O Sum 41 se formou em 1996, em Ajax, Ontario, Canadá, pelos adolescentes Deryck Whibley e Steve Jocz. Cone McCaslin foi recrutado somente em 1999, depois da banda ter tido vários baixistas. O grupo apostava numa mistura bem humorada de pop, punk e hip hop.
O nome da banda, Sum 41, é uma abreviação da expressão: "41 days into the Summer", ou seja, 41 dias de verão, porque a banda foi formada no 41° dia do verão canadense.
Depois de criarem uma fita com algumas travessuras da banda (incluindo um roubo de pizzas com armas d'água)
Quatro anos de trabalho duro!Neste mês de maio fizemos quatro anos no ar. Continuamos trabalhando na divulgação deste maravilhoso instrumento, obrigado por participar da nossa história!
F#mD Can't step in my way AE Head first and love and dismay F#mD It's like beating the dead AE I can't stop going out on my head F#mD Whatever this could be I never know AE I never said it'd be the end all to be all
D I hate you today E I can't find a way F#mA Don't drag me down now
{Chorus} F#m Goodbye DE I've had enough frustration AG#m I won't get stuck F#m Goodbye DE This dead end situation AG#mF#m (Palhetando) Is just not worth my time
F#mD It's no better today AE I never thought it would end up this way F#mD You've got something to say AE Don't want to hear it if it gets in my way
(F#m) All this confusion is so overwhelmed
Disillusion seems so clear now
Can't find your conclusion to supporting evolution
(Not all) Things aren't what they appear
D So what's the point of this now E I know you too well F#mA We're running backwards
{Chorus} F#m Goodbye DE I've had enough frustration AG#m I won't get stuck F#m Goodbye DE This dead end situation AG#m Is just not worth my time
DE But waiting so frustrating F#m (Palhetando) I'm so sick of DE All this tension not to mention F#m (Palhetando) I'm so sick of D Can't take it E We won't make it F#m Just save yourself this trouble DE Can't take it quite for yourself F#m Cause I'm just fine
(F#mDEAG#m)2x
(F#mDAE) You speak for all of us when
You can't be heard
I bet you haven't listened
To not one word
You speak for all of us when
You can't be heard
I bet you haven't listened
To not one word
{Chorus} F#m Goodbye DE I've had enough frustration AG#m I won't get stuck F#m Goodbye DE This dead end situation AG#m Is just not worth my time DE But waiting so frustrating F#m (palhetando) I'm so sick of DE All this tension not to mention F#m I'm so sick of F#m Sick of you