Biografia:
Cauterize was an Alternative Punk Rock band that was formed in 1998 in Oshawa, Ontario, formerly known as T.O.E. The band initally consisted of Jesse Smith (guitar, lead vocals), Josh Slater (guitar, vocals), Jason Bone (bass, vocals), and Matt Worobec (drums). Chuck Coles (guitar, vocals) was added to the lineup in 2005.
The band signed with US record label Wind-up Records, which released the band's first album: 2003's So Far From Real. The album included the song "Something Beautiful", which was turned into a music video.
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Outras músicas:
- Choke
- Closer
- Dare You To Scream
- Devil In Lace
- Dont Stop Now
- Feel
- If You Go
- Ill Cry Tomorrow
- Killing Me
- Love In The Attic
- Minor Key Symphony
- Miracles Or Medicines
- My Everything
- My Favorite Patient
- Paper Wings
- Porcelain
- Promise Me
- Shine
- Shooting Stars
- Silvers
- Skin For Scars
- So Far From Real
- Some Things Cant Change
- Something Beautiful
- Still Breathing
- Taste Of Tears
- Tremble
- Wake To The Sun
- Why This Last Dance
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Cauterize
So Far From Real
2003
Submitted by: [email protected]
Tuning: All Songs are in Standard EADGBe
Tracklist:
01. Choke
02. Killing Me
03. Something Beautiful
04. If You Go
05. My Everything
06. Taste Of Tears
07. Still Breathing
08. I'll Cry Tomorrow
09. Promise Me
10. Shooting Stars
11. Shine
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1.) Choke
Key: F
Tuning: Standard EADGBe
Chords used:
Bb - x13331
C - x32010
Dm - xx0231
F - 133211
C/E - 032xxx
Intro:
Part 1: palm muted
e|-----1-1-0-1-0---|
B|-1-1-----------1-|
G|-----------------|
D|-----------------| repeat many times
A|-----------------|
E|-----------------|
Part 2:Bb--C--Dm--F x3, Bb--C--F--C
Verse 1:
Dm C
There’s nothing that I can say
Dm
To make you want to stay
C
here with me forever
Dm C
There’s nothing that I can do
Dm
To make you want me like
C
I need you to I need you to
Chorus:
Bb C
Just give me one last
Dm F
chance to say this
Bb C
Just give me one last chance
Dm F Bb
to say what’s on my mind
C F
And I will get it right
Bb C
If I could only get my head above
F
the water for a moment of your time
Bb C
But you seem so strong and I
can’t hold my breath for long
F(hold)
Have you ever tried
C/E(hold) Dm(hold) C(hold)
to scream underwater?
Post Chorus 1:
Bb C Dm F
You’ll choke
Bb C Dm F
You’ll choke
Interlude: Bb--C--F--C
Verse 2:
Dm
You said I always sang too
C
loud to sing you a love song
Dm
Well, I save my soft voice for
C
the things I really mean
Dm C
You always said I had a hard
Dm
time saying what’s on my mind
Well here it goes
C
I hate you for what
you’ve done to me
(Repeat Chorus)
Post Chorus 2:
Dm Bb C
You’ll choke
Dm Bb C
You’ll choke
Interlude: Dm--Bb-C x2
Bass Lines: Dm--Bb-C x2
Interlude: Dm--Bb-C x2
Outro:
F C
When the last word’s been said
Bb Dm
and the last tear’s been shed
C Bb Dm C F
I will miss you, miss you my friend
C
And I can’t tell you lies
Bb Dm C
Even after all these years
Bb Dm C F(hold) C Bb, F--C--Bb--- repeat until fade
I still cry
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2.) Killing Me
Key: Eb
Tuning: Standard EADGBe
Chords used:
Eb - x68886
Cm - x35543
Bb - x13331
Fm - 133111
G# - 466544
Eb/G - 365xxx
Intro:
Eb
I wonder where you are
G#
Please don’t come
around tonight
Eb
cause I can’t stand to see
G#
you and I don’t want to fight
Eb
Gimme one more
drink and I swear
G#
I think I'll be ready to make
Eb
the same mistakes again with you
Riff: Cm-G#-Eb-Bb-Fm-Bb x4
Verse 1:
Cm G# Eb Bb Fm Bb
I finally fi-gured out that
Cm G# Eb Bb Fm Bb
you’re not coming back
Cm G# Eb Bb Fm Bb Cm G# Eb Bb Fm Bb
and I'm not go-ing anywhere
Cm
You were the one with all the
Bb
faith how did you let it slip away?
That’s right, I'm
blaming this all on you
and the little
G#
things you didn’t do
We both knew that
you were stronger
could have fought
a little longer
Bb
You didn’t hold
it tight enough
You lost your grip and I slipped
right through your fingers
Chorus:
Eb Cm Bb
No more sleepless nights alone
This bed is better without you
Eb Cm Bb
No more waiting up for calls
I've got nothing left to say to you
G#(hold)
Verse 2:
Cm G# Eb Bb Fm
Tell me again a--bout
Bb Cm G# Eb Bb Fm Bb
those better days
Cm G# Eb Bb Fm
This silence hurts me more
Bb Cm G# Eb Bb Fm Bb
than anything you could say
Cm
Broken knuckles broken heart
Bb
I fell in love then fell apart
You tried to run I tried to
G#
hide still we managed to collide
Fell so hard matching scars
Bb
Held you close felt so far
Hearts beating out of time
You’re screaming with
no reason and no rhyme
(Repeat Chorus)
Post chorus:
G# Cm Bb G#
So I will save this last breath
Cm Bb G#
for words that I won’t scream
Cm Bb G#(hold)
I don’t feel like dying
(Repeat Intro Riff)
but you’re killing me
Bridge:
Fm
Just when the wounds start healing
Eb/G
you’re there to break me open
Bb
Watch the blood spill
I’m getting used to this
I'll clean it in the morning
(Repeat Chorus and Post chorus)
Outro:
Eb
I wonder where you are
G#
Please don’t come
around tonight
Eb
cause I can’t stand to see
G#
you and I don’t want to fight
Eb
Gimme one more
drink and I swear
G#
I think I'll be ready to make
Eb G#
the same mistakes again without you
________________________________________
3.) Something Beautiful
Key: G#
Tuning: Standard EADGBe
Chords used:
G# - 466544
Eb - x68886
Fm - 133111
C# - x46664
Bbm - x13321
F# - 244322
Interlude: Bbm-F#-- x6,
Verse 1:
Fm
faded away like
C#
the color in a blue sky
G# Eb
at the end of the day
Fm
night falls
and the search begins
C#
for something
G# Bbm
something better than this
Refrain:
Fm
scream or a cry
the truth or a lie
C#
i'm not sure they will
G# Eb
save us this time
Fm
i don't wanna be around
C#
when it all comes down
G#
to watch something
Eb
beautiful die
Chorus:
G# C#
you said the only way is to run away
Fm
you're sick of me so you just can't
stick around to hear
C#
me pleading i'm pleading
G# C#
does it show, i'm pathetic i know
i just cant stand
Fm
here watch you go
C#
i'm running after you
i'm running after you
Verse 2:
Fm
helpless cuz my
hands are tied
C#
eyelids pinned back so
G# Eb
they're opened wide
Fm
in a theater all alone
C#
in the front row
G#
to watch something
Bbm
beautiful die
(Repeat Refrain adn chorus)
Interlude: G#--C#--Bbm--C#
Bridge:
G#
what happened to
the things that we used to do
C#
you said its all the same
and that you needed a change
Bbm
you left without good-bye
C#
and now i'm wonderin why...
