Biography:
The Axis of Awesome are an Australian comedy trio whose act is mainly performing comedic songs.
Jordan Raskopoulos, a comedian, Benny Davis, a classically trained musician and Lee Naimo came together to form the group in 2006. Since that time they’ve been wowing audiences across the world with with their mixture of quirky original songs, catchy pop-parodies and hilarious banter.
The video of their “4 Chords Song” has had over 28 million hits on YouTube, and is their most widely recognized song.
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This month of May we celebrated four years on the air. We continue working on the dissemination of this wonderful instrument, thank you for participating in our story!
Artist/Group:Axis of Awesome
Title:4 Chords
Official Website: http://www.axisofawesome.net/
Ok this is basically a send up of every 4 chord pop song ever written from Sydney
based comedy band "The Axis of Awesome" as the name suggests the song only
consists of 4 simple chords E,B,C#,A
E B
My life is brilliant, my love is pure.
C# A
I saw an angel, of this I'm sure.
E B
Forever young, I wanna
C# A
be forever young.
E B
I won't hesitate no more,
C# A
no more, it cannot wait, I'm yours.
E
This is the way you left me,
B
I'm not pretending,
C#
No hope, no love, no glory,
A
No Happy ending.
E B
Cause you are amazing,
C# A E
We did amazing, things.
B
If I could, then I would,
C# A
I'll go wherever you will, (go)
E B C# A
Can you feel, the love tonight?
E B
And she will, be loved,
C# A
Yeah she will, be loved.
E B
Pictures of you, pictures of me,
C# A
up upon your wall for the world to see.
E B C# A
'cause I cant live, with or without you.
E B C# A
And if I fall, at your feet.
E B C#
You'll let your tears, am I not pretty enough,
A
is my heart too broken.
[Double time]
E B
When I find myself in times of trouble,
C# A E
Mother mary, comes to me.
B C# A E
Sometimes I feel like I dont have a partner.
B C# A E
That's the way it's gonna be, little darlin',
B C# A
We'll be ridin' on the horses, yeah yeah.
E B C#
No woman, no cry,
A E
It surely is a dream,
B C# A
I come from the land down under.
E B C# A
Once a jolly swagman, camped by a billabong.
E B C# A
Take on me,(When I come around)
E B C# A
Take Me On,(When I come around)
E B C# A
I'll be gone
E B C#
In a day or, two.
A E B
Save tonight, (Gonna take a lot to drag me away from you.)
C# A
Fight the break of dawn.
E B
Come tommorow, (There's nothing that a hundred men or more could ever do.)
C# A
tommorow I'll be gone.
[Structure change]
C# A E B
I know she's playin with me,
C# A E B
But thats okay 'cause I've got no self-esteem.
C# A E B
With a thousand eyes and a good disguise,
C# A E B
hit 'em right between the eyes, hit 'em right between the eyes.
C# A E B
'Cause I'm not here for your entertainment,
C# A E B
you don't really wanna mess with me tonight.
C# A E B
Cant read my, cant read my, no he can't read my,
C# A E B
poker face, come on Barbie lets go party.
C# A E B
Lost and insecure, you found me, you found me.
C# A
She wants to touch me (woo-hoo),
E
She wants to love me (woo-hoo),
B
She'll never leave me (woo-hoo-oh-oh-oh).
C# A E B
Control yourself, take only what you need from it.
C# A E
Take your canvas bags, take your canvas bags,
B
Take your canvas bags, to the supermarket.
C# A
Take your canvas bags.
[Back to original chord structure]
E
Nothings right I'm torn,
B
I'm all out of faith,
C#
this is how I feel,
A
I'm cold and I am shamed,
E
lying naked on the floor.
B
Illusion never changed,
C#
into something real,
A E
I'm wide awake and I can see I'm more than a bird,
B
I'm more than a plane,
C# A
I'm a bird-plane,
E B
I'm a bird-plane,
C# A
A mother fucking bird-plane.
