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Lorde
Melodrama Album
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Lorde’s second studio album
Release date: June 16, 2017
-- Track listing –-
1. Green Light
2. Sober
3. Homemade Dynamite
4. The Louvre
5. Liability
6. Hard Feelings/Loveless
7. Sober II (Melodrama)
8. Writer in the Dark
9. Supercut
10. Liability (Reprise)
11. Perfect Places
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Track 1 – Green Light
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Verse Refrain Pre-Chorus + Chorus
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Em0220xx Dx0023x F13321x Note for ease of reading:
G32003x Cx3201x Cx3201x - Cshown for C/Gin Verse
C33201x Em02200x G32003x - Dshown for D/Ain Refrain
Capo 2nd fret
[Verse 1]
EmI do my makeup in Gsomebody else's cCar
EmWe order different Gdrinks at the same baCrs
EmI know about what you did Gand I wanna scream the truCth
EmShe thinks you love the Gbeach, you're such a damn liCar
[Refrain 1]
DThose great whites, they have big teeth
COh they bite youEm, thought you said that you would always be in Dlove
But you're not in love no Cmore, did it frighten you?
EmHow we kissed when we danced on the light up Dfloor, on the light up floor
[Pre-Chorus 1]
FBut I hear the Csounds in my miGnd
FBrand new soCunds in my miGnd
But honey IF'll be seein' yCou 'ever I gGo
But honey IF'll be seein' yCou down every rGoad
(I'm waiting for it, that green light, I want it)
[Chorus 1]
'Cause honey IF'll come get my thCings but I can't let gGo
(I'm waiting for it, that green light, I want it)
Oh I wish FI could get my thCings and just let gGo
(I'm waiting for it, that green light, I want it)
[Verse 2]
EmSometimes I wake up in Ga different bedrCoom
EmI whisper things, the Gcity sings them back to yCou
[Refrain 2]
DAll those rumours, they have big teeth
COh they bite youEm, thought you said that you would always be in Dlove
But you're not in love no Cmore, did it frighten you?
EmHow we kissed when we danced on the light up Dfloor, on the light up floor
[Pre-Chorus 2]
FBut I hear the Csounds in my miGnd
FBrand new soCunds in my miGnd
But honey IF'll be seein' yCou 'ever I gGo
But honey IF'll be seein' yCou down every rGoad
(I'm waiting for it, that green light, I want it)
[Chorus 2]
'Cause honey IF'll come get my thCings but I can't let gGo
(I'm waiting for it, that green light, I want it)
Oh honey IF'll come get my thCings but I can't let gGo
(I'm waiting for it, that green light, I want it)
Yes honey IF'll come get my thCings but I can't let gGo
(I'm waiting for it, that green light, I want it)
Oh I wish FI could get my thCings and just let gGo
(I'm waiting for it, that green light, I want it)
[Outro]
F C GI'm waiting for it, that green light, I want it
F C GI'm waiting for it, that green light, I want it
F C GI'm waiting for it, that green light, I want it
F C GI'm waiting for it, that green light, I want it
F C GI'm waiting for it, that green light, I want it
F C GI'm waiting for it, that green light, I want it
(Pre-Chorus melody):
e|--F-------------------|--C-------------------|--G-------------------|
B|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
G|--0---2---0---2-0-2--|--0---0---0---0-0-0--|---------------------|
D|--3---3---3---3-3-3--|--0---2---0---2-0-2--|--0---0---0---0-0-0--|
A|--3---3---3---3-3-3--|--3---3---3---3-3-3--|--0---2---0---2-0-2--|
E|--1---1---1---1-1-1--|---------------------|--3---3---3---3-3-3--|
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Track 2 – Sober
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Cx3201x
Em02200x
Dx0023x (Note for ease of reading, Dshown for D/A)
Capo 4th fret
[Intro]
CNight, midnight, lose my mind
EmNight, midnight, lose my mind
DNight, midnight, lose my mind
DNight, midnight
[Verse 1]
COh God, I'm clean out of aEmir in my lungs, it's all Dgone
Played it so nonchalant, Dit's time we danced with the tCruth
EmMove along with the tDruth, ooh-Dooh (hey)
CWe're sleeping through all the dEmays, I'm acting like I don't Dsee
Every ribbon you uDsed to tie yourself to Cme
[Pre-Chorus 1]
But my Emhips have missed your hips, so let's get to know the kicks
Will you sDway with me, go astray with me?
[Chorus 1]
(Ah-ha-Cah) King and queen of the weekend
EmAin't a pill that could touch our Drush (but what will we do when we're sober?)
CWhen you dream with a fever
EmBet you wish you could touch our Drush (but what will we do when we're sober?)
CThese are the games of the weekend
EmWe pretend that we just don't Dcare, but we care (but what will we do when we're sober?)
CAh, when you dream with a fever
EmBet you wish you could touch our Drush (but what will we do when we're sober?)
[Verse 2]
Oh CGod, I'm closing my tEmeeth, around this liquor wet
DLimelight, lose my mind, DI know you're feeling it tCoo
EmCan we keep up with the rDuse, ah-ah-Dah (hey)
CB-bodies all through my hEmouse, I know this story by Dheart
N.C. C
Jack and Jill get fucked up and possessive when they get dark
[Pre-Chorus 2]
But my Emhips have missed your hips, so let's get to know the kicks
Will you sDway with me, go astray with me?
[Chorus 2]
(Ah-ha-Cah) King and queen of the weekend
EmAin't a pill that could touch our Drush (but what will we do when we're sober?)
CWhen you dream with a fever
EmBet you wish you could touch our Drush (but what will we do when we're sober?)
CThese are the games of the weekend
EmWe pretend that we just don't Dcare, but we care (but what will we do when we're sober?)
CAh, when you dream with a fever
EmBet you wish you could touch our Drush (but what will we do when we're sober?)
[Bridge]
CMidnight, we're fading
'Til Emdaylight, we're jaded
We Dknow that it's over, in the Dmorning
You'll be dancing with all the Cheartache
And the treason, the Emfantasies of leaving
But we Dknow that when it's over, in the Dmorning
You'll be dancing with uCs, Emoh
Dancing with uDs, oh (but what will we do when we're sober?)
You'll be dancing with uCs (can you feel it, can you Emfeel it)
Dancing with uDs, us (but what will we do when we're sober?)
[Outro]
N.C.
Night, midnight, lose my mind
(Light, when you get to my)
N.C.
Night, midnight, lose my mind
(Light, when you get to my)
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Track 3 – Homemade Dynamite
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Amx0221x
Em02200x
G32000x
Capo 3rd fret
[Verse 1]
A couple rebel Amtop gun pilots fEmlying with nowhere to bGe, oh
Don't know you super Amwell but I think that you
EmMight be the same as mGe, behave abnormally
[Pre-Chorus 1]
Let's let Amthings come out of the woodwork
I'll be on my Embest side, tell you all my best lies
Yeah, Gawesome right?
