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The Get Up Kids
Something To Write Home About
1999 Vagrant Records
Tuning: Standard EADGBe
Tracklist:
1.) Holiday
2.) Action And Action
3.) Valentine
4.) Red Letter Day
5.) Out Of Reach
6.) 10 Minutes
7.) The Company Dime
8.) My Apology
9.) I'm A Loner Dottie, A Rebel
10.) Long Goodnight
11.) Close To Home
12.) I'll Catch You
1.) Holiday
Key: E
Chords used:
E- 022100
B- x24442
C#m- x46654
A- x02220
F#m- 244222
G#m- 466444
E/G#- 476xxx
C- x32010
Intro: E--C#m--G#m--A--
[Verse 1]
EWhat became of everyone
I C#mused to know?
G#mWhere did our respectable
conAvictions go?
Your Ewords don't match the
story that your C#mactions show
G#mWhat do I Aknow?
[Refrain 1]
F#mI'm sure you can't
help but rAemembering
I C#mthought that you'd be one
Not to forAget
ReC#mmembering's not
helping you Ayet
[Chorus 1]
Say Egoodnight
Means C#mgoodbye
I know you Athink my life
would Bstop when you'C#mre aEway
AMaybe I can
Bsee you on
EHolidays C#mworlds away
AI've never forBgotten
all our C#myesterdaysE
I'm Alucky if
we're sBpeaking on
EHolidaysC#m G#m A
[Verse 2]
The Eevidence presents itself
AccC#musingly
Your abG#msence speaking everything
You Athink of me
ENow that I am faced with opporC#mtunity
G#mYou're not remembeAringC
[Refrain 2]
F#mI'm not asking you anyAway
And C#meven if you ever could cave Ain
I C#mwouldnt know where to beAgin
[Chorus 2]
Say Egoodnight
Means C#mgoodbye
I know you Athink my life
would Bstop when you'C#mre aEway
AMaybe I can
Bsee you on
EHolidays C#mworlds away
AI've never forBgotten
all our C#myesterdaysE
I'm Alucky if
we're sBpeaking on
C#mHoliG#mdays AHoliBdays
Interlude: F#m--E/G#--A-- x3
[Chorus 3]
Say Egoodnight
Means C#mgoodbye
I know you Athink my life
would Bstop when you'C#mre aEway
I'm Alucky if
we're sBpeaking on
C#m G#m A F#mE(hold)
Holidays Holidays
2.) Action And Action
Key: E
Tuning: Standard EADGBe
Chords used:
C#m- x46654
B- x24442
A- x02220
E- 022100
G#m- 466444
C- x32010
F#m- 244222
Ab/C- x365xx
Intro: C#m-B-A-E-G#m---A (x3)
Organ: Will enter simultaneously with drums at 2nd time
e|-4----4----2-0--2-0--4----4----5----5---
B|---5----5--------------5----5----5----5-
G|----------------------------------------
D|---------------------------------------- x2
A|----------------------------------------
E|----------------------------------------
[Verse 1]
EYou really think that you’re bigger than this
AbmTo the tune of ten thousand lisps
AWho would have thought we’d represent
CWhen I can’t take a compliment?
EOverexposure is the key
AbmAnd any focus on me
AIs appreciated
CAs it should be
[Refrain 1]
C#mNo Abmwonder now
AI Efinally Abmfound
The right formula look forA
[Chorus 1]
EYou taught Abmme how
AI play Bthe fool
EEvery misAbmtake that I make
AI couldn’t have F#mmade without you
EWhat’s said Abmis done
AAnd plain Bto see
AYou take it all too seriousBlyC
(Repeat Intro but only twice)
[Verse 2]
EWhat better way to make an honest mistake
AbmThan a televised hand of fate
AWhen the world’s closing in on you
CA decision would be overdue
ENow nothing left is out of hand
AbmA stronger jaded man stands
AIf the world is ending
CThen we toast to it
[Refrain 2]
C#mI’m sAbmtronger now
ABut Enot without
AbmThe right formula look forA
[Chorus 2]
EYou taught Abmme how
AI play Bthe fool
EEvery misAbmtake that I make
AI couldn’t have F#mmade without you
EWhat’s said Abmis done
AAnd plain Bto see
AHere’s all you get from Bme
Ab/CHere’s all you get from me
Organ: C#m(hold)-A(hold)-E(hold)-G#m(hold)
[Bridge]
C#mI’m down for Awhatever
EWhat’s there left to Abmwait for?
C#mI’m down for Awhatever
EWhat’s there left to Abmwait for?
A-B A-B Ab/C
wait for I wait
(Repeat Chorus 2)
End on C#m
3.) Valentine
Key: E
Tuning: Standard ADGBe
Chords used:
E- 022100
B- x24442
C#m- x46654
A- x02220
E/G#- 476xxx
Intro: E--B--C#m--A (x2)
EIt's Bwords you forget C#mTo Aanniversary songs
EThe Bbottles bite C#mback Your Atolerance wrong
EYour good inBtentions count for C#mlittle anyAmore
E BC#m-A
If you're sorry, Why wage war?
[Refrain 1]
E/G#Im not fully conAvinced,There's something wrong with Ethis
Could another point of C#mview, Biased and unAtrue,
BTear meA, aBway from you?
[Chorus 1]
EWill Byou Abe my C#m BVa-AlenE/G#tine, AIf I'm a Bworld away?
