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Take Offs And Landings

Biography:

Rilo Kiley were an American indie rock band which formed in 1998 in Los Angeles, California. The band consisted of Jenny Lewis (vocals, guitar), Blake Sennett (vocals, guitar), Pierre de Reeder (bass, keyboards) and Jason Boesel (drums).

Lewis and Sennett are former child actors and were introduced to each other by Tara Subkoff, a mutual friend, in 1993. In 2001, original drummer Dave Rock left the band and was replaced by Boesel.

They began their career on Barsuk Records, releasing Take Offs And Landings in 2001.

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Alternatives for this artist

1. GO AHEAD

[Verse]
C
If you want to find yourself by traveling out west
C
Or if you want to find somebody else that's better
Dm
Go ahead
C
Go ahead

[Verse]
C
If you want to buy a brand new fancy automobile
C
Or if you want to build a place up in Coldwater Canyon
Dm
Go ahead
C
Go ahead
Dm
Go ahead
G
I wish you would
C
Go ahead

[Verse]
C
If you want to hold your own hand going up that cliff
C
Or if you want to just hold back cause you ain't up to it
Dm
Go ahead
C
Go ahead
Dm
Go ahead
G
Be my guest
C
Go ahead

[Verse]
C
If you want to hold on to the first girl that you meet
C
Or if you want to settle down and plant roses at my feet
Dm
Go ahead
C
Go ahead
Dm
Go ahead
G
I wish you would
C
Go ahead

[Verse]
C#
If you want to have your cake and eat it too
C#
And if you want to have other people watch you while you eat it
D#m
Go ahead
C#
Go ahead
D#m
Go ahead
G#
Be my guest
C#
Go ahead

[Bridge]
C# D#m
If you want better things
G# C#
I want you to have them
C# D#m
If you want better things
G# C#
Then i want you to have them

[Chorus]
D#m
Go ahead
C#
Go ahead
D#m
Go ahead
G#
I wish you would
C#
Go ahead
D#m
Go ahead
G#
I wish you would
C#
Go ahead

2. SCIENCE VS ROMANCE
[Intro]
D B7 Em A7 (x8)

[Verse]
D B7 Em A7 D
I used to think if I could realize i'd die
B7 Em A7
then T would be a lot nicer
D B7 Em A7
Used to believe in a lot more
D B7 Em A7
Now I just see straight ahead

D B7 Em A7
That's not to say I don't have good times
D B7
But as for my days
Em A7
I spend them waiting

[Pre-Chorus]
G F#
Crash sites keep me up at night
Bm Em
Impact division it splits in two
F# G Gm
Directly underneath you

[Verse]
D B7 Em
As for those things (as for those things)
A7 D
that act as markers in your life
B7 Em
But in between (but in between)
A7
you can't remember

D B7 Em
And so it seems (and so it seems)
A7 D
that you've grown up and over me
B7 Em
and these silly things (these silly things)
A7
I like to dwell on

[Pre-Chorus]
G F#
Test sites keep me up at night
Bm
Chainlink and meters
Em
I talk to you
F#
It's cold out there
Bm
but I'm telling you
G Gm
I'm lonely too

[Break]
D B7 Em A (x8)

[Chorus]
D B7
Facts versus romance
Em A7 D
You go and call yourself the boss
B7 Em A7
But we're not robots inside a grid
D B7
Text versus romance
Em A7 D
You go and add it all you want
B7 Em A7
still we're not robots inside a grid

[Break]
D B7 Em A (x8)

[Outro]
A7 D
Zeros and ones

3. WIRES AND WAVES

[Intro]
A D (x2)

[Verse]
A
There are twelve hours
D
There's a day between us
A D
And you called to say you're sorry in your own way

A D
There are oceans and waves and wires between us
A
And you called to say
D
You're getting older

[Chorus]
E D A
And sometimes planes they smash up in the sky
E D A
And sometimes lonely hearts they just get lonelier

