Yellowcard was a multi-platinum selling pop punk band from Jacksonville, Florida, USA. Their final album Yellowcard, released on September 30, 2016.
Their music features a rare contribution to the genre, incorporating the use of a violin. Formed in 1997, the final line up consisted of Ryan Key (vocals, rhythm guitar), Ryan Mendez (lead guitar, vocals), Sean Mackin (violin, vocals), Nathan Young on drums, and Josh Portman on bass.
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Yellowcard Lights And Sounds 2006 Capitol Records Submitted by: [email protected]
Tuning: Standard EADGBe
Tracklist: 01. Three Flights Up 02. Lights And Sounds 03. Down On My Head 04. Sure Thing Falling 05. City Of Devils 06. Rough Landing, Holly 07. Two Weeks From Twenty 08. Waiting Game 09. Martin Sheen Or JFK 10. Space Travel 11. Grey 12. Words, Hands, Hearts 13. How I Go 14. Holly Wood Died
B G F#m Hello, you, how was the rest? G B You made it through, but nevertheless B G F#m I got you out on a wire. G B You be love and I’ll be a liar. B G F#m Tell it all and fill up the air, G F#m-B-A-G But make it loud cause nobody’s there F#m-B-A-G And nobody’s there F#m-B-A-G And nobody’s there
D F#m Stop, turn, take a look around B At all the lights and sounds. Bb Let them bring you in. D F#m Slow burn, let it all fade out, B Pull the curtain down. Bb I wonder where you’ve been?
B G F#m Make it new, but stay in the lines. G B Just let go, but keep it inside. B G F#m Smile big for everyone, G B Even when you know what they’ve done. B G F#m They gave you the end but not where to start; G B Not how to build, how to tear it apart. B G F#m So tell it all and fill up the air, G F#m-B-A-G But make it loud cause nobody’s there F#m-B-A-G And nobody’s there F#m-B-A-G And nobody’s there
[chorus]
I’ve got a way to work this out, I’ve got a way and you know how. [x7]
[chorus] D F#m You earned everything you found, B And painted faces frown. Bb I'll say I knew you when...
Chords used: F#m - 244222 D - xx0232 A - x02220 E - 022100 Bm - x24432 C#m - x46654 E/G# - 476xxx
Intro: F#m-E/G#-A--F#m-D-A--
Verse 1: A Bm D I work all night A Bm D For one more day that I can say F#m E/G# A I'm all alone F#m D A alone A Bm D I just need time A Bm D And I will say what I believe and I'll F#m E/G# A come home F#m D A home
Refrain: E F#m D And all I know
Chorus 1: F#m I never thought I A would wake up in bed D Watching the world A E/G# coming down on my head F#m I'd sleep like a dog A if you would never had said D This is the world A E coming down on your head
Interlude: A-Bm-D--
Verse 2: A Bm D As life flies by A Bm D I'm not sure how I'm gonna do this F#m E/G# A all again F#m D A again A Bm D So write my line A Bm D I write this down and I'm just trying F#m E/G# A to find the end F#m D A the end
(Repeat Refrain and Chorus 1)
Chorus 2: F#m You gave it to me A I remember it well D You got the world A E/G# coming down on your head F#m There's nothing to A fight for it's already dead D And this is the world A E coming down on my head
Interlude: F#m--E--Bm--- x8 D--
A-Bm-D-- x2
(Repeat Chorus 1)
Chorus 3: F#m I'm not gonna swallow A now that I'm fed D Cos I want the world A E/G# coming down on my head F#m I'm just gonna find A out you're already dead D And that was the world A E D(hold) coming down on your head
Verse 1: F C Here like spend pyors and hitlist radio F C He turns it off when he dissed one song that he knows Dm F C And you breathe the windows down F C He drive an hour for us to make your way back home F C He ride in silence beause he will not let go Dm F C And you breathe the windows Dm F C it's a new place that you have found
