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The Get Up Kids are a Kansas City-based American emo band. Formed in 1995, the band was a major player in the mid-90's emo scene, otherwise known as the "second wave" of emo music. As they gained prominence, they began touring with bands such as Green Day and Weezer before becoming headliners themselves, eventually embarking on international tours of Japan and Europe. They founded Heroes & Villains Records, an imprint of the successful indie rock label Vagrant Records.
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- Fall Semester
- Forgive And Forget
- Hannah Hold On
- High As The Moon
- Holiday
- Holy Roman
- How Long Is Too Long
- Ill Catch You
- Im A Loner Dottie A Rebel
- Im Sorry
- Impossible Outcomes
- Is There A Way Out
- Kicker
- Last Place You Look
- Like A Man Possessed
- Long Goodnight
- Lowercase West Thomas
- Man Of Conviction
- Martyr Me
- Mass Pike
- Maybe
- My Apology
- My Own Reflection
- Never Be Alone
- One Year Later
- Out Of Reach
- Overdue
- Red Letter Day
- Regret
- Second Place
- Send Us A Saint
- Sick In Her Skin
- Something To Write Home About
- Stay Gold Ponyboy
- Stay Gone
- Sympathy
- The Company Dime
- The Dark Night Of The Soul
- The One You Want
- The Worst Idea
- Up On The Roof
- Valentine
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- Wish You Were Here
- Woodson
- Wouldnt Believe It
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The Get Up Kids
Something To Write Home About
1999 Vagrant Records
Submitted by: [email protected]
Tuning: Standard EADGBe
Tracklist:
1.) Holiday
2.) Action And Action
3.) Valentine
4.) Red Letter Day
5.) Out Of Reach
6.) 10 Minutes
7.) The Company Dime
8.) My Apology
9.) I'm A Loner Dottie, A Rebel
10.) Long Goodnight
11.) Close To Home
12.) I'll Catch You
_______________________________________________
1.) Holiday
Key: E
Tuning: Standard EADGBe
Chords used:
E - 022100
B - x24442
C#m - x46654
A - x02220
F#m - 244222
G#m - 466444
E/G# - 476xxx
C - x32010
Intro: E C#m G#m A
Verse 1:
E
What became of everyone
C#m
I used to know?
G#m
Where did our respectable
A
convictions go?
E
Your words don't match the
C#m
story that your actions show
G#m A
What do I know?
Refrain 1:
F#m
I'm sure you can't
A
help but remembering
C#m
I thought that you'd be one
A
Not to forget
C#m
Remembering's not
A
helping you yet
Chorus 1:
E
Say goodnight
C#m
Means goodbye
A
I know you think my life
B C#m E
will stop with you away
A
Maybe I can
B
see you on
E C#m
Holidays worlds away
A B
I've never forgotten
C#m E
all our yesterdays
A
I'm lucky if
B
we're speaking on
E C#m G#m A
Holidays
Verse 2:
E
The evidence presents itself
C#m
Accusingly
G#m
You're absence speaking everything
A
You think of me
E C#m
Now that I am faced with opportunity
G#m A C
You're not remembering
Refrain 2:
F#m A
I'm not asking you to anyway
C#m A
And even if you ever could cave in
C#m A
i wouldnt know where to begin
Chorus 2:
E
Say goodnight
C#m
Means goodbye
A
I know you think my life
B C#m E
will stop with you away
A
Maybe I can
B
see you on
E C#m
Holidays worlds away
A B
I've never forgotten
C#m E
all our yesterdays
A
I'm lucky if
B
we're speaking on
C#m G#m A B
Holidays Holidays
Interlude: F#m E/G# A x3
Chorus 3:
E
Say goodnight
C#m
Means goodbye
A
I know you think my life
B C#m E
will stop with you away
A
I'm lucky if
B
we're speaking on
C#m G#m A F#m E(hold)
Holidays Holidays
____________________________________________
2.) Action And Action
Key: E
Tuning: Standard EADGBe
Chords used:
C#m - x46654
B - x24442
A - x02220
E - 022100
G#m - 466444
C - x32010
F#m - 244222
Ab/C - x365xx
Intro: C#m B A E G#m A (x3)
Organ: Will enter simultaneously with drums at 2nd time
e|-4----4----2-0--2-0--4----4----5----5---|
B|---5----5--------------5----5----5----5-|
G|----------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------| x2
A|----------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------|
Verse 1:
E
You really think that you’re bigger than this
Abm
To the tune of ten thousand lisps
A
Who would have thought we’d represent
C
When I can’t take a compliment?
E
Overexposure is the key
Abm
And any focus on me
A
Is appreciated
C
As it should be
Refrain 1:
C#m Abm
No wonder now
A E Abm
I finally found
A
The right formula look for
Chorus 1:
E Abm
You taught me how
A B
I play the fool
E Abm
Every mistake that I make
A F#m
I couldn’t have made without you
E Abm
What’s said is done
A B
And plain to see
A B C
You take it all too seriously
(Repeat Intro but only twice)
Verse 2:
E
What better way to make an honest mistake
Abm
Than a televised hand of fate
A
When the world’s closing in on you
C
A decision would be overdue
E
Now nothing left is out of hand
Abm
A stronger jaded man stands
A
If the world is ending
C
Then we toast to it
Refrain 2:
C#m Abm
I’m stronger now
A E
But not without
Abm A
The right formula look for
Chorus 2:
E Abm
You taught me how
A B
I play the fool
E Abm
Every mistake that I make
A F#m
I couldn’t have made without you
E Abm
What’s said is done
A B
And plain to see
A B
Here’s all you get from me
Ab/C
Here’s all you get from me
Organ: C#m(hold)-A(hold)-E(hold)-G#m(hold)
Bridge:
C#m A
I’m down for whatever
E Abm
What’s there left to wait for?
