think it was your father
[Pre Chorus]
C G C G
I didn't get your consent, but that's how I make my rent
D C G
The void; it's hard to make a friend
D
When it's too hard to put down the lense
Em C D
And so, I float ...
[Verse]
G Em Bm7
Drifted 'bout 50 miles past Jamestown
G Em Bm7
I was recovered in the more where I floated onto shore
[Pre Chorus]
C G
While the James was good for me
C G D
And the barbed wire, that's another story
C G
It's hard to rest in peace
D
When you can't get no sympathy
Em
And so...
[Bridge]
C G
I can't seem to keep my mind off that night
C G
The way that you left with all your friends
D
Beneath the bar lights
C G
I couldn't help but hate you
D
So I followed you, I followed you home
[Chorus]
G Bm C
And oh, take off your clothes, stand by the window
Bm D
So I can see the scar that sits below your naval
G Bm C
And oh, with the Rosary, I wish that was me
Bm D
How I wish I could rest upon your chest forever
G D C D G x8
I float, I float, I float
[Verse]
G Em Bm7
I wish that I believed in heaven
G Em Bm7
I can't thank Sunday School for that
G Em Bm7
Send me a seven digit pin code
G Em Bm7
Let me repent, let me believe
[Bridge]
C G
We learn what we can comprehend
C G D
The folding of our hands, the bending of our knees
C G D
And the Hail Mary's along the bedside
C G
My innocence must have caught his eye
C G D
Enough to ruin the last 16 years of my life
C G
It's so hard to repent
D
When you've been giving no such reason to believe
[Chorus]
G Bm C
I took off my clothes, stood by the window
Bm D
Well don't you see the same scar sits below my naval?
G Bm
And oh, but it's there for life
C
Better yet, the lack thereof
Bm D
How I wish I could come back as a piece of jewelry
G D C D G
And oh, I float
G D C D G x3
I float, I float
(D#, G#, C#, F#, A#, D#) but for the sake
of simplicity I am going to be refering
to everything as if it were in Standard Tuning.
(E, A, D, G, B, E)
You can play this song in standard tuning and it will sound fine, it
just won't sound exactly like the reording.
G D C Em Bm Bm7(I think)
3 2 0 0 2 0
0 3 1 0 3 3
0 2 0 0 4 4
0 0 2 2 4 4
2 X 3 2 2 2
3 X X 0 X X
[Intro]
G D C D x4
[Verse]
G Em Bm7
They found my body near the river
G Em Bm7
Now all the people in our town, they think it was your father
[Pre Chorus]
C G C G
I didn't get your consent, but that's how I make my rent
D C G
The void; it's hard to make a friend
D
When it's too hard to put down the lense
Em C D
And so, I float ...
[Verse]
G Em Bm7
Drifted 'bout 50 miles past Jamestown
G Em Bm7
I was recovered in the more where I floated onto shore
[Pre Chorus]
C G
While the James was good for me
C G D
And the barbed wire, that's another story
C G
It's hard to rest in peace
D
When you can't get no sympathy
Em
And so...
[Bridge]
C G
I can't seem to keep my mind off that night
C G
The way that you left with all your friends
D
Beneath the bar lights
C G
I couldn't help but hate you
D
So I followed you, I followed you home
[Chorus]
G Bm C
And oh, take off your clothes, stand by the window
Bm D
So I can see the scar that sits below your naval
G Bm C
And oh, with the Rosary, I wish that was me
Bm D
How I wish I could rest upon your chest forever
G D C D G x8
I float, I float, I float
[Verse]
G Em Bm7
I wish that I believed in heaven
G Em Bm7
I can't thank Sunday School for that
G Em Bm7
Send me a seven digit pin code
G Em Bm7
Let me repent, let me believe
[Bridge]
C G
We learn what we can comprehend
C G D
The folding of our hands, the bending of our knees
C G D
And the Hail Mary's along the bedside
C G
My innocence must have caught his eye
C G D
Enough to ruin the last 16 years of my life
C G
It's so hard to repent
D
When you've been giving no such reason to believe
[Chorus]
G Bm C
I took off my clothes, stood by the window
Bm D
Well don't you see the same scar sits below my naval?
G Bm
And oh, but it's there for life
C
Better yet, the lack thereof
Bm D
How I wish I could come back as a piece of jewelry
G D C D G
And oh, I float
G D C D G x3
I float, I float
The Fratellis
The Fray
The Frights
The Front Bottom (...)
The Fugees