Capo 4.
Em7 Cadd9 G Dsus4 A7sus4
e|--3----3----3----3----3----|
B|--3----3----3----3----3----|
G|--0----0----0----2----0----|
D|--2----2----0----0----2----|
A|--2----3----2----0----0----|
E|--0----x----3----x----x----|
[Intro]
(x4)
e|------3-------3-------3-------3-----|
B|----3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3---|
G|--------------------------0---------|
D|------------------------------------|
A|--3-------2-------0-----------------|
E|------------------------------------|
[Verse 1]
Cadd9
Paper bags and plastic hearts
G
All are belongings in shopping carts
Em7
It's goodbye
Cadd9
But we got one more night
G
Let's get drunk and ride around
Dsus4
And make peace with an empty town
Cadd9
We can make it right
[Chorus]
Em7
Throw it away
Cadd9
Forget yesterday
G Dsus4
We'll make the great escape
Em7 Cadd9
We won't hear a word they say
G Dsus4
They don't know us anyway
A7sus4
Watch it burn
G
Let it die
Cadd9 Dsus4
Cause we are finally free tonight
(x2)
e|------3-------3-------3-------3-----|
B|----3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3---|
G|--------------------------0---------|
D|------------------------------------|
A|--3-------2-------0-----------------|
E|------------------------------------|
[Verse 2]
Cadd9
Tonight will change our lives
G
It's so good to be by your side
Em7
But we'll cry
Cadd9
We won't give up the fight
G
We'll scream loud at the top of our lungs
Dsus4
And they'll think it's just cause we're young
Cadd9
And we'll feel so alive
[Chorus]
Em7
Throw it away
Cadd9
Forget yesterday
G Dsus4
We'll make the great escape
Em7 Cadd9
We won't hear a word they say
G Dsus4
They don't know us anyway
A7sus4
Watch it burn
G
Let it die
Cadd9 Dsus4
Cause we are finally free tonight
[Bridge]
Cadd9
All of the wasted time
G
The hours that were left behind
Dsus4
The answers that we'll never find
A7sus4
They don't mean a thing tonight
Em7 Cadd9 G Dsus4 (x2)
[Chorus]
(strum once)
Em7
Throw it away
Cadd9
Forget yesterday
G Dsus4
We'll make the great escape
Em7 Cadd9
We won't hear a word they say
G Dsus4
They don't know us anyway
[Chorus]
Em7
Throw it away
Cadd9
Forget yesterday
G Dsus4
We'll make the great escape
Em7 Cadd9
We won't hear a word they say
G Dsus4
They don't know us anyway
Em7
Throw it away
Cadd9
Forget yesterday
G Dsus4
We'll make the great escape
Em7 Cadd9
We won't hear a word they say
G Dsus4
They don't know us anyway
A7sus4
Watch it burn
G
Let it die
Cadd9 Dsus4
Cause we are finally free tonight
[Outro]
(x6)
e|------3-------3-------3-------3-----|
B|----3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3---|
G|--------------------------0---------|
D|------------------------------------|
A|--3-------2-------0-----------------|
E|------------------------------------|
************************************
| x Dead note
************************************The Great Escape chords and lyrics
Free chords for The Great Escape by Boys Like Girls. Scroll the interactive sheet above or read the chord names inline below.
Capo 4. [Intro] [Verse 1] [Chorus] [Verse 2] [Chorus] [Bridge] Em7 Cadd9 G Dsus4 (x2) [Chorus] (strum once) [Chorus] [Outro] ************************************ | x Dead note ************************************
The Great Escape Chords by Boys Like Girls
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