Chorus 1: C F I will not blame like in booth C All about heroes and curves F One of most seize you from this The other one seize you and then Am Dm Bb C Sure things fall and Am Dm Bb C all sure things fall
Verse 2: F C Do you remember how we used to get so high F C It didn't work cause first we tried it two more times Dm F C And we could breathe the windows down F C I was thinking of the temperature outside F C Cold like the water that was running from our eyes Dm F C And we could breathe the windows down Dm F C it's a new place that we have found
(Repeat Chorus 1)
Bridge: Am F C G He can take you all the way to church this time Am F C G Don't forget you're sold in up in filthy lies
then e|--13~--13~--12~-| B|----------------| G|----------------| D|----------------| A|----------------| E|----------------|
Chorus 2: C F I will not blame like in booth C All about heroes and curves F One of most seize you from this C The other one steals you F I follow the places I look C And all of the pictures I took F One of most here with me now Finally finding out Am Dm Bb C Sure things fall and Am Dm Bb C(hold) all sure things fall
Chords used: C - x32010 F#/C - x34030 Em - 022000 G - 320033 D - xx0232 C - x32010 Am - x02210 G/B - x2x033 Bm - x24432 Eb - x68886 Bb - x13331 F - 133211
Intro:
Part 1: Silence C-F#/C-Em-- x2
Part 2: Em--C x4
Verse 1: Em Man once sang to me C Look at you saving Em the world on your own C And I wonder how Em things gonna be C Cause the time here Em it passes so slow C Em In a city of devils we live C Em A city of devils we live C Em Find somebody to learn C Boy you gotta love Em someone more than yourself C I can feel the fire Em of the city lights burn C Em It's hard to find angels in hell
Chorus 1: G D Flying alone I C Am Feel like I don't G D belong and I C Am Can't tell right G D from the wrong why Bm C Am G/B C Have I been here so long
Post Chorus: C Em In a city of devils we live C Em A city of devils we live
Verse 2: C Em Questions I can't seem to find C Em To the answers I already have C Em And you can't see the sky here tonight C Em So I guess I can't make my way back
(Repeat Chorus 1)
Interlude: C--Eb--G--Eb--G
Bridge: Eb G What if I wanted Bb you here right now F Would you fall in Eb the fire burn me down G If I wanted you Bb here right now F Would you fall in Eb the fire burn me down G If I wanted you Bb F G(hold) here right now C Em In a city of devils we live C Em In a city of devils we live C Em A city of devils we live C Em(hold) In a city of
Chorus 2: G D Flying alone I C Am Feel like I don't G D belong and I C Am Can't tell right G D from the wrong why Bm C G D C Have I been here so long
Outro: G D C I don't belong G D Bm C Don't belong I've been here Am G/B C too long Am G/B C Too long
E x4 - C#m x1 - G#m x½ - E x½ - C#m x1 - x½ - E x½
Verse #1: E Left the ground in black and white C#m And when the plane went down The colors all around E I know by now, the margin's slight C#m And still I can't get out She's all I think about A Can’t let her go B It's who you know
Chorus: E C#m We came down to watch the world walk by E C#m And all she found was trouble in my eyes A F#m From the sky she pulled me down tonight E (Right here (Where it says 'go') play the intro only one time) Let her go, let her go
Verse #2: E She moves fast, takes control C#m And like a heart attack I know I can't turn back E And time just passed, nights moved slow C#m And she was all I had I thought I’d never last A Can’t let her go B It's who you know
(Repeat Chorus)
Bridge (Optional, I guess):
E x4 - F#m x4
Play all of that twice.