EABpoAlogies C#mare BbreaAking E/G#me AConstants Baren't so Aconstant Banymore
Interlude: E(hold)-B(hold)-C#m(hold)-A(hold)
[Verse 2]
ETwo days Bto wait for C#mcalls to come throughA
ETonight for Bme translates to C#myesterday to Ayou
[Refrain 2]
E/G#You Bend and you Awave You're barely aEway
Wish i could say toC#mnight, When you bend and wave goodAbye
"BTake me A Bwith you."
(Repeat Refrain)
[Chorus 2]
EWill Byou Abe my C#m BVa-AlenE/G#tine, AIf I'm a Bworld away?
EABpoAlogies C#mare BbreaAking E/G#me AConstants Baren't so C#mconstant anymoreE
Constants aren't so constant anymore (will you be my valentine)
Constants aren't so constant anymore (will you be my valentine)
Constants aren't so constant anymore (will you be my valentine)
until fade out
A B A BE(hold)
Constants aren't so constant anymore
____________________________________________________
4.) Red Letter Day
Key: E
Tuning; Standard EADGBe
Chords used:
E- 022100
Es4- 022200
C#m- x46654
D- xx0232
B- x24442
A- x02220
G#m- 466444
F#m- 244222
Am- x02210
Intro: E--Es4--E (x4)
[Verse 1]
EYou’ve got some Anerve I never Dknew
What with the Aworld we gave away in front of C#myou
EI see it Dall Much clearer Anow
You’re just a phase I’ve gotten Amover anyhow
[Refrain 1]
C#m B E G#mC#m--B
It’s over, I’m not giving in again
[Chorus]
AWe’re loyal Blike brothers
C#mJust us versus Eall the others
A BC#m--B
You the one for You the one for me?
AI trusted Bmisleading
C#mPromises Eworth repeating
AHow could you Bdo this to Ame?F#m
[Verse 2]
ERed letter Aday that I Dlearned
AI’m sure you’ll get what you deC#mserve
EI see it Dall Much clearer since…
AFar past the Ampoint of this.
[Refrain 2]
C#mIt’s Bover
(Repeat Chorus except last line)
AHow could you Bdo this
AHow could you Bdo this to Ame?B
[Bridge]
… And if it’s a Elie
I don’t want to be the one who Abmsigned
I’m not the one who C#mfalls down
It’s Bover nowA
If you want to Etry…
F#m-Abm-A
Try to forget it
I’ll say C#mit’s Bover
C#m F#m---B
I’m gone
(Repeat Chorus last line)
[Outro]
AHow could you Bdo this
A B E(hold)
How could you do this to me?
__________________________________________
5.) Out Of Reach
Key: B
Tuning: Standard EADGBe
Chords used:
B- x24442
F#- 244322
Ebm- x68876
G#m- 466444
E- 022100
C#m- x46654
F#-F pluck
e|-----
B|-----
G|-----
D|-----
A|-----
E|-2-1-
Intro: B-F#-Ebm-G#m-E-F#-G#m-B(F#-F pluck) E-F#-Ebm-G#m-E--F#
[Verse 1]
BLong F#way from Ebmhome
Abm E F# AbmB(F#-F pluck)
lost by an echo I'd never have known
EI've F#got picEbmtures to Abmprove I was Ethere
but you don't F#care
B F# Ebm Abm E F# AbmB(F#-F pluck)
Here's me overseas, across the pond by the Dover peaks
EI've F#smuggled myEbmself into Abmnew natioEnalities
you think you'd F#be proud of me
[Chorus]
BThere's room to beElieve
out of Abmsight, out of F#mind, out of Breach
Start C#mover Abmis no Ebmway to beEginF#
(Repeat Intro, Verse 1 and Chorus Twice)
way to beEginF#
B(hold)
way to begin
6.) 10 Minutes
Key: B, E
Tuning: Standard EADGBe
chords used:
B- x24442
E- 022100
G#m- 466444
F#- 244322
C#m- x46664
A- x02220
[Intro]
Drumbeats:
B-E-B-E-G#m-E-G#m-F#-B-E-B-E-G#m-E(hold)
[Verse 1]
Ten Bminutes to downtown
is ten Eminutes too far
When my G#mfriends all say I'm F#crazy
Bmaybe I'm being selfish
EMaybe I'm just scared
G#mDon't be gone when F#I get
home I G#mneed you thereE G#m
[Refrain 1]
F# EC#m-B-C#m-
If I had to explain it
BI Ewouldn't know where to sC#mtartB C#m
It's Blike you're Efalling in
C#m B-E-B-E-G#m-E-G#m-F#-B-E-B-E-G#m-E-B-
love while i just fall apart
[Verse 2]
F#Ten Bminutes to downtown
is ten Eminutes too far
when my G#mheart is saying you're cF#razy
BMaybe things are getting better
EMaybe things aren't so bad
G#mDon't be gone when F#I get
home you're G#mall I haveE G#m
[Refrain 2]
F# EC#m-B-C#m-
If I had to explain it
BI Ewouldn't know where to sC#mtartB C#m
It's Blike you're Efalling in
C#m A--
love while i just fall apart
[Chorus 1]
EPockets Bempty EHow can you Btell