i dont think i wanna know...
G#
all the things he does better
C#
how the past just doesnt matter
Bbm
you left me once this
C#
time will be the last time
(Repeat Chorus)
Outro:
Bbm C# G#
look for the feeling that we lost
Bbm
where'd you have it last
C# G#
maybe if we retrace our steps
Bbm
but we cant find the path
C#
that led us here to
G#
where we stand
Bbm C#
face to face to watch
G#
this bitter end
now something
Fm Fm Fm Fm(hold)
beautiful is dead
____________________________________
4.) If You Go
Key: C
Tuning: Standard EADGBe
Chords used:
C - x32010
Dm - xx0231
G - 320003
Am - x02210
Em - 022000
F - 133211
Intro: C--Dm--F x4
Guitar 2:
e|---3---0---0-----
B|-1---1---3---3-1-
G|-----------------
D|----------------- x16
A|-----------------
E|-----------------
Verse 1:
G F G
It’s kinda sad that I have learned
F G
to deal with things like this
F G F
Being strong means being heartless
C
Tell me how do the scars
feel after the wounds heal?
Dm
Did it burn when they cauterized?
Am
Did it show that you
were hiding the hurt inside?
Do your eyes still
shine as bright as
F
they did the days when
you were at your best?
Refrain:
Em F G
If you run away from me
Am F G
I’m not running after you
(Cause I’m so tired)
Em F G
If you turn away from
Am F G
this don’t look back
(Cause I’ll be gone)
Chorus:
C
If you go then I'll forget you
G
When you’re gone I won’t miss you
Am
I’m sorry that’s just the way
F
I’ve learned to deal
with a broken heart
(Repeat)
Post Chorus: G-Am-F
G Em F
And broken promises
G-Am-F--G-Em-F
Verse 2:
C
It’s been a long time since I’ve
Dm
seen you and longer since we’ve talked
And the last thing that
Am
I said was I had nothing to say
Now I’m choking on my words
F
All the things I didn’t say
that could have made it all ok
Refrain 2:
G
Now that you’re all alone
and feeling sorry for yourself
F C
Did it make sense to lie to me
G F
and deceive me like you did?
(Repeat Refrain 1 and Chorus and Post chorus)
(Repeat Intro but only twice)
Bridge:
C Dm
Tell me, how do the scars
F
feel after the wounds heal?
C Dm F
Did it burn when they cauterized?
C
Did it show that you
Dm
were hiding the hurt inside?
F
Do your eyes still shine as
C
bright as they did the
Dm F
days when you were at your best?
Outro:
G F
How do the scars feel
G F
after the wounds heal?
G
Did it burn when
F G
they cauterized?
(Repeat to fade)
_________________________________
5.) My Everything
Key: E
Tuning: Standard EADGBe
Chords used:
E - 022100
B - x24442
C#m - x46654
A - x02220
G#m - 466444
Intro: C#m--A-G#m x6
Verse 1:
C#m A
I still miss you I still care
B
sometimes I swear you're still here
C#m A
Do you miss me? Do you care?
B
Does it hurt that I'm not there?
C#m A B
Told me you need something better
What is better than love?
C#m A B
Told me you need something new
But all I need is
Refrain 1:
A C#m
you to feel the
A C#m
way you make me feel
Chorus:
E C#m
I never meant to hurt you
B
never meant to say those things
A
never meant to write them down
E C#m
in a song about the way it used to be
B
It used to be so good
A
You used to be my everything
Post Chorus 1: C#m---A-G#m x2
Verse 2:
C#m A
I just want you to know
B
that I'm just fine on my own
C#m A
Do you want me to know
B
that you hate being alone?
C#m A B
Did you think I would fall for
this over again we're repeating
C#m A B
Did you think I would crawl back
crawl back one more
Refrain 2:
A C#m A C#m
time to feel the way I feel
(Repeat Chorus)
Post chorus 2: A----
Bass lines: C#m---A-G#m x2
Bridge:
C#m
How's your hand?
My eyes healed nicely
A
How's the time
B
pass by without me?
C#m
I hope this hurts like hell
cause why should you be fine?
C#m
How's your hand?
My eyes healed nicely
How's the time
pass by without me?
I hope this hurts like hell
A
cause why should you be fine?
(Repeat)
Verse 3:
C#m A B
Told me you need something better
What is better than love?
