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!
[Intro] Ebm So what am I fighting for? F# Everything back and more C# And I’m not gonna let this go Bb I’m ready to settle the score Ebm Get ready cause this is war
[Verse 1] Ebm There are days that I think I’m crazy F# Other days nothing seems to faze me C# There’s nothing more and nothing less just G# All the fears that I
must confess well Ebm I’m afraid I believe in nothing F# No hopes or dreams you C# could’ve left me dead
Naive and not to mention G# I’m losing count of
all my blessings B With all that I’ve
done it’s too late F#Bb I can’t take back all Bb(hold) that I have become
[Chorus 1] Ebm So all that I’m trying to say F# I’m looking for a better way C# Some days it just gets so hard Bb And I don’t wanna slip away Ebm So what am I fighting for? F# Everything back and more C# And I’m not gonna let this go Bb I’m ready to settle the score Ebm Get ready cause this is war
[Verse 2] Ebm Another day in the right direction F# I’m ok but I’m left to question C# How did I get so far behind the rest? G# Why am I so inclined Ebm to forget? All the days that you made F# me crazy Nowadays you don’t even faze C# me It’s all the same and I don’t stress G# none Sick and tired of all this tension B With all that I’ve done it’s too late F#Bb I can’t take Back all that I have become
(Repeat Chorus 1)
[Chorus 2] Ebm So all that I’m trying to say F# I’m looking for a better way C# Some days it just gets so hard Bb And I don’t wanna slip away Ebm So what am I fighting for? F# Everything back and more C# And I’m not gonna let this go Bb I’m ready to settle the score EbmF#C#Bb Get ready cause this is war EbmF#C#Bb Get ready cause this is war EbmF#C#Bb Get ready cause this is war
[Chorus 3] Ebm All that I’m trying to say F# I’m looking for a better way C# Some days it just gets so hard Bb And I don’t wanna slip away Ebm So what am I fighting for? F# Everything back and more C# And I’m not gonna let this go Bb I’m ready to settle the score EbmF#C#Bb Get ready cause this is war EbmF#C#Bb Get ready cause this is war Ebm(hold) Get ready cause this is war