C#m A
I’m down for whatever
E Abm
What’s there left to wait for?
A-B A-B Ab/C
wait for I wait
(Repeat Chorus 2)
End on C#m
_______________________________________________
3.) Valentine
Key: E
Tuning: Standard ADGBe
Chords used:
E - 022100
B - x24442
C#m - x46654
A - x02220
E/G# - 476xxx
Intro: E B C#m A (x2)
E B C#m A
It's words you forget To anniversary songs
E B C#m A
The bottles bite back Your tolerance wrong
E B C#m A
Your good intentions count for little anymore
E B C#m-A
If you're sorry, Why wage war?
Refrain 1:
E/G# A E
Im not fully convinced,There's something wrong with this
C#m A
Could another point of view, Biased and untrue,
B A B
Tear me, away from you?
Chorus 1:
E B A C#m B A E/G# A B
Will you be my Va-lentine, If I'm a world away?
E B A C#m B A E/G# A B A B
Apologies are breaking me Constants aren't so constant anymore
Interlude: E(hold)-B(hold)-C#m(hold)-A(hold)
Verse 2:
E B C#m A
Two days to wait for calls to come through
E B C#m A
Tonight for me translates to yesterday to you
Refrain 2:
E/G# A E
You Bend and you wave You're barely away
C#m A
Wish i could say tonight, When you bend and wave goodbye
B A B
"Take me with you."
(Repeat Refrain)
Chorus 2:
E B A C#m B A E/G# A B
Will you be my Va-lentine, If I'm a world away?
E B A C#m B A E/G# A B C#m E
Apologies are breaking me Constants aren't so constant anymore
Constants aren't so constant anymore (will you be my valentine)
Constants aren't so constant anymore (will you be my valentine)
Constants aren't so constant anymore (will you be my valentine)
until fade out
A B A B E(hold)
Constants aren't so constant anymore
____________________________________________________
4.) Red Letter Day
Key: E
Tuning; Standard EADGBe
Chords used:
E - 022100
Es4 - 022200
C#m - x46654
D - xx0232
B - x24442
A - x02220
G#m - 466444
F#m - 244222
Am - x02210
Intro: E--Es4--E (x4)
Verse 1:
E A D
You’ve got some nerve I never knew
A C#m
What with the world we gave away in front of you
E D A
I see it all Much clearer now
Am
You’re just a phase I’ve gotten over anyhow
Refrain 1:
C#m B E G#m C#m--B
It’s over, I’m not giving in again
Chorus:
A B
We’re loyal like brothers
C#m E
Just us versus all the others
A B C#m--B
You the one for You the one for me?
A B
I trusted misleading
C#m E
Promises worth repeating
A B A F#m
How could you do this to me?
Verse 2:
E A D
Red letter day that I learned
A C#m
I’m sure you’ll get what you deserve
E D
I see it all Much clearer since…
A Am
Far past the point of this.
Refrain 2:
C#m B
It’s over
(Repeat Chorus except last line)
A B
How could you do this
A B A B
How could you do this to me?
Bridge:
E
… And if it’s a lie
Abm
I don’t want to be the one who signed
C#m
I’m not the one who falls down
B A
It’s over now
E
If you want to try…
F#m-Abm-A
Try to forget it
C#m B
I’ll say it’s over
C#m F#m---B
I’m gone
(Repeat Chorus last line)
Outro:
A B
How could you do this
A B E(hold)
How could you do this to me?