C#m A B
Told me you need something new
But all I need is you
C#m A B
Did you think I would fall for
this over again we're repeating
C#m A B
Did you think I would crawl back
crawl back one more time to feel
(Repeat Chorus)
Outro: C#m--A--B(hold)
___________________________________
6.) Taste Of Tears
Key: G#
Tuning: Standard EADGBe
Chords used:
Fm - 133111
C# - x46664
G# - 466544
Eb - x68886
Bbm - x13321
Intro:
e|---------
B|-4-------
G|----3--5-
D|---------
A|---------
E|---------
Then Fm--C#-- x3 Eb--, Fm--Eb-- x2
Verse 1:
Fm C#
Standing on my doorstep in the rain
Fm C#
Make-up running down your face
Fm C#
You look so good right now
Eb
It’s bittersweet that you run to me
Fm C#
I need you I bleed you
Fm C#
I would give up breathing for you
Fm C#
If you would take my
Eb
breath and hold it in
I need to be
Chorus 1:
G#
Inside of you
Bbm
Show me where it hurts
Fm
Show me what love’s done to you
Eb
Don’t try to move you’ll only
G#
make it worse than it is already
Bbm
You had to be so strong
Fm
and I had to be so useless
Eb
I’m always fucking useless
useless without you
Verse 2:
Fm C#
Tears ran down your face
Fm C#
Like rain on the window
Fm C#
you were looking out
Eb
What were you looking for?
I won’t ask tonight
Fm C#
I need this just one kiss
Fm C#
A gentle touch
your sweet caress
Fm C#
My heart would break
Eb
my ribs if I hold this in
I must confess
Refrain:
Fm
I hate myself
for needing this
Eb
I love our
twisted little mess
Fm
I know it’s wrong
but it just feels right
Eb
The taste of tears
is bittersweet
Chorus 2:
G#
Tonight
Bbm
Show me where it hurts
Fm
Show me what love’s done to you
Eb
Don’t try to move you’ll only
G#
make it worse than it is already
Bbm
You had to be so strong
Fm
and I had to be so useless
Eb
I’m always fucking useless
useless without you
Verse 3:
Fm C#
I’m scared as hell
Fm C# Fm
It’s about time that I tell you all
C# Fm
the things that you should know
C#
All the things I’m too scared to show
Fm C#
I need you I bleed you
Fm C#
I would give up breathing for you
Fm C#
If you would take my
Eb
breath and hold it in
(Repeat Refrain)
Chorus 3:
G#
Tonight
Bbm
Show me where it hurts
Fm
Show me what love’s done to you
Eb
Don’t try to move you’ll only
G#
make it worse than it is already
Bbm
You had to be so strong
Fm
and I had to be so useless
Eb
I’m always fucking useless
G#(hold)
useless without you
____________________________________
7.) Still Breathing
Key: Eb
Tuning: Standard EADGBe
Chords used:
G# - 466544
Bb - x13331
Cm - x35543
Eb - x68886
Bb/D - x587xx
Eb/G - 365xxx
Intro:
G# Bb Cm
Tear me open at the seams
G#
Take everything you need
Bb Cm
Take my heart if you like the beat
Take my lungs if it’s hard
G# Bb Cm
to breathe to breathe
Interlude: Eb-Bb/D-G#--Eb-Bb/D-Bb--Eb-Bb/D-Cm-Bb-G#-
Eb-Bb/D-G#--Eb-Bb/D-Bb--Eb-Bb/D-Cm---
Verse 1:
Eb Bb/D G#
“I’m not cold” she said
Bb
But she’s shaking
Cm
As she’s lying next to me naked
G# Bb
Pulled the hair back from her face
Cm
To let that smile heat this place
G# Bb
And this feels so far from real
Cm
I’m lost and I love it
Refrain:
Eb Bb/D G#
I can’t take it
Eb Bb/D Bb
If you’re waiting
Eb Bb/D Cm Bb G#
I am ready to tell the world
Eb Bb/D G# Eb Bb/D
About a girl who showed me
Bb Eb Bb/D Cm
Love again for the first time
And it’s everything I dreamed of
Chorus 1:
Eb Eb/G
Tell me what you thought about
Bb
When you were breathing oh so loud
Eb
Screaming oh so loud
Eb/G
Tell me if this is real
Bb
I need to know before
Eb Bb/D Cm
I get too close
Verse 2:
Eb Bb/D G# Bb
So here we lie in this beautiful mess
Cm
Of tangled sheets and beads of sweat
G#
With my heart in your hand
Bb
My neck in the other
Cm
Should I be scared or
should I come closer?
G#
But it’s still beating
Bb
and I'm still breathing
Cm
You haven’t hurt me yet
(Repeat Refrain)
Chorus 2:
Eb Eb/G
Tell me what you thought about
Bb
When you were breathing oh so loud
Eb
Screaming oh so loud
Eb/G
Tell me if this is real
Bb
I need to know before
I get too close
Bridge:
G#
Morning always
Bb
comes too quick
Cm
When you’re around
When you’re around
G# Bb
You leave me lying here
Cm
So they don’t find us out
They’ll find us out
G# Bb Cm
Tear me open at the seams
G#
Take everything you need
Bb
Take my heart if
Cm
you like the beat
Take my lungs if
G# Bb
it’s hard to breathe
Cm
to breathe
(Repeat Refrain 1)
Refrain 2:
Eb Bb/D G#
I can’t take it
Eb Bb/D Bb
If you’re waiting
Eb Bb/D Cm Bb G#
I am ready to tell the world
Eb Bb/D G# Eb Bb/D
About a girl who showed me
Bb Eb Bb/D Eb(hold)
Love again for the first time
_________________________________
8.) I'll Cry Tomorrow
Key: F#
Tuning: Standard EADGBe
Chords used:
F# - 244322
G#m - 466444
Ebm - x68876
B - x24442
C# - x46664
Intro: F#, F#--G#m--Ebm--B--F#--G#m--Ebm(hold)
Verse 1:
F# G#m
Wake me when it’s over
Ebm
I don’t feel much
like crying tonight
F#
Please tell me that
G#m
you’re leaving
Ebm
I don’t feel much like
holding you tight
Refrain:
F# G#m Ebm
I love you even though I hate
this thing that we've become
F# G#m
I need you even though
Ebm
I can live without this
Chorus:
B F#
I know that I should
C#
probably hurt so bad
Ebm B
But I can’t feel a thing
F#
I know that I should
C#
probably say something
