The Ataris
The Hero Dies in this one
So Long Astoria
2003
Submitted by: paramore_fans@yahoo.com
Key: D
Tuning: Standard EADGBe
Chords used:
D - xx0232
A - x02220
Bm - x24432
G - 320033
Em - 022000
F#m - 244222
F#/Bb - x143xx
Intro: D--G--
Verse 1:
D G
As I leave here today
D
Apartment 108
I'll always keep
G
you in my heart
D
Anderson is cold tonight
G
the leaves are scattered
on the ground
D
I miss the seasons in
G
the comfort of your smile
Refrain 1:
A G
Sometimes this song
D
feels like a dream
I'm waiting for someone just
A G D
to wake me up from this life
Verse 2:
D G
As I look out on these fairgrounds
D G
I remember how our family split apart
D
I don't think I ever told you
G
but I know you always did your best
D
in the hard times that
G
only made us stronger
Refrain 2:
A G D
As I sit here all alone
I wonder how I'm supposed
A G D
to carry on when you're gone
Chorus:
Em G
I'll never be the
D
same without you
F#/Bb
I love you more than
Bm G
you will ever know
D
So maybe now you
finally know
Em
sometimes we're
G
helpless and alone
D
but you can't let it
F#/Bb Bm G
keep you weighted down
You must go on
Post Chorus: D--
Verse 3:
D G
Do you ever feel like crying?
D G
Do you ever feel like giving up?
D
I raise my hands up towards the sky
G
and say this prayer for you tonight
D G
because nothing is impossible
(Repeat Refrain 2 and Chorus)
Interlude: D-- x4
Kris Roe Speaks:
The hardest part isn't
finding what we need
to be it's being content
with who we are
D Bm Em F#m G
Stay who you are!!!
D Bm Em F#m G
You must go on
Outro:
D Bm
Stay who you are
Em F#m G
Stay who you are
D Bm
Stay who you are
Em F#m G(hold)
Stay who you are