Boys Like Girls is a pop rock/power pop band that formed in Andover, Massachusetts, United States in 2005. Influenced by contemporary emo and pop punk groups, they're perhaps best known for their hit song "The Great Escape". Currently on hiatus, the band consists of Martin Johnson (vocals, guitar), Paul DiGiovanni (guitar, vocals), Morgan Dorr (bass), and John Keefe (drums). The group's original bassist, Bryan Donahue, left the band in 2011.
As of February 2011, the band announced they would be going on an indefinite hiatus.
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!
Chords used: D - xx0232 A/C# - x4222x Bm - x24432 G - 320033 A - x02220 Em - 022000 F#m - 244222
[Verse 1]
DA Today is a winding road that's A/C# taking me to places DG that I didn't want to go A Whoa (whoa whoa whoa) DA Today in the blink of an eye A/C# I'm holding on to D something and I do GA not know why I tried
[Refrain]
Bm I tried to read between the lines A I tried to look in your eyes
I want a A/C# simple explanation For what I'm D feeling inside I gotta find G a way out A(hold) Maybe there's a way out
[Chorus 1]
D Your voice was the A soundtrack of my summer Do you know you're G unlike any other? Bm You'll always be my A thunder and I said D Your eyes are the A brightest of all the colors I don't wanna G ever love another Bm You'll always A be my thunder
[Post Chorus 1]
GA So bring on the rain D And bring on the thunder
[Verse 2]
DA Today is a winding road A/C# Tell me where to start and DG tell me something I don't know A Whoa (whoa whoa whoa) DA Today I'm on my own A/C# I can't move a muscle DG and I can't pick up the phone A I don't know (I don't know I don't know I don't know)
[Refrain 2]
Bm And now I'm itching for the tall grass A And longing for the breeze A/C# I need to step outside D Just to see if I can breathe G I gotta find a way out A Maybe theres a way out
[Chorus 1]
D Your voice was the A soundtrack of my summer Do you know you're G unlike any other? Bm You'll always be my A thunder and I said D Your eyes are the A brightest of all the colors I don't wanna G ever love another Bm You'll always A be my thunder
[Post Chorus 2]
GA So bring on the rain
[Bridge]
Em Yeah I'm walking on a tightrope Bm I'm wrapped up in vines A I think we'll make it out G But you just gotta give me time D Strike me down with lightning Let me feel Bm you in my veins A I wanna let you know how much I feel G your pain
[Verse 3]
DA Today is a winding road that's A/C# taking me to places DG that I didn't want to go A Whoa
[Chorus 2]
D Your voice was the A soundtrack of my summer Do you know you're G unlike any other? Bm You'll always be my A thunder and I said D Your eyes are the A brightest of all the colors I don't wanna G ever love another Bm You'll always A be my thunder I said D Your voice was the A soundtrack of my summer Do you know you're G unlike any other? Bm You'll always be my A thunder
[Outro]
GA So bring on the rain G I don't bring it here A(hold) On the pain just to D(hold) hear the thunder