Ebm B
But I can barely breathe
F#
And I am sorry if I’m
C# Ebm
giving up too easy
B
I just don’t have the
F# C#
strength to fight no more
Verse 2:
F#
My throat is sore
G#m
from pleading
Ebm
I don’t feel much
like singing tonight
F#
If I can stop
G#m
the bleeding
Ebm
I know that I
will be alright
(Repeat Refrain and Chorus)
Bridge:
Ebm B
I'll forget your bitter taste
when you pull your lips away
Ebm B
I'll forget the way you feel
and the chill of your embrace
Ebm B
I'll forget the way you look
don’t wanna remember your face
Ebm C#
Let’s just cut this clean tonight
and maybe I'll cry
Verse 3:
F#
tomorrow "Explain
G#m
the way you feel"
Ebm
you said to me
F# G#m
I simply feel nothing and
Ebm
honestly I'd like to leave
(Repeat Refrain and Chorus)
_____________________________________
9.) Promise Me
Key: Eb
Tuning: Standard EADGBe
Chords used:
Eb - x68886
Bb - x13331
Cm - x35543
G# - 466544
Fm - 133111
Gm - 355333
Intro: Eb--, Eb--Bb--Cm--G# x2
Chorus:
Eb
And if this is a game
Bb
well I don't wanna play
Cm
It means too much to me
G#
and you're so far away
Eb Bb
Well I will wait for you
Cm
we could see this through
G#
Now it's up to you please tell
(hold)
me you feel the same way too
Interlude: Eb--Bb--Cm--G# x2
Verse 1:
Eb Fm Gm
Simple touch a look in you're eye
G#
Sound and voice they do
Eb Fm
something to me I've never felt
Gm G#
But I don't ever want to leave
Eb Fm
It's like this happened
Gm G#
to me once again
Bb Eb
Things were rumbling
Fm
before it started
Gm
Another goodbye
G#
unless you wanna
Refrain:
Eb Bb Cm G#
Try
Eb Bb Cm G#
And I promise you I'll try
(Repeat Chorus and Interlude but only once)
Verse 2:
Eb Fm Gm
Warm embrace it's been a while
G#
since I've seen your pretty
Eb Fm
face If you'd let me don't
Gm G#
think I'd ever leave this place
Eb Fm
Every shared night
Gm G#
just feels so right
Bb Eb
When I wake up with you
Fm Gm G#
in my arms staring into my eyes
(Repeat Refrain)
(Repeat Chorus except last 2 words)
Bridge:
Bb Cm G#
Same way
(Repeat x4)
Eb Bb Cm G# x2
Same way too
(Repeat Refrain)
(Repeat Chorus)
end on Eb
________________________________________
10.) Shooting Stars
Key: C#
Tuning: Standard EADGBe
Chords used:
C# - x46664
Ebm - x68876
F# - 244322
Bbm - x13321
G# - 466544
G#/C - x365xx
B - x24442
Intro:
Bass Lines: C#--F#--Ebm--F# x3
Guitar Riff:
e|-------4---------
B|-2-1-2---2-1-2-4-
G|-----------------
D|----------------- Do many times
A|-----------------
E|-----------------
Verse 1:
C#
I know it’s been a long time
F#
You’ve lost that look in your eye
Ebm
The one that told me
F# B
everything was fine without a word
C# F#
But now we’re standing face to face
with nothing left to
Ebm F# (hold)
say but goodbye to yesterday
Refrain:
Bbm
I don’t know if I can make it
G#
I don’t know if I’m that strong
F#
I don’t know where we
G#
went wrong but somehow it’s over
Bbm
In my mind I see you clearly
G#
In my dreams I feel you near me
F#
I want to know does
G#
this feeling go away?
Chorus 1:
C# Ebm
Like shooting stars we
F#
shine and then we fade
G# Bbm B G#/C C# (harmonics) F# Ebm
breaking the pro-mi--ses we made
F# G# C# F# Ebm
What about the promises?
F# G# C# F# Ebm
What about the promises we made?
F# G# C# F#
What about our plans for forever?
Ebm
Did they scare you?
F# G#
Did you need to get away?
(Repeat Intro but only once)
Verse 2:
C#--
You taught me many things
F# Ebm
Like how- it- feels- to miss
someone so-- bad it
F#
feels like, a part
B C#
of you is mis-sing
F#
I can tell you one thing
Ebm
Now that you have gone, I
F#
never will, for-get you
(hold)
You left your mark
(Repeat Refrain)
Interlude: C#---F#--- x2
Bridge:
Bbm G#
When I have gone and you’ve
F#
moved on will you remember me?
(Repeat)
Interlude: Bbm--G#--F#--G#
Chorus 2:
C# Ebm
Like shooting stars we
F#
shine and then we fade
G# Bbm B G#/C C# (harmonics) F# Ebm
breaking the pro-mi--ses we made
F# G# C# F# Ebm
What about the promises?
F# G# C# F# Ebm
What about the promises we made?
F# G# C# F#
What about our plans for forever?
Ebm
Did they scare you?
F# G# F#(hold)
Did you need to get away?
_________________________________________
11.) Shine
Key: Bb
Tuning: Standard EADGBe
Chords used:
Gm - 355333
Eb - x68886
Bb - x13331
Cm - x35543
F - 133211
G# - 466544
Intro: Gm--F--Eb--F x4
Verse 1:
Gm
Just for that moment
time stood still
Nothing mattered but the
Eb F
thrill of things to come
Eb
And never knowing
F
where you’re going
Gm
A little nervous
and out of practice
Sweaty palms and an
awkward silience
Eb
You pulled me
F
closer for a kiss
Eb F
I'm so scared to feel
like, feel like this
Pre Refrain 1:
Gm F Eb F Gm
Can’t stop my hands
F
from shaking
(Can’t stop my
Eb F
hands from shaking)
Refrain:
Gm
I won’t blink
cause I might miss
And I've waited way
too long for this
Eb
The perfect words at
F
the perfect time
Eb
The perfect song with
F
the perfect rhyme
Compose the soundtrack
to our night
Are you listening?
Chorus:
Bb Cm
Tonight the world will wait for
Eb
us to say it’s ok to move again
Bb Cm
The stars will have to find
Eb
another sky to shed some light
Post Chorus 1:
Gm F Eb
Cause this is our time to shine
Verse 2:
Gm
Is there some place
we could go to be alone?