me that C#meverything will Bwork out
a Epointless Bfight
when Eyou're always Bright and
AEverything will Bwork out
Ayour C#mwords out
Guitar Solo: E-B-E-B-C#m--B-- x2 A--C#m--B(hold)---
Interlude: E-C#m-B-E-C#m-B-
[Bridge]
ESometimes C#mI miss Byou more E
whenC#mever I'm at BhomeB
EI've been C#mhome all BsummerE
c#m B B
Now I'm leaving you alone
Breakdown: C#m-B-C#m-B-A----
[Chorus 2]
EPockets Bempty EHow can you Btell
me that C#meverything will Bwork out
a Epointless Bfight
when Eyou're always Bright and
AEverything will Bwork outE B E B
C#mEverything will Bwork outE B E B
C#m B AB-E--E(hold)
Everything will work out
7.) The Company Dime
Key: G
Tuning: Standard EADGBe
Chords used:
G- 320033
D- xx0232
C- x32010 or C9- x320033
Am- x02210
G/B- x2x003
Bm- x24432
D/F#- 2x023x
Intro: D
[Verse 1]
CI watched it all come crashing Ddown
On the verge of a Bmworld proCfound
Standing on unstable Dground
Adding D/F#insult to iroCny
I think it’s really gonna happen this Dtime
Our calls on the Bmcompany Cdime
Reluctance ties up the Dline
With irresD/F#ponsibility
Interlude: G-D-C
Guitar 2:
e|-----------3-2---3-2---3-2-3-2---3-2---3-2-5--3--2----|
B|-----0-1-3-----3-----3---------3-----3--------------3-|
G|-0-2--------------------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------------|
[Verse 2]
CNo matter save for a Dfriend
No argument Bmcan aCmend
Irreplaceable but in the Dend
One star D/F#player doesn’t save the Cteam
Now you’re open to atDtack
Our burden rests Bmon your Cback
Replace, re-trackD
ResD/F#ponsibility
Interlude 2: G-D-C--Am
Guitar 2:
e|-----------3-2---3-2---3-2-3-2---3-2---3-2-5--3--2-----3--2-|
B|-----0-1-3-----3-----3---------3-----3--------------3-------|
G|-0-2--------------------------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------------------|
[Chorus]
C(hold)
I’m still waiting for
G/B(hold) G
(I’m still waiting for)
AmYou to get G/Bover this
C(hold)
I’m still waiting for
G/B(hold) G
(I’m still waiting for)
AmYou to get G/Bover this
C(hold)
I’m still waiting for
G/B(hold) G
(I’m still waiting for)
AmYou to get G/Bover Cthis
[Verse 3]
CAnonymous until the Dending
Spent a long long Bmtime preCtending
And a longer day spent acDcepting
What the D/F#world ahead would sCtore
You only learn but not beDlieving
That the industry is BmunforCgiving
Everything that you’ve been Dgiving
Isn’t D/F#what it was before
(Repeat Interlude 2 and Chorus)
Interlude 3: G-Am-C-D (x2)
Guitar 2:
e|-----------------------
B|-1-0-1-0-1-0-----------
G|-----------------------
D|----------------------- x8
A|-----------------------
E|-----------------------
[Bridge]
GReplaceAm, re-track
CReplaceD, re-track
G Am C-D(hold)
Replace, re-track
(Repeat Chorus and Interlude 3 until fade out)
8.) My Apology
Key: G
Tuning: Standard EADGBe
Chords used:
G- 320033
D- xx0232
Em- 022000
C- x32010
Bm- x24432
Am- x02210
E/G# - 4xx45x or 476xxx
[Verse 1]
You’ll be accepting my aEmpoloCgy
For taking things too GseriousCly
Sometimes I’m old eGnough to keep rouE/G#tines
Sometimes I’m Amchild enough to sCcream
For everyEmthing I broke in Ctwo
You’re barely Gmissing me I’m missing Cyou
And everything you Gdo I really E/G#do
I really Amdo Sure I Cdo
[Refrain 1]
BmMy once photographic Cmemory
GFor recollections’s sake is Emfailing me
CI can’t remember for the life of me
[Chorus]
GSometimes I can Bmthink to recite
EmWords that I Cread and rewrite
My Bmpens paint people that I’ve proven Cwrong
(repeat)
EmWe move Con
[Verse 2]
Get a Emjob where I Ctell
All of my acGcounts of someone Celse
I’m quick enough to Gjudge that they were E/G#wrong
And that we Amknew it all aClong
Sing a Emlong long-winded Csong
G Em(hold) D(hold) C
I would be content to hum along Humm
[Bridge]
If I Gstate that my fingers know where to Cshow
What everyone should have Emknown
I’ll let it Ggo
Hopefully you’ll forCget
Any words that I put in Emprint
C(hold)
My luck, you’ll change
Have strength enough to walk aCway
(Repeat Chorus 4 times)
