Dashboard Confessional é uma banda estadunidense de Rock, de Boca Raton, Flórida, liderada pelo compositor e guitarrista, Chris Carrabba (ex-vocalista da banda Further Seems Forever).
O Dashboard Confessional lançou seu primeiro EP, Drowning, The Swiss Army Romance, em 2000, e no ano seguinte seu primeiro álbum: The Places That You Have Come To Fear The Most. Ainda em 2001, lançaram outro EP, "So Impossible".
Em 2002 ganharam um prêmio durante o MTV Video Music Awards, realizado pela MTV2, graças a música Screaming Infidelities.
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!
[Verse 1] (Palm Muted and he picks the notes like in the intro) E5F5G5 We were the kids that left home probably too young E5F5G5 But we took our share and maybe then some E5F5G5 Tired of beatings and battles and being sewn up E5F5G5 (Pluck x5xxxx not PM) But that made us grow up, and that made 'em scared
[Pre-Chorus] (He lightly strums the chords) G5A5 Cause we never learned to keep our voices down E5 No, we only learned to shout B5 ("Pause" for backing track) So we fight our way in
And we fight our way out G5A5 And we earned what we could from the ground up E5 And tried to lift the whole damn crowd up B5 So we fight our way in (Starts to strum harder, get hyped) And we fight our way out
[Chorus] (Strum hard 1st time and lighter afterward, realitively though, still strum like you mean it) D We fight our way in D/A And we fight our way out G/B We fight our way in G (stop struming and pluck x7xxxx no PM) And we fight our way out
[Verse 2] (Pluck PMed and calmed down) E5F5G5 And there's still a kid somewhere that needs to hear this F5E5F5G5 (pause to pluck x5xxxx not PM) That somebody cares, that somebody knows E5F5G5 Who's tired of bleeding and battered and being torn up E5F5G5 Just pick yourself up, it's time to go
[Pre-Chorus] (lightly strum chords) G5A5 Cause we never learned to keep our voices down E5 No, we only learned to shout B5 So we fight our way in
And we fight our way out G5A5 And we earned what we could from the ground up E5 And tried to lift the whole damn crowd up B5 So we fight our way in
And we fight our way out
[Chorus] (Hard 1st strum and lighter strums after) D We fight our way in D/A And we fight our way out G/B We fight our way in G (Dpesnt pluck a note but goes right to the bridge) And we fight our way out
[Bridge] GG* D/A Maybe we found a way to make some tracks G/B We didn't snicker and turn our backs D* (Stop struming) We just keep digging in, and digging in, and giving back
[Pre-Chorus] G5A5 Cause we never learned to keep our voices down E5 No, we only learned to shout B5 So we fight our way in
And we fight our way out G5A5 And we earned what we could from the ground up E5 And tried to lift the whole damn crowd up B5 So we fight our way in
And we fight our way out DD/A Cause we never learned to keep our voices down G/B No, we only learned to shout GD* So we fight our way in D And we fight our way out
[Chorus] D We fight our way in D/A And we fight our way out G/B We fight our way in G And we fight our way out
[Outro] (PM) (slide finger down and back up) d|-----------------------------| B|-----------------------------| G|-----------------------------| D|---0---0---0---0-------------| A|-2---2---2---2---2----5----2-| D|-----------------------------|
Here are the links to the vids I referenced: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9mXx-pChxJs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tGcaO1FLaIo