Biography:
The Academy Is... was a rock band which formed in 2003 in Chicago, Illinois, United States. The band's longest lasting lineup consisted of William Beckett (vocals, guitar), Mike Carden (guitar, vocals), Michael Chislett (guitar, keyboards), Adam Siska (bass) and Andy Mrotek (drums). The band released three albums - "Almost Here" (2005), "Santi" (2007) and "Fast Times at Barrington High" (2008) - before disbanding in 2011, several months after Chislett and Mrotek left the band.
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Other songs:
- About A Girl
- After The Last Midtown Show
- Almost Here
- Attention
- Automatic Eyes
- Beware Cougar
- Black Mamba Three In The Morning Party Mix
- Checkmarks
- Chicago
- Classifieds
- Coppertone
- Everything We Had
- Fever Acoustic
- His Girl Friday
- Im Yours Tonight
- Lax To Ohare
- Neighbors
- New York Saint In The City
- One More Weekend
- Paper Chase
- Phrase That Pays
- Pour Yourself A Drink
- Rumored Nights
- Seed
- Skeptics And True Believers
- Sleeping With Giants
- Slow Down
- Sputter
- Summer Hair Forever Young
- The Test
- Winter Passing
Four years of hard work!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!
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POUR YOURSELF A DRINK - The Academy Is...
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Tabbed by: Nic Foley
Tuning: Standard (EADGBe)
great band and a great demo from the acoustic EP 'From The Carpet'. Enjoy.
Am
Pour yourself a drink girl, then make one for me.
Am
We haven't even met yet, and I'm already sure that we won't.
G E
and I'm right back where I started.
Am
The air in here is shaking every single nerve.
Am
I'm trying hard to let go, but my heart, it won't let me love you.
G E
and I'm right back where I started. Right back, right back
Am
Moving on up.
C
We're walking on the edge.
G
Everyone here has demons in their past now
Am
move it on up.
C
You're walking on the edge.
G E
Everyone here has demons in their past now.
F Am
The only thing worse for you than you is me.
F Am
The only thing worse for you than you is me.
C
The life that I've chosen to live
G
will take your heart and swallow it
Am
The only thing worse for you than you is to
F G Am
make you wait for me.
F G Am
And that's why we will never meet.
POUR YOURSELF A DRINK - The Academy Is...
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Tabbed by: Nic Foley
Tuning: Standard (EADGBe)
great band and a great demo from the acoustic EP 'From The Carpet'. Enjoy.
Am
Pour yourself a drink girl, then make one for me.
Am
We haven't even met yet, and I'm already sure that we won't.
G E
and I'm right back where I started.
Am
The air in here is shaking every single nerve.
Am
I'm trying hard to let go, but my heart, it won't let me love you.
G E
and I'm right back where I started. Right back, right back
Am
Moving on up.
C
We're walking on the edge.
G
Everyone here has demons in their past now
Am
move it on up.
C
You're walking on the edge.
G E
Everyone here has demons in their past now.
F Am
The only thing worse for you than you is me.
F Am
The only thing worse for you than you is me.
C
The life that I've chosen to live
G
will take your heart and swallow it
Am
The only thing worse for you than you is to
F G Am
make you wait for me.
F G Am
And that's why we will never meet.
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