Make Do And Mend is an American post-hardcore band from West Hartford, Connecticut, formed in 2006. They first released a 6-track EP (We're All Just Living) in 2007, and then a follow-up EP (Bodies Of Water). They gave it for free online, and then Panic Records called to help out with an official release, which came true in March 2009. At the end of the year, the band entered the studio to record two songs for a split album with Touché Amoré, released September 2010 on Panic Records.
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Note: These chords are for the acoustic studio version of Unknowingly Strong by Make Do and Mend. When they play this song acoustic live however, they only play the intro twice among some other changes they have from the studio recording.
Intro BmGBmGA x4
Verse 1 BmAF#mG x2
Chorus 1 ABmDA/C#ABmG x2
Verse 2 BmAF#mG x3
Chorus 2 ABmDA/C#ABmG x2 AGAGA
Bridge BmGBmGA x3 BmGBmG
Outro BmAF#mG
End
Lyrics:
Believe me when I say that there will always be cold days, but the grass is only greener here if you plant it that way. So you can lock yourself away, give up, forget, go back to sleep, or you can realize that there is so much more to life than yesterday.
I don't need a life preserver to keep my head above the waves, no matter where the current takes me. 'Cause I want to find out what it means to walk an even plane where I don't need a pacifier to keep my wits about me
I'm writing the letters on the wall to remind myself to get back up every time I fall. And maybe just wading will save me, and maybe the ebbing tide will suck me underneath. I've had so much trouble keeping all these worries from my head. I'll keep swimming 'til I'm dead.
I don't need a life preserver to keep my head above the waves, no matter where the current takes me. 'Cause I want to find out what it means to walk an even plane where I don't need a pacifier to keep my wits about me
This is the day we all begin to let our fear go and learn to swim. This is the day we all begin to let our fear go and learn to swim.
Believe me when I say that there will always be cold days, but the grass is only greener here if you plant it that way.