Neck Deep are a Welsh pop punk band from Wrexham who formed in 2012 when vocalist Ben Barlow met former lead guitarist Lloyd Roberts. On 19 April 2012 the duo posted the song "What Did You Expect?" online under the name Neck Deep. According to Roberts, Barlow "literally said, 'What about Neck Deep [as the band name]?' and that was that." The name comes from the Crucial Dudes' song "Boom, Roasted". "What Did You Expect?" soon gained attention online.
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!
Verse 1: G# Let's start it here Back in nineteen Eb/GG# seventy something Bbm I can't pin down Fm the year When the CmC# romance wasn't dead Eb And love still stood G# for something There was a girl who had Eb/GG# lost her way She Bbm blushed red when he Fm came over And they Cm danced the night C# away And he sung as EbG# he drove her home and Eb/G It was there that she G# would say If I could BbmFm than I would save you And he smiled and CmC# turned away In six Eb weeks they're saying BbC# I do Oh love just don't go that way no more
Chorus 1: G#Fm And like the seed Cm becomes the tree Eb We take shape of G#Fm a family We grow Cm and we change Eb And face the rain like you wouldn't G# believe And through Fm it all We're standing CmEb tall And we just don't G#Fm say it enough If not CmEb for you no we wouldn't G#Eb/G be standing at all
Verse 2: G# And now it's nineteen Eb/GG# ninety something How the hell did BbmFm we end up here? Four kids and a CmC# few jobs later And the pictures EbG# fill the pages It's been hard Eb/GG# oh it's been hard But you'd be a Bbm fool to give it up Fm Cause you know that CmC# what we've got is Eb bigger than the two G# of us It's been hard Eb/GG# oh it's been hard But it's bigger than BbmFm the two of us And I Cm will hold you in my C# arms When you feel EbBb like giving up C# Love just don't go that way no more
Chorus 2: G#Fm And like the seed Cm becomes the tree Eb We take shape of G#Fm a family We grow Cm and we change Eb And face the rain like you wouldn't G# believe And through Fm it all We're standing CmEb tall And we just don't G#Fm say it enough If not CmEb for you no we wouldn't be standing at all
Verse 3: G# And now its two Eb/GG# thousand and something Bbm We made it here my Fm dear Grandkids and CmC# the mortgage paid off Is this what EbG# dreams are made of? Eb/GG# Cause baby we made it Bbm Yeah baby you saved me FmCm But nothing could save C#Eb him From the ambulance
Bridge: C#Eb that day When he went FmG#Eb away The heart attack C# was sharp He didn't EbFm feel no pain If you G#EbC# saw him now then what EbFm What would you say? EbC# I love you and I miss EbFm you I owe you everything G#Eb/G And I hope you know BbC# you saved me saved me
Verse 4: G#Eb/G Oh mother G#Bbm Mother please Fm don't cry Cause you CmC# know I miss him too Eb I didn't even say G# goodbye And though he's Eb/GG# gone I know he's gone Bbm He lives on in all of Fm us And I will hold CmC# you when you cry Cause that's what he would have done
Outro: G#Eb/GG# Yeah that's Bbm what he would have FmCmC# done Yeah that's Eb what he would have G# done It's been hard oh Eb/GG# it's been hard But Bbm he's a part of all Fm of us And we will Cm hold you when you C# cry Cause that's Eb G#(hold) what family does