__________________________________________
5.) Out Of Reach
Key: B
Tuning: Standard EADGBe
Chords used:
B - x24442
F# - 244322
Ebm - x68876
G#m - 466444
E - 022100
C#m - x46654
F#-F pluck
e|-----|
B|-----|
G|-----|
D|-----|
A|-----|
E|-2-1-|
Intro: B F# Ebm G#m E F# G#m B(F# F pluck) E F# Ebm G#m E F#
Verse 1:
B F# Ebm
Long way from home
Abm E F# Abm B(F#-F pluck)
lost by an echo I'd never have known
E F# Ebm Abm E
I've got pictures to prove I was there
F#
but you don't care
B F# Ebm Abm E F# Abm B(F#-F pluck)
Here's me overseas, across the pond by the Dover peaks
E F# Ebm Abm E
I've smuggled myself into new nationalities
F#
you think you'd be proud of me
Chorus:
B E
There's room to believe
Abm F# B
out of sight, out of mind, out of reach
C#m Abm Ebm E F#
Start over is no way to begin
(Repeat Intro, Verse 1 and Chorus Twice)
E F#
way to begin
B(hold)
way to begin
_________________________________________________
6.) 10 Minutes
Key: B, E
Tuning: Standard EADGBe
chords used:
B - x24442
E - 022100
G#m - 466444
F# - 244322
C#m - x46664
A - x02220
Intro:
Drumbeats:
B-E-B-E-G#m-E-G#m-F#-B-E-B-E-G#m-E(hold)
Verse 1:
B
Ten minutes to downtown
E
is ten minutes too far
G#m F#
When my friends all say I'm crazy
B
maybe I'm being selfish
E
Maybe I'm just scared
G#m F#
Don't be gone when I get
G#m E G#m
home I need you there
Refrain 1:
F# E C#m-B-C#m-
If I had to explain it
B E C#m B C#m
I wouldn't know where to start
B E
It's like you're falling in
C#m B-E-B-E-G#m-E-G#m-F#-B-E-B-E-G#m-E-B-
love while i just fall apart
Verse 2:
F# B
Ten minutes to downtown
E
is ten minutes too far
G#m F#
when my heart is saying you're crazy
B
Maybe things are getting better
E
Maybe things aren't so bad
G#m F#
Don't be gone when I get
G#m E G#m
home you're all I have
Refrain 2:
F# E C#m-B-C#m-
If I had to explain it
B E C#m B C#m
I wouldn't know where to start
B E
It's like you're falling in
C#m A--
love while i just fall apart
Chorus 1:
E B E B
Pockets empty How can you tell
C#m B
me that everything will work out
E B
a pointless fight
E B
when you're always right and
A B
Everything will work out
A C#m
your words out
Guitar Solo: E B E B C#m B x2 A C#m B(hold)
Interlude: E-C#m-B-E-C#m-B-
Bridge:
E C#m B E
Sometimes I miss you more
C#m B B
whenever I'm at home
E C#m B E
I've been home all summer
C#m B B
Now I'm leaving you alone
Breakdown: C#m B C#m B A
Chorus 2:
E B E B
Pockets empty How can you tell
C#m B
me that everything will work out
E B
a pointless fight
E B
when you're always right and
A B E B E B
Everything will work out
C#m B E B E B
Everything will work out
C#m B A B-E--E(hold)
Everything will work out
_________________________________________
7.) The Company Dime
Key: G
Tuning: Standard EADGBe
Chords used:
G - 320033
D - xx0232
C - x32010 or C9 - x320033
Am - x02210
G/B - x2x003
Bm - x24432
D/F# - 2x023x
Intro: D
Verse 1:
C D
I watched it all come crashing down
Bm C
On the verge of a world profound
D
Standing on unstable ground
D/F# C
Adding insult to irony
D
I think it’s really gonna happen this time
Bm C
Our calls on the company dime
D
Reluctance ties up the line
D/F#
With irresponsibility
Interlude: G-D-C
Guitar 2:
e|-----------3-2---3-2---3-2-3-2---3-2---3-2-5--3--2----|
B|-----0-1-3-----3-----3---------3-----3--------------3-|
G|-0-2--------------------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------------|
Verse 2:
C D
No matter save for a friend
Bm C
No argument can amend
D
Irreplaceable but in the end
D/F# C
One star player doesn’t save the team
D
Now you’re open to attack
Bm C
Our burden rests on your back
D
Replace, re-track
D/F#
Responsibility
Interlude 2: G-D-C--Am
Guitar 2:
e|-----------3-2---3-2---3-2-3-2---3-2---3-2-5--3--2-----3--2-|
B|-----0-1-3-----3-----3---------3-----3--------------3-------|
G|-0-2--------------------------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------------------|
Chorus:
C(hold)
I’m still waiting for
G/B(hold) G
(I’m still waiting for)
Am G/B
You to get over this
C(hold)
I’m still waiting for
G/B(hold) G
(I’m still waiting for)
Am G/B
You to get over this
C(hold)
I’m still waiting for
G/B(hold) G
(I’m still waiting for)
Am G/B C
You to get over this
Verse 3:
C D
Anonymous until the ending
Bm C
Spent a long long time pretending
D
And a longer day spent accepting
D/F# C
What the world ahead would store
D
You only learn but not believing
Bm C
That the industry is unforgiving
D
Everything that you’ve been giving
D/F#
Isn’t what it was before
(Repeat Interlude 2 and Chorus)
Interlude 3: G-Am-C-D (x2)
Guitar 2:
e|-----------------------|
B|-1-0-1-0-1-0-----------|
G|-----------------------|
D|-----------------------| x8
A|-----------------------|
E|-----------------------|
Bridge:
G Am
Replace, re-track
C D
Replace, re-track
G Am C-D(hold)
Replace, re-track
(Repeat Chorus and Interlude 3 until fade out)
__________________________________________________
8.) My Apology
Key: G
Tuning: Standard EADGBe
Chords used:
G - 320033
D - xx0232
Em - 022000
C - x32010
Bm - x24432
Am - x02210
E/G# - 4xx45x or 476xxx
Verse 1:
Em C
You’ll be accepting my apology
G C
For taking things too seriously
G E/G#