So let's let Amthings come out of the woodwork
I'll be on my Embest side, tell you all my best lies
Seeing me Grolling showing someone else love, dancing with my shoes off
Know I think you're awesome right?
[Chorus 1]
N.C. Em Em
Our rules, our dreams, we're blind
GBlowing shit Gup with hGomemade Gd-d-d-dynaAmmite
Our Amfriends, our dEmrinks, we Emget inspired
GBlowing shit Gup with hGomemade Gd-d-d-dynaAmmiteAm Em Em
G G G G(Am)
Blowing shit up with homemade d-d-d-dynamite
[Verse 2]
AmMight get your friend to Emdrive but he can hardly sGee, ooh-ooh
We'll end up painted on the Amroad, red and chrome
All the Embroken glass sparkliGng, I guess we're partying
[Pre-Chorus 2]
So let's let Amthings come out of the woodwork
I'll be on my Embest side, tell you all my best lies
Seeing me Grolling showing someone else love, hands under your t-shirt
Know I think you're awesome right?
[Chorus 2]
N.C. Em Em
Our rules, our dreams, we're blind
GBlowing shit Gup with hGomemade Gd-d-d-dynaAmmite
Our Amfriends, our dEmrinks, we Emget inspired
GBlowing shit Gup with hGomemade Gd-d-d-dynaAmmiteAm Em Em
GBlowing shit Gup with hGomemade Gd-d-d-dynaAmmiteAm Em Em
GN.C.
Now you know it's really gonna blow (pchwoo)
[Chorus 3]
N.C. Em Em
Our rules, our dreams, we're blind
GBlowing shit Gup with hGomemade Gd-d-d-dynaAmmite
Our Amfriends, our dEmrinks, we Emget inspired
GBlowing shit Gup with hGomemade Gd-d-d-dynaAmmiteAm Em Em
GBlowing shit Gup with hGomemade Gd-d-d-dynaAmmiteAm Em Em
G G G G(Am)
Blowing shit up with homemade d-d-d-dynamite
[Outro]
AmOur friends, our dEmrinks, we get inspired
G (Am)
Blowing shit up with homemade d-d-d-dynamite
AmOur friends, our dEmrinks, we get inspired
GBlowing shit up with homemade d-d-d-dynamite
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Track 4 – The Louvre
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[Verse 1]
CWell summer slipped us underneath her tongEmue
Our days and nights are Fperfumed with obsessAmion
Half of my wardrobe is on your bedroom floGor
Use our eyes, throw our hands overboard
CI am your sweetheart, psychopathic crEmush
Drink up your movements, Fstill I can't get enoAmugh
I overthink your p-punctuation uGse
Not my fault, just a thing that my mind do
[Chorus 1]
A Fru-u-u-Gush at the begAminning
I get caught Fu-u-u-Gup, just for a minAmute
But lover, Fyou're the one to blame, all that Gyou're doing, can you hear the Amviolence?
MegaFpho-o-o-Gone to my chestAm
N.C.
Broadcast the boom, boom, boom, boom and make 'em all dance to it
[Post-Chorus 1]
F G AmBroadcast the boom, boom, boom, Gboom and make 'em all dance to it
F G AmBroadcast the boom, boom, boom, Gboom and make 'em all dance to it
F G AmBroadcast the boom, boom, boom, Gboom and make 'em all dance to it
F G AmBroadcast the boom, boom, boom, Gboom and make 'em all dance to it
[Verse 2]
COur thing progresses, I call and you come thrEmough
Blow all my friendships, Fto sit in hell with yAmou
But we're the greatest, they'll hang us in the LoGuvre
Down the back, but who cares, still the Louvre
COkay I know that you are not my type (still I fEmall)
I'm just the sucker who let you Ffill her mind (but what about Amlove?)
Nothing wrong with it, Gsupernatural
FJust move in close to me, Gcloser, you'll feel it coasting
[Chorus 2]
A Fru-u-u-Gush at the begAminning
I get caught Fu-u-u-Gup, just for a minAmute
But lover, Fyou're the one to blame, all that Gyou're doing, can you hear the Amviolence?
MegaFpho-o-o-Gone to my chestAm
N.C.
Broadcast the boom, boom, boom, boom and make 'em all dance to it
[Post-Chorus 2]
F G AmBroadcast the boom, boom, boom, Gboom and make 'em all dance to it
F G AmBroadcast the boom, boom, boom, Gboom and make 'em all dance to it
F G AmBroadcast the boom, boom, boom, Gboom and make 'em all dance to it
F G AmBroadcast the boom, boom, boom, Gboom and make 'em all dance to it
[Outro]
C Em F Am G
C Em F Am G
C Em F Am G
C Em F Am G
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Track 5 – Liability
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First set Second set
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Cx32010 F13321x
Emx22000 Am/E00221x (Note for ease of reading, Emshown for Em/B)
Amx02210 Dmxx0231
G32003x G32003x
Capo 1st fret
[Intro]
C Em Am G
F Am/E Dm G
[Verse 1]
Baby really Churt me, crying in the Emtaxi, he don't wanna Amknow me
Says he made the big Gmistake of dancing in my Fstorm
Am/ESays it was DmpoiGson
So I guess I go Chome into the Emarms of the girl that I Amlove
The only love I Ghaven't screwed upF
She's so hard to Am/Eplease but she's a Dmforest fireG
I do my Cbest to meet her demands, Emplay at romance, we slow Amdance in the living room
But Gall that a stranger would Fsee
Is one Am/Egirl swaying aDmlone stroking her Gcheek
[Chorus 1]
They Csay, you're a Emlittle much for Amme
You're a GliabiliFty
You're a Am/Elittle much for DmmeG
So they pull Cback, make other Emplans, I underAmstand
I'm a GliabiliFty
Get you Am/Ewild, make you Dmleave
I'm a Glittle much for Ameh, a-na-na-na GeveryFone
[Verse 2]
The truth Cis I am Emtoy that people enAmjoy
'Til all of the Gtricks don't work anyFmore
Am/EAnd then they are Dmbored of Gme
I know that it's exCciting running through the Emnight but
Every perfect Amsummer's eating me aGlive until you're Fgone
Am/EBetter Dmon my Gown
[Chorus 2]
They Csay, you're a Emlittle much for Amme
You're a GliabiliFty
You're a Am/Elittle much for DmmeG
So they pull Cback, make other Emplans, I underAmstand
I'm a GliabiliFty
Get you Am/Ewild, make you Dmleave
I'm a Glittle much for Ameh, a-na-na-na GeveryFone
[Outro]
EmThey're gonna Amwatch me disapGpear into the Fsun
You're Emall gonna Amwatch me disapGpear into the Fsun
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To match piano melody
(Intro, verse, and second part of chorus)
e|-C0---0---|-Em0---0---|-Am0-------|-G--------|-F--------|-Am/E--------|-Dm--------|-G--------|
B|-1---1---|-0---0---|-1---1---|-3-------|-1-------|-1-------|-3-------|---------|
G|---------|---------|-------2-|-0---0---|-2---2---|-2---2---|-2---2---|---------|
D|---------|---------|---------|-------0-|-------3-|-------2-|-0-----0-|-0-----0-|
A|-3-----3-|-2-----2-|-0-------|---------|---------|---------|---------|---0-2---|
E|---------|---------|---------|-3-------|-1-------|-0-------|---------|-3-------|
(First part of chorus – higher voicing)
e|--C8---8--|--Em7---7--|--Am5---5--|--G3---3--|--F1---1--|--Am/E0---0--|--Dm1---1--|-G--------|
B|--8---8--|--8---8--|--5---5--|--3---3--|--2---2--|--1---1--|--3---3--|---------|
G|--9---9--|--9---9--|--5---5--|--4---4--|--3---3--|--2---2--|--2---2--|---------|
D|--10--10-|--9---9--|--7---7--|--5---5--|--3---3--|--2---2--|--0---0--|-0-----0-|
A|---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|---0-2---|
E|---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|-3-------|
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Track 6 – Hard Feelings/Loveless
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Capo 4th fret
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Part 1 - Hard Feelings
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[Intro]
N.C.