(Repeat Chorus except last line)
Final Chorus/Outro: E C#m She calls out the farther that I fly E C#m I love that sound so give me one more line A F#m From the sky she pulled me down tonight E (Right here (Where it says 'go') play the intro twice) Let her go, let her go
Let her go, let her go
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7.) 2 Weeks From 20
Key: C then A the F
Chords used: F - 133211 Em - 022000 C7 - x32310 Fm - 133111 F#M9 - 2x4x54 A - x02220 A6 - x02020 G - 320003 D - xx0232 D7 - xx0212 C - x32010 Bb - x13331 Bbm - x13321 C/E - 032xxx Dm - xx0231 Gm - 355333
Intro: F--Em--C7--F--Fm--F#M9--F---G---
Verse 1: A Jimmy wasn't A7 really popular D He had a couple of D7 friends back home F Sooner or later they're G all getting out C So he had to join up alone A He was dreaming A7 of the Ivy League Since he was D D7 only 3 feet tall F Get the hell out G of Jersey and then C He would never look back at all
Chorus: F And then you hear them Em say That miles away C7 We lost another one F that we sent with a gun Fm They're gonna miss him F#M7 he was two weeks from twenty F And there's still no shame G From the man to blame
Verse 2: A Jimmy never had A7 a reason to stay Cause all the D D7 factories shut down F All he had was G a line for his name C So he could sign away his right to be proud A He tried to kiss her A7 on the way out the door D But she just put her D7 little hand on his face F I don't understand why G you're leaving she said C But I hope you're C7 gonna ask me to wait
(Repeat Chorus)
Interlude: Am---F x2 Bb--Bbm--F-C/E-Dm--Gm--C7
Bridge: F(hold) Jimmy's mother went G(hold) to Capitol Hill Em(hold) So she could fill her Am G heart up with joy Dm(hold) Maybe shake a few G(hold) hands while she's there Em(hold) And tell him thank you Am G sir for taking my boy
(Repeat Chorus)
Outro: F still no shame G F and We're all to blame G We're all to blame F We're all to blame G We're all to blame F G F G F G G F(hold) We're all to blame
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8.) Waiting Game
Key: G
Chords used: G 320003 C x32010 Em 022000 D xx0232 D7 xx0212 Dsus4 xx0233 Am x02210
Verse 1: G C You and me A little different Though we tried to stay the same G C It never leaves And when it changes it is still a waiting game
Refrain 1: Em G I wait for a lonely breath C D I wait to surface from this death Em G Wait for the light to come Am D7 C And take away these images I get Dsus4 D In my head
Chorus 1: G C Am More than ever I need to feel you G C Am More than ever I see the real you
Verse 2:
G C You are me A worst disaster would be waking up alone G C Now we're free We're drifting out Like all the ones we didn't know
Refrain 2: Em G I wait for a silent tear C D I wait for things to disappear Em G Wait for the ground to stop Am D7 C moving underneath my only fear Dsus4 D If I lose you I don't know
Chorus 2: G C Am More than ever I need to feel you It's all around G C Am More than ever I see the real you And it's around
Interlude (Bass): G (x4)
Bridge: G Everything, everything We will had Am Out of sight out of mind Given that G/B C What I see when I dream Hurts like hell and back
D Here it is D/F# G One more grasp for these broken hands A Goes down for you D I'm falling in D/F# I sink then swallow G I never meant A G To see this through
[Chorus]
Bm I'm taking a road D G I'm taking a road back for good Em A9 To a place where I know that I'm safe Bm Then I can fall D G Then I can fall where I should Em A G In this puddle with all my mistakes
D All the days D/F# Since I've landed G I've lost the way A To find my place D Float away D/F# And leave me stranded G What's left to say A G I've hurt for you
[Chorus]
Bm D G A
Bm I could sleep D But when I wake here G You'll still be gone A9 And you're my air Bm I could breathe D If you would've stay here G Another song A9 So I could stay
Bm I could sleep D But when I wake here G You'll still be gone A9 And you're my air Bm I could breathe D If you would've stay here G Another song A9 So I could stay
Chords used: D - xx0232 A - x02220 F#/Bb - x143xx Bm - x24432 G - 320033 Em - 022000
Intro: Bm-G-D--Bm-D-A--
Verse 1: Bm G D I heard a voice last night Bm D A It said wake up and open your eyes Bm G D Wake up walk out tonight Bm D Cause she don't care A F#/Bb Bm D if you're dead or alive A G Bm D A G Dead or alive
Verse 2: Bm G D She moves like beams of light Bm D Straight through this A universe in my head Bm G D Where I get peace of mind Bm D A I'm free from the stupid F#/Bb Bm D things that I said A G Bm D A G She's all in my head
Chorus: D F#/Bb Bm Did I get lost while I was gone G I traveled space for much too long D F#/Bb Bm But there's a planet I have found G And you are far away
Verse 3: Bm G D Somewhere behind her eyes Bm D A Some supernatural energy Bm G D Takes me for quite the ride Bm D Across time where A F#/Bb Bm D A G I defy gravi--ty Bm D A G This energy
Chords used: Dm - xx0231 Bb - x13331 F - 133211 C - x32010 C/E - 032xxx Gm - 355333
Intro: Dm, Dm--Bb x2
Verse 1: Dm Bb Grey skies clouding up the things Dm We used to see with wide eyes Maybe everything was F meant to be this way C/E Will it ever change Gm Or are we stuck Bb here on our own? Dm Bb It's all gone grey Dm Bb It's all gone grey
Verse 2: Dm Bb I've found telling you the truth Dm The hardest thing to get out Bb I know it wasn't you That made me F feel this way C/E Will it ever change Gm Or are we stuck Bb here on our own?
