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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- Action And Action
- Anne Arbour
- Better Half
- Better This Way
- Campfire Kansas
- Central Standard Time
- Close To Home
- Coming Clean
- Conversation
- Dont Hate Me
- Fall Semester
- Forgive And Forget
- Hannah Hold On
- High As The Moon
- Holiday
- Holy Roman
- How Long Is Too Long
- Ill Catch You
- Im A Loner Dottie A Rebel
- Im Sorry
- Impossible Outcomes
- Is There A Way Out
- Kicker
- Last Place You Look
- Like A Man Possessed
- Long Goodnight
- Lowercase West Thomas
- Man Of Conviction
- Martyr Me
- Mass Pike
- Maybe
- My Apology
- My Own Reflection
- Never Be Alone
- One Year Later
- Out Of Reach
- Overdue
- Red Letter Day
- Regret
- Second Place
- Send Us A Saint
- Sick In Her Skin
- Something To Write Home About
- Stay Gold Ponyboy
- Stay Gone
- Sympathy
- The Company Dime
- The Dark Night Of The Soul
- The One You Want
- The Worst Idea
- Up On The Roof
- Valentine
- Walking On A Wire
- Wish You Were Here
- Woodson
- Wouldnt Believe It
- Your Petty Pretty Things
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The Get Up Kids
Action And Action
Something To Write Home about
1999 Vagrant Records
Submitted by: [email protected]
Key: E
Tuning: Standard EADGBe
Chords used:
C#m - x46654
B - x24442
A - x02220
E - 022100
G#m - 466444
C - x32010
F#m - 244222
G#/C - x365xx
Intro: C#m-B-A-E-G#m---A (x3)
Organ: Will enter simultaneously with drums at 2nd time
e|-4----4----2-0--2-0--4----4----5----5---
B|---5----5--------------5----5----5----5-
G|----------------------------------------
D|---------------------------------------- x2
A|----------------------------------------
E|----------------------------------------
Verse 1:
E
You really think that you’re bigger than this
G#m
To the tune of ten thousand lisps
A
Who would have thought we’d represent
C
When I can’t take a compliment?
E
Overexposure is the key
G#m
And any focus on me
A
Is appreciated
C
As it should be
Refrain 1:
C#m G#m
No wonder now
A E G#m
I finally found
A
The right formula look for
Chorus 1:
E G#m
You taught me how
A B
I play the fool
E G#m
Every mistake that I make
A F#m
I couldn’t have made without you
E G#m
What’s said is done
A B
And plain to see
A B C
You take it all too seriously
(Repeat Intro but only twice)
Verse 2:
E
What better way to make an honest mistake
G#m
Than a televised hand of fate
A
When the world’s closing in on you
C
A decision would be overdue
E
Now nothing left is out of hand
G#m
A stronger jaded man stands
A
If the world is ending
C
Then we toast to it
Refrain 2:
C#m G#m
I’m stronger now
A E
But not without
G#m A
The right formula look for
Chorus 2:
E G#m
You taught me how
A B
I play the fool
E G#m
Every mistake that I make
A F#m
I couldn’t have made without you
E G#m
What’s said is done
A B
And plain to see
A B
Here’s all you get from me
G#/C
Here’s all you get from me
Organ: C#m(hold)-A(hold)-E(hold)-G#m(hold)
Bridge:
C#m A
I’m down for whatever
E G#m
What’s there left to wait for?
C#m A
I’m down for whatever
E G#m
What’s there left to wait for?
A-B A-B G#/C
wait for I wait
(Repeat Chorus 2)
End on C#m
Action And Action
Something To Write Home about
1999 Vagrant Records
Submitted by: [email protected]
Key: E
Tuning: Standard EADGBe
Chords used:
C#m - x46654
B - x24442
A - x02220
E - 022100
G#m - 466444
C - x32010
F#m - 244222
G#/C - x365xx
Intro: C#m-B-A-E-G#m---A (x3)
Organ: Will enter simultaneously with drums at 2nd time
e|-4----4----2-0--2-0--4----4----5----5---
B|---5----5--------------5----5----5----5-
G|----------------------------------------
D|---------------------------------------- x2
A|----------------------------------------
E|----------------------------------------
Verse 1:
E
You really think that you’re bigger than this
G#m
To the tune of ten thousand lisps
A
Who would have thought we’d represent
C
When I can’t take a compliment?
E
Overexposure is the key
G#m
And any focus on me
A
Is appreciated
C
As it should be
Refrain 1:
C#m G#m
No wonder now
A E G#m
I finally found
A
The right formula look for
Chorus 1:
E G#m
You taught me how
A B
I play the fool
E G#m
Every mistake that I make
A F#m
I couldn’t have made without you
E G#m
What’s said is done
A B
And plain to see
A B C
You take it all too seriously
(Repeat Intro but only twice)
Verse 2:
E
What better way to make an honest mistake
G#m
Than a televised hand of fate
A
When the world’s closing in on you
C
A decision would be overdue
E
Now nothing left is out of hand
G#m
A stronger jaded man stands
A
If the world is ending
C
Then we toast to it
Refrain 2:
C#m G#m
I’m stronger now
A E
But not without
G#m A
The right formula look for
Chorus 2:
E G#m
You taught me how
A B
I play the fool
E G#m
Every mistake that I make
A F#m
I couldn’t have made without you
E G#m
What’s said is done
A B
And plain to see
A B
Here’s all you get from me
G#/C
Here’s all you get from me
Organ: C#m(hold)-A(hold)-E(hold)-G#m(hold)
Bridge:
C#m A
I’m down for whatever
E G#m
What’s there left to wait for?
C#m A
I’m down for whatever
E G#m
What’s there left to wait for?
A-B A-B G#/C
wait for I wait
(Repeat Chorus 2)
End on C#m
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