Sometimes I’m old enough to keep routines
Am C
Sometimes I’m child enough to scream
Em C
For everything I broke in two
G C
You’re barely missing me I’m missing you
G E/G#
And everything you do I really do
Am C
I really do Sure I do
Refrain 1:
Bm C
My once photographic memory
G Em
For recollections’s sake is failing me
C
I can’t remember for the life of me
Chorus:
G Bm
Sometimes I can think to recite
Em C
Words that I read and rewrite
Bm C
My pens paint people that I’ve proven wrong
(repeat)
Em C
We move on
Verse 2:
Em C
Get a job where I tell
G C
All of my accounts of someone else
G E/G#
I’m quick enough to judge that they were wrong
Am C
And that we knew it all along
Em C
Sing a long long-winded song
G Em(hold) D(hold) C
I would be content to hum along Humm
Bridge:
G C
If I state that my fingers know where to show
Em
What everyone should have known
G
I’ll let it go
C
Hopefully you’ll forget
Em
Any words that I put in print
C(hold)
My luck, you’ll change
C
Have strength enough to walk away
(Repeat Chorus 4 times)
Outro:
G(hold)
Wrong
__________________________________________
9.) I'm A Loner Dottie, A Rebel
Key: C
Tuning: Standard EADGBe
Chords used:
F - 133211
G - 320003
Am - x02210
Em - 022000
C - x32010
Intro: F G Am Em (x4) F G C Am F G C
Verse 1:
C F
Come tomorrow I’ll be on my way back home
G C F
In the morning call from a roadside telephone
C F
One night doesn’t mean the rest of my life
Chorus:
G F G Am Em F
If I go it’s not impossible
G Am C F G
Possible is probably wrong
Am Em
So, let go
F G C
cause I’m afraid to try
F C--F--G
Keep my hands by my side
Verse 2:
F G
You won’t come back
C Am
I hope some day you’ll understand
F G
I wanna try, make it right
C
Don’t know if I can
Bridge:
F G Am Em
Last night everything was right
F G
The rain was gone
Am Em F G
One summer night’s the only time we’ve known
Am Em
So, shut your eyes
F G C(hold)
When you wake up I’ll be gone
F C--
When you wake up I’ll be gone
C F G
One night doesn’t mean the rest of my life
(Repeat Chorus except last line)
_______________________________________________
10.) Long Goodnight
Key: E
Tuning: Standard EADGBe
Chords used:
E - 022100
B - x24442
C#m - x46654
A - x02220
B - x24442
F#m - 244222
G#m - 466444
E/G# - 4xx45x
Intro: C#m E/G# B E B (x3) C#m E/G# B E A
Verse 1:
C#m E/G# B E B
Every attempt to
C#m E/G# B E A
is filled with holes
C#m E/G# B E B C#m E/G# B E A
it reads like a polygraph i'm told
Refrain:
B A
i'm not better anyway
B(hold)
let it go
Verse 2:
C#m E/G# B E B
i never sleep still
C#m E/G# B E A
less i forget
C#m E/G# B E B C#m E/G# B E A
tied down by handicaps instead
Refrain 2:
B A
i'm not better anyway
B A
but i didn't want it to turn out this way
Chorus:
C#m B A E
sing a long goodnight, forget any fight
A E Abm
refuse to rest assured
C#m B A E
it comes with no reply hold on too tight
A E Abm(hold)
i hang on every word
Interlude: A F#m G#m A E A F#m G#m A E
Bridge:
E A F#m
if it all ended tonight, you know that i wouldn't mind
Abm A
it'd be back to the good old times before it won
(repeat)
(Repeat Chorus twice)
Outro: A--E
_______________________________________________
11.) Close To Home
Key: D
Tuning: Standard EADGBe
Chords used:
D - xx0232
D/F# - 2x023x
Bm - x24432
G - 320033
A - x02220
Em - 022000
A/C# - x476xx or x4222x
F#m - 244222
Verse 1:
D G
Summer swallowed us whole
Bm
Waited for you to come around
D/F# G
Every word you wrote
D G
Down, we read it over to know
Bm
Would they believe in us now?
D/F# G
There’s no shame like no
D G
Sound from sources hits close to home
Bm
Everything that we’ve found
D/F# G
Says make your own destiny But
Chorus:
Bm A G A D
You’re unaware that you
G
Should be scared
Bm
Maybe you’ll learn from
A G
mistakes that we make
D/F# G A Bm
We’re not waiting forever
D/F# G A Bm
We know you’ll never be there
D/F# G A Bm
We’re not waiting forever
D Bm G-----
If you get out See you there
Interlude: D G Bm D/F# G
Guitar 2:
e|--------0----------0---2----------0------2-0-----------0---|
B|----3-----3----3-----3----------3---3--------3-2-3-2-3---3-|
G|------2----------2----------2----------2-------------------|
D|-0-----------0------------0---0----------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------|
Verse 2:
D G
Summer swallowed us whole
Bm
Waited for you to come around
D/F# G
There’s no shame like no
D G
Sound from sources hits close to home
Bm
Everything that we’ve found
D/F# G
Says make your own destiny But
(Repeat Chorus except last line)
D A
If you get out See you there
Bm G
You’re not awake As I’m aware
Woo
D A Bm G
Bridge:
Bm A G
Maybe we had all you
Em D A/C#
Figured absolutely wrong
Bm A G
There’s been a misunderstanding
Em D A/C#
We’ve had all along
Bm A G
Maybe we had all you
Em D A/C#
Figured absolutely wrong
(Maybe we had all you
Figured absolutely wrong)
Bm A G
You can read about
(You can read)
Em D F#m Bm A G Em D A/C# Bm A G Em D
About it when we’re gone
_____________________________________
12.) I'll Catch You
Key: A
Tuning: Standard EADGBe
Chords used:
A - x02220
D/F# 2x023x
E - 022100
D - xx0232
F#m - 244222
Bm - x24432
C#m - x46654
Intro: A--D/F#-- x6
Verse 1:
A
Can you sleep as the sound
D/F#
hits your ears one at a time?
