Biography:
Dashboard Confessional is an acoustic rock group started in 2000, by Chris Carrabba in Boca Raton, Florida, as a side project from his band Further Seems Forever.
Chris recorded his first album, The Swiss Army Romance, in 2000. The following year, he recorded Further Seems Forever's debut album The Moon Is Down. However, he left the band soon after the album's release, instead recording and releasing his sophomore album The Places You Have Come to Fear the Most, as well as a follow-up EP titled So Impossible.
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Other songs:
- Again I Go Unnoticed
- As Lovers Go
- Belle Of The Boulevard
- Carry This Picture
- Dusk And Summer
- Ghost Of A Good Thing
- Hands Down
- So Long So Long
- Stolen
- The Shade Of Poison Trees
- Thick As Thieves
- Tonight I'll Take What I Can Get
- Vindicated
- We Fight
- Where Theres Gold
- A Plain Morning
- Alter The Ending
- Bend And Not Break
- Best Deceptions
- Blame It On The Changes
- Broken Hearts And Concrete Floors
- Dont Wait
- Drowning
- Dusk Aand Summer
- Ender Will Save Us All
- Even Now
- Everybody Learns From Disaster
- Fever Dreams
- For Justin
- Get Me Right
- Heart Beat Here
- Heaven Here
- Hell On The Throat
- Here Lies
- Hey Girl
- I Do
- I Know About You
- Jamie
- Keep Watch For The Mines
- Living In Your Letters
- Matters Of Blood And Connection
- No News Is Bad News
- Plain Morning
- Rapid Hope Loss
- Reason To Believe
- Rooftops And Invitations
- Saints And Sailors
- Screaming Infidelities
- Secrets In The Telling
- Several Ways To Die Trying
- So Beautiful
- So Impossible
- So Long Sweet Summer
- Standard Lines
- Swiss Army Romance
- The Brilliant Dance
- The Good Fight
- The Motions
- The Places You Have Come To Fear The Most
- The Sharp Hint Of New Tears
- The Swiss Army Romance
- These Bones
- This Bitter Pill
- This Ruined Puzzle
- Tonight Ill Take What I Can Get
- Truth Of Matter
- Truth Of The Matter
- Until Morning
- Vindicated Acoustic
- Warmth Of The Sand
- Water And Bridges
- Write It Out
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Dashboard Confessional
Bend And Not Break
Submitted by: [email protected]
Key: F
Tuning: Standard EADGBe
Chords used:
F - 133211
C - x32010
Dm - xx0231
Bb - x13331
C/E - 032xxx
Bbm - x13321
C# - x46664
Gm - 355333
Eb - x68886
Intro: F-- x16
F--Dm-Bb- x6
Verse 1:
F Dm Bb
I catalog these steps now
F Dm Bb
decisive and intentioned
F
precise and patterned
Dm Bb F Dm Bb
specifically to yours
F Bm Bb
I'm talented at breathing
F Dm Bb
especially exhaling
F
so that my chest will
Dm Bb F Dm Bb
rise and fall with yours
F--Dm-Bb- x4
Verse 2:
F Dm Bb
I'm careful not to wake you
F Dm Bb
fearing conversation
F Dm Bb
It's better just to hold you
F Dm Bb
and keep you pacified
F Dm Bb
I'm talented with reason
F Dm Bb
I cover all the angles
F Dm Bb F Dm Bb
I can fail before I EVER try
Chorus 1:
F C/E
Try to understand theres an
Bb Bbm
old mistake that fools will make
F Dm
And i'm the king of them
Bb C#
pushing everything that's good away
F Dm Bb
So won't you hold me now?
Gm
(I will not bend I will not break)
F Dm Bb
Won't you hold me now?
Gm
(I will not bend I will not break)
Post chorus: F--Dm-Bb- x2
Verse 3:
F Dm Bb
I am fairly agile
F Dm Bb
I can bend and not break
F
Or I can break and
Dm Bb F Dm Bb
take it with a smile
F Dm Bb
I am so resilient
F Dm Bb
I recover quickly
F
I'll convince you
Dm Bb F Dm Bb
soon that i am fine
Chorus 2:
F C/E
Try to understand theres an
Bb Bbm
old mistake that fools will make
F Dm
And i'm the king of them
Bb C#
pushing everything that's good away
F Dm Bb
So won't you hold me now?
Gm
(I will not bend I will not break)
F Dm Bb
Won't you hold me now?
Gm
(For you I rise for you I fall)
Interlude: F--Dm--Eb--F-- x2
Bridge:
F Dm Eb F
Just hold me close to you
(Repeat x4)
Interlude: F--Dm--Gm--C#-- x2
Chorus 3:
F Dm
Try to understand theres an
Bb Bb
old mistake that fools will make
F Dm
And i'm the king of them
Bb Eb
pushing everything that's good away
F Dm Bb C#
So won't you hold me now?
F Dm Bb C#
Won't you hold me now?
Outro: F--Dm-Bb- x4, F(hold)
Bend And Not Break
Submitted by: [email protected]
Key: F
Tuning: Standard EADGBe
Chords used:
F - 133211
C - x32010
Dm - xx0231
Bb - x13331
C/E - 032xxx
Bbm - x13321
C# - x46664
Gm - 355333
Eb - x68886
Intro: F-- x16
F--Dm-Bb- x6
Verse 1:
F Dm Bb
I catalog these steps now
F Dm Bb
decisive and intentioned
F
precise and patterned
Dm Bb F Dm Bb
specifically to yours
F Bm Bb
I'm talented at breathing
F Dm Bb
especially exhaling
F
so that my chest will
Dm Bb F Dm Bb
rise and fall with yours
F--Dm-Bb- x4
Verse 2:
F Dm Bb
I'm careful not to wake you
F Dm Bb
fearing conversation
F Dm Bb
It's better just to hold you
F Dm Bb
and keep you pacified
F Dm Bb
I'm talented with reason
F Dm Bb
I cover all the angles
F Dm Bb F Dm Bb
I can fail before I EVER try
Chorus 1:
F C/E
Try to understand theres an
Bb Bbm
old mistake that fools will make
F Dm
And i'm the king of them
Bb C#
pushing everything that's good away
F Dm Bb
So won't you hold me now?
Gm
(I will not bend I will not break)
F Dm Bb
Won't you hold me now?
Gm
(I will not bend I will not break)
Post chorus: F--Dm-Bb- x2
Verse 3:
F Dm Bb
I am fairly agile
F Dm Bb
I can bend and not break
F
Or I can break and
Dm Bb F Dm Bb
take it with a smile
F Dm Bb
I am so resilient
F Dm Bb
I recover quickly
F
I'll convince you
Dm Bb F Dm Bb
soon that i am fine
Chorus 2:
F C/E
Try to understand theres an
Bb Bbm
old mistake that fools will make
F Dm
And i'm the king of them
Bb C#
pushing everything that's good away
F Dm Bb
So won't you hold me now?
Gm
(I will not bend I will not break)
F Dm Bb
Won't you hold me now?
Gm
(For you I rise for you I fall)
Interlude: F--Dm--Eb--F-- x2
Bridge:
F Dm Eb F
Just hold me close to you
(Repeat x4)
Interlude: F--Dm--Gm--C#-- x2
Chorus 3:
F Dm
Try to understand theres an
Bb Bb
old mistake that fools will make
F Dm
And i'm the king of them
Bb Eb
pushing everything that's good away
F Dm Bb C#
So won't you hold me now?
F Dm Bb C#
Won't you hold me now?
Outro: F--Dm-Bb- x4, F(hold)
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