[Verse]
A D
How did you survive all those fires and floods?
A D
How did you survive your insufferable friends?
A D
It was the plow that broke the western plains
A D
And its just my heart gets rejected by my veins

[Chorus]
E D A
And sometimes planes they smash up in the sky
E D A
And sometimes lonely hearts they just get lonelier
A
And lonelier
A
and lonelier
A
and lonelier
A
and lonelier
A
and lonelier
A
and lonelier
A
and lonelier

[Chorus]
E D A
And sometimes planes they smash up in the sky
E D A
And sometimes lonely hearts they just get lonelier

[Outro]
A D (x6)

PICTURES OF SUCCESS

[Intro]
D/F# G D/B Asus4 (x8)

[Verse]
D/F# G Bm Asus4
Build your own television receiver
D/F# G Bm Asus4
Staying home can't be that bad for me
D/F# G Bm Asus4
Cause i'm not scared, but I'd like some extra spare time
D/F# G Bm Asus4
Easily earn me big money

[Verse]
D/F# G Bm Asus4
I'm a modern girl but I fold in half so easily
D/F# G Bm Asus4
When I put myself in the picture of success
D/F# G
I could learn world trade
Bm Asus4
Or try to map the ocean

[Chorus]
D/F# G
When you're dead
Bm Asus4
In hospitals and freeways
D/F# G
When you're dead
Bm Asus4
In resting homes and clinics
D/F# G
When you're dead
Bm Asus4
It must be nice to finish
D/F# G
When you're dead

[Verse]
D/F# G Bm Asus4
I've had it with you, and Mexico can fucking wait
D/F# G Bm Asus4
And all of those French films about trains
D/F# G Bm Asus4
Cuse i'm not scared, but I'd like some extra spare time
D/F# G Bm Asus4
I'm not scared, but the bills keep changing colors

[Chorus]
D/F# G
When you're dead
Bm Asus4
In hospitals and freeways
D/F# G
When you're dead
Bm Asus4
In dress shirts and neckties
D/F# G
When you're dead
Bm Asus4
In apartments and on beaches
D/F# G
When you're dead

[Bridge]
Em A D A G
They say California is a recipe for a black hole
Em A
and I say i've got my best shoes on
D D/B
I'm ready to go, ready to go
G A
Ready to go, ready to go.
D D/B
I'm ready to go, ready to go
G A
Ready to go, ready to go.
D D/B
I'm ready to go, ready to go
G A
Ready to go, ready to go.
D D/B
I'm ready to go, ready to go
G A
Ready to go, ready to go.
D
I'm ready to go.

[Outro]
D Bm
These are times that can't be weathered and
G A
we have never been back there since then.
(x4)

5. AUGUST

[Intro]
F D7
Gm Bbm F

[Verse 1]
F D7
August, I'll see you soon
Gm
Under yellow moons
Bbm F
Where i'll gather what's left of you
F D7
And august, I'm on your side
Gm
Or did i speak to soon?
Bbm F F7
Now we've crossed the great divide

[Chorus]
Gm C F D7
Someday we'll meet beyond the stars
Gm C
And it'll be
F F7
away from here
Gm C F D7
Someday we'll meet beyond the time and the bars
Gm Bbm
And it'll be
F
away from here

[Instrumental]
F D7
Gm Bbm F

[Verse 2]
F D7
August, August of last year
Gm
Before the leaves disappeared
Bm F
Told me you were not the one
F D7
August, something in your eyes
Gm
Or was it that you lied?
Bbm F
Told me not to take it to heart

[Chorus]
Gm C F D7
Someday we'll meet beyond the stars
Gm C
And it'll be
F F7
away from here
Gm C F D7
Someday we'll meet beyond the limits of who we are
Gm Bbm
And it'll be
F
away from here

[Instrumental]
F D7
Gm Bbm F
(x2)

[Chorus]
Gm C F D7
Someday we'll meet beyond the stars
Gm C
And it'll be
F F7
away from here
Gm C F D7
Someday we'll meet beyond the land that you call
Gm C
miles away
C F
away from here

6. BULLETPROOF
[Intro]
C G/B A7 Dm G C

[Verse]
C G/B A7
If you think you're bulletproof, you're right
Dm G C
Because you've weathered all my slings and arrows, well.
C G/B A7
If you think I'm paranoid thats fine,
Dm G C
Cause I've got evidence on my side.
C G/B A7
If you wanna come over tonight, thats fine
Dm G C
Because I have no plans.