(Go back and tell it)
[Verse 1]
Please could you be Gtender and I will sit Cclose to you
Let's Emgive it a minute before we admit that we're Cthrough
Guess this is the Gwinter, our bodies are Cyoung and blue
I'm Emat Jungle City, it's late and this song is for Cyou
Cause I remember the Grush, when forever was us
Before all of the Cwinds of regret and mistrust
Now we sit in your Emcar and our love is a ghost
Well I guess I should Cgo, yeah I guess I should go
[Chorus 1]
N.C.
Hard feelings
These are what they call Ghard feelinCgs of love
When Emsweet words and fevers all leave us right here in the Ccold, oh oh
Alone with the Ghard feelinCgs of love
God I Emwish I believed you when you told me this was my Chome, oh oh
[Verse 2]
I light all the Gcandles, cut flowers for Call my rooms
I Emcare for myself the way I used to care about Cyou
These days, Gwe kiss and we keep busy, the waves come after midnight
CI call from underwater, why even try to get right?
EmWhen you've outgrown a lover, the whole world knows but you
CIt's time to let go of this endless summer afternoon
[Chorus 2]
N.C.
Hard feelings
These are what they call Ghard feelinCgs of love
When Emsweet words and fevers all leave us right here in the Ccold, oh oh
Alone with the Ghard feelinCgs of love
God I Emwish I believed you when you told me this was my Chome, oh oh
[Outro]
G C Em C
G C Em C
G C Em C
G C Em C
Three Gyears, loved you every single day, made me weak, it was Creal for me, yup, real for me
Now I'll Emfake it every single day 'til I don't need Cfantasy, 'til I feel you leave
But GI still remember everything, how we'd drift buying Cgroceries, how you'd dance for me
I'll Emstart letting go of little things 'til I'm so far aCway from you, far away from you, yeah
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Part 2 - Loveless
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[Intro]
N.C.
"What is this tape?"
"This is my favorite tape"
[Verse 1]
CBet you wanna rip my Amheart out
Bet you wanna skip my Fcalls now
Well Gguess what, I Clike that
'Cause I'm gonna mess your Amlife up
Gonna wanna tape my Fmouth shut
GLook out, lovers
[Chorus 1]
We're Cl-o-v-e-l-e-s-s Amgeneration
FL-o-v-e-Gl-e-s-s Cgeneration
AmAll fuckin' with our lover's heads, FgenerGation
[Verse 2]
CBet you wanna rip my Amheart out
Bet you wanna skip my Fcalls now
Well Gguess what, I Clike that
'Cause I'm gonna mess your Amlife up
Gonna wanna tape my Fmouth shut
GLook out, lovers
[Chorus 2]
We're Cl-o-v-e-l-e-s-s Amgeneration
FL-o-v-e-Gl-e-s-s Cgeneration
AmAll fuckin' with our lover's heads, FgenerGation
[Outro]
CL-o-v-e-l-e-s-s Amgeneration
FL-o-v-e-Gl-e-s-s Cgeneration
AmL-o-v-e-l-e-s-s FgenerGation
CL-o-v-e-l-e-s-s Amgeneration
FL-o-v-e-Gl-e-s-s Cgeneration
AmL-o-v-e-l-e-s-s
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Track 7 – Sober II (Melodrama)
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Chord progression 1 Chord progression 2
(Intro + Bridge + Outro) (Verse + Chorus)
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Em02200x Em02200x
G32000x G32000x
Cx3201x Dx0023x (Note for ease of reading, Dshown for D/A)
Amx0221x Cx3201x
Dx0023x
Capo 4th fret
[Intro]
Em G C Am D
Em G C Am D
[Verse]
You Emasked if I was feeling it, I'm Gpsycho high
DKnow you won't remember in the Cmorning when I speak my minds
EmLights are on and they've gone home but Gwho am I?
DOh how fast the evening passes, Ccleaning up the champagne glasses
[Chorus]
EmWe told you this was meloGdrama
DOh how fast the evening passes, Ccleaning up the champagne glasses
EmOur only wish is meloGdrama
DOh how fast the evening passes, Ccleaning up the champagne glasses
[Bridge]
Em G C Am D
And the Emterror, and the horror, when we Gwonder why we bother
WChoa-oh, whoAma-oh, Doh
And the Emterror, and the horror, gotta Gwonder why we bother
WChoa-oh, whoAma-ohD
All the Emglamour, and the trauma, and the Gfucking melodrama
WChoa-oh, whoAma-ohD
All the Emgunfights, and the limelights, and the Ghope we stick divine nights
WChoa-ohAm D
They'll talk aEmbout us, all the lovers, how we Gkissed and killed each other
WChoa-ohAm D
They'll talk aEmbout us, and discover, how we Gkissed and killed each other
WChoa-ohAm D
Em G C Am D
[Outro]
EmWe told you this was meloGdrama
CYou wanted something that we AmofferedD
EmWe told you this was meloGdrama
CYou wanted something that we AmofferedD
EmWe told you this was meloGdrama
CYou wanted something that we AmofferedD
EmWe told you this was meloGdrama
CYou wanted something that we AmofferedD
EmWe told you this was meloGdrama
CWe told you this was meloAmdramaD
EmWe told you this was meloGdrama
CWe told you this was meloAmdramaD
EmWe told you this was meloGdrama
CWe told you this was meloAmdrama
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Track 8 – Writer in the Dark
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Verse Pre-Chorus Chorus
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Dxx023x Dxx023x G32003x
Cx3201x Cx3201x Amx0221x
Cmaj7x3200x G32003x Em02200x
Dxx0232
[Verse 1]
DBreak the news, you're walking out
CTo be a good man for someone else
DSorry I was never good like CyouCmaj7
DStood on my chest and kept me down
Hated Chearing my name on the lips of a crowd
DDid my best to exist just for Cyou
[Pre-Chorus 1]
Bet you rue the Dday you kissed a writer in the Cdark
Bet you rue the Dday you kissed a writer in the Cdark
Now she's gonna Dplay and sing and lock you in her Cheart
Bet you rue the Dday you kissed a Cwriter in the Gdark
[Chorus 1]
GI am my mother's child, I'll Amlove you 'til my Embreathing stops
I'll Amlove you 'til you Emcall the cops on Dme
GBut in our darkest hours, I Amstumbled on a Emsecret power
I'll Amfind a way to Embe without you, Dbabe
[Verse 2]
DI still feel you, now and then
