Allister is a pop punk band from Chicago, Illinois. The four-piece formed in 1996 and were one of the first bands to sign to Drive-Thru Records. Besides releasing three studio albums — 1999's Dead Ends and Girlfriends, 2002's Last Stop Suburbia, and 2005's Before the Blackout — Allister made a cameo appearance in the 2004 film Sleepover. On March 6, 2007, the band announced their intention to go on hiatus. In 2010 they reunited with announce of the new album ''Countdown to Nowhere" to be released October 3rd, 2010.
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Allister A Lotta Nerve Before the Blackout 2005 Submitted by: [email protected]
Key: C#
Tuning: Standard EADGBe
Chords used: C# x46664 C#M7 x46564 Fm 133111 F# 244322 G# 466544 Bbm x13321 A x02220 Ebm x68876 G#/C x365xx
Intro: C#G#F#FmF#FmF# x2
Verse 1: C# Close the door turn off the light C#M7 You'll never see the bloodshot eyes F# Cause you never A come around C# The pictures that had lined the halls C#M7 I smashed and through against the wall F# Yeah you torn them all down A Because you never come around
Refrain 1: EbmG# So maybe one day I can get the Ebm thought of you G# Bbm G#/C < these last 2 chords are only played by bass Out of my head
Chorus 1: C#F# You've got a lotta nerve to G#F# grab my heart and rip it out C#F# You've got a lotta nerve to G#F# show me what you're all about C#F# You've got a lotta nerve to G#F# hold me then forget me F#G# Like a bad dream
Post Chorus: C#G#F#FmF#FmF# x2
Verse 2: C# Traded me in hopes to find C#M7 Some happiness in one more lie F#A Yeah you had it figured out C# Was there a hint of honesty C#M7 In anything you said to me F# Yeah I wrote it all down A So I could scream it out loud
Refrain 2: EbmG# And maybe one day Ebm I could hold it up above G# Bbm G#/C Bbm G#/C < these last 2 chords are only played by bass Your pretty blonde head
(Repeat Chorus 1)
Bridge: Bbm(hold) Ebm Made me promise that you'll try Bbm(hold) You told me Ebm everything is F# gonna be fine Again the second time A I hope its not another lie G# You figured it out Tore it all down Lock it all up So I could scream it out
Interlude: C#G#F#FmF#FmF# x2
Chorus 2: C#F# You've got a lotta nerve to G#F# grab my heart and rip it out C#F# You've got a lotta nerve to G#F# show me what you're all about C#F# You've got a lotta nerve to G#F# hold me then forget me F#G#C#G#F# Like a bad dream FmF#FmF#C#G#F# Like a bad dream FmF#FmF#C#G#F# Like a bad dream FmF#FmF#C#G#F#FmF#FmF#F#(Hold) Like a bad dream