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Brickwall Views

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The Lawrence Arms are a punk rock trio from Chicago, formed in 1999. The lineup consists of Brendan Kelly (vocals & bass), Chris McCaughan (vocals & guitar), and Neil Hennessy (drums). They have released seven full-length albums and are currently signed to Epitaph. Their music and lyrics exhibit their propensity for juxtaposing references from history and literature with American pop culture. The band takes its name from a building the members resided in (and were later evicted from) called the Lawrence Arms

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The Lawrence Arms
Brickwall Views
Apathy And Exhaustion
2002
Submitted by: [email protected]

Key: E

Tuning: Standard EADGBe

Chords used:
E - 022100
B - x24442
C#m - x46654
A - x02220
B/Eb - x698xx

Intro: A--

Verse 1:
E B/Eb A
don't break too many hearts
E B/Eb A
don't take too many arrows
C#m
in the chest. cry comfortably
E B
let us all know what you're
C#m E B/Eb
thinking is there a gesture
A
i could use to clearly
E B/Eb
express i'm at an utter
A C#m
loss for words? is there
B A
a part of you that's torn?
E
that's larger than life?
B
that will hold on for
C#m
one more night?

Refrain 1:
A
i've got a speech
B A
to make followed
B A
by a big parade

Chorus 1:
E A
northside closed
C#m B
eyes all charades
A
go on forever
E A
hands tied with
fool's pride
C#m B
in a slowly
A
fleeing summer

Verse 2:
E
just throw your
B/Eb
hands up at the
A E B/Eb
sky no use trying
A C#m
to explain the
the clouds are
B
mirrors i'm
A
disguised
E B/Eb
i'm not all
C#m
that entertaining
E B/Eb
the city looks
A E
the same until you
B/Eb
notice smaller
A C#m
changes it still
B A
knows us all by name
E
it holds us
B
close to its heart
C#m
it holds us
B
close to its heart

Refrain 2:
A
all my hopes
B
are unaligned
A
this diagnosis
B A
is self-designed

Chorus 2:
E A
northside dead
C#m B
eyes all charades
A
go on forever
E A
hands tied with
past lives
C#m B
in a slowly
A
fleeing summer

Bridge:
E B
empty rooms don't have
C#m A
pictures to talk to
E B
brickwall views demand
C#m A
uninspired afternoons
E B
the days are flooding
A E
into months the nights
B C#m
are staring into centuries

Verse 3:
A B
i've got some
E
older pictures
A B
of people i
E
see once every
C#m
couple years
A
intrigued
B
or unamazed
E
"you were so much
C#m
different back
A A
in those days"

Verse 4:
E B
and now this smile has
C#m E
a bitter curve and now
B A
these eyes are unenchanted
E B C#m
and all we see is a faded
A
image of what we used to
E B A
be how can we relate

Verse 5:
E B
when we don't know
C#m
a thing about each
A E
other anymore?
B
when we don't know
C#m
a thing about each
A E
other anymore?
B
when we don't know
C#m
a thing about each
A E
other anymore?
B
when we don't know
C#m A E B/Eb C#m A
each other anymore?

E B/Eb C#m A

Outro:
E B/Eb
is there a gesture
C#m
I could use to
B A
clearly express
B
i'm at an utter
E(hold)
loss for words