CSlow like pseudoephedrine
DWhen you see me, will you say I've Cchanged?Cmaj7
DI ride the subway, read the signs
I Clet the seasons change my mind
I Glove it here since I've stopped needing Dyou
[Pre-Chorus 2]
Bet you rue the Dday you kissed a writer in the Cdark
Bet you rue the Dday you kissed a writer in the Cdark
Now she's gonna Dplay and sing and lock you in her Cheart
Bet you rue the Dday you kissed a Cwriter in the Gdark
[Chorus 2]
GI am my mother's child, I'll Amlove you 'til my Embreathing stops
I'll Amlove you 'til you Emcall the cops on Dme
GBut in our darkest hours, I Amstumbled on a Emsecret power
I'll Amfind a way to Embe without you, Dbabe
[Chorus 3]
GI am my mother's child, I'll Amlove you 'til my Embreathing stops
I'll Amlove you 'til you Emcall the cops on Dme
GBut in our darkest hours, I Amstumbled on a Emsecret power
I'll Amfind a way to Embe without you, Dbabe
[Outro]
G Am Em Am Em D
G Am Em Am Em D
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Track 9 – Supercut
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[Verse 1]
In my Chead, I play a supercut of Fus
All the magic we gave Amoff, all the love we had and Flost
And in my Chead, the visions never Fstop
These ribbons wrap me Amup, but when I reach for you, there's just a Fsupercut
[Pre-Chorus 1]
AmIn your car, the radio up
AmIn your car, the radio up
FWe keep trying to talk about us
FI'm someone you maybe might love
I'll Ambe your quiet afternoon crush
GBe your violent overnight rush
FMake you crazy over my touch
[Chorus 1]
But it's just a supercut of Cus, supercut of Fus
Oh it's just a supercut of Amus, supercut of Fus
[Verse 2]
So I Cfall, into continents and Fcars
All the stages and the Amstars, I turn all of it to just a Fsupercut
[Refrain 1]
Cause in my Chead (in my head, I do everything right)
When you Fcall (when you call, I'll forgive and not fight)
Because Amours are the moments, I play in the dark
We were Fwild and fluorescent, come home to my heart
[Pre-Chorus 2]
Am(mute)
In your car, the radio up
Am(mute)
In your car, the radio up
F(mute)
We keep trying to talk about us
FSlow motion, I'm watching our love
I'll Ambe your quiet afternoon crush
GBe your violent overnight rush
FMake you crazy over my touch
[Chorus 2]
But it's just a supercut of Cus, supercut of Fus
Oh it's just a supercut of Amus, supercut of Fus
But it's just a supercut of Cus, supercut of Fus
Oh it's just a supercut of Amus, supercut of Fus
[Refrain 2]
Cause in my Chead, in my head, I do everything right
FWhen you call I'll forgive and not fight
AmAll the moments I play in the dark
FWild and fluorescent, come home to my heart
[Refrain 3]
Cause in my Chead (in my head, I do everything right)
When you Fcall (when you call, I'll forgive and not fight)
Because Amours are the moments, I play in the dark
We were Fwild and fluorescent, come home to my heart
Cause in my Chead (in my head, I do everything right)
When you Fcall (when you call, I'll forgive and not fight)
Because Amours are the moments, I play in the dark
We were Fwild and fluorescent, come home to my heart
[Outro]
CIn my head, I do everything rightF
AmIn my head, I do everything rightF
C F Am F
C F Am F
C F Am F
C F Am F
C F Am F
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Track 10 – Liability (Reprise)
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[Intro]
F CI'm a liabiFlity
I'm a liabiAmlity, much Ffor me
AmYou're a little much for Fme, no-no-no, no
Whatcha gonna Gdo, whoa-ohC-oh
[Verse 1]
CAll of the dreams that get Fharder
All of the things that I Amoffer you, Feh
AmAnd all of the shit that we Fharbour
Make all of the kids in the Gchoirs sing woo-hoo, hoo-hoo
[Verse 2]
CMaybe all this is the Fparty
Maybe the tears and the Amhighs we breathe, Foh no
AmMaybe all this is the Fparty
Maybe we just do it Gviolently
[Outro]
But you're Cnot what you Fthought you wereAm F
But you're Amnot what you Fthought you wereC G
But you're Cnot what you Fthought you wereAm F
But you're Amnot what you Fthought you wereC G
N.C.
Leave
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Track 11 – Perfect Places
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Verse Chorus Outro
----------- ----------- -------------
E022100 Ax02220 Ax02220
G#m46644x C#mx4665x E022100
C#mx4665x E022100 Bx2444x
Bx2444x Bx2444x Bsus2x2442x
Bsus4x2445x
[Verse 1]
EEvery night, I live and die
Feel the party to my G#mbones
Watch the wasters blow the speakers, spill my guts beneath the C#moutdoor light
It's Bjust another graceless night
EI hate the headlines and the weather
I'm nineteen and I'm on G#mfire
But when we're dancing, I'm alC#mright
It's Bjust another graceless night
[Pre-Chorus 1]
Are you Alost enough?
Have another drink, get C#mlost in us
This is how we get noBtorious, ah-ah-ah oh oh
'Cause AI don't know
If they keep tellin' you C#mwhere to go
B(mute)
I'll blow my brains out to the radio, ah-ah-ah oh oh, ch-ch
[Chorus 1]
AAll of the C#mthings we're taking
A'Cause we are Eyoung and Bwe're aAshamed
Sends us to C#mperfect placesB
AAll of our C#mheroes fading
ANow I can't Estand to Bbe aAlone
Let's go to C#mperfect placesB
[Verse 2]
EEvery night, I live and die
Meet somebody, take 'em G#mhome
Let's kiss and then take off our C#mclothes
It's Bjust another graceless night, 'cause
[Chorus 2]
AAll of the C#mthings we're taking
A'Cause we are Eyoung and Bwe're aAshamed
Sends us to C#mperfect placesB
AAll of our C#mheroes fading
ANow I can't Estand to Bbe aAlone
Let's go to C#mperfect placesB
[Outro]
AAll the nights spent Eoff our Bfaces
ATrying to find these Eperfect Bplaces
AWhat the fuck are C#mperfect places Banyway?
AAll the nights spent Eoff our Bfaces
ATrying to find these Eperfect Bplaces
AWhat the fuck are C#mperfect places Banyway?
