Saves the Day is an American rock band from Princeton, New Jersey, formed in 1997. The band currently consists of vocalist and guitarist Chris Conley, guitarist Arun Bali, bassist Rodrigo Palma, and drummer Dennis Wilson.
After forming under the name Sefler in 1994, Saves the Day signed with the independent hardcore punk label Equal Vision and released their debut studio album in 1998. It was followed by Through Being Cool (1999), which featured their first single, "Shoulder to the Wheel.
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Saves The Day Banned From The Back Porch Through Being Cool 1999 Vagrant Records Submitted by: [email protected]
Key: A
Tuning: Standard EADGBe
Chords used: F#m - 244222 D - xx0232 A - x02220 E - 022100 E/G# - 476xxx Bm - x24432 C#m - x46654
Intro: F#m--D-- x4
Verse 1: F#mA I stepped out into the DF#m night and put my feet down AE/G#D on the wet patio floor F#mA The sky's air had been DF#m cooling and steam AE/G#D rose from eve---rywhere F#mDF#mD whoa whoa
Verse 2: F#mAD I could feel drops of rain F#m slipping off tree's leaves AE/G#D and splattering to the F#mA ground It's always misty DF#mAE/G# after a summer pour D remember turning-
Refrain 1: F#m -around and looking E out And staring ADF#m in and focusing on E/G#A-- this one beautiful girl
Chorus 1: D And I said "Oh who is ABmC#mD this? Where was AF#mE she all those crazy years? D And Oh who is ABmC#mD this? Where was A she when my heart F#mE couldn't take its beat?"
Verse 3: F#mADF#mA I sipped down DF#mA some warm ginger ale DF#m And drew back a breath AE/G# And headed over to D(hold) see about this girl
Refrain 2: F#mE/G# Oh I couldn't say a A thing and Oh I just D stared open and wide F#mE/G# And I connected with A her eyes to feel my gut fall A(Hold) drumbeats through the floor and
Chorus 2: D And I said "Oh who is ABmC#mD this? Where was AF#mE she all those crazy years? D And Oh who is ABmC#mD this? Where was A she when my heart F#mE couldn't take its beat?" D Oh who is ABmC#mD this? Where was AF#mE she all those crazy years? D And Oh who is ABmC#mD this? Where was A(hold) she when my heart F#m(hold) E(hold) A-A-D(Hold) couldn't take its beat?"