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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- 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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Lawrence Arms
The Corpses Of Our Motivations
Apathy And Exhaustion
2002
Submitted by: [email protected]
Key: E
Tuning: Standard EADGBe
Chords used:
E - 022100
B - x24442
C#m - x46654
A - x02220
Intro: E-- x4
Verse 1:
C#m
catching up
all of them in the
A
basement that i call
B C#m
home dismantling
discussions on a
A B
piss soaked telephone
E
i'm all grown up
C#m
i've thrown up these
B
feelings lots
A E
before you're sitting
C#m
in the park while
B
i'm staring at
A
the door
Verse 2:
C#m
enough self mutilation
A
i've waterlogged and
B C#m
choked a hundred beers
A
another week ensconced
B
in yellow smoke
E C#m
i'm no devil i just have
B
these demons keeping me
A E C#m
awake pushing on my go-leg
B A
laughing at cut brakes
B
the corpses of my motivation
A B
hangs in the closet
next to skeletons and
A B B
bloody vampire banks
Chorus 1:
C#m E B
Sleep all day drink
A
your life away it's
C#m E
another step closer to
B A
the comfort of the grave
C#m
this coffin's full
E B
of nails rails
A
and pipe and glass
A B
rotting under yellow
E B E A E B E A
growing grass
Verse 3:
C#m
five in the chamber and
A
i'm flying through the
B C#m
air i've tied my blindfold
A B
tightly i'm cutting my hair
E C#m
i'm a bullet and a target
B
and i'm drenched in splattered
A E
blood i've learned my lesson
C#m B A
one time but once isn't enough
Verse 4:
C#m
so dry your hands
wash them clean
A B
wash them clean of me
C#m
wave your victor's flag
A B
on your pile of debris
E
because when you die like
C#m B
a hero you live like a
A E
slave i'd rather die to
C#m
see it change than live
B
and watch it stay
A B
the same where the corpses
A
of my motivations hang on
B
on the gallows over ripe
A B
with shit like colostomy bags
Chorus 2:
C#m
I will Sleep
E B
all day drink
A
your life away it's
C#m E
another step closer to
B A
the comfort of the grave
C#m
this coffin's full
E B
of nails rails
A
and pipe and glass
A B
rotting under yellow
C#m A B x4
growing grass
Bridge:
A B C#m
there's a party in the woods
B A
and a dance in city streets
B C#m
and a rumble down the avenue
B A
of fifty thousand stomping feet
B C#m
and the fire is getting high
B A
igniting sweaty powdered brows
B E
and if he hasn't saved you yet
B A B A B
he isn't gonna save you now
Chorus 3: Slower Beat
C#m E B
Sleep all day drink
A
your life away it's
C#m E
another step closer to
B A
the comfort of the grave
C#m E B
Sleep all day drink
A
your life away it's
C#m E
another step closer to
B A
the comfort of the grave
C#m E B
Sleep all day drink
A
your life away it's
C#m E
another step closer to
B A
the comfort of the grave
Outro:
E
and you're more beautiful
B A
than you were on the day
A
that we first met my angel
B E(hold)
of the not yet buried dead
The Corpses Of Our Motivations
Apathy And Exhaustion
2002
Submitted by: [email protected]
Key: E
Tuning: Standard EADGBe
Chords used:
E - 022100
B - x24442
C#m - x46654
A - x02220
Intro: E-- x4
Verse 1:
C#m
catching up
all of them in the
A
basement that i call
B C#m
home dismantling
discussions on a
A B
piss soaked telephone
E
i'm all grown up
C#m
i've thrown up these
B
feelings lots
A E
before you're sitting
C#m
in the park while
B
i'm staring at
A
the door
Verse 2:
C#m
enough self mutilation
A
i've waterlogged and
B C#m
choked a hundred beers
A
another week ensconced
B
in yellow smoke
E C#m
i'm no devil i just have
B
these demons keeping me
A E C#m
awake pushing on my go-leg
B A
laughing at cut brakes
B
the corpses of my motivation
A B
hangs in the closet
next to skeletons and
A B B
bloody vampire banks
Chorus 1:
C#m E B
Sleep all day drink
A
your life away it's
C#m E
another step closer to
B A
the comfort of the grave
C#m
this coffin's full
E B
of nails rails
A
and pipe and glass
A B
rotting under yellow
E B E A E B E A
growing grass
Verse 3:
C#m
five in the chamber and
A
i'm flying through the
B C#m
air i've tied my blindfold
A B
tightly i'm cutting my hair
E C#m
i'm a bullet and a target
B
and i'm drenched in splattered
A E
blood i've learned my lesson
C#m B A
one time but once isn't enough
Verse 4:
C#m
so dry your hands
wash them clean
A B
wash them clean of me
C#m
wave your victor's flag
A B
on your pile of debris
E
because when you die like
C#m B
a hero you live like a
A E
slave i'd rather die to
C#m
see it change than live
B
and watch it stay
A B
the same where the corpses
A
of my motivations hang on
B
on the gallows over ripe
A B
with shit like colostomy bags
Chorus 2:
C#m
I will Sleep
E B
all day drink
A
your life away it's
C#m E
another step closer to
B A
the comfort of the grave
C#m
this coffin's full
E B
of nails rails
A
and pipe and glass
A B
rotting under yellow
C#m A B x4
growing grass
Bridge:
A B C#m
there's a party in the woods
B A
and a dance in city streets
B C#m
and a rumble down the avenue
B A
of fifty thousand stomping feet
B C#m
and the fire is getting high
B A
igniting sweaty powdered brows
B E
and if he hasn't saved you yet
B A B A B
he isn't gonna save you now
Chorus 3: Slower Beat
C#m E B
Sleep all day drink
A
your life away it's
C#m E
another step closer to
B A
the comfort of the grave
C#m E B
Sleep all day drink
A
your life away it's
C#m E
another step closer to
B A
the comfort of the grave
C#m E B
Sleep all day drink
A
your life away it's
C#m E
another step closer to
B A
the comfort of the grave
Outro:
E
and you're more beautiful
B A
than you were on the day
A
that we first met my angel
B E(hold)
of the not yet buried dead
The Legendary Pi (...)
The Legends
The Leisure Soci (...)
The Lemon Pipers
The Lemon Twigs
The Light Parade
The Lightning Se (...)
The Likes Of Us
The Lilac Time
The Lillingtons