[Chorus]
F Fm G C
Please be kind, don't drop a rock on me.

[Verse]

C G/B A7
How many blows to the belly will this thing take
Dm G C
that we refer to as our true love?
C G/B A7
We both know it's dead and its been dying for some time
Dm G C
But we refuse to let it go.

[Chorus]
F Fm G C
Please be kind, don't drop a rock on me
F Fm C C/B Am
Don't go outside and discover that you like being free
F
Cause if you did
Fm G C
You'd be dropping the rock on me.

7. PLANE CRASH IN C

[Verse]
C G F
If you're scared and it shows cause you're watching them grow
C G F
and traveling blows when you're out of road
E F E G
and when you jump up the earth wants you back
C G F
Your resentment grows till you're all alone
C G F
but you're so smart how could they not know
E F E G
when you're standing there in good humored white

[Chorus]
C F
And how do you do it?
C C7
And make it seem effortless
F
When its all the stupid things
C C7
So overwhelming to me
G
Like paying my bills
F
Or showing up for work early
C C7
Or laughing at your jokes

[Verse]
C G F
When you first said that anything goes
C G F
or a problems a task disguised in work clothes
E F E G
That's when I knew that I had to move

[Chorus]
C F
And why you do it?
C
And make it seem delicate
F
When its all the stupid things
C
So damn confusing to me
G
Like talking it through
F
Controlling my temper
G
Like letting it go
F
Saying please forgive me
C
For laughing at your jokes

[Break]
F G F C (x4)

[Bridge]
F C G
I have no idea what's been going on lately
F C G
And I just wish you'd come over and explain things
F C G
I have no idea what's been going on lately
F C G
And I just wish you'd come over and explain things
F C G
I have no idea what's been going on lately
F C G
And I just wish you'd come over and explain things
F C G
I have no idea what's been going on lately
F C G
And I just wish you'd come over and explain things

[Chorus]
C F
Why do they do it?
C
and show up anyway
F
When they know that damn well
C
Theres no room for promotions out here
G
and maybe it's wise
F
and maybe i'm just stupid
C
for laughing at your jokes

[Outro]
F G F C (x4)

8. VARIATIONS ON A THEME (Science vs romance)
[Song]
G B7 Em A7 (x4)

9. SMALL FIGURES IN A VAST EXPANSE

[Verse]
A
Let's try a new change. Let's try a new change
Ab F#m
Let's try a new change
Bm
Then we'll go on back to the old one
D Dm A
like we've done so many times before

[Verse]
A
And I’ll buy a new brain, I’ll buy a new brain
Ab F#m
you'll administer new pain
Bm
then we'll go on back to our old school
D Dm A
that we left so many times before

[Chorus]
E
And you'll ask for more
E7
and more

[Verse]
A
I’ve just begun a new phase. I’m trying these days.
Ab
I’ve watched you close
F#m
I’m versed in all your ways
Bm
I’m just beginning to realize
D Dm A A7
I’ll get you one of these days

[Bridge]
D
But in the end
Dm
If it was all pretend
A A7 F#m
Isn't that what friends are for?
D
But this is real life
Dm
It's supposed to be real life
A A7 F#m
So let's pretend that we're not bored
D
That we exist
Dm
and that we're resolved
A A7 F#m D Dm A
To real things happening to me

[Break]
A Ab
F#m Bm D Dm A (x4)

