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.
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Boys Like Girls Five Minutes To Midnight Boys Like Girls 2006 Submitted by: [email protected]
Key: D
Tuning: Standard EADGBe
Chords used: D - xx0232 A - x02220 Bm - x24432 G - 320033 Em - 022000 F#m - 244222
Intro: D--A--Bm--G-Bm-A
Guitar 2: e|-----------------| B|-3-3-2-2-3-3-----| G|-------------2-2-| D|-----------------| repeat many times A|-----------------| E|-----------------|
Verse 1: D Brown eyes and lungs are A filled up with smoke Fast lives are stuck in the undertow Bm But you know the G places I wanna go AD Cause oh oh oh I've got a sickness A you've got the cure You've got the spunk I've been lookin' for Bm And I've got a plan G we walk out the door You know you wanna
Refrain: GABmG Just let go It's time to roll ADGA down the windows sing it oh oh BmGA Yeah all we need so here we go
Chorus: D Turn it up It's five A minutes to midnight You're coming home Bm with me tonight G I can't get enough Shakin' me up Turn it up D Alright at five A minutes to midnight You see our name Bm in city lights GBm We'll make the clock stop A Make your heart drop and come alive
Verse 2: We could D Pack up and leave A all our things behind No fact or fiction or storyline Bm Cause I need you more G than just for tonight D(hold) You're oh oh all I care I can't stop my A breathing in I'm weak and you were my medicine Bm I won't stop till I G am under your skin
(Repeat Refrain and Chorus except last line)
G and come alive
Bridge: And when the clock strikes twelve Will you find another party go and kiss and tell BmAG Cause you know I never will G I think we should strike a match We'll hold it to the wind to and see how long it lasts BmAG We can make the time stand still