Eb F
One last thing before you go
Eb F
A little song to let you know
Gm
That I never wanted to be anything
Eb F
but everything, to you my dear
Eb
But I spoke too soft
F
for you to hear me say
Pre Refrain 2:
Gm F Eb F Gm F Eb F
"I wish that I could stay"
(Repeat refrain and Chorus)
Post Chorus 2:
Gm F Eb
Cause this is our time to shine
Gm F Eb
Cause this is our time to shine
Interlude: Gm--Eb-G#-Bb-Cm x2
Bridge:
Gm
And though it’s our last night
Eb G#
Let’s make it a lifetime
Bb Cm Gm
before the sun comes up again
I know this is goodbye
Eb G#
I promise I won’t cry
Bb Cm
if you promise you won’t forget
Gm
And though it’s our last night
Eb
Let’s make it a lifetime
Bb Cm Gm
before the sun comes up again
I know this is goodbye
Eb
I promise I won’t cry
Bb Cm
if you promise you won’t forget
(Repeat Chorus till fade)
So Far From Real
2003
Submitted by: [email protected]
Tuning: All Songs are in Standard EADGBe
Tracklist:
01. Choke
02. Killing Me
03. Something Beautiful
04. If You Go
05. My Everything
06. Taste Of Tears
07. Still Breathing
08. I'll Cry Tomorrow
09. Promise Me
10. Shooting Stars
11. Shine
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1.) Choke
Key: F
Tuning: Standard EADGBe
Chords used:
Bb - x13331
C - x32010
Dm - xx0231
F - 133211
C/E - 032xxx
Intro:
Part 1: palm muted
e|-----1-1-0-1-0---|
B|-1-1-----------1-|
G|-----------------|
D|-----------------| repeat many times
A|-----------------|
E|-----------------|
Part 2:Bb--C--Dm--F x3, Bb--C--F--C
Verse 1:
Dm C
There’s nothing that I can say
Dm
To make you want to stay
C
here with me forever
Dm C
There’s nothing that I can do
Dm
To make you want me like
C
I need you to I need you to
Chorus:
Bb C
Just give me one last
Dm F
chance to say this
Bb C
Just give me one last chance
Dm F Bb
to say what’s on my mind
C F
And I will get it right
Bb C
If I could only get my head above
F
the water for a moment of your time
Bb C
But you seem so strong and I
can’t hold my breath for long
F(hold)
Have you ever tried
C/E(hold) Dm(hold) C(hold)
to scream underwater?
Post Chorus 1:
Bb C Dm F
You’ll choke
Bb C Dm F
You’ll choke
Interlude: Bb--C--F--C
Verse 2:
Dm
You said I always sang too
C
loud to sing you a love song
Dm
Well, I save my soft voice for
C
the things I really mean
Dm C
You always said I had a hard
Dm
time saying what’s on my mind
Well here it goes
C
I hate you for what
you’ve done to me
(Repeat Chorus)
Post Chorus 2:
Dm Bb C
You’ll choke
Dm Bb C
You’ll choke
Interlude: Dm--Bb-C x2
Bass Lines: Dm--Bb-C x2
Interlude: Dm--Bb-C x2
Outro:
F C
When the last word’s been said
Bb Dm
and the last tear’s been shed
C Bb Dm C F
I will miss you, miss you my friend
C
And I can’t tell you lies
Bb Dm C
Even after all these years
Bb Dm C F(hold) C Bb, F--C--Bb--- repeat until fade
I still cry
____________________________________________
2.) Killing Me
Key: Eb
Tuning: Standard EADGBe
Chords used:
Eb - x68886
Cm - x35543
Bb - x13331
Fm - 133111
G# - 466544
Eb/G - 365xxx
Intro:
Eb
I wonder where you are
G#
Please don’t come
around tonight
Eb
cause I can’t stand to see
G#
you and I don’t want to fight
Eb
Gimme one more
drink and I swear
G#
I think I'll be ready to make
Eb
the same mistakes again with you
Riff: Cm-G#-Eb-Bb-Fm-Bb x4
Verse 1:
Cm G# Eb Bb Fm Bb
I finally fi-gured out that
Cm G# Eb Bb Fm Bb
you’re not coming back
Cm G# Eb Bb Fm Bb Cm G# Eb Bb Fm Bb
and I'm not go-ing anywhere
Cm
You were the one with all the
Bb
faith how did you let it slip away?
That’s right, I'm
blaming this all on you
and the little
G#
things you didn’t do
We both knew that
you were stronger
could have fought
a little longer
Bb
You didn’t hold
it tight enough
You lost your grip and I slipped
right through your fingers
Chorus:
Eb Cm Bb
No more sleepless nights alone
This bed is better without you
Eb Cm Bb
No more waiting up for calls
I've got nothing left to say to you
G#(hold)
Verse 2:
Cm G# Eb Bb Fm
Tell me again a--bout
Bb Cm G# Eb Bb Fm Bb
those better days
Cm G# Eb Bb Fm
This silence hurts me more
Bb Cm G# Eb Bb Fm Bb
than anything you could say
Cm
Broken knuckles broken heart
Bb
I fell in love then fell apart
You tried to run I tried to
G#
hide still we managed to collide
Fell so hard matching scars
Bb
Held you close felt so far
Hearts beating out of time
You’re screaming with
no reason and no rhyme
(Repeat Chorus)
Post chorus:
G# Cm Bb G#
So I will save this last breath
Cm Bb G#
for words that I won’t scream
Cm Bb G#(hold)
I don’t feel like dying
(Repeat Intro Riff)
but you’re killing me
Bridge:
Fm
Just when the wounds start healing
Eb/G
you’re there to break me open
Bb
Watch the blood spill
I’m getting used to this
I'll clean it in the morning
(Repeat Chorus and Post chorus)
Outro:
Eb
I wonder where you are
G#
Please don’t come
around tonight
Eb
cause I can’t stand to see
G#
you and I don’t want to fight
Eb
Gimme one more
drink and I swear
G#
I think I'll be ready to make
Eb G#
the same mistakes again without you
________________________________________
3.) Something Beautiful
Key: G#
Tuning: Standard EADGBe
Chords used:
G# - 466544
Eb - x68886
Fm - 133111
C# - x46664
Bbm - x13321
F# - 244322
Interlude: Bbm-F#-- x6,
Verse 1:
Fm
faded away like
C#
the color in a blue sky
G# Eb
at the end of the day
Fm
night falls
and the search begins
C#
for something
G# Bbm
something better than this
Refrain:
Fm
scream or a cry
the truth or a lie
C#
i'm not sure they will
G# Eb
save us this time
Fm
i don't wanna be around
C#
when it all comes down
G#
to watch something
Eb
beautiful die
Chorus:
G# C#
you said the only way is to run away
Fm
you're sick of me so you just can't
stick around to hear
C#
me pleading i'm pleading
G# C#
does it show, i'm pathetic i know
i just cant stand
Fm
here watch you go
C#
i'm running after you
i'm running after you
Verse 2:
Fm
helpless cuz my
hands are tied
C#
eyelids pinned back so
G# Eb
they're opened wide
Fm
in a theater all alone
C#
in the front row
G#
to watch something
Bbm
beautiful die
(Repeat Refrain adn chorus)
Interlude: G#--C#--Bbm--C#
Bridge:
G#
what happened to
the things that we used to do
C#
you said its all the same
and that you needed a change
Bbm
you left without good-bye
C#
and now i'm wonderin why...
i dont think i wanna know...
