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Terrible Town by Olin and the Moon from the album Terrible Town (2008)
Bm11 -  {x 2 0 2 3 0}
G - {3 2 0 0 3 3}
Standard Tuning (EADGBE) - Capo 1st fret
Intro: G x8 (Strum the low E and A string on downstrum and then high E and B on 
upstrum for best effect)
1st Verse
GWalking counter-clockwise around the bDar
See if I go fast enAough, I can mBm11ake the world stop
GWhen I do I'll be able to tDalk, if I can just say enAough
Then I sBm11peed the world back upG  D  A  
Chorus (First D and A chords are single strums)
DBut i love when its quiet and Ano one's aBmround
I hear tGhe neighbor humming and the aDir is making soAunds
DAnd I'm stuck in the corner of a Aterrible tBmown
Yeah maybGe i stopped the world bDut everyone found Aout
And now they're mad as hellG  D  A  
Yeah they're mad as hell G  D  A  
Intro again G x5
2nd Verse
 GMaybe if I play soft enoDugh
Everyone will just shut Aup and I'll Bm11make this room stop
GWhen I do the band come Don
And the kick drum will start the Asong
And we’ll spBm11eed this place back up G  D  A  
Chorus (First D and A chords are single strums)
BDut we love when it's Aquiet and no one's Bmaround
We Ghear the neighbor humming and the Dair is making sAounds
WDe’re stuck in the corner of a tAerrible toBmwn
Yeah maybe we sGtopped the world but evDeryone found oAut
And now they're mad as helGlD  A  
They're mad as hellG  D  A  
Chorus (First D and A chords are single strums)
ADnd now we hate being quiet, we’d raAther be lBmoud
'Cause nGo one understands Dus in this tAown
So Dlet's turn it up boys and Amake momma Bmproud
Yeah we'Gll stop the world and eveDryone will find oAut
And they can all go to hellG  D  A  
They can all go to hellG  D  A  
Outro: Slide last A into Asus4 then end on D

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Terrible Town

by Olin And The Moon

Lyrics & chords · Original key · Capo on fret 1 (as written in this song)

Chords in this song · guitar

Bm11

Terrible Town by Olin and the Moon from the album Terrible Town (2008)

Bm11 - {x 2 0 2 3 0}

G - {3 2 0 0 3 3}

Standard Tuning (EADGBE) - Capo 1st fret

Intro: G x8 (Strum the low E and A string on downstrum and then high E and B on

upstrum for best effect)

1st Verse

G D

Walking counter-clockwise around the bar

A Bm11

See if I go fast enough, I can make the world stop

G D A

When I do I'll be able to talk, if I can just say enough

Bm11 G D A

Then I speed the world back up

Chorus (First D and A chords are single strums)

D A Bm

But i love when its quiet and no one's around

G D A

I hear the neighbor humming and the air is making sounds

D A Bm

And I'm stuck in the corner of a terrible town

G D A

Yeah maybe i stopped the world but everyone found out

G D A

And now they're mad as hell

G D A

Yeah they're mad as hell

Intro again G x5

2nd Verse

G D

Maybe if I play soft enough

A Bm11

Everyone will just shut up and I'll make this room stop

G D

When I do the band come on

And the kick drum will start the song

Bm11 G D A

And we’ll speed this place back up

Chorus (First D and A chords are single strums)

D A Bm

But we love when it's quiet and no one's around

G D A

We hear the neighbor humming and the air is making sounds

D A Bm

We’re stuck in the corner of a terrible town

G D A

Yeah maybe we stopped the world but everyone found out

G D A

And now they're mad as hell

G D A

They're mad as hell

Chorus (First D and A chords are single strums)

D A Bm

And now we hate being quiet, we’d rather be loud

G D A

'Cause no one understands us in this town

D A Bm

So let's turn it up boys and make momma proud

G D A

Yeah we'll stop the world and everyone will find out

G D A

And they can all go to hell

G D A

They can all go to hell

Outro: Slide last A into Asus4 then end on D

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