Biography:
Alvvays is a dreampop band formed in Toronto, Canada in 2011.
Reverb-drenched and bittersweet, Alvvays members Molly Rankin and Kerri MacLellan were childhood friends, who began playing music with Alec O'Hanley while in high school. Lead vocalist Molly Rankin is the daughter of John Morris Rankin from the popular Canadian folk family group the Rankin Family. Molly Rankin released a solo EP titled "She EP" in 2010 and then in 2011 formed Alvvays with MacLellan, O'Hanley, and new members Brian Murphy and Phil MacIsaac.
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Other songs:
- Adult Diversion
- Archie Marry Me
- Archie, Marry Me
- Dreams Tonite
- In Undertow
- Ones Who Love You
- Party Police
- The Agency Group
- Already Gone
- Atop A Cake
- Dives
- Echolalia
- Forget About Life
- Hey
- Lollipop Ode To Jim
- Next Of Kin
- Not My Baby
- Pecking Order
- Plimsoll Punks
- Red Planet
- Saved By A Waif
- Underneath Us
- Your Type
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Alvvays - Adult Diversion (2014)
Tuning: E standard
A NOTE ON TUNING: To play along with the recorded version, you'll need to tune pretty flat. On the recorded
version (for example, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rZHPCcFmEjc), A = 425Hz. In live performances, Alvvays
play the song with normal tuning, A = 440Hz (for example, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3bZiFFLMnOQ)
=========================================================================
INTRO:
E
VERSE 1:
A F#m D
How do I get close to you?
Bm A F#m Bm D
Even if you don't notice as I admire you on the subway
A F#m D
When it's dark outside your house
Bm A
You won't let anybody out
F#m Bm D
And keep a padlock on the door, well
PRE-CHORUS:
D
One more cocktail
E D Bm
And I'm on your trail
CHORUS:
A D
If I should fall
D A
Act as though it never happened
A D
I will retreat
D A
And sit inside so very quietly
INSTRUMENTAL:
| A | D | D | A | x2
VERSE 2:
A F#m D
How do I grow old with you?
Bm A F#m Bm D
Even if you don't notice as I pass by you on the sidewalk
A F#m D
When it's dark outside your house
Bm A
You won't let anybody out
F#m Bm D
You're keeping a dead girl in the closet
PRE-CHORUS:
D
One more cocktail
E D
Is it a good time?
Bm
Or is it highly inappropriate
CHORUS:
A D
If I should fall
D A
Act as though it never happened
A D
I will retreat
D A
And then go back to university
A D
If I should fall
D A
Act as though it never happened
A D
I will retreat
D A
And sit inside so very quietly
BRIDGE:
|D/A | Bm |A/C#| Bm |
No chords during guitar interlude
D Bm D Bm
I won't waste a
D Bm D Bm
I won't waste a
D Bm D E
I won't waste a
CHORUS:
A D
If I should fall
A
Act as though it never happened
A D
I will retreat
A
And sit inside so very quietly
A D
If I should fall
D A
Act as though it never happened
A D
I will retreat
D A
And then go back to university
OUTRO:
| A | D | D | A | x4
Tuning: E standard
A NOTE ON TUNING: To play along with the recorded version, you'll need to tune pretty flat. On the recorded
version (for example, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rZHPCcFmEjc), A = 425Hz. In live performances, Alvvays
play the song with normal tuning, A = 440Hz (for example, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3bZiFFLMnOQ)
=========================================================================
INTRO:
E
VERSE 1:
A F#m D
How do I get close to you?
Bm A F#m Bm D
Even if you don't notice as I admire you on the subway
A F#m D
When it's dark outside your house
Bm A
You won't let anybody out
F#m Bm D
And keep a padlock on the door, well
PRE-CHORUS:
D
One more cocktail
E D Bm
And I'm on your trail
CHORUS:
A D
If I should fall
D A
Act as though it never happened
A D
I will retreat
D A
And sit inside so very quietly
INSTRUMENTAL:
| A | D | D | A | x2
VERSE 2:
A F#m D
How do I grow old with you?
Bm A F#m Bm D
Even if you don't notice as I pass by you on the sidewalk
A F#m D
When it's dark outside your house
Bm A
You won't let anybody out
F#m Bm D
You're keeping a dead girl in the closet
PRE-CHORUS:
D
One more cocktail
E D
Is it a good time?
Bm
Or is it highly inappropriate
CHORUS:
A D
If I should fall
D A
Act as though it never happened
A D
I will retreat
D A
And then go back to university
A D
If I should fall
D A
Act as though it never happened
A D
I will retreat
D A
And sit inside so very quietly
BRIDGE:
|D/A | Bm |A/C#| Bm |
No chords during guitar interlude
D Bm D Bm
I won't waste a
D Bm D Bm
I won't waste a
D Bm D E
I won't waste a
CHORUS:
A D
If I should fall
A
Act as though it never happened
A D
I will retreat
A
And sit inside so very quietly
A D
If I should fall
D A
Act as though it never happened
A D
I will retreat
D A
And then go back to university
OUTRO:
| A | D | D | A | x4
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