G#
all the things he does better
C#
how the past just doesnt matter
Bbm
you left me once this
C#
time will be the last time
(Repeat Chorus)
Outro:
Bbm C# G#
look for the feeling that we lost
Bbm
where'd you have it last
C# G#
maybe if we retrace our steps
Bbm
but we cant find the path
C#
that led us here to
G#
where we stand
Bbm C#
face to face to watch
G#
this bitter end
now something
Fm Fm Fm Fm(hold)
beautiful is dead
____________________________________
4.) If You Go
Key: C
Tuning: Standard EADGBe
Chords used:
C - x32010
Dm - xx0231
G - 320003
Am - x02210
Em - 022000
F - 133211
Intro: C--Dm--F x4
Guitar 2:
e|---3---0---0-----
B|-1---1---3---3-1-
G|-----------------
D|----------------- x16
A|-----------------
E|-----------------
Verse 1:
G F G
It’s kinda sad that I have learned
F G
to deal with things like this
F G F
Being strong means being heartless
C
Tell me how do the scars
feel after the wounds heal?
Dm
Did it burn when they cauterized?
Am
Did it show that you
were hiding the hurt inside?
Do your eyes still
shine as bright as
F
they did the days when
you were at your best?
Refrain:
Em F G
If you run away from me
Am F G
I’m not running after you
(Cause I’m so tired)
Em F G
If you turn away from
Am F G
this don’t look back
(Cause I’ll be gone)
Chorus:
C
If you go then I'll forget you
G
When you’re gone I won’t miss you
Am
I’m sorry that’s just the way
F
I’ve learned to deal
with a broken heart
(Repeat)
Post Chorus: G-Am-F
G Em F
And broken promises
G-Am-F--G-Em-F
Verse 2:
C
It’s been a long time since I’ve
Dm
seen you and longer since we’ve talked
And the last thing that
Am
I said was I had nothing to say
Now I’m choking on my words
F
All the things I didn’t say
that could have made it all ok
Refrain 2:
G
Now that you’re all alone
and feeling sorry for yourself
F C
Did it make sense to lie to me
G F
and deceive me like you did?
(Repeat Refrain 1 and Chorus and Post chorus)
(Repeat Intro but only twice)
Bridge:
C Dm
Tell me, how do the scars
F
feel after the wounds heal?
C Dm F
Did it burn when they cauterized?
C
Did it show that you
Dm
were hiding the hurt inside?
F
Do your eyes still shine as
C
bright as they did the
Dm F
days when you were at your best?
Outro:
G F
How do the scars feel
G F
after the wounds heal?
G
Did it burn when
F G
they cauterized?
(Repeat to fade)
_________________________________
5.) My Everything
Key: E
Tuning: Standard EADGBe
Chords used:
E - 022100
B - x24442
C#m - x46654
A - x02220
G#m - 466444
Intro: C#m--A-G#m x6
Verse 1:
C#m A
I still miss you I still care
B
sometimes I swear you're still here
C#m A
Do you miss me? Do you care?
B
Does it hurt that I'm not there?
C#m A B
Told me you need something better
What is better than love?
C#m A B
Told me you need something new
But all I need is
Refrain 1:
A C#m
you to feel the
A C#m
way you make me feel
Chorus:
E C#m
I never meant to hurt you
B
never meant to say those things
A
never meant to write them down
E C#m
in a song about the way it used to be
B
It used to be so good
A
You used to be my everything
Post Chorus 1: C#m---A-G#m x2
Verse 2:
C#m A
I just want you to know
B
that I'm just fine on my own
C#m A
Do you want me to know
B
that you hate being alone?
C#m A B
Did you think I would fall for
this over again we're repeating
C#m A B
Did you think I would crawl back
crawl back one more
Refrain 2:
A C#m A C#m
time to feel the way I feel
(Repeat Chorus)
Post chorus 2: A----
Bass lines: C#m---A-G#m x2
Bridge:
C#m
How's your hand?
My eyes healed nicely
A
How's the time
B
pass by without me?
C#m
I hope this hurts like hell
cause why should you be fine?
C#m
How's your hand?
My eyes healed nicely
How's the time
pass by without me?
I hope this hurts like hell
A
cause why should you be fine?
(Repeat)
Verse 3:
C#m A B
Told me you need something better
What is better than love?
C#m A B
Told me you need something new
But all I need is you
C#m A B
Did you think I would fall for
this over again we're repeating
C#m A B
Did you think I would crawl back
crawl back one more time to feel
(Repeat Chorus)
Outro: C#m--A--B(hold)
___________________________________
6.) Taste Of Tears
Key: G#
Tuning: Standard EADGBe
Chords used:
Fm - 133111
C# - x46664
G# - 466544
Eb - x68886
Bbm - x13321
Intro:
e|---------
B|-4-------
G|----3--5-
D|---------
A|---------
E|---------
Then Fm--C#-- x3 Eb--, Fm--Eb-- x2
Verse 1:
Fm C#
Standing on my doorstep in the rain
Fm C#
Make-up running down your face
Fm C#
You look so good right now
Eb
It’s bittersweet that you run to me
Fm C#
I need you I bleed you
Fm C#
I would give up breathing for you
Fm C#
If you would take my
Eb
breath and hold it in
I need to be
Chorus 1:
G#
Inside of you
Bbm
Show me where it hurts
Fm
Show me what love’s done to you
Eb
Don’t try to move you’ll only
G#
make it worse than it is already
Bbm
You had to be so strong
Fm
and I had to be so useless
Eb
I’m always fucking useless
useless without you
Verse 2:
Fm C#
Tears ran down your face
Fm C#
Like rain on the window
Fm C#
you were looking out
Eb
What were you looking for?
