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!
This is my first tab, I tabbed it from the video of Michael Guy Chislett and William
doing an acoustic version. This video can be found on fbrplus.com. I do not own this
in any way, and these chords are simply my enterpretation of the song. Also, I know I
some of the chord names wrong, sorry about that.
Hope it helps.
G Cadd9 Em7 D/F#
eb|-3----3----3----3------|
bb|-3----3----3----3------|
gb|-0----0----0----2------|
db|-0----2----2----0------|
ab|-2----3----2----0------|
eb|-3----x----0----2------|
First Filler:
|-3-3-2-2-----|
|-3-3-3-3-----|
|-0-0-0-0-----|
|-2-2-0-0-----|
|-3-3-3-3-----|
|-x-x-x-x-----|
Intro:
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
Eb:|3-3-3-2-2-2-2-2-|3-3-3-2-2-2-2-2-|3-3-3-2-2-2-2-2-|2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|
Bb:|3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|
Gb:|0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
Db:|0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|2-2-2-0-0-0-0-0-|2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
Ab:|2-2-2-0-0-0-0-0-|3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|2-2-2-0-0-0-0-0-|3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|
Eb:|3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-|0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-|
Verse 1:
Palm mute, slightly accentuate 2&4
G Cadd9
Look like a lush, Talk like a tease,
Em7 D/F# Cadd9
The way you like it.
G Cadd9
In front of your house, alone on the street,
Em7 D/F# Cadd9
you ask me to come in-side.
No Palm Mute
Cadd9 (one strum) (See First Filler)
Asleep through all our classes,
Cadd9 (one strum)
you hang me out to dry.
Chorus Chords: (no palm-mute)
G Cadd9
If this is a test, I’m losing my shit
Em7 D/F# Cadd9
Would it kill you to care as much as I did,
G Cadd9
If this is a test, I’m wasting my breath
Em7 D/F# Cadd9
You’re a stranger I know well, and not at all.
(While playing intro you can sing the do do do do do part that william sings)
Verse 1 Chords
Heart on a hook,
thrown out to the sea,
your basement busy.
Sitting in the dark,
I turn the radio off for a
phone call you’ll likely miss.
Wake me when it’s over.
The last sound of goodbye.
Chorus:
If this is a test, I’m losing my shit
Would it kill you to care as much as I did?
If this is a test, I’m wasting my breath
You’re a stranger I know well, and not at all.
Intro again
First filler twice (in between each filler, chislett taps his guitar three times on the
then plays again.)
Bridge:
Palm mute similar to verse.
Em7 D/F# Cadd9 Em7 D/F# Cadd9
"Let’s imagine the end before we even begin," you said.
"Let's imagine the end before we even begin," you said. (you said, you said)
Chorus:
If this is a test, I’m losing my shit
Would it kill you to care, as much as I did
If this is a test, I’m wasting my breath
You’re a stranger I know well, and not at all.
If this is a test, I'm losing my shit
Would it kill you to care, as much as i did
If this is a test, I'm wasting my breath
You'res a stranger I know well, and not at all.
OUTRO
G* Cadd9* Em7 D/F# Cadd9 G*
|You’re a stranger I know well, and not at all.
Cadd9* {Em7 D/F# Cadd9(Strum once)}
|And not at all. You’re a stranger I know well...
**Play G and Cadd9 like how you played it in the intro
The End.
doing an acoustic version. This video can be found on fbrplus.com. I do not own this
in any way, and these chords are simply my enterpretation of the song. Also, I know I
some of the chord names wrong, sorry about that.
Hope it helps.
G Cadd9 Em7 D/F#
eb|-3----3----3----3------|
bb|-3----3----3----3------|
gb|-0----0----0----2------|
db|-0----2----2----0------|
ab|-2----3----2----0------|
eb|-3----x----0----2------|
First Filler:
|-3-3-2-2-----|
|-3-3-3-3-----|
|-0-0-0-0-----|
|-2-2-0-0-----|
|-3-3-3-3-----|
|-x-x-x-x-----|
Intro:
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
Eb:|3-3-3-2-2-2-2-2-|3-3-3-2-2-2-2-2-|3-3-3-2-2-2-2-2-|2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|
Bb:|3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|
Gb:|0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
Db:|0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|2-2-2-0-0-0-0-0-|2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
Ab:|2-2-2-0-0-0-0-0-|3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|2-2-2-0-0-0-0-0-|3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|
Eb:|3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-|0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-|
Verse 1:
Palm mute, slightly accentuate 2&4
G Cadd9
Look like a lush, Talk like a tease,
Em7 D/F# Cadd9
The way you like it.
G Cadd9
In front of your house, alone on the street,
Em7 D/F# Cadd9
you ask me to come in-side.
No Palm Mute
Cadd9 (one strum) (See First Filler)
Asleep through all our classes,
Cadd9 (one strum)
you hang me out to dry.
Chorus Chords: (no palm-mute)
G Cadd9
If this is a test, I’m losing my shit
Em7 D/F# Cadd9
Would it kill you to care as much as I did,
G Cadd9
If this is a test, I’m wasting my breath
Em7 D/F# Cadd9
You’re a stranger I know well, and not at all.
(While playing intro you can sing the do do do do do part that william sings)
Verse 1 Chords
Heart on a hook,
thrown out to the sea,
your basement busy.
Sitting in the dark,
I turn the radio off for a
phone call you’ll likely miss.
Wake me when it’s over.
The last sound of goodbye.
Chorus:
If this is a test, I’m losing my shit
Would it kill you to care as much as I did?
If this is a test, I’m wasting my breath
You’re a stranger I know well, and not at all.
Intro again
First filler twice (in between each filler, chislett taps his guitar three times on the
then plays again.)
Bridge:
Palm mute similar to verse.
Em7 D/F# Cadd9 Em7 D/F# Cadd9
"Let’s imagine the end before we even begin," you said.
"Let's imagine the end before we even begin," you said. (you said, you said)
Chorus:
If this is a test, I’m losing my shit
Would it kill you to care, as much as I did
If this is a test, I’m wasting my breath
You’re a stranger I know well, and not at all.
If this is a test, I'm losing my shit
Would it kill you to care, as much as i did
If this is a test, I'm wasting my breath
You'res a stranger I know well, and not at all.
OUTRO
G* Cadd9* Em7 D/F# Cadd9 G*
|You’re a stranger I know well, and not at all.
Cadd9* {Em7 D/F# Cadd9(Strum once)}
|And not at all. You’re a stranger I know well...
**Play G and Cadd9 like how you played it in the intro
The End.
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