an unspoken balance here
A D/F#
unabridged for so many years
A D/F#
that i should stare at receivers
A D/F# E
to receive her isn't fair
Chorus:
D
don't worry
A
i'll catch you
D
don't worry
A
i'll catch you
D C#m(hold) Bm(hold)
don't ever worry
Verse 2:
A
your arms in mine
D/F#
anytime
A
i wouldn't trade anything
D/F#
you're still my everything
A D/F#
to my surprise before
A D/F# E
my eyes you arrive
(Repeat Chorus)
Bridge:
F#m E D
i'm still breaking old habits habits
F#m E A
when you pulled the wool over me
A D/F# A
i can see everything everything
F#m E D
re-membering
F#m E A D/F# A D/F#
jinx removing
(Repeat Chorus)
Outro:
F#m E D
no need for reminding you're
F#m E A(hold)
still all that matters to me
Something To Write Home About
1999 Vagrant Records
Submitted by: [email protected]
Tuning: Standard EADGBe
Tracklist:
1.) Holiday
2.) Action And Action
3.) Valentine
4.) Red Letter Day
5.) Out Of Reach
6.) 10 Minutes
7.) The Company Dime
8.) My Apology
9.) I'm A Loner Dottie, A Rebel
10.) Long Goodnight
11.) Close To Home
12.) I'll Catch You
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1.) Holiday
Key: E
Tuning: Standard EADGBe
Chords used:
E - 022100
B - x24442
C#m - x46654
A - x02220
F#m - 244222
G#m - 466444
E/G# - 476xxx
C - x32010
Intro: E C#m G#m A
Verse 1:
E
What became of everyone
C#m
I used to know?
G#m
Where did our respectable
A
convictions go?
E
Your words don't match the
C#m
story that your actions show
G#m A
What do I know?
Refrain 1:
F#m
I'm sure you can't
A
help but remembering
C#m
I thought that you'd be one
A
Not to forget
C#m
Remembering's not
A
helping you yet
Chorus 1:
E
Say goodnight
C#m
Means goodbye
A
I know you think my life
B C#m E
will stop with you away
A
Maybe I can
B
see you on
E C#m
Holidays worlds away
A B
I've never forgotten
C#m E
all our yesterdays
A
I'm lucky if
B
we're speaking on
E C#m G#m A
Holidays
Verse 2:
E
The evidence presents itself
C#m
Accusingly
G#m
You're absence speaking everything
A
You think of me
E C#m
Now that I am faced with opportunity
G#m A C
You're not remembering
Refrain 2:
F#m A
I'm not asking you to anyway
C#m A
And even if you ever could cave in
C#m A
i wouldnt know where to begin
Chorus 2:
E
Say goodnight
C#m
Means goodbye
A
I know you think my life
B C#m E
will stop with you away
A
Maybe I can
B
see you on
E C#m
Holidays worlds away
A B
I've never forgotten
C#m E
all our yesterdays
A
I'm lucky if
B
we're speaking on
C#m G#m A B
Holidays Holidays
Interlude: F#m E/G# A x3
Chorus 3:
E
Say goodnight
C#m
Means goodbye
A
I know you think my life
B C#m E
will stop with you away
A
I'm lucky if
B
we're speaking on
C#m G#m A F#m E(hold)
Holidays Holidays
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2.) Action And Action
Key: E
Tuning: Standard EADGBe
Chords used:
C#m - x46654
B - x24442
A - x02220
E - 022100
G#m - 466444
C - x32010
F#m - 244222
Ab/C - x365xx
Intro: C#m B A E G#m A (x3)
Organ: Will enter simultaneously with drums at 2nd time
e|-4----4----2-0--2-0--4----4----5----5---|
B|---5----5--------------5----5----5----5-|
G|----------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------| x2
A|----------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------|
Verse 1:
E
You really think that you’re bigger than this
Abm
To the tune of ten thousand lisps
A
Who would have thought we’d represent
C
When I can’t take a compliment?
E
Overexposure is the key
Abm
And any focus on me
A
Is appreciated
C
As it should be
Refrain 1:
C#m Abm
No wonder now
A E Abm
I finally found
A
The right formula look for
Chorus 1:
E Abm
You taught me how
A B
I play the fool
E Abm
Every mistake that I make
A F#m
I couldn’t have made without you
E Abm
What’s said is done
A B
And plain to see
A B C
You take it all too seriously
(Repeat Intro but only twice)
Verse 2:
E
What better way to make an honest mistake
Abm
Than a televised hand of fate
A
When the world’s closing in on you
C
A decision would be overdue
E
Now nothing left is out of hand
Abm
A stronger jaded man stands
A
If the world is ending
C
Then we toast to it
Refrain 2:
C#m Abm
I’m stronger now
A E
But not without
Abm A
The right formula look for
Chorus 2:
E Abm
You taught me how
A B
I play the fool
E Abm
Every mistake that I make
A F#m
I couldn’t have made without you
E Abm
What’s said is done
A B
And plain to see
A B
Here’s all you get from me
Ab/C
Here’s all you get from me
Organ: C#m(hold)-A(hold)-E(hold)-G#m(hold)
Bridge:
C#m A
I’m down for whatever
E Abm
What’s there left to wait for?
C#m A
I’m down for whatever
E Abm
What’s there left to wait for?