[Outro]
G(hold)
Wrong
__________________________________________
9.) I'm A Loner Dottie, A Rebel
Key: C
Tuning: Standard EADGBe
Chords used:
F- 133211
G- 320003
Am- x02210
Em- 022000
C- x32010
Intro: F-G-Am-Em (x4) F--G--C--Am--F--G--C--
[Verse 1]
CCome tomorrow I’ll be on my way back Fhome
GIn the Cmorning call from a roadside teleFphone
COne night doesn’t Fmean the rest of my life
[Chorus]
GIf I Fgo Git’s Amnot imEmpossiFble
GPossiAmble is Cprobably FwrongG
So, let Amgo Em
cause FI’m afGraid to Ctry
F C--F--G
Keep my hands by my side
[Verse 2]
FYou won’t come Gback
I Chope some day you’ll undersAmtand
I wanna Ftry, make it Gright
Don’t know if I Ccan
[Bridge]
Last Fnight G Ameverything was Emright
The rain was FgoneG
One Amsummer night’s the Emonly time we’ve FknownG
AmSo, shut Emyour eyes
F G C(hold)
When you wake up I’ll be gone
F C--
When you wake up I’ll be gone
COne night doesn’t Fmean the rest of my Glife
(Repeat Chorus except last line)
_______________________________________________
10.) Long Goodnight
Key: E
Tuning: Standard EADGBe
Chords used:
E- 022100
B- x24442
C#m- x46654
A- x02220
B- x24442
F#m- 244222
G#m- 466444
E/G#- 4xx45x
Intro: C#m--E/G#-B-E--B (x3) C#m--E/G#-B-E--A---
[Verse 1]
C#mEveE/G#ry aBtteEmpt to B
C#mis E/G#filled Bwith Eholes A
C#m E/G# B E BC#m--E/G#-B-E--A--
it reads like a polygraph i'm told
[Refrain]
Bi'm not better Aanyway
B(hold)
let it go
[Verse 2]
C#mi E/G#never BsEleep still B
C#mless E/G#i BforEget A
C#m E/G# B E BC#m--E/G#-B-E--A--
tied down by handicaps instead
[Refrain 2]
Bi'm not better Aanyway
Bbut i didn't want it to turn Aout this way
[Chorus]
sing a C#mlong goodBnight, forAget any Efight
reAfuse to Erest asAbmsured
it comes with C#mno repBly hold Aon too Etight
A E Abm(hold)
i hang on every word
Interlude: A--F#m--G#m--A--E--A--F#m--G#m--A--E
[Bridge]
Eif it all ended toAnight, you know that i wouldn't F#mmind
it'd be back to the good Abmold times before it Awon
(repeat)
(Repeat Chorus twice)
Outro: A--E
11.) Close To Home
Key: D
Tuning: Standard EADGBe
Chords used:
D- xx0232
D/F#- 2x023x
Bm- x24432
G- 320033
A- x02220
Em- 022000
A/C# - x476xx or x4222x
F#m- 244222
[Verse 1]
DSummer swallowed us Gwhole
Waited for Bmyou to come around
D/F#Every Gword you wrote
DDown, we read it over to Gknow
Would they beBmlieve in us now?
D/F#There’s no Gshame like no
DSound from sources hits close to Ghome
EveryBmthing that we’ve found
Says D/F#make your own Gdestiny But
[Chorus]
BmYou’re AunaGware Athat Dyou
Should be sGcared
BmMaybe you’ll learn from
AmisGtakes that we make
D/F#We’re not Gwaiting forAeverBm
We D/F#know Gyou’ll never Abe thereBm
D/F#We’re not Gwaiting forAeverBm
D BmG-----
If you get out See you there
Interlude: D--G--Bm--D/F#-G
Guitar 2:
e|--------0----------0---2----------0------2-0-----------0---|
B|----3-----3----3-----3----------3---3--------3-2-3-2-3---3-|
G|------2----------2----------2----------2-------------------|
D|-0-----------0------------0---0----------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------|
[Verse 2]
DSummer swallowed us Gwhole
Waited for Bmyou to come around
D/F#There’s no Gshame like no
DSound from sources hits close to Ghome
EveryBmthing that we’ve found
Says D/F#make your own Gdestiny But
(Repeat Chorus except last line)
If you get Dout See you Athere
You’re not Bmawake As I’m awareG
Woo
D--A--Bm--G
[Bridge]
BmMaybe we Ahad Gall you
Figured Emabsolutely DwrongA/C#
BmThere’s been a AmisGunderstanding
EmWe’ve had all aDlongA/C#
BmMaybe we Ahad Gall you
Figured Emabsolutely DwrongA/C#
(Maybe we had all you
Figured absolutely wrong)
BmYou can read AaboutG
(You can read)
Em D--F#m--Bm--A-G--Em--D-A/C#-Bm--A-G------Em----D
About it when we’re gone
12.) I'll Catch You
Key: A
Tuning: Standard EADGBe
Chords used:
A- x02220
D/F#2x023x
E- 022100
D- xx0232
F#m- 244222
Bm- x24432
C#m- x46654
Intro: A--D/F#-- x6
[Verse 1]
Can you sAleep as the sound
hits your ears one at a D/F#time?
