Biography:
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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Other songs:
- 100 Resolutions
- 106 South
- 3Am Qvc Shopping Spree Hangover
- A Boring Story
- A Toast
- Abracadaver
- Acheron River
- Alert The Audience
- All The Week
- Another Boring Story
- Are You There Margaret Its Me God
- Are You There Yet Margaret Its Me God
- Beautiful Things
- Black Snow
- Boatless Brooze Cruise Part 1
- Bonfire Park
- Brick Wall Views
- Brickwall Views
- Chapter 13 A Hero Appears
- Chapter 13 The Hero Appears
- Chilean District
- Criminal
- Demons
- Devils Takin Names
- Drunken Tweets
- Faintly Falling Ashes
- Ghost Stories
- Hey What Time Is Pensacola Wings Of Gold On Anyway
- Hickery Avenue
- Ill Take Whats In The Box Monty
- Intransit
- Light Breathing Me And Martha Plimpton In A Fancy Elevator
- Like A Record Player
- Metropole
- Minute
- Navigating The Windward Passage
- Necrotism Decanting The Insalubrious Cyborg Midnight Part 7
- Never Fade Away
- October Blood
- Old Mexico Way
- On With The Show
- Overheated
- Paradise Shitty
- Porno And Snuff Films
- Quincentuple Your Money
- Right As Rain Part 2
- Seventeener
- Seventeener 17Th And 37Th
- Spit Shining Shit
- The Corpses Of Our Motivations
- The Devils Takin Names
- The Disaster March
- The First Eviction Notice
- The March Of The Elephants
- The Profiteers
- The Rabbit And The Rooster
- The Ramblin Boys Of Pleasure
- The Rambling Boys Of Pleasure
- The Raw And Searing Flesh
- The Redness In The West
- The Slowest Drink At The Saddest Bar On The Snowiest Day In The Greatest City
- The Ymca Down The Street From The Clinic
- Them Angels Been Talkin
- Theres No Place Like A Strangers Floor
- These Pigs Seem To Be Getting The Best Of Me
- Warped Summer Extravaganza
- You Are Here
- Your Gravest Words
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The Lawrence Arms
Hickery Avenue
Metropole
2014
Submitted by: [email protected]
Key: C
Tuning: Standard EADGBe
Chords used:
Am - x02210
F - 133211
C - x32010
G - 320003
E - 022100
G/B - x2x003
Intro: Am(hold)
Verse 1:
Am
We talk a lot in crappy cars
and restaurants and shitty bars
F
We ain't trying very hard but
G
we've got that fucking bark
Am
We talked the talk, packed up
the shit where the fuckers
F
would be feeling it If they
G
could hear the epithets and
Am
the rejoinders that we spit
G
We talk a lot We talk a lot
F G
and now we're feeling fine
Am
We talk a lot We talk a lot
G
We talk a lot yeah we've got
F G E
nothing but time And baby
F
you don't know what it's like
Chorus 1:
Am C G F
So let's keep rolling rolling
F G Am C
out of this shitty yellow light
C G Am F
Cuz we've been trolling trolling
F G Am
through this endless parade
C F
of identical days Nothing
G Am C G Am
changes it only rots away
Verse 2:
C G Am
We talk a lot but
no one's listening
We've been over this
F
before Now it's happening
G
again Now we're squawking
Am
with them crows We hang on
wires and watch the city
F
and its busy days below
We talk a lot, We talk a
G
lot it's the only thing we
Am
know It's time to ride
G
It's time to ride all
F G
goddamn day and night
Am
What have you got?
What have you got?
G
What have you got?
I want to melt
F G
down with time
E
I'm scratching
F
out my insides
Chorus 2:
Am C G F
So let's keep rolling rolling
F G Am
out of this shitty yellow light
C G Am F
Cuz we've been trolling trolling
F G Am
through this endless parade
C F
of identical days Nothing
G Am C G Am C G
changes it only rots away
Bridge:
Am
What are we doing
G
here? Nothing That's
F
what killing me
That's what's
G
fucking killing me
Am
What are we doing
G
here? Nothing That's
F
what killing me
That's what's
G
fucking killing me
Am
What are we doing
G
here? Nothing That's
F
what killing me
G(hold)
killing me
Chorus 3:
Am C G F
So let's keep rolling rolling
F G Am
out of this shitty yellow light
C G Am F
Cuz we've been trolling trolling
F G Am
through this endless parade
C F
of identical days Nothing
G F
changes oh nothing ever
G F
changes oh nothing
G
ever changes
Outro:
C G/B
and we've forgotten
Am
what this used
F
to be like
C G/B
and we've forgotten
Am
what this used
F
to be like
C G/B
and we've forgotten
Am
what this used
G F G Am C G Am(hold)
to be like
Hickery Avenue
Metropole
2014
Submitted by: [email protected]
Key: C
Tuning: Standard EADGBe
Chords used:
Am - x02210
F - 133211
C - x32010
G - 320003
E - 022100
G/B - x2x003
Intro: Am(hold)
Verse 1:
Am
We talk a lot in crappy cars
and restaurants and shitty bars
F
We ain't trying very hard but
G
we've got that fucking bark
Am
We talked the talk, packed up
the shit where the fuckers
F
would be feeling it If they
G
could hear the epithets and
Am
the rejoinders that we spit
G
We talk a lot We talk a lot
F G
and now we're feeling fine
Am
We talk a lot We talk a lot
G
We talk a lot yeah we've got
F G E
nothing but time And baby
F
you don't know what it's like
Chorus 1:
Am C G F
So let's keep rolling rolling
F G Am C
out of this shitty yellow light
C G Am F
Cuz we've been trolling trolling
F G Am
through this endless parade
C F
of identical days Nothing
G Am C G Am
changes it only rots away
Verse 2:
C G Am
We talk a lot but
no one's listening
We've been over this
F
before Now it's happening
G
again Now we're squawking
Am
with them crows We hang on
wires and watch the city
F
and its busy days below
We talk a lot, We talk a
G
lot it's the only thing we
Am
know It's time to ride
G
It's time to ride all
F G
goddamn day and night
Am
What have you got?
What have you got?
G
What have you got?
I want to melt
F G
down with time
E
I'm scratching
F
out my insides
Chorus 2:
Am C G F
So let's keep rolling rolling
F G Am
out of this shitty yellow light
C G Am F
Cuz we've been trolling trolling
F G Am
through this endless parade
C F
of identical days Nothing
G Am C G Am C G
changes it only rots away
Bridge:
Am
What are we doing
G
here? Nothing That's
F
what killing me
That's what's
G
fucking killing me
Am
What are we doing
G
here? Nothing That's
F
what killing me
That's what's
G
fucking killing me
Am
What are we doing
G
here? Nothing That's
F
what killing me
G(hold)
killing me
Chorus 3:
Am C G F
So let's keep rolling rolling
F G Am
out of this shitty yellow light
C G Am F
Cuz we've been trolling trolling
F G Am
through this endless parade
C F
of identical days Nothing
G F
changes oh nothing ever
G F
changes oh nothing
G
ever changes
Outro:
C G/B
and we've forgotten
Am
what this used
F
to be like
C G/B
and we've forgotten
Am
what this used
F
to be like
C G/B
and we've forgotten
Am
what this used
G F G Am C G Am(hold)
to be like
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