I won’t ask tonight
Fm C#
I need this just one kiss
Fm C#
A gentle touch
your sweet caress
Fm C#
My heart would break
Eb
my ribs if I hold this in
I must confess
Refrain:
Fm
I hate myself
for needing this
Eb
I love our
twisted little mess
Fm
I know it’s wrong
but it just feels right
Eb
The taste of tears
is bittersweet
Chorus 2:
G#
Tonight
Bbm
Show me where it hurts
Fm
Show me what love’s done to you
Eb
Don’t try to move you’ll only
G#
make it worse than it is already
Bbm
You had to be so strong
Fm
and I had to be so useless
Eb
I’m always fucking useless
useless without you
Verse 3:
Fm C#
I’m scared as hell
Fm C# Fm
It’s about time that I tell you all
C# Fm
the things that you should know
C#
All the things I’m too scared to show
Fm C#
I need you I bleed you
Fm C#
I would give up breathing for you
Fm C#
If you would take my
Eb
breath and hold it in
(Repeat Refrain)
Chorus 3:
G#
Tonight
Bbm
Show me where it hurts
Fm
Show me what love’s done to you
Eb
Don’t try to move you’ll only
G#
make it worse than it is already
Bbm
You had to be so strong
Fm
and I had to be so useless
Eb
I’m always fucking useless
G#(hold)
useless without you
____________________________________
7.) Still Breathing
Key: Eb
Tuning: Standard EADGBe
Chords used:
G# - 466544
Bb - x13331
Cm - x35543
Eb - x68886
Bb/D - x587xx
Eb/G - 365xxx
Intro:
G# Bb Cm
Tear me open at the seams
G#
Take everything you need
Bb Cm
Take my heart if you like the beat
Take my lungs if it’s hard
G# Bb Cm
to breathe to breathe
Interlude: Eb-Bb/D-G#--Eb-Bb/D-Bb--Eb-Bb/D-Cm-Bb-G#-
Eb-Bb/D-G#--Eb-Bb/D-Bb--Eb-Bb/D-Cm---
Verse 1:
Eb Bb/D G#
“I’m not cold” she said
Bb
But she’s shaking
Cm
As she’s lying next to me naked
G# Bb
Pulled the hair back from her face
Cm
To let that smile heat this place
G# Bb
And this feels so far from real
Cm
I’m lost and I love it
Refrain:
Eb Bb/D G#
I can’t take it
Eb Bb/D Bb
If you’re waiting
Eb Bb/D Cm Bb G#
I am ready to tell the world
Eb Bb/D G# Eb Bb/D
About a girl who showed me
Bb Eb Bb/D Cm
Love again for the first time
And it’s everything I dreamed of
Chorus 1:
Eb Eb/G
Tell me what you thought about
Bb
When you were breathing oh so loud
Eb
Screaming oh so loud
Eb/G
Tell me if this is real
Bb
I need to know before
Eb Bb/D Cm
I get too close
Verse 2:
Eb Bb/D G# Bb
So here we lie in this beautiful mess
Cm
Of tangled sheets and beads of sweat
G#
With my heart in your hand
Bb
My neck in the other
Cm
Should I be scared or
should I come closer?
G#
But it’s still beating
Bb
and I'm still breathing
Cm
You haven’t hurt me yet
(Repeat Refrain)
Chorus 2:
Eb Eb/G
Tell me what you thought about
Bb
When you were breathing oh so loud
Eb
Screaming oh so loud
Eb/G
Tell me if this is real
Bb
I need to know before
I get too close
Bridge:
G#
Morning always
Bb
comes too quick
Cm
When you’re around
When you’re around
G# Bb
You leave me lying here
Cm
So they don’t find us out
They’ll find us out
G# Bb Cm
Tear me open at the seams
G#
Take everything you need
Bb
Take my heart if
Cm
you like the beat
Take my lungs if
G# Bb
it’s hard to breathe
Cm
to breathe
(Repeat Refrain 1)
Refrain 2:
Eb Bb/D G#
I can’t take it
Eb Bb/D Bb
If you’re waiting
Eb Bb/D Cm Bb G#
I am ready to tell the world
Eb Bb/D G# Eb Bb/D
About a girl who showed me
Bb Eb Bb/D Eb(hold)
Love again for the first time
_________________________________
8.) I'll Cry Tomorrow
Key: F#
Tuning: Standard EADGBe
Chords used:
F# - 244322
G#m - 466444
Ebm - x68876
B - x24442
C# - x46664
Intro: F#, F#--G#m--Ebm--B--F#--G#m--Ebm(hold)
Verse 1:
F# G#m
Wake me when it’s over
Ebm
I don’t feel much
like crying tonight
F#
Please tell me that
G#m
you’re leaving
Ebm
I don’t feel much like
holding you tight
Refrain:
F# G#m Ebm
I love you even though I hate
this thing that we've become
F# G#m
I need you even though
Ebm
I can live without this
Chorus:
B F#
I know that I should
C#
probably hurt so bad
Ebm B
But I can’t feel a thing
F#
I know that I should
C#
probably say something
Ebm B
But I can barely breathe
F#
And I am sorry if I’m
C# Ebm
giving up too easy
B
I just don’t have the
F# C#
strength to fight no more
Verse 2:
F#
My throat is sore
G#m
from pleading
Ebm
I don’t feel much
like singing tonight
F#
If I can stop
G#m
the bleeding
Ebm
I know that I
will be alright
(Repeat Refrain and Chorus)
Bridge:
Ebm B
I'll forget your bitter taste
when you pull your lips away
Ebm B
I'll forget the way you feel
and the chill of your embrace
Ebm B
I'll forget the way you look
don’t wanna remember your face
Ebm C#
Let’s just cut this clean tonight
and maybe I'll cry
Verse 3:
F#
tomorrow "Explain
G#m
the way you feel"
Ebm
you said to me
F# G#m
I simply feel nothing and
Ebm
honestly I'd like to leave
(Repeat Refrain and Chorus)
_____________________________________
9.) Promise Me
Key: Eb
Tuning: Standard EADGBe
Chords used:
Eb - x68886
Bb - x13331
Cm - x35543
G# - 466544
Fm - 133111
Gm - 355333
Intro: Eb--, Eb--Bb--Cm--G# x2
Chorus:
Eb
And if this is a game
Bb
well I don't wanna play
Cm
It means too much to me