E
Doesn't that sound familiar,
B
doesn't that sound too close to home
C#
doesn't that make you shiver,
A
the way things could have gone.
E
And doesn't that seem peculiar,
B
'cause everyone wants a little more,
C#
there's something I do remember,
A
to never go this far,
E
thats all it takes to be a star.
Title:4 Chords
Official Website: http://www.axisofawesome.net/
Ok this is basically a send up of every 4 chord pop song ever written from Sydney
based comedy band "The Axis of Awesome" as the name suggests the song only
consists of 4 simple chords E,B,C#,A
E B
My life is brilliant, my love is pure.
C# A
I saw an angel, of this I'm sure.
E B
Forever young, I wanna
C# A
be forever young.
E B
I won't hesitate no more,
C# A
no more, it cannot wait, I'm yours.
E
This is the way you left me,
B
I'm not pretending,
C#
No hope, no love, no glory,
A
No Happy ending.
E B
Cause you are amazing,
C# A E
We did amazing, things.
B
If I could, then I would,
C# A
I'll go wherever you will, (go)
E B C# A
Can you feel, the love tonight?
E B
And she will, be loved,
C# A
Yeah she will, be loved.
E B
Pictures of you, pictures of me,
C# A
up upon your wall for the world to see.
E B C# A
'cause I cant live, with or without you.
E B C# A
And if I fall, at your feet.
E B C#
You'll let your tears, am I not pretty enough,
A
is my heart too broken.
[Double time]
E B
When I find myself in times of trouble,
C# A E
Mother mary, comes to me.
B C# A E
Sometimes I feel like I dont have a partner.
B C# A E
That's the way it's gonna be, little darlin',
B C# A
We'll be ridin' on the horses, yeah yeah.
E B C#
No woman, no cry,
A E
It surely is a dream,
B C# A
I come from the land down under.
E B C# A
Once a jolly swagman, camped by a billabong.
E B C# A
Take on me,(When I come around)
E B C# A
Take Me On,(When I come around)
E B C# A
I'll be gone
E B C#
In a day or, two.
A E B
Save tonight, (Gonna take a lot to drag me away from you.)
C# A
Fight the break of dawn.
E B
Come tommorow, (There's nothing that a hundred men or more could ever do.)
C# A
tommorow I'll be gone.
[Structure change]
C# A E B
I know she's playin with me,
C# A E B
But thats okay 'cause I've got no self-esteem.
C# A E B
With a thousand eyes and a good disguise,
C# A E B
hit 'em right between the eyes, hit 'em right between the eyes.
C# A E B
'Cause I'm not here for your entertainment,
C# A E B
you don't really wanna mess with me tonight.
C# A E B
Cant read my, cant read my, no he can't read my,
C# A E B
poker face, come on Barbie lets go party.
C# A E B
Lost and insecure, you found me, you found me.
C# A
She wants to touch me (woo-hoo),
E
She wants to love me (woo-hoo),
B
She'll never leave me (woo-hoo-oh-oh-oh).
C# A E B
Control yourself, take only what you need from it.
C# A E
Take your canvas bags, take your canvas bags,
B
Take your canvas bags, to the supermarket.
C# A
Take your canvas bags.
[Back to original chord structure]
E
Nothings right I'm torn,
B
I'm all out of faith,
C#
this is how I feel,
A
I'm cold and I am shamed,
E
lying naked on the floor.
B
Illusion never changed,
C#
into something real,
A E
I'm wide awake and I can see I'm more than a bird,
B
I'm more than a plane,
C# A
I'm a bird-plane,
E B
I'm a bird-plane,
C# A
A mother fucking bird-plane.
E
Doesn't that sound familiar,
B
doesn't that sound too close to home
C#
doesn't that make you shiver,
A
the way things could have gone.
E
And doesn't that seem peculiar,
B
'cause everyone wants a little more,
C#
there's something I do remember,
A
to never go this far,
E
thats all it takes to be a star.