AAll the nights spent Eoff our Bfaces
ATrying to find these Eperfect Bplaces
AWhat the fuck are C#mperfect places Banyway?Bsus2 B B Bsus4 A
All chords in this song (19)
The story behind the song
This song is the title track from Lorde's second studio album, an album she created to explore the intense emotions surrounding a house party, particularly after her first breakup. While it delves into heartbreak, the artist describes the album as being more broadly about the experience of being alone, embracing both the good and bad aspects of solitude. It captures the dramatic feelings of youth and the journey of self-discovery.
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Melodrama
by Lorde
Chords in this song · guitar
Em
D
F
G
C
C/G
D/A
Am
Am/E
Em/B
Dm
Cmaj7
E
A
G#m
C#m
B
Bsus2
Bsus4
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Lorde
Melodrama Album
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Lorde’s second studio album
Release date: June 16, 2017
-- Track listing –-
1. Green Light
2. Sober
3. Homemade Dynamite
4. The Louvre
5. Liability
6. Hard Feelings/Loveless
7. Sober II (Melodrama)
8. Writer in the Dark
9. Supercut
10. Liability (Reprise)
11. Perfect Places
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Track 1 – Green Light
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Verse Refrain Pre-Chorus + Chorus
---------- ---------- -------------------
Em D F
0220xx x0023x 13321x Note for ease of reading:
G C C C C/G
32003x x3201x x3201x - shown for in Verse
C Em G D D/A
33201x 02200x 32003x - shown for in Refrain
Capo 2nd fret
[Verse 1]
Em G C
I do my makeup in somebody else's car
Em G C
We order different drinks at the same bars
Em G C
I know about what you did and I wanna scream the truth
Em G C
She thinks you love the beach, you're such a damn liar
[Refrain 1]
D
Those great whites, they have big teeth
C Em D
Oh they bite you, thought you said that you would always be in love
C
But you're not in love no more, did it frighten you?
Em D
How we kissed when we danced on the light up floor, on the light up floor
[Pre-Chorus 1]
F C G
But I hear the sounds in my mind
F C G
Brand new sounds in my mind
F C G
But honey I'll be seein' you 'ever I go
F C G
But honey I'll be seein' you down every road
(I'm waiting for it, that green light, I want it)
[Chorus 1]
F C G
'Cause honey I'll come get my things but I can't let go
(I'm waiting for it, that green light, I want it)
F C G
Oh I wish I could get my things and just let go
(I'm waiting for it, that green light, I want it)
[Verse 2]
Em G C
Sometimes I wake up in a different bedroom
Em G C
I whisper things, the city sings them back to you
[Refrain 2]
D
All those rumours, they have big teeth
C Em D
Oh they bite you, thought you said that you would always be in love
C
But you're not in love no more, did it frighten you?
Em D
How we kissed when we danced on the light up floor, on the light up floor
[Pre-Chorus 2]
F C G
But I hear the sounds in my mind
F C G
Brand new sounds in my mind
F C G
But honey I'll be seein' you 'ever I go
F C G
But honey I'll be seein' you down every road
(I'm waiting for it, that green light, I want it)
[Chorus 2]
F C G
'Cause honey I'll come get my things but I can't let go
(I'm waiting for it, that green light, I want it)
F C G
Oh honey I'll come get my things but I can't let go
(I'm waiting for it, that green light, I want it)
F C G
Yes honey I'll come get my things but I can't let go
(I'm waiting for it, that green light, I want it)
F C G
Oh I wish I could get my things and just let go
(I'm waiting for it, that green light, I want it)
[Outro]
F C G
I'm waiting for it, that green light, I want it
F C G
I'm waiting for it, that green light, I want it
F C G
I'm waiting for it, that green light, I want it
F C G
I'm waiting for it, that green light, I want it
F C G
I'm waiting for it, that green light, I want it
F C G
I'm waiting for it, that green light, I want it
(Pre-Chorus melody):
F C G
e|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
B|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
G|--0---2---0---2-0-2--|--0---0---0---0-0-0--|---------------------|
D|--3---3---3---3-3-3--|--0---2---0---2-0-2--|--0---0---0---0-0-0--|
A|--3---3---3---3-3-3--|--3---3---3---3-3-3--|--0---2---0---2-0-2--|
E|--1---1---1---1-1-1--|---------------------|--3---3---3---3-3-3--|
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Track 2 – Sober
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C
x3201x
Em
02200x
D D D/A
x0023x (Note for ease of reading, shown for )
Capo 4th fret
[Intro]
C
Night, midnight, lose my mind
Em
Night, midnight, lose my mind
D
Night, midnight, lose my mind
D
Night, midnight
[Verse 1]
C Em D
Oh God, I'm clean out of air in my lungs, it's all gone
D C
Played it so nonchalant, it's time we danced with the truth
Em D D
Move along with the truth, ooh-ooh (hey)
C Em D
We're sleeping through all the days, I'm acting like I don't see
D C
Every ribbon you used to tie yourself to me
[Pre-Chorus 1]
Em
But my hips have missed your hips, so let's get to know the kicks
D
Will you sway with me, go astray with me?
[Chorus 1]
C
(Ah-ha-ah) King and queen of the weekend
Em D
Ain't a pill that could touch our rush (but what will we do when we're sober?)
C
When you dream with a fever
Em D
Bet you wish you could touch our rush (but what will we do when we're sober?)
C
These are the games of the weekend
Em D
We pretend that we just don't care, but we care (but what will we do when we're sober?)
C
Ah, when you dream with a fever
Em D
Bet you wish you could touch our rush (but what will we do when we're sober?)
[Verse 2]
C Em
Oh God, I'm closing my teeth, around this liquor wet
D D C
Limelight, lose my mind, I know you're feeling it too
Em D D
Can we keep up with the ruse, ah-ah-ah (hey)
C Em D
B-bodies all through my house, I know this story by heart
C
N.C.
Jack and Jill get fucked up and possessive when they get dark
[Pre-Chorus 2]
Em
But my hips have missed your hips, so let's get to know the kicks
D
Will you sway with me, go astray with me?
[Chorus 2]
C
(Ah-ha-ah) King and queen of the weekend
Em D
Ain't a pill that could touch our rush (but what will we do when we're sober?)
C
When you dream with a fever
Em D
Bet you wish you could touch our rush (but what will we do when we're sober?)
C
These are the games of the weekend
Em D
We pretend that we just don't care, but we care (but what will we do when we're sober?)
C
Ah, when you dream with a fever
Em D
Bet you wish you could touch our rush (but what will we do when we're sober?)
[Bridge]
C
Midnight, we're fading
Em
'Til daylight, we're jaded
D D
We know that it's over, in the morning
C
You'll be dancing with all the heartache
Em
And the treason, the fantasies of leaving
D D
But we know that when it's over, in the morning
C Em
You'll be dancing with us, oh
D
Dancing with us, oh (but what will we do when we're sober?)
C Em
You'll be dancing with us (can you feel it, can you feel it)
D
Dancing with us, us (but what will we do when we're sober?)
[Outro]
N.C.
Night, midnight, lose my mind
(Light, when you get to my)
N.C.
