Biography:
The Get Up Kids are a Kansas City-based American emo band. Formed in 1995, the band was a major player in the mid-90's emo scene, otherwise known as the "second wave" of emo music. As they gained prominence, they began touring with bands such as Green Day and Weezer before becoming headliners themselves, eventually embarking on international tours of Japan and Europe. They founded Heroes & Villains Records, an imprint of the successful indie rock label Vagrant Records.
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- Hannah Hold On
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- Holiday
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- Ill Catch You
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- Impossible Outcomes
- Is There A Way Out
- Kicker
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- Long Goodnight
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- Martyr Me
- Mass Pike
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- Never Be Alone
- One Year Later
- Out Of Reach
- Overdue
- Red Letter Day
- Regret
- Second Place
- Send Us A Saint
- Sick In Her Skin
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- Sympathy
- The Company Dime
- The Dark Night Of The Soul
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The Get Up Kids
10 Minutes
Something To Write Home About
Submitted by: [email protected]
1999 Vagrant Records
Key: B, E
Tuning: Standard EADGBe
chords used:
B - x24442
E - 022100
G#m - 466444
F# - 244322
C#m - x46664
A - x02220
Intro:
Drumbeats:
B-E-B-E-G#m-E-G#m-F#-B-E-B-E-G#m-E(hold)
Verse 1:
B
Ten minutes to downtown
E
is ten minutes too far
G#m F#
When my friends all say I'm crazy
B
maybe I'm being selfish
E
Maybe I'm just scared
G#m F#
Don't be gone when I get
G#m E G#m
home I need you there
Refrain 1:
F# E C#m-B-C#m-
If I had to explain it
B E C#m B C#m
I wouldn't know where to start
B E
It's like you're falling in
C#m B-E-B-E-G#m-E-G#m-F#-B-E-B-E-G#m-E-B-
love while i just fall apart
Verse 2:
F# B
Ten minutes to downtown
E
is ten minutes too far
G#m F#
when my heart is saying you're crazy
B
Maybe things are getting better
E
Maybe things aren't so bad
G#m F#
Don't be gone when I get
G#m E G#m
home you're all I have
Refrain 2:
F# E C#m-B-C#m-
If I had to explain it
B E C#m B C#m
I wouldn't know where to start
B E
It's like you're falling in
C#m A--
love while i just fall apart
Chorus 1:
E B E B
Pockets empty How can you tell
C#m B
me that everything will work out
E B
a pointless fight
E B
when you're always right and
A B
Everything will work out
A C#m
your words out
Guitar Solo: E-B-E-B-C#m--B-- x2 A--C#m--B(hold)---
Interlude: E-C#m-B-E-C#m-B-
Bridge:
E C#m B E
Sometimes I miss you more
C#m B B
whenever I'm at home
E C#m B E
I've been home all summer
C#m B B
Now I'm leaving you alone
Breakdown: C#m-B-C#m-B-A----
Chorus 2:
E B E B
Pockets empty How can you tell
C#m B
me that everything will work out
E B
a pointless fight
E B
when you're always right and
A B E B E B
Everything will work out
C#m B E B E B
Everything will work out
C#m B A B-E--E(hold)
Everything will work out
10 Minutes
Something To Write Home About
Submitted by: [email protected]
1999 Vagrant Records
Key: B, E
Tuning: Standard EADGBe
chords used:
B - x24442
E - 022100
G#m - 466444
F# - 244322
C#m - x46664
A - x02220
Intro:
Drumbeats:
B-E-B-E-G#m-E-G#m-F#-B-E-B-E-G#m-E(hold)
Verse 1:
B
Ten minutes to downtown
E
is ten minutes too far
G#m F#
When my friends all say I'm crazy
B
maybe I'm being selfish
E
Maybe I'm just scared
G#m F#
Don't be gone when I get
G#m E G#m
home I need you there
Refrain 1:
F# E C#m-B-C#m-
If I had to explain it
B E C#m B C#m
I wouldn't know where to start
B E
It's like you're falling in
C#m B-E-B-E-G#m-E-G#m-F#-B-E-B-E-G#m-E-B-
love while i just fall apart
Verse 2:
F# B
Ten minutes to downtown
E
is ten minutes too far
G#m F#
when my heart is saying you're crazy
B
Maybe things are getting better
E
Maybe things aren't so bad
G#m F#
Don't be gone when I get
G#m E G#m
home you're all I have
Refrain 2:
F# E C#m-B-C#m-
If I had to explain it
B E C#m B C#m
I wouldn't know where to start
B E
It's like you're falling in
C#m A--
love while i just fall apart
Chorus 1:
E B E B
Pockets empty How can you tell
C#m B
me that everything will work out
E B
a pointless fight
E B
when you're always right and
A B
Everything will work out
A C#m
your words out
Guitar Solo: E-B-E-B-C#m--B-- x2 A--C#m--B(hold)---
Interlude: E-C#m-B-E-C#m-B-
Bridge:
E C#m B E
Sometimes I miss you more
C#m B B
whenever I'm at home
E C#m B E
I've been home all summer
C#m B B
Now I'm leaving you alone
Breakdown: C#m-B-C#m-B-A----
Chorus 2:
E B E B
Pockets empty How can you tell
C#m B
me that everything will work out
E B
a pointless fight
E B
when you're always right and
A B E B E B
Everything will work out
C#m B E B E B
Everything will work out
C#m B A B-E--E(hold)
Everything will work out
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