A-B A-B Ab/C
wait for I wait
(Repeat Chorus 2)
End on C#m
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3.) Valentine
Key: E
Tuning: Standard ADGBe
Chords used:
E - 022100
B - x24442
C#m - x46654
A - x02220
E/G# - 476xxx
Intro: E B C#m A (x2)
E B C#m A
It's words you forget To anniversary songs
E B C#m A
The bottles bite back Your tolerance wrong
E B C#m A
Your good intentions count for little anymore
E B C#m-A
If you're sorry, Why wage war?
Refrain 1:
E/G# A E
Im not fully convinced,There's something wrong with this
C#m A
Could another point of view, Biased and untrue,
B A B
Tear me, away from you?
Chorus 1:
E B A C#m B A E/G# A B
Will you be my Va-lentine, If I'm a world away?
E B A C#m B A E/G# A B A B
Apologies are breaking me Constants aren't so constant anymore
Interlude: E(hold)-B(hold)-C#m(hold)-A(hold)
Verse 2:
E B C#m A
Two days to wait for calls to come through
E B C#m A
Tonight for me translates to yesterday to you
Refrain 2:
E/G# A E
You Bend and you wave You're barely away
C#m A
Wish i could say tonight, When you bend and wave goodbye
B A B
"Take me with you."
(Repeat Refrain)
Chorus 2:
E B A C#m B A E/G# A B
Will you be my Va-lentine, If I'm a world away?
E B A C#m B A E/G# A B C#m E
Apologies are breaking me Constants aren't so constant anymore
Constants aren't so constant anymore (will you be my valentine)
Constants aren't so constant anymore (will you be my valentine)
Constants aren't so constant anymore (will you be my valentine)
until fade out
A B A B E(hold)
Constants aren't so constant anymore
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4.) Red Letter Day
Key: E
Tuning; Standard EADGBe
Chords used:
E - 022100
Es4 - 022200
C#m - x46654
D - xx0232
B - x24442
A - x02220
G#m - 466444
F#m - 244222
Am - x02210
Intro: E--Es4--E (x4)
Verse 1:
E A D
You’ve got some nerve I never knew
A C#m
What with the world we gave away in front of you
E D A
I see it all Much clearer now
Am
You’re just a phase I’ve gotten over anyhow
Refrain 1:
C#m B E G#m C#m--B
It’s over, I’m not giving in again
Chorus:
A B
We’re loyal like brothers
C#m E
Just us versus all the others
A B C#m--B
You the one for You the one for me?
A B
I trusted misleading
C#m E
Promises worth repeating
A B A F#m
How could you do this to me?
Verse 2:
E A D
Red letter day that I learned
A C#m
I’m sure you’ll get what you deserve
E D
I see it all Much clearer since…
A Am
Far past the point of this.
Refrain 2:
C#m B
It’s over
(Repeat Chorus except last line)
A B
How could you do this
A B A B
How could you do this to me?
Bridge:
E
… And if it’s a lie
Abm
I don’t want to be the one who signed
C#m
I’m not the one who falls down
B A
It’s over now
E
If you want to try…
F#m-Abm-A
Try to forget it
C#m B
I’ll say it’s over
C#m F#m---B
I’m gone
(Repeat Chorus last line)
Outro:
A B
How could you do this
A B E(hold)
How could you do this to me?
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5.) Out Of Reach
Key: B
Tuning: Standard EADGBe
Chords used:
B - x24442
F# - 244322
Ebm - x68876
G#m - 466444
E - 022100
C#m - x46654
F#-F pluck
e|-----|
B|-----|
G|-----|
D|-----|
A|-----|
E|-2-1-|
Intro: B F# Ebm G#m E F# G#m B(F# F pluck) E F# Ebm G#m E F#
Verse 1:
B F# Ebm
Long way from home
Abm E F# Abm B(F#-F pluck)
lost by an echo I'd never have known
E F# Ebm Abm E
I've got pictures to prove I was there
F#
but you don't care
B F# Ebm Abm E F# Abm B(F#-F pluck)
Here's me overseas, across the pond by the Dover peaks
E F# Ebm Abm E
I've smuggled myself into new nationalities
F#
you think you'd be proud of me
Chorus:
B E
There's room to believe
Abm F# B
out of sight, out of mind, out of reach
C#m Abm Ebm E F#
Start over is no way to begin
(Repeat Intro, Verse 1 and Chorus Twice)
E F#
way to begin
B(hold)
way to begin
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6.) 10 Minutes
Key: B, E
Tuning: Standard EADGBe
chords used:
B - x24442
E - 022100
G#m - 466444
F# - 244322
C#m - x46664
A - x02220
Intro:
Drumbeats:
B-E-B-E-G#m-E-G#m-F#-B-E-B-E-G#m-E(hold)
Verse 1:
B
Ten minutes to downtown
E
is ten minutes too far
G#m F#
When my friends all say I'm crazy
B
maybe I'm being selfish
E
Maybe I'm just scared
G#m F#
Don't be gone when I get
G#m E G#m
home I need you there
Refrain 1:
F# E C#m-B-C#m-
If I had to explain it
B E C#m B C#m
I wouldn't know where to start
B E
It's like you're falling in
C#m B-E-B-E-G#m-E-G#m-F#-B-E-B-E-G#m-E-B-
love while i just fall apart
Verse 2:
F# B
Ten minutes to downtown
E
is ten minutes too far
G#m F#
when my heart is saying you're crazy
B
Maybe things are getting better
E
Maybe things aren't so bad
G#m F#
Don't be gone when I get
G#m E G#m
home you're all I have
Refrain 2:
F# E C#m-B-C#m-
If I had to explain it
B E C#m B C#m
I wouldn't know where to start
B E
It's like you're falling in
C#m A--
love while i just fall apart
Chorus 1:
E B E B
Pockets empty How can you tell
C#m B
me that everything will work out
E B
a pointless fight
E B
when you're always right and
A B
Everything will work out
A C#m
your words out
Guitar Solo: E B E B C#m B x2 A C#m B(hold)
Interlude: E-C#m-B-E-C#m-B-
Bridge:
E C#m B E
Sometimes I miss you more
C#m B B
whenever I'm at home
E C#m B E
I've been home all summer
C#m B B
Now I'm leaving you alone
Breakdown: C#m B C#m B A
Chorus 2:
E B E B
Pockets empty How can you tell
C#m B
me that everything will work out
E B
a pointless fight
E B
when you're always right and
A B E B E B
Everything will work out
C#m B E B E B
Everything will work out
C#m B A B-E--E(hold)
Everything will work out
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7.) The Company Dime
Key: G
Tuning: Standard EADGBe
Chords used:
G - 320033
D - xx0232
C - x32010 or C9 - x320033
Am - x02210
G/B - x2x003
Bm - x24432
D/F# - 2x023x
Intro: D
Verse 1:
C D
I watched it all come crashing down
Bm C
On the verge of a world profound
D
Standing on unstable ground
D/F# C
Adding insult to irony
D
I think it’s really gonna happen this time
Bm C
Our calls on the company dime
D
Reluctance ties up the line
D/F#
With irresponsibility
Interlude: G-D-C
Guitar 2:
e|-----------3-2---3-2---3-2-3-2---3-2---3-2-5--3--2----|
B|-----0-1-3-----3-----3---------3-----3--------------3-|
G|-0-2--------------------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------------|
Verse 2:
C D
No matter save for a friend
Bm C
No argument can amend
D
Irreplaceable but in the end
D/F# C
One star player doesn’t save the team
D
Now you’re open to attack
Bm C
Our burden rests on your back
D
Replace, re-track
D/F#
Responsibility
Interlude 2: G-D-C--Am
Guitar 2:
e|-----------3-2---3-2---3-2-3-2---3-2---3-2-5--3--2-----3--2-|
B|-----0-1-3-----3-----3---------3-----3--------------3-------|
G|-0-2--------------------------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------------------|
Chorus:
C(hold)
I’m still waiting for
G/B(hold) G
(I’m still waiting for)
Am G/B
You to get over this
C(hold)
I’m still waiting for
G/B(hold) G
(I’m still waiting for)
Am G/B
You to get over this
C(hold)
I’m still waiting for
G/B(hold) G
(I’m still waiting for)
Am G/B C
You to get over this
Verse 3:
C D
Anonymous until the ending
Bm C
Spent a long long time pretending
D
And a longer day spent accepting
D/F# C
What the world ahead would store
D
You only learn but not believing
Bm C
That the industry is unforgiving
D
Everything that you’ve been giving
D/F#
Isn’t what it was before
(Repeat Interlude 2 and Chorus)
Interlude 3: G-Am-C-D (x2)
Guitar 2:
e|-----------------------|
B|-1-0-1-0-1-0-----------|
G|-----------------------|
D|-----------------------| x8
A|-----------------------|
E|-----------------------|
Bridge:
G Am
Replace, re-track
C D
Replace, re-track
G Am C-D(hold)
Replace, re-track
(Repeat Chorus and Interlude 3 until fade out)
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8.) My Apology
Key: G
Tuning: Standard EADGBe
Chords used:
G - 320033
D - xx0232
Em - 022000
C - x32010
Bm - x24432
Am - x02210
E/G# - 4xx45x or 476xxx
Verse 1:
Em C
You’ll be accepting my apology
G C
For taking things too seriously
G E/G#
Sometimes I’m old enough to keep routines
Am C
Sometimes I’m child enough to scream
Em C
For everything I broke in two
G C
You’re barely missing me I’m missing you
G E/G#
And everything you do I really do
Am C
I really do Sure I do
Refrain 1:
Bm C
My once photographic memory
G Em
For recollections’s sake is failing me
C
I can’t remember for the life of me
Chorus:
G Bm
Sometimes I can think to recite
Em C
Words that I read and rewrite
Bm C
My pens paint people that I’ve proven wrong
(repeat)
Em C
We move on
Verse 2:
Em C
Get a job where I tell
G C
All of my accounts of someone else
G E/G#
I’m quick enough to judge that they were wrong
Am C
And that we knew it all along
Em C
Sing a long long-winded song
G Em(hold) D(hold) C
I would be content to hum along Humm
Bridge:
G C
If I state that my fingers know where to show
Em
What everyone should have known
G
I’ll let it go
C
Hopefully you’ll forget
Em
Any words that I put in print
C(hold)
My luck, you’ll change
C
Have strength enough to walk away
(Repeat Chorus 4 times)
Outro:
G(hold)
Wrong
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9.) I'm A Loner Dottie, A Rebel
Key: C
Tuning: Standard EADGBe
Chords used:
F - 133211
G - 320003
Am - x02210
Em - 022000
C - x32010
Intro: F G Am Em (x4) F G C Am F G C
Verse 1:
C F