G#
and you're so far away
Eb Bb
Well I will wait for you
Cm
we could see this through
G#
Now it's up to you please tell
(hold)
me you feel the same way too
Interlude: Eb--Bb--Cm--G# x2
Verse 1:
Eb Fm Gm
Simple touch a look in you're eye
G#
Sound and voice they do
Eb Fm
something to me I've never felt
Gm G#
But I don't ever want to leave
Eb Fm
It's like this happened
Gm G#
to me once again
Bb Eb
Things were rumbling
Fm
before it started
Gm
Another goodbye
G#
unless you wanna
Refrain:
Eb Bb Cm G#
Try
Eb Bb Cm G#
And I promise you I'll try
(Repeat Chorus and Interlude but only once)
Verse 2:
Eb Fm Gm
Warm embrace it's been a while
G#
since I've seen your pretty
Eb Fm
face If you'd let me don't
Gm G#
think I'd ever leave this place
Eb Fm
Every shared night
Gm G#
just feels so right
Bb Eb
When I wake up with you
Fm Gm G#
in my arms staring into my eyes
(Repeat Refrain)
(Repeat Chorus except last 2 words)
Bridge:
Bb Cm G#
Same way
(Repeat x4)
Eb Bb Cm G# x2
Same way too
(Repeat Refrain)
(Repeat Chorus)
end on Eb
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10.) Shooting Stars
Key: C#
Tuning: Standard EADGBe
Chords used:
C# - x46664
Ebm - x68876
F# - 244322
Bbm - x13321
G# - 466544
G#/C - x365xx
B - x24442
Intro:
Bass Lines: C#--F#--Ebm--F# x3
Guitar Riff:
e|-------4---------
B|-2-1-2---2-1-2-4-
G|-----------------
D|----------------- Do many times
A|-----------------
E|-----------------
Verse 1:
C#
I know it’s been a long time
F#
You’ve lost that look in your eye
Ebm
The one that told me
F# B
everything was fine without a word
C# F#
But now we’re standing face to face
with nothing left to
Ebm F# (hold)
say but goodbye to yesterday
Refrain:
Bbm
I don’t know if I can make it
G#
I don’t know if I’m that strong
F#
I don’t know where we
G#
went wrong but somehow it’s over
Bbm
In my mind I see you clearly
G#
In my dreams I feel you near me
F#
I want to know does
G#
this feeling go away?
Chorus 1:
C# Ebm
Like shooting stars we
F#
shine and then we fade
G# Bbm B G#/C C# (harmonics) F# Ebm
breaking the pro-mi--ses we made
F# G# C# F# Ebm
What about the promises?
F# G# C# F# Ebm
What about the promises we made?
F# G# C# F#
What about our plans for forever?
Ebm
Did they scare you?
F# G#
Did you need to get away?
(Repeat Intro but only once)
Verse 2:
C#--
You taught me many things
F# Ebm
Like how- it- feels- to miss
someone so-- bad it
F#
feels like, a part
B C#
of you is mis-sing
F#
I can tell you one thing
Ebm
Now that you have gone, I
F#
never will, for-get you
(hold)
You left your mark
(Repeat Refrain)
Interlude: C#---F#--- x2
Bridge:
Bbm G#
When I have gone and you’ve
F#
moved on will you remember me?
(Repeat)
Interlude: Bbm--G#--F#--G#
Chorus 2:
C# Ebm
Like shooting stars we
F#
shine and then we fade
G# Bbm B G#/C C# (harmonics) F# Ebm
breaking the pro-mi--ses we made
F# G# C# F# Ebm
What about the promises?
F# G# C# F# Ebm
What about the promises we made?
F# G# C# F#
What about our plans for forever?
Ebm
Did they scare you?
F# G# F#(hold)
Did you need to get away?
_________________________________________
11.) Shine
Key: Bb
Tuning: Standard EADGBe
Chords used:
Gm - 355333
Eb - x68886
Bb - x13331
Cm - x35543
F - 133211
G# - 466544
Intro: Gm--F--Eb--F x4
Verse 1:
Gm
Just for that moment
time stood still
Nothing mattered but the
Eb F
thrill of things to come
Eb
And never knowing
F
where you’re going
Gm
A little nervous
and out of practice
Sweaty palms and an
awkward silience
Eb
You pulled me
F
closer for a kiss
Eb F
I'm so scared to feel
like, feel like this
Pre Refrain 1:
Gm F Eb F Gm
Can’t stop my hands
F
from shaking
(Can’t stop my
Eb F
hands from shaking)
Refrain:
Gm
I won’t blink
cause I might miss
And I've waited way
too long for this
Eb
The perfect words at
F
the perfect time
Eb
The perfect song with
F
the perfect rhyme
Compose the soundtrack
to our night
Are you listening?
Chorus:
Bb Cm
Tonight the world will wait for
Eb
us to say it’s ok to move again
Bb Cm
The stars will have to find
Eb
another sky to shed some light
Post Chorus 1:
Gm F Eb
Cause this is our time to shine
Verse 2:
Gm
Is there some place
we could go to be alone?
Eb F
One last thing before you go
Eb F
A little song to let you know
Gm
That I never wanted to be anything
Eb F
but everything, to you my dear
Eb
But I spoke too soft
F
for you to hear me say
Pre Refrain 2:
Gm F Eb F Gm F Eb F
"I wish that I could stay"
(Repeat refrain and Chorus)
Post Chorus 2:
Gm F Eb
Cause this is our time to shine
Gm F Eb
Cause this is our time to shine
Interlude: Gm--Eb-G#-Bb-Cm x2
Bridge:
Gm
And though it’s our last night
Eb G#
Let’s make it a lifetime
Bb Cm Gm
before the sun comes up again
I know this is goodbye
Eb G#
I promise I won’t cry
Bb Cm
if you promise you won’t forget
Gm
And though it’s our last night
Eb
Let’s make it a lifetime
Bb Cm Gm
before the sun comes up again
I know this is goodbye
Eb
I promise I won’t cry
Bb Cm
if you promise you won’t forget
(Repeat Chorus till fade)
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