an unspoken balance here
Aunabridged for so many yearsD/F#
that Ai should stare at reD/F#ceivers
to reAceive her isn't D/F#fairE
[Chorus]
Ddon't worry
i'll Acatch you
Ddon't worry
i'll Acatch you
D C#m(hold) Bm(hold)
don't ever worry
[Verse 2]
Ayour arms in mine
D/F#anytime
Ai wouldn't trade anything
D/F#you're still my everything
Ato my surprise D/F#before
my eyes Ayou arD/F#riveE
(Repeat Chorus)
[Bridge]
F#mi'm still Ebreaking old Dhabits habits
when F#myou pulled the Ewool over Ame
Ai can see D/F#everything everyAthing
F#mreE-membeDring
F#mjinx EremoAvingD/F# A D/F#
(Repeat Chorus)
[Outro]
F#mno Eneed for reDminding you're
F#m E A(hold)
still all that matters to me
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Something To Write Home About
by The Get Up Kids
Chords in this song · guitar
E
B
C#m
A
F#m
G#m
E/G#
C
Ab/C
Abm
Es4
D
Am
F#
Ebm
G
C9
G/B
Bm
D/F#
Em
F
A/C#
The Get Up Kids
Something To Write Home About
1999 Vagrant Records
Tuning: Standard EADGBe
Tracklist:
1.) Holiday
2.) Action And Action
3.) Valentine
4.) Red Letter Day
5.) Out Of Reach
6.) 10 Minutes
7.) The Company Dime
8.) My Apology
9.) I'm A Loner Dottie, A Rebel
10.) Long Goodnight
11.) Close To Home
12.) I'll Catch You
1.) Holiday
Key: E
Chords used:
E
- 022100
B
- x24442
C#m
- x46654
A
- x02220
F#m
- 244222
G#m
- 466444
E/G#
- 476xxx
C
- x32010
Intro: E--C#m--G#m--A--
[Verse 1]
E
What became of everyone
C#m
I used to know?
G#m
Where did our respectable
A
convictions go?
E
Your words don't match the
C#m
story that your actions show
G#m A
What do I know?
[Refrain 1]
F#m
I'm sure you can't
A
help but remembering
C#m
I thought that you'd be one
A
Not to forget
C#m
Remembering's not
A
helping you yet
[Chorus 1]
E
Say goodnight
C#m
Means goodbye
A
I know you think my life
B C#m E
would stop when you're away
A
Maybe I can
B
see you on
E C#m
Holidays worlds away
A B
I've never forgotten
C#m E
all our yesterdays
A
I'm lucky if
B
we're speaking on
E C#m G#m A
Holidays
[Verse 2]
E
The evidence presents itself
C#m
Accusingly
G#m
Your absence speaking everything
A
You think of me
E C#m
Now that I am faced with opportunity
G#m A C
You're not remembering
[Refrain 2]
F#m A
I'm not asking you anyway
C#m A
And even if you ever could cave in
C#m A
I wouldnt know where to begin
[Chorus 2]
E
Say goodnight
C#m
Means goodbye
A
I know you think my life
B C#m E
would stop when you're away
A
Maybe I can
B
see you on
E C#m
Holidays worlds away
A B
I've never forgotten
C#m E
all our yesterdays
A
I'm lucky if
B
we're speaking on
C#m G#m A B
Holidays Holidays
Interlude: F#m--E/G#--A-- x3
[Chorus 3]
E
Say goodnight
C#m
Means goodbye
A
I know you think my life
B C#m E
would stop when you're away
A
I'm lucky if
B
we're speaking on
C#m G#m A F#m
E(hold)
Holidays Holidays
2.) Action And Action
Key: E
Tuning: Standard EADGBe
Chords used:
C#m
- x46654
B
- x24442
A
- x02220
E
- 022100
G#m
- 466444
C
- x32010
F#m
- 244222
Ab/C
- x365xx
Intro: C#m-B-A-E-G#m---A (x3)
Organ: Will enter simultaneously with drums at 2nd time
e|-4----4----2-0--2-0--4----4----5----5---
B|---5----5--------------5----5----5----5-
G|----------------------------------------
D|---------------------------------------- x2
A|----------------------------------------
E|----------------------------------------
[Verse 1]
E
You really think that you’re bigger than this
Abm
To the tune of ten thousand lisps
A
Who would have thought we’d represent
C
When I can’t take a compliment?
E
Overexposure is the key
Abm
And any focus on me
A
Is appreciated
C
As it should be
[Refrain 1]
C#m Abm
No wonder now
A E Abm
I finally found
A
The right formula look for
[Chorus 1]
E Abm
You taught me how
A B
I play the fool
E Abm
Every mistake that I make
A F#m
I couldn’t have made without you
E Abm
What’s said is done
A B
And plain to see
A B C
You take it all too seriously
(Repeat Intro but only twice)
[Verse 2]
E
What better way to make an honest mistake
Abm
Than a televised hand of fate
A
When the world’s closing in on you
C
A decision would be overdue
E
Now nothing left is out of hand
Abm
A stronger jaded man stands
A
If the world is ending
C
Then we toast to it
[Refrain 2]
C#m Abm
I’m stronger now
A E
But not without
Abm A
The right formula look for
[Chorus 2]
E Abm
You taught me how
A B
I play the fool
E Abm
Every mistake that I make
A F#m
I couldn’t have made without you
E Abm
What’s said is done
A B
And plain to see
A B
Here’s all you get from me
Ab/C
Here’s all you get from me
Organ: C#m(hold)-A(hold)-E(hold)-G#m(hold)
[Bridge]
C#m A
I’m down for whatever
E Abm
What’s there left to wait for?
C#m A
I’m down for whatever
E Abm
What’s there left to wait for?
A-B A-B Ab/C
wait for I wait
(Repeat Chorus 2)
End on C#m
3.) Valentine
Key: E
Tuning: Standard ADGBe
Chords used:
E
- 022100
B
- x24442
C#m
- x46654
A
- x02220
E/G#
- 476xxx
Intro: E--B--C#m--A (x2)
E B C#m A
It's words you forget To anniversary songs
E B C#m A
The bottles bite back Your tolerance wrong
E B C#m A
Your good intentions count for little anymore
E B
C#m-A
If you're sorry, Why wage war?
[Refrain 1]
E/G# A E
Im not fully convinced,There's something wrong with this
C#m A
Could another point of view, Biased and untrue,
B A B
Tear me, away from you?