Come tomorrow I’ll be on my way back home
G C F
In the morning call from a roadside telephone
C F
One night doesn’t mean the rest of my life
Chorus:
G F G Am Em F
If I go it’s not impossible
G Am C F G
Possible is probably wrong
Am Em
So, let go
F G C
cause I’m afraid to try
F C--F--G
Keep my hands by my side
Verse 2:
F G
You won’t come back
C Am
I hope some day you’ll understand
F G
I wanna try, make it right
C
Don’t know if I can
Bridge:
F G Am Em
Last night everything was right
F G
The rain was gone
Am Em F G
One summer night’s the only time we’ve known
Am Em
So, shut your eyes
F G C(hold)
When you wake up I’ll be gone
F C--
When you wake up I’ll be gone
C F G
One night doesn’t mean the rest of my life
(Repeat Chorus except last line)
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10.) Long Goodnight
Key: E
Tuning: Standard EADGBe
Chords used:
E - 022100
B - x24442
C#m - x46654
A - x02220
B - x24442
F#m - 244222
G#m - 466444
E/G# - 4xx45x
Intro: C#m E/G# B E B (x3) C#m E/G# B E A
Verse 1:
C#m E/G# B E B
Every attempt to
C#m E/G# B E A
is filled with holes
C#m E/G# B E B C#m E/G# B E A
it reads like a polygraph i'm told
Refrain:
B A
i'm not better anyway
B(hold)
let it go
Verse 2:
C#m E/G# B E B
i never sleep still
C#m E/G# B E A
less i forget
C#m E/G# B E B C#m E/G# B E A
tied down by handicaps instead
Refrain 2:
B A
i'm not better anyway
B A
but i didn't want it to turn out this way
Chorus:
C#m B A E
sing a long goodnight, forget any fight
A E Abm
refuse to rest assured
C#m B A E
it comes with no reply hold on too tight
A E Abm(hold)
i hang on every word
Interlude: A F#m G#m A E A F#m G#m A E
Bridge:
E A F#m
if it all ended tonight, you know that i wouldn't mind
Abm A
it'd be back to the good old times before it won
(repeat)
(Repeat Chorus twice)
Outro: A--E
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11.) Close To Home
Key: D
Tuning: Standard EADGBe
Chords used:
D - xx0232
D/F# - 2x023x
Bm - x24432
G - 320033
A - x02220
Em - 022000
A/C# - x476xx or x4222x
F#m - 244222
Verse 1:
D G
Summer swallowed us whole
Bm
Waited for you to come around
D/F# G
Every word you wrote
D G
Down, we read it over to know
Bm
Would they believe in us now?
D/F# G
There’s no shame like no
D G
Sound from sources hits close to home
Bm
Everything that we’ve found
D/F# G
Says make your own destiny But
Chorus:
Bm A G A D
You’re unaware that you
G
Should be scared
Bm
Maybe you’ll learn from
A G
mistakes that we make
D/F# G A Bm
We’re not waiting forever
D/F# G A Bm
We know you’ll never be there
D/F# G A Bm
We’re not waiting forever
D Bm G-----
If you get out See you there
Interlude: D G Bm D/F# G
Guitar 2:
e|--------0----------0---2----------0------2-0-----------0---|
B|----3-----3----3-----3----------3---3--------3-2-3-2-3---3-|
G|------2----------2----------2----------2-------------------|
D|-0-----------0------------0---0----------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------|
Verse 2:
D G
Summer swallowed us whole
Bm
Waited for you to come around
D/F# G
There’s no shame like no
D G
Sound from sources hits close to home
Bm
Everything that we’ve found
D/F# G
Says make your own destiny But
(Repeat Chorus except last line)
D A
If you get out See you there
Bm G
You’re not awake As I’m aware
Woo
D A Bm G
Bridge:
Bm A G
Maybe we had all you
Em D A/C#
Figured absolutely wrong
Bm A G
There’s been a misunderstanding
Em D A/C#
We’ve had all along
Bm A G
Maybe we had all you
Em D A/C#
Figured absolutely wrong
(Maybe we had all you
Figured absolutely wrong)
Bm A G
You can read about
(You can read)
Em D F#m Bm A G Em D A/C# Bm A G Em D
About it when we’re gone
_____________________________________
12.) I'll Catch You
Key: A
Tuning: Standard EADGBe
Chords used:
A - x02220
D/F# 2x023x
E - 022100
D - xx0232
F#m - 244222
Bm - x24432
C#m - x46654
Intro: A--D/F#-- x6
Verse 1:
A
Can you sleep as the sound
D/F#
hits your ears one at a time?
an unspoken balance here
A D/F#
unabridged for so many years
A D/F#
that i should stare at receivers
A D/F# E
to receive her isn't fair
Chorus:
D
don't worry
A
i'll catch you
D
don't worry
A
i'll catch you
D C#m(hold) Bm(hold)
don't ever worry
Verse 2:
A
your arms in mine
D/F#
anytime
A
i wouldn't trade anything
D/F#
you're still my everything
A D/F#
to my surprise before
A D/F# E
my eyes you arrive
(Repeat Chorus)
Bridge:
F#m E D
i'm still breaking old habits habits
F#m E A
when you pulled the wool over me
A D/F# A
i can see everything everything
F#m E D
re-membering
F#m E A D/F# A D/F#
jinx removing
(Repeat Chorus)
Outro:
F#m E D
no need for reminding you're
F#m E A(hold)
still all that matters to me
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