10. DON’T DECONSTRUCT

[Intro]
D D/C D/B D/A G Em Bm

[Verse]
D D/C
Something is changing inside of me
D/B D/A G Em
Colors seem darker in light
D D/C D/B
And I don't know what that means
D/A Gm
But it's not a good sign

[Pre-Chorus]
G Am
You can just add them up
Bm C G F#7 B
Then you could memorize prehistoric bones
G Am
All of those old memories
Bm C
You can push them out and prep yourself
G F#7 B
For brand new information

[Chorus]
D D/C D/B D/A G Em Bm
Don't deconstruct and then fill me in
D D/C D/B D/A G Em Bm
I'm not that basic I swear
D D/C D/B D/A Gm
I've had enough of breakdowns and diagrams

[Verse]
G Am
Judging from picture books
Bm C G F#7 B
Apparently heaven is a partly cloudy place
G Am Bm
And if the sky opened up and they let you in
C G F#7 B
And gave you a formal invitation
G Am Bm C G F#7 B
Would you go?
G Am Bm C G F#7 B
You can work from home

[Outro]
D D/C D/B D/A G Em Bm x4
D

11. ALWAYS

[Intro]
C

[Verse]
C Cmaj7
I should have known
C7 F
With a boy like you, your middle name is always
Fm C
I'd always love you-oooh
G C G
Uh huh, yeah

C Cmaj7
You let the needle drop
C7 F
I think that you could do so much better
Fm
Those conventions are taking
C G C G
Their toll on you

[Chorus]
F G
The phantom is disguised
C
It's horrifyin'
Cmaj7 C7
Right before your eyes
F G
The phantom is inside

[Verse]
C Cmaj7
And I should have known
C7 F
With a boy like you your middle name is always
Fm C
I'd always want you-oooh
G C G
Uh-huh, yeah

[Chorus]
F G
The phantom is disguised
C
It's horrifyin'
Cmaj7 C7
Right before your eyes
F G
The phantom is inside
C
It's hideous
Cmaj7 C7
Right before your eyes
F G
The phantom is watching
C Cmaj7 C7
You
F Fm C
The phantom is watching you

12. WE’LL NEVER SLEEP

[Verse]
C
Stealing away into the night
G
Won't get you any higher
Am
We'll never sleep, God knows we’ll try
G
The hospital is closed

[Pre-Chorus]
Am G C
And how long will it last
Am G
Before we go insane?

[Verse]
C
We circle your uncle's parking lot
G
Just to see how many
Am
Times that we can before we get caught
G
You guessed on twenty

[Pre-Chorus]
Am G C
And how long will you stare
Am G
Before I look away?
G7 C C/B Am G
I don't wanna go

[Break]
Em D Bm
C G
(x8)

[Verse]
C G
Begged them to stay they're on holiday
C
Just close the door, you can watch final four
G
And just fall away
C
Sailing away just isn't right
G
Just because you're angry
Am
If you go, I think I might
G
Lose it all together.

[Pre-Chorus]
Am G C
And how long will you last
Am G
Before we go insane?
G7
I don't wanna

13. REST OF MY LIFE

[Verse]
C F
There are worse ways for a guy to spend his time
G Am
Than to sit and think of you I think I'd marry you
F G G7
Just your smile leaves me satisfied
C C7
Though you're not mine

[Chorus]
F
So for the rest of my life
G C
I'm gonna search for someone just like you

[Verse]
C F
And we tend the garden all day long
G Am
Watching history unfold
F G G7
And I'd be enough and you'd be enough
C C7
And we'd grow up

[Chorus]
F
So for the rest of my life
G C
I'm gonna search for someone just like you

[Solo]
C F G Am
F G C C7

[Chorus]
F
So for the rest of my life
G C C7
I'm gonna search for someone just like you
F
So for the rest of my life
G C C7
I'm gonna search for someone just like you

[Outro]
F G C

14. VARIATIONS ON A THEME
C F G C
(x4)