Night, midnight, lose my mind
(Light, when you get to my)
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Track 3 – Homemade Dynamite
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Am
x0221x
Em
02200x
G
32000x
Capo 3rd fret
[Verse 1]
Am Em G
A couple rebel top gun pilots flying with nowhere to be, oh
Am
Don't know you super well but I think that you
Em G
Might be the same as me, behave abnormally
[Pre-Chorus 1]
Am
Let's let things come out of the woodwork
Em
I'll be on my best side, tell you all my best lies
G
Yeah, awesome right?
Am
So let's let things come out of the woodwork
Em
I'll be on my best side, tell you all my best lies
G
Seeing me rolling showing someone else love, dancing with my shoes off
Know I think you're awesome right?
[Chorus 1]
Em Em
N.C.
Our rules, our dreams, we're blind
G G G G Am
Blowing shit up with homemade d-d-d-dynamite
Am Em Em
Our friends, our drinks, we get inspired
G G G G Am Am Em Em
Blowing shit up with homemade d-d-d-dynamite
G G G G Am
()
Blowing shit up with homemade d-d-d-dynamite
[Verse 2]
Am Em G
Might get your friend to drive but he can hardly see, ooh-ooh
Am
We'll end up painted on the road, red and chrome
Em G
All the broken glass sparkling, I guess we're partying
[Pre-Chorus 2]
Am
So let's let things come out of the woodwork
Em
I'll be on my best side, tell you all my best lies
G
Seeing me rolling showing someone else love, hands under your t-shirt
Know I think you're awesome right?
[Chorus 2]
Em Em
N.C.
Our rules, our dreams, we're blind
G G G G Am
Blowing shit up with homemade d-d-d-dynamite
Am Em Em
Our friends, our drinks, we get inspired
G G G G Am Am Em Em
Blowing shit up with homemade d-d-d-dynamite
G G G G Am Am Em Em
Blowing shit up with homemade d-d-d-dynamite
G
N.C.
Now you know it's really gonna blow (pchwoo)
[Chorus 3]
Em Em
N.C.
Our rules, our dreams, we're blind
G G G G Am
Blowing shit up with homemade d-d-d-dynamite
Am Em Em
Our friends, our drinks, we get inspired
G G G G Am Am Em Em
Blowing shit up with homemade d-d-d-dynamite
G G G G Am Am Em Em
Blowing shit up with homemade d-d-d-dynamite
G G G G Am
()
Blowing shit up with homemade d-d-d-dynamite
[Outro]
Am Em
Our friends, our drinks, we get inspired
Am
G ()
Blowing shit up with homemade d-d-d-dynamite
Am Em
Our friends, our drinks, we get inspired
G
Blowing shit up with homemade d-d-d-dynamite
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Track 4 – The Louvre
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[Verse 1]
C Em
Well summer slipped us underneath her tongue
F Am
Our days and nights are perfumed with obsession
G
Half of my wardrobe is on your bedroom floor
Use our eyes, throw our hands overboard
C Em
I am your sweetheart, psychopathic crush
F Am
Drink up your movements, still I can't get enough
G
I overthink your p-punctuation use
Not my fault, just a thing that my mind do
[Chorus 1]
F G Am
A ru-u-u-ush at the beginning
F G Am
I get caught u-u-u-up, just for a minute
F G Am
But lover, you're the one to blame, all that you're doing, can you hear the violence?
F G Am
Megapho-o-o-one to my chest
N.C.
Broadcast the boom, boom, boom, boom and make 'em all dance to it
[Post-Chorus 1]
F G Am G
Broadcast the boom, boom, boom, boom and make 'em all dance to it
F G Am G
Broadcast the boom, boom, boom, boom and make 'em all dance to it
F G Am G
Broadcast the boom, boom, boom, boom and make 'em all dance to it
F G Am G
Broadcast the boom, boom, boom, boom and make 'em all dance to it
[Verse 2]
C Em
Our thing progresses, I call and you come through
F Am
Blow all my friendships, to sit in hell with you
G
But we're the greatest, they'll hang us in the Louvre
Down the back, but who cares, still the Louvre
C Em
Okay I know that you are not my type (still I fall)
F Am
I'm just the sucker who let you fill her mind (but what about love?)
G
Nothing wrong with it, supernatural
F G
Just move in close to me, closer, you'll feel it coasting
[Chorus 2]
F G Am
A ru-u-u-ush at the beginning
F G Am
I get caught u-u-u-up, just for a minute
F G Am
But lover, you're the one to blame, all that you're doing, can you hear the violence?
F G Am
Megapho-o-o-one to my chest
N.C.
Broadcast the boom, boom, boom, boom and make 'em all dance to it
[Post-Chorus 2]
F G Am G
Broadcast the boom, boom, boom, boom and make 'em all dance to it
F G Am G
Broadcast the boom, boom, boom, boom and make 'em all dance to it
F G Am G
Broadcast the boom, boom, boom, boom and make 'em all dance to it
F G Am G
Broadcast the boom, boom, boom, boom and make 'em all dance to it
[Outro]
C Em F Am G
C Em F Am G
C Em F Am G
C Em F Am G
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Track 5 – Liability
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First set Second set
---------- ------------
C F
x32010 13321x
Em Am/E Em Em/B
x22000 00221x (Note for ease of reading, shown for )
Am Dm
x02210 xx0231
G G
32003x 32003x
Capo 1st fret
[Intro]
C Em Am G
F Am/E Dm G
[Verse 1]
C Em Am
Baby really hurt me, crying in the taxi, he don't wanna know me
G F
Says he made the big mistake of dancing in my storm
Am/E Dm G
Says it was poison
C Em Am
So I guess I go home into the arms of the girl that I love
G F
The only love I haven't screwed up
Am/E Dm G
She's so hard to please but she's a forest fire
C Em Am
I do my best to meet her demands, play at romance, we slow dance in the living room
G F
But all that a stranger would see
Am/E Dm G
Is one girl swaying alone stroking her cheek
[Chorus 1]
C Em Am
They say, you're a little much for me
G F
You're a liability
Am/E Dm G
You're a little much for me
C Em Am
So they pull back, make other plans, I understand
G F
I'm a liability
Am/E Dm
Get you wild, make you leave
G Am G F
I'm a little much for eh, a-na-na-na everyone
[Verse 2]
C Em Am
The truth is I am toy that people enjoy
G F
'Til all of the tricks don't work anymore
Am/E Dm G
And then they are bored of me
C Em
I know that it's exciting running through the night but
Am G F
Every perfect summer's eating me alive until you're gone
Am/E Dm G
Better on my own
[Chorus 2]
C Em Am
They say, you're a little much for me
G F
You're a liability
Am/E Dm G
You're a little much for me
C Em Am
So they pull back, make other plans, I understand
G F
I'm a liability
Am/E Dm
Get you wild, make you leave
G Am G F
I'm a little much for eh, a-na-na-na everyone
[Outro]
Em Am G F
They're gonna watch me disappear into the sun
Em Am G F
You're all gonna watch me disappear into the sun
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To match piano melody
(Intro, verse, and second part of chorus)
C Em Am G F Am/E Dm G
e|-0---0---|-0---0---|-0-------|---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|
B|-1---1---|-0---0---|-1---1---|-3-------|-1-------|-1-------|-3-------|---------|
G|---------|---------|-------2-|-0---0---|-2---2---|-2---2---|-2---2---|---------|
D|---------|---------|---------|-------0-|-------3-|-------2-|-0-----0-|-0-----0-|
A|-3-----3-|-2-----2-|-0-------|---------|---------|---------|---------|---0-2---|
E|---------|---------|---------|-3-------|-1-------|-0-------|---------|-3-------|
(First part of chorus – higher voicing)
C Em Am G F Am/E Dm G
e|--8---8--|--7---7--|--5---5--|--3---3--|--1---1--|--0---0--|--1---1--|---------|
B|--8---8--|--8---8--|--5---5--|--3---3--|--2---2--|--1---1--|--3---3--|---------|
G|--9---9--|--9---9--|--5---5--|--4---4--|--3---3--|--2---2--|--2---2--|---------|
D|--10--10-|--9---9--|--7---7--|--5---5--|--3---3--|--2---2--|--0---0--|-0-----0-|
A|---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|---0-2---|
E|---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|-3-------|
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Track 6 – Hard Feelings/Loveless
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Capo 4th fret
----------------------
Part 1 - Hard Feelings
----------------------
[Intro]
N.C.