[Chorus 1]
E B A C#m B A E/G# A B
Will you be my Va-lentine, If I'm a world away?
E B A C#m B A E/G# A B A B
Apologies are breaking me Constants aren't so constant anymore
Interlude: E(hold)-B(hold)-C#m(hold)-A(hold)
[Verse 2]
E B C#m A
Two days to wait for calls to come through
E B C#m A
Tonight for me translates to yesterday to you
[Refrain 2]
E/G# A E
You Bend and you wave You're barely away
C#m A
Wish i could say tonight, When you bend and wave goodbye
B A B
"Take me with you."
(Repeat Refrain)
[Chorus 2]
E B A C#m B A E/G# A B
Will you be my Va-lentine, If I'm a world away?
E B A C#m B A E/G# A B C#m E
Apologies are breaking me Constants aren't so constant anymore
Constants aren't so constant anymore (will you be my valentine)
Constants aren't so constant anymore (will you be my valentine)
Constants aren't so constant anymore (will you be my valentine)
until fade out
A B A B
E(hold)
Constants aren't so constant anymore
____________________________________________________
4.) Red Letter Day
Key: E
Tuning; Standard EADGBe
Chords used:
E
- 022100
Es4
- 022200
C#m
- x46654
D
- xx0232
B
- x24442
A
- x02220
G#m
- 466444
F#m
- 244222
Am
- x02210
Intro: E--Es4--E (x4)
[Verse 1]
E A D
You’ve got some nerve I never knew
A C#m
What with the world we gave away in front of you
E D A
I see it all Much clearer now
Am
You’re just a phase I’ve gotten over anyhow
[Refrain 1]
C#m B E G#m
C#m--B
It’s over, I’m not giving in again
[Chorus]
A B
We’re loyal like brothers
C#m E
Just us versus all the others
A B
C#m--B
You the one for You the one for me?
A B
I trusted misleading
C#m E
Promises worth repeating
A B A F#m
How could you do this to me?
[Verse 2]
E A D
Red letter day that I learned
A C#m
I’m sure you’ll get what you deserve
E D
I see it all Much clearer since…
A Am
Far past the point of this.
[Refrain 2]
C#m B
It’s over
(Repeat Chorus except last line)
A B
How could you do this
A B A B
How could you do this to me?
[Bridge]
E
… And if it’s a lie
Abm
I don’t want to be the one who signed
C#m
I’m not the one who falls down
B A
It’s over now
E
If you want to try…
F#m-Abm-A
Try to forget it
C#m B
I’ll say it’s over
C#m F#m---B
I’m gone
(Repeat Chorus last line)
[Outro]
A B
How could you do this
A B E(hold)
How could you do this to me?
__________________________________________
5.) Out Of Reach
Key: B
Tuning: Standard EADGBe
Chords used:
B
- x24442
F#
- 244322
Ebm
- x68876
G#m
- 466444
E
- 022100
C#m
- x46654
F#-F pluck
e|-----
B|-----
G|-----
D|-----
A|-----
E|-2-1-
Intro: B-F#-Ebm-G#m-E-F#-G#m-B(F#-F pluck) E-F#-Ebm-G#m-E--F#
[Verse 1]
B F# Ebm
Long way from home
Abm E F# Abm
B(F#-F pluck)
lost by an echo I'd never have known
E F# Ebm Abm E
I've got pictures to prove I was there
F#
but you don't care
B F# Ebm Abm E F# Abm
B(F#-F pluck)
Here's me overseas, across the pond by the Dover peaks
E F# Ebm Abm E
I've smuggled myself into new nationalities
F#
you think you'd be proud of me
[Chorus]
B E
There's room to believe
Abm F# B
out of sight, out of mind, out of reach
C#m Abm Ebm E F#
Start over is no way to begin
(Repeat Intro, Verse 1 and Chorus Twice)
E F#
way to begin
B(hold)
way to begin
6.) 10 Minutes
Key: B, E
Tuning: Standard EADGBe
chords used:
B
- x24442
E
- 022100
G#m
- 466444
F#
- 244322
C#m
- x46664
A
- x02220
[Intro]
Drumbeats:
B-E-B-E-G#m-E-G#m-F#-B-E-B-E-G#m-E(hold)
[Verse 1]
B
Ten minutes to downtown
E
is ten minutes too far
G#m F#
When my friends all say I'm crazy
B
maybe I'm being selfish
E
Maybe I'm just scared
G#m F#
Don't be gone when I get
G#m E G#m
home I need you there
[Refrain 1]
F# E
C#m-B-C#m-
If I had to explain it
B E C#m B C#m
I wouldn't know where to start
B E
It's like you're falling in
C#m B-E-B-E-G#m-E-G#m-F#-B-E-B-E-G#m-E-B-
love while i just fall apart
[Verse 2]
F# B
Ten minutes to downtown
E
is ten minutes too far
G#m F#
when my heart is saying you're crazy
B
Maybe things are getting better
E
Maybe things aren't so bad
G#m F#
Don't be gone when I get
G#m E G#m
home you're all I have
[Refrain 2]
F# E
C#m-B-C#m-
If I had to explain it
B E C#m B C#m
I wouldn't know where to start
B E
It's like you're falling in
C#m A--
love while i just fall apart
[Chorus 1]
E B E B
Pockets empty How can you tell
C#m B
me that everything will work out
E B
a pointless fight
E B
when you're always right and
A B
Everything will work out
A C#m
your words out
Guitar Solo: E-B-E-B-C#m--B-- x2 A--C#m--B(hold)---