Chorus 1: Gm And give it one more try C Dm I don't know if I will stay Bb But I feel so much better now Gm And baby begging me C Dm Will leave you so empty inside Bb So you shouldn't even try
Verse 3: Dm C I know every last regret Gm Inside of me is my own Bb The way I hold them close F Has made me be this way C/E I will never change Gm I know I'm stuck here Bb on my own My own
Chorus 2: Gm And give it one more try C Dm I don't know if I will stay Bb But I feel so much better now Gm Where did we go wrong? C Dm I know you still hold on to me Bb But it's time that you let go
Chous 3: Gm I gave you things I had C Dm That I could not give back again Bb But I'm better off alone
Outro: Dm Bb It's all gone grey Dm Bb It's all gone grey Dm C It's all gone grey Gm Bb Dm(hold) It's all gone grey
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12.) Words, Hands, Hearts
NOTE: the original tuning is Drop D, but if you're only playing the chords EADGBe its fine.
EADGBe tuning: C D2 D Em G Bm A# e|---3---3---2---3---3---2---3---| B|---3---3---3---3---3---3---3---| G|---0---2---2---0---0---4---3---| D|---2---0---0---2---0---4---0---| A|---3---0---0---2---2---2---1---| E|---X-----------0---3---2---X---|
Drop D tuning: C D2 D Em G Bm A# e|---3---3---2---3---3---2---3---| B|---3---3---3---3---3---3---3---| G|---0---2---2---0---0---4---3---| D|---2---0---0---2---0---4---0---| A|---3---0---0---2---2---2---1---| D|---X-----------0---X---X---X---|
C D2 D The whole world was sleeping and i was there C D2 D you could just sense this feeling in the air
Em G like no one's words were good enough Bm C to define what we fear Em G and no one's words were strong enough Bm C to fix what happened here oh oh
G D E G G lead on to save me lead us all there A# D Em G find me some answers one nation beware D Em G G can't tell the difference between myth and man A# D Em G D or what's necessary or where i should stand
C D2 D The whole world is different now men have died C D2 D you could just sense this feeling in our eyes
Em G like no one's hands are big enough Bm C to hold on to this fear Em G and no one's hands are strong enough Bm C to fix what happened here
G D E G G lead on to save me lead us all there A# D Em G find me some answers one nation beware D Em G G can't tell the difference between myth and man A# D Em G D or what's necessary or where i should stand
D Bm So do we dare now G raise our voices loud A# D we're searching for something that cannot be found Bm i hear open mouths G and i see open hands A# D - Bm - - A# - (repeat) but the blinded and silent i can't understand
C D2 D the whole world is watching with one blank stare C D2 D i could just sense this feeling of ill repair
Em G like no one's heart is full enough Bm C to keep away this fear Em G and no one's heart is strong enough Bm C to fix what happened here
G D E G G lead on to save me lead us all there A# D Em G find me some answers one nation beware D Em G G can't tell the difference between myth and man A# D Em G D or what's necessary or where i should stand
D Bm So do we dare now G raise our voices loud A# D we're searching for something that cannot be found Bm i hear open mouths G and i see open hands A# C - Bm - ring) but the blinded and silent i can't understand
Acoustic: E/F#-E2-EM7-A8 (x2) then e|---0----0----0----0-| B|---0----0----0----0-| G|-4----2----1----2---| D|----------------4---| A|--------------------| E|--------------------|