(Go back and tell it)
[Verse 1]
G C
Please could you be tender and I will sit close to you
Em C
Let's give it a minute before we admit that we're through
G C
Guess this is the winter, our bodies are young and blue
Em C
I'm at Jungle City, it's late and this song is for you
G
Cause I remember the rush, when forever was us
C
Before all of the winds of regret and mistrust
Em
Now we sit in your car and our love is a ghost
C
Well I guess I should go, yeah I guess I should go
[Chorus 1]
N.C.
Hard feelings
G C
These are what they call hard feelings of love
Em C
When sweet words and fevers all leave us right here in the cold, oh oh
G C
Alone with the hard feelings of love
Em C
God I wish I believed you when you told me this was my home, oh oh
[Verse 2]
G C
I light all the candles, cut flowers for all my rooms
Em C
I care for myself the way I used to care about you
G
These days, we kiss and we keep busy, the waves come after midnight
C
I call from underwater, why even try to get right?
Em
When you've outgrown a lover, the whole world knows but you
C
It's time to let go of this endless summer afternoon
[Chorus 2]
N.C.
Hard feelings
G C
These are what they call hard feelings of love
Em C
When sweet words and fevers all leave us right here in the cold, oh oh
G C
Alone with the hard feelings of love
Em C
God I wish I believed you when you told me this was my home, oh oh
[Outro]
G C Em C
G C Em C
G C Em C
G C Em C
G C
Three years, loved you every single day, made me weak, it was real for me, yup, real for me
Em C
Now I'll fake it every single day 'til I don't need fantasy, 'til I feel you leave
G C
But I still remember everything, how we'd drift buying groceries, how you'd dance for me
Em C
I'll start letting go of little things 'til I'm so far away from you, far away from you, yeah
-----------------
Part 2 - Loveless
-----------------
[Intro]
N.C.
"What is this tape?"
"This is my favorite tape"
[Verse 1]
C Am
Bet you wanna rip my heart out
F
Bet you wanna skip my calls now
G C
Well guess what, I like that
Am
'Cause I'm gonna mess your life up
F
Gonna wanna tape my mouth shut
G
Look out, lovers
[Chorus 1]
C Am
We're l-o-v-e-l-e-s-s generation
F G C
L-o-v-e-l-e-s-s generation
Am F G
All fuckin' with our lover's heads, generation
[Verse 2]
C Am
Bet you wanna rip my heart out
F
Bet you wanna skip my calls now
G C
Well guess what, I like that
Am
'Cause I'm gonna mess your life up
F
Gonna wanna tape my mouth shut
G
Look out, lovers
[Chorus 2]
C Am
We're l-o-v-e-l-e-s-s generation
F G C
L-o-v-e-l-e-s-s generation
Am F G
All fuckin' with our lover's heads, generation
[Outro]
C Am
L-o-v-e-l-e-s-s generation
F G C
L-o-v-e-l-e-s-s generation
Am F G
L-o-v-e-l-e-s-s generation
C Am
L-o-v-e-l-e-s-s generation
F G C
L-o-v-e-l-e-s-s generation
Am
L-o-v-e-l-e-s-s
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Track 7 – Sober II (Melodrama)
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Chord progression 1 Chord progression 2
(Intro + Bridge + Outro) (Verse + Chorus)
------------------------ -------------------
Em Em
02200x 02200x
G G
32000x 32000x
C D D D/A
x3201x x0023x (Note for ease of reading, shown for )
Am C
x0221x x3201x
D
x0023x
Capo 4th fret
[Intro]
Em G C Am D
Em G C Am D
[Verse]
Em G
You asked if I was feeling it, I'm psycho high
D C
Know you won't remember in the morning when I speak my minds
Em G
Lights are on and they've gone home but who am I?
D C
Oh how fast the evening passes, cleaning up the champagne glasses
[Chorus]
Em G
We told you this was melodrama
D C
Oh how fast the evening passes, cleaning up the champagne glasses
Em G
Our only wish is melodrama
D C
Oh how fast the evening passes, cleaning up the champagne glasses
[Bridge]
Em G C Am D
Em G
And the terror, and the horror, when we wonder why we bother
C Am D
Whoa-oh, whoa-oh, oh
Em G
And the terror, and the horror, gotta wonder why we bother
C Am D
Whoa-oh, whoa-oh
Em G
All the glamour, and the trauma, and the fucking melodrama
C Am D
Whoa-oh, whoa-oh
Em G
All the gunfights, and the limelights, and the hope we stick divine nights
C Am D
Whoa-oh
Em G
They'll talk about us, all the lovers, how we kissed and killed each other
C Am D
Whoa-oh
Em G
They'll talk about us, and discover, how we kissed and killed each other
C Am D
Whoa-oh
Em G C Am D
[Outro]
Em G
We told you this was melodrama
C Am D
You wanted something that we offered
Em G
We told you this was melodrama
C Am D
You wanted something that we offered
Em G
We told you this was melodrama
C Am D
You wanted something that we offered
Em G
We told you this was melodrama
C Am D
You wanted something that we offered
Em G
We told you this was melodrama
C Am D
We told you this was melodrama
Em G
We told you this was melodrama
C Am D
We told you this was melodrama
Em G
We told you this was melodrama
C Am
We told you this was melodrama
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Track 8 – Writer in the Dark
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Verse Pre-Chorus Chorus
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D D G
xx023x xx023x 32003x
C C Am
x3201x x3201x x0221x
Cmaj7 G Em
x3200x 32003x 02200x
D
xx0232
[Verse 1]
D
Break the news, you're walking out
C
To be a good man for someone else
D C Cmaj7
Sorry I was never good like you
D
Stood on my chest and kept me down
C
Hated hearing my name on the lips of a crowd
D C
Did my best to exist just for you
[Pre-Chorus 1]
D C
Bet you rue the day you kissed a writer in the dark
D C
Bet you rue the day you kissed a writer in the dark
D C
Now she's gonna play and sing and lock you in her heart
D C G
Bet you rue the day you kissed a writer in the dark
[Chorus 1]
G Am Em
I am my mother's child, I'll love you 'til my breathing stops
Am Em D
I'll love you 'til you call the cops on me
G Am Em
But in our darkest hours, I stumbled on a secret power
Am Em D
I'll find a way to be without you, babe
[Verse 2]
D
I still feel you, now and then
C
Slow like pseudoephedrine
D C Cmaj7
When you see me, will you say I've changed?