Interlude: E-C#m-B-E-C#m-B-
[Bridge]
E C#m B E
Sometimes I miss you more
C#m B B
whenever I'm at home
E C#m B E
I've been home all summer
B B
c#m
Now I'm leaving you alone
Breakdown: C#m-B-C#m-B-A----
[Chorus 2]
E B E B
Pockets empty How can you tell
C#m B
me that everything will work out
E B
a pointless fight
E B
when you're always right and
A B E B E B
Everything will work out
C#m B E B E B
Everything will work out
C#m B A
B-E--E(hold)
Everything will work out
7.) The Company Dime
Key: G
Tuning: Standard EADGBe
Chords used:
G
- 320033
D
- xx0232
C C9
- x32010 or - x320033
Am
- x02210
G/B
- x2x003
Bm
- x24432
D/F#
- 2x023x
D
Intro:
[Verse 1]
C D
I watched it all come crashing down
Bm C
On the verge of a world profound
D
Standing on unstable ground
D/F# C
Adding insult to irony
D
I think it’s really gonna happen this time
Bm C
Our calls on the company dime
D
Reluctance ties up the line
D/F#
With irresponsibility
Interlude: G-D-C
Guitar 2:
e|-----------3-2---3-2---3-2-3-2---3-2---3-2-5--3--2----|
B|-----0-1-3-----3-----3---------3-----3--------------3-|
G|-0-2--------------------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------------|
[Verse 2]
C D
No matter save for a friend
Bm C
No argument can amend
D
Irreplaceable but in the end
D/F# C
One star player doesn’t save the team
D
Now you’re open to attack
Bm C
Our burden rests on your back
D
Replace, re-track
D/F#
Responsibility
Interlude 2: G-D-C--Am
Guitar 2:
e|-----------3-2---3-2---3-2-3-2---3-2---3-2-5--3--2-----3--2-|
B|-----0-1-3-----3-----3---------3-----3--------------3-------|
G|-0-2--------------------------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------------------|
[Chorus]
C(hold)
I’m still waiting for
G/B(hold) G
(I’m still waiting for)
Am G/B
You to get over this
C(hold)
I’m still waiting for
G/B(hold) G
(I’m still waiting for)
Am G/B
You to get over this
C(hold)
I’m still waiting for
G/B(hold) G
(I’m still waiting for)
Am G/B C
You to get over this
[Verse 3]
C D
Anonymous until the ending
Bm C
Spent a long long time pretending
D
And a longer day spent accepting
D/F# C
What the world ahead would store
D
You only learn but not believing
Bm C
That the industry is unforgiving
D
Everything that you’ve been giving
D/F#
Isn’t what it was before
(Repeat Interlude 2 and Chorus)
Interlude 3: G-Am-C-D (x2)
Guitar 2:
e|-----------------------
B|-1-0-1-0-1-0-----------
G|-----------------------
D|----------------------- x8
A|-----------------------
E|-----------------------
[Bridge]
G Am
Replace, re-track
C D
Replace, re-track
G Am C-D(hold)
Replace, re-track
(Repeat Chorus and Interlude 3 until fade out)
8.) My Apology
Key: G
Tuning: Standard EADGBe
Chords used:
G
- 320033
D
- xx0232
Em
- 022000
C
- x32010
Bm
- x24432
Am
- x02210
E/G# - 4xx45x or 476xxx
[Verse 1]
Em C
You’ll be accepting my apology
G C
For taking things too seriously
G E/G#
Sometimes I’m old enough to keep routines
Am C
Sometimes I’m child enough to scream
Em C
For everything I broke in two
G C
You’re barely missing me I’m missing you
G E/G#
And everything you do I really do
Am C
I really do Sure I do
[Refrain 1]
Bm C
My once photographic memory
G Em
For recollections’s sake is failing me
C
I can’t remember for the life of me
[Chorus]
G Bm
Sometimes I can think to recite
Em C
Words that I read and rewrite
Bm C
My pens paint people that I’ve proven wrong
(repeat)
Em C
We move on
[Verse 2]
Em C
Get a job where I tell
G C
All of my accounts of someone else
G E/G#
I’m quick enough to judge that they were wrong
Am C
And that we knew it all along
Em C
Sing a long long-winded song
G Em(hold) D(hold) C
I would be content to hum along Humm
[Bridge]
G C
If I state that my fingers know where to show
Em
What everyone should have known
G
I’ll let it go
C
Hopefully you’ll forget
Em
Any words that I put in print
C(hold)
My luck, you’ll change
C
Have strength enough to walk away
(Repeat Chorus 4 times)
[Outro]
G(hold)
Wrong
__________________________________________
9.) I'm A Loner Dottie, A Rebel
Key: C
Tuning: Standard EADGBe
Chords used:
F
- 133211
G
- 320003
Am
- x02210
Em
- 022000
C
- x32010
Intro: F-G-Am-Em (x4) F--G--C--Am--F--G--C--
[Verse 1]
C F
Come tomorrow I’ll be on my way back home
G C F
In the morning call from a roadside telephone
C F
One night doesn’t mean the rest of my life
[Chorus]
G F G Am Em F
If I go it’s not impossible
G Am C F G
Possible is probably wrong
Am Em