Piano: Very fast here e|----12----------------------------|--14-12----14-12----14-12----14-16-17-| B|-12-----12-10--9-12--10-9---------|--------12-------12-------12----------| G|--------------------------11-9--8-|--------------------------------------| D|----------------------------------|--------------------------------------| A|----------------------------------|--------------------------------------| E|----------------------------------|--------------------------------------| then e|-16-------16-------16-------16-17-19--17-16-17-16----12--14--16------12--| B|----17-------17-------17--------------------------12-------------12------| G|-------16-------16-------16----------------------------------------------| D|-------------------------------------------------------------------------| A|-------------------------------------------------------------------------| E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Verse 1: E5 F#m7 I could tell you the wildest of tales B/D# E5 My friend the giant and travelling sales E5 F#m7 Tell you all the times that I failed B/D# E5 The years all behind me The stories excelled E A/F# A9 And I'm drying out Crying out A(hold) This isn't how I go
then e|---0----0----0----0-| B|---0----0----0----0-| G|-4----2----1----2---| D|----------------4---| A|--------------------| E|--------------------|
Verse 2: E5 F#m7 I could tell you of a man not so tall B/D# E5 Who said life's a circus and so we are small E5 F#m7 Tell you of a girl that I saw B/D# E5 I froze in the moment and she changed it all C#9 E B9 And I'm drying out Crying out A9 C#9 This isn't how I go E B9 Hurry now Lay me down A9 B9 C#9 A9 E And let these waters flow...ohhh..oohh..ooooh B9 C#9 A/F# A9 Flow...ohhh..oohh..ooooh
Chorus 1: C#m B A E Son I am not everything you thought that I would be A/F# C#m A B But every story I have told is part of me
Interlude:
Acoustic: While Natalie sings "Whoooa" E/F#-EM7-E/C#-E/B (x2) E/C#---A8-E/B (x2)
then e|---0----0----0----0-| B|---0----0----0----0-| G|-4----2----1----2---| D|----------------4---| A|--------------------| E|--------------------|
Verse 3: E5 F#m7 And you keep the air in my lungs B/D# E5 Floating along as a melody comes E5 F#m7 And my heart beats like timpani drums B/D# E5 Keeping the time while a symphony strums C#9 E B9 And I'm drying out Crying out A9 C#9 This isn't how I go E B9 Hurry now Lay me down A9 B9 C#9 A9 E And let these waters flow...ohhh..oohh..ooooh B9 C#9 A/F# A9 Flow...ohhh..oohh..ooooh B9 C#9 A9 E Let it flow...ohhh..oohh..ooooh B9 C#9 A9 E Let it flow...ohhh..oohh..ooooh
Chorus 2: C#m B A E Son I am not everything you thought that I would be A/F# C#m A B But every story I have told is part of me C#m B A E Son I leave you now but you have so much more to do A/F# C#m A B And every story I have told is part of you
Chords used: E - 022100 B - x24442 C#m - x46654 A - x02220 F#m - 244222 G#m - 466444 C - x32010 Am - x02210 B/Eb - x698xx
Verse 1: C#m Accidents out on the A highway to somewhere F#m G#m They tell us about A when we were young C#m Rescuers working to E clean up the crashes F#m G#m Before she can see A what they've done
Verse 2: C#m Nobody told her she'd A lose in the first round F#m G#m The last fight was fixed A C#m from the start Name's on her side walks E They move through her F#m body Like razors they G#m A cut through her heart F#m G#m Like razors they cut A through her heart
Chorus 1: C#m Hey let go of A all you know B I'm flying away A now What have you got to lose C#m And say out loud A these words I B found I'll be back when you come A down I'll be waiting for you
Verse 3: C#m The night life the A high life She just
wants a good life F#m G#m So someone remembers A C#m her too But somewhere
she heard there was E some place to go when F#m G#m You die when you live A F#m like we do Die when G#m A you live like we do
(Repeat Chorus 1)
Guitar Solo: C#m B A E c#m B A C Am
Chorus 2: C#m Hey let go of A all you know B I'm flying away A now What have you got to lose C#m And say out loud A these words I B found I'll be back when you come A down I'll be waiting for you C#m Hey let go of A all you know B I'm flying away A now What have you got to lose C#m And say out loud A these words I B found I'll be back when you come A down I'll be waiting for you
Outro: E C#m A x2 E B F#m C#m B F#m A B F#m C#m B/Eb A C#m B F#m C#m B/Eb F#m A B C#m B E(hold)