D
I ride the subway, read the signs
C
I let the seasons change my mind
G D
I love it here since I've stopped needing you
[Pre-Chorus 2]
D C
Bet you rue the day you kissed a writer in the dark
D C
Bet you rue the day you kissed a writer in the dark
D C
Now she's gonna play and sing and lock you in her heart
D C G
Bet you rue the day you kissed a writer in the dark
[Chorus 2]
G Am Em
I am my mother's child, I'll love you 'til my breathing stops
Am Em D
I'll love you 'til you call the cops on me
G Am Em
But in our darkest hours, I stumbled on a secret power
Am Em D
I'll find a way to be without you, babe
[Chorus 3]
G Am Em
I am my mother's child, I'll love you 'til my breathing stops
Am Em D
I'll love you 'til you call the cops on me
G Am Em
But in our darkest hours, I stumbled on a secret power
Am Em D
I'll find a way to be without you, babe
[Outro]
G Am Em Am Em D
G Am Em Am Em D
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Track 9 – Supercut
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[Verse 1]
C F
In my head, I play a supercut of us
Am F
All the magic we gave off, all the love we had and lost
C F
And in my head, the visions never stop
Am F
These ribbons wrap me up, but when I reach for you, there's just a supercut
[Pre-Chorus 1]
Am
In your car, the radio up
Am
In your car, the radio up
F
We keep trying to talk about us
F
I'm someone you maybe might love
Am
I'll be your quiet afternoon crush
G
Be your violent overnight rush
F
Make you crazy over my touch
[Chorus 1]
C F
But it's just a supercut of us, supercut of us
Am F
Oh it's just a supercut of us, supercut of us
[Verse 2]
C F
So I fall, into continents and cars
Am F
All the stages and the stars, I turn all of it to just a supercut
[Refrain 1]
C
Cause in my head (in my head, I do everything right)
F
When you call (when you call, I'll forgive and not fight)
Am
Because ours are the moments, I play in the dark
F
We were wild and fluorescent, come home to my heart
[Pre-Chorus 2]
Am
(mute)
In your car, the radio up
Am
(mute)
In your car, the radio up
F
(mute)
We keep trying to talk about us
F
Slow motion, I'm watching our love
Am
I'll be your quiet afternoon crush
G
Be your violent overnight rush
F
Make you crazy over my touch
[Chorus 2]
C F
But it's just a supercut of us, supercut of us
Am F
Oh it's just a supercut of us, supercut of us
C F
But it's just a supercut of us, supercut of us
Am F
Oh it's just a supercut of us, supercut of us
[Refrain 2]
C
Cause in my head, in my head, I do everything right
F
When you call I'll forgive and not fight
Am
All the moments I play in the dark
F
Wild and fluorescent, come home to my heart
[Refrain 3]
C
Cause in my head (in my head, I do everything right)
F
When you call (when you call, I'll forgive and not fight)
Am
Because ours are the moments, I play in the dark
F
We were wild and fluorescent, come home to my heart
C
Cause in my head (in my head, I do everything right)
F
When you call (when you call, I'll forgive and not fight)
Am
Because ours are the moments, I play in the dark
F
We were wild and fluorescent, come home to my heart
[Outro]
C F
In my head, I do everything right
Am F
In my head, I do everything right
C F Am F
C F Am F
C F Am F
C F Am F
C F Am F
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Track 10 – Liability (Reprise)
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[Intro]
F C F
I'm a liability
Am F
I'm a liability, much for me
Am F
You're a little much for me, no-no-no, no
G C
Whatcha gonna do, whoa-oh-oh
[Verse 1]
C F
All of the dreams that get harder
Am F
All of the things that I offer you, eh
Am F
And all of the shit that we harbour
G
Make all of the kids in the choirs sing woo-hoo, hoo-hoo
[Verse 2]
C F
Maybe all this is the party
Am F
Maybe the tears and the highs we breathe, oh no
Am F
Maybe all this is the party
G
Maybe we just do it violently
[Outro]
C F Am F
But you're not what you thought you were
Am F C G
But you're not what you thought you were
C F Am F
But you're not what you thought you were
Am F C G
But you're not what you thought you were
N.C.
Leave
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Track 11 – Perfect Places
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Verse Chorus Outro
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E A A
022100 x02220 x02220
G#m C#m E
46644x x4665x 022100
C#m E B
x4665x 022100 x2444x
B B Bsus2
x2444x x2444x x2442x
Bsus4
x2445x
[Verse 1]
E
Every night, I live and die
G#m
Feel the party to my bones
C#m
Watch the wasters blow the speakers, spill my guts beneath the outdoor light
B
It's just another graceless night
E
I hate the headlines and the weather
G#m
I'm nineteen and I'm on fire
C#m
But when we're dancing, I'm alright
B
It's just another graceless night
[Pre-Chorus 1]
A
Are you lost enough?
C#m
Have another drink, get lost in us
B
This is how we get notorious, ah-ah-ah oh oh
A
'Cause I don't know
C#m
If they keep tellin' you where to go
B
(mute)
I'll blow my brains out to the radio, ah-ah-ah oh oh, ch-ch
[Chorus 1]
A C#m
All of the things we're taking
A E B A
'Cause we are young and we're ashamed
C#m B
Sends us to perfect places
A C#m
All of our heroes fading
A E B A
Now I can't stand to be alone
C#m B
Let's go to perfect places
[Verse 2]
E
Every night, I live and die
G#m
Meet somebody, take 'em home
C#m
Let's kiss and then take off our clothes
B
It's just another graceless night, 'cause
[Chorus 2]
A C#m
All of the things we're taking
A E B A
'Cause we are young and we're ashamed
C#m B
Sends us to perfect places
A C#m
All of our heroes fading
A E B A
Now I can't stand to be alone
C#m B
Let's go to perfect places
[Outro]
A E B
All the nights spent off our faces
A E B
Trying to find these perfect places
A C#m B
What the fuck are perfect places anyway?
A E B
All the nights spent off our faces
A E B
Trying to find these perfect places
A C#m B
What the fuck are perfect places anyway?
A E B
All the nights spent off our faces
A E B
Trying to find these perfect places
A C#m B Bsus2 B B Bsus4 A
What the fuck are perfect places anyway?
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