So, let go
F G C
cause I’m afraid to try
F C--F--G
Keep my hands by my side
[Verse 2]
F G
You won’t come back
C Am
I hope some day you’ll understand
F G
I wanna try, make it right
C
Don’t know if I can
[Bridge]
F G Am Em
Last night everything was right
F G
The rain was gone
Am Em F G
One summer night’s the only time we’ve known
Am Em
So, shut your eyes
F G C(hold)
When you wake up I’ll be gone
F C--
When you wake up I’ll be gone
C F G
One night doesn’t mean the rest of my life
(Repeat Chorus except last line)
_______________________________________________
10.) Long Goodnight
Key: E
Tuning: Standard EADGBe
Chords used:
E
- 022100
B
- x24442
C#m
- x46654
A
- x02220
B
- x24442
F#m
- 244222
G#m
- 466444
E/G#
- 4xx45x
Intro: C#m--E/G#-B-E--B (x3) C#m--E/G#-B-E--A---
[Verse 1]
C#m E/G# B E B
Every attempt to
C#m E/G# B E A
is filled with holes
C#m E/G# B E B
C#m--E/G#-B-E--A--
it reads like a polygraph i'm told
[Refrain]
B A
i'm not better anyway
B(hold)
let it go
[Verse 2]
C#m E/G# B E B
i never sleep still
C#m E/G# B E A
less i forget
C#m E/G# B E B
C#m--E/G#-B-E--A--
tied down by handicaps instead
[Refrain 2]
B A
i'm not better anyway
B A
but i didn't want it to turn out this way
[Chorus]
C#m B A E
sing a long goodnight, forget any fight
A E Abm
refuse to rest assured
C#m B A E
it comes with no reply hold on too tight
A E Abm(hold)
i hang on every word
Interlude: A--F#m--G#m--A--E--A--F#m--G#m--A--E
[Bridge]
E A F#m
if it all ended tonight, you know that i wouldn't mind
Abm A
it'd be back to the good old times before it won
(repeat)
(Repeat Chorus twice)
Outro: A--E
11.) Close To Home
Key: D
Tuning: Standard EADGBe
Chords used:
D
- xx0232
D/F#
- 2x023x
Bm
- x24432
G
- 320033
A
- x02220
Em
- 022000
A/C# - x476xx or x4222x
F#m
- 244222
[Verse 1]
D G
Summer swallowed us whole
Bm
Waited for you to come around
D/F# G
Every word you wrote
D G
Down, we read it over to know
Bm
Would they believe in us now?
D/F# G
There’s no shame like no
D G
Sound from sources hits close to home
Bm
Everything that we’ve found
D/F# G
Says make your own destiny But
[Chorus]
Bm A G A D
You’re unaware that you
G
Should be scared
Bm
Maybe you’ll learn from
A G
mistakes that we make
D/F# G A Bm
We’re not waiting forever
D/F# G A Bm
We know you’ll never be there
D/F# G A Bm
We’re not waiting forever
D Bm
G-----
If you get out See you there
Interlude: D--G--Bm--D/F#-G
Guitar 2:
e|--------0----------0---2----------0------2-0-----------0---|
B|----3-----3----3-----3----------3---3--------3-2-3-2-3---3-|
G|------2----------2----------2----------2-------------------|
D|-0-----------0------------0---0----------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------|
[Verse 2]
D G
Summer swallowed us whole
Bm
Waited for you to come around
D/F# G
There’s no shame like no
D G
Sound from sources hits close to home
Bm
Everything that we’ve found
D/F# G
Says make your own destiny But
(Repeat Chorus except last line)
D A
If you get out See you there
Bm G
You’re not awake As I’m aware
Woo
D--A--Bm--G
[Bridge]
Bm A G
Maybe we had all you
Em D A/C#
Figured absolutely wrong
Bm A G
There’s been a misunderstanding
Em D A/C#
We’ve had all along
Bm A G
Maybe we had all you
Em D A/C#
Figured absolutely wrong
(Maybe we had all you
Figured absolutely wrong)
Bm A G
You can read about
(You can read)
Em D--F#m--Bm--A-G--Em--D-A/C#-Bm--A-G------Em----D
About it when we’re gone
12.) I'll Catch You
Key: A
Tuning: Standard EADGBe
Chords used:
A
- x02220
D/F#
2x023x
E
- 022100
D
- xx0232
F#m
- 244222
Bm
- x24432
C#m
- x46654
Intro: A--D/F#-- x6
[Verse 1]
A
Can you sleep as the sound
D/F#
hits your ears one at a time?
an unspoken balance here
A D/F#
unabridged for so many years
A D/F#
that i should stare at receivers
A D/F# E
to receive her isn't fair
[Chorus]
D
don't worry
A
i'll catch you
D
don't worry
A
i'll catch you
D C#m(hold) Bm(hold)
don't ever worry
[Verse 2]
A
your arms in mine
D/F#
anytime
A
i wouldn't trade anything
D/F#
you're still my everything
A D/F#
to my surprise before
A D/F# E
my eyes you arrive
(Repeat Chorus)
[Bridge]
F#m E D
i'm still breaking old habits habits
F#m E A
when you pulled the wool over me
A D/F# A
i can see everything everything
F#m E D
re-membering
F#m E A D/F# A D/F#
jinx removing
(Repeat Chorus)
[Outro]
F#m E D
no need for reminding you're
F#m E A(hold)
still all that matters to me
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