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                                      "Here It Goes"
                                               Jimmy Eat World
Transcribbed by ViviEatWorld
Intro:  E  
Verse 1:
   EOn, it's on,
   EI declare my room a scene.
   BGone, then gone,
   It's tBoo much that they say you need;
   C#mIt's not perfection, yeah,
   AHow boring if it is
   NEothing new for me.
Verse 2:
   LEight on up
   With Eeverybody watching you,
   LBights go down,
   BEverything is yours to lose.
   C#mFirst dancer takes the floor,
   ALaugh what you can't ignore,
   WhEatcha gonna do?
Chorus 1:
Waiting for attC#mention?
I'm nBot.
Cut it to the lAeft and I rock.
Need an invitC#mation?
I dBon't.
Slide it to the rAight and I roll.
   E
Verse 3:
   EHere it goes,
   CrEowning up the cool kid queen.
   ThBere it goes,
   The cBompetition show their teeth.
   C#mI'll let them fight it out,
   AIt's just my party now,
   WhEat I want to be.
Verse 4:
   StEand on up
   EEveryone you kill,
   We've got to stBare on out,
   DBon't get sucked in for a second,
   C#mRobots might say your name,
   AThey only light the stage;
   NEothing there to prove.
Chorus 1 [x 2]:
Waiting for attC#mention?
I'm nBot.
Cut it to the lAeft and I rock.
Need an invitC#mation?
I dBon't.
Slide it to the rAight and I roll.
Bridge:
     HEey, hey, hey, hey,
     DBon't accept critG#ique or credit.
     EHey, hey, hey, hey,
     DAefinition always changes,
     EIt's not the same as yours
     BYou could be sG#o much more
     The clAoser that you get.
Chorus 2 [oohs]:
  EOoh ooooh,  Booh ooooh,
  AOoh ooooh,  ooh ooooh,
  EOoh ooooh,  Booh ooooh,
  AOoh ooooh.
Chorus 1:
Waiting for attC#mention?
I'm nBot.
Cut it to the lAeft and I rock.
Need an invitC#mation?
I dBon't.
Slide it to the rAight and I roll.
Chorus 2:
Waiting for attEention?
I'm nBot.
Cut it to the lAeft and I rock.
Need an invitEation?
I dBon't.
Slide it to the rAight and I roll.
Outro:
 E... Ooh, ooh.
 E... Ooh, ooh.
There you go! =)
ViviEatWorld

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C#m

"Here It Goes"

Jimmy Eat World

Transcribbed by ViviEatWorld

Intro:

Verse 1:

On, it's on,

I declare my room a scene.

Gone, then gone,

It's too much that they say you need;

C#m

It's not perfection, yeah,

How boring if it is

Nothing new for me.

Verse 2:

Light on up

With everybody watching you,

Lights go down,

Everything is yours to lose.

C#m

First dancer takes the floor,

Laugh what you can't ignore,

Whatcha gonna do?

Chorus 1:

C#m

Waiting for attention?

I'm not.

Cut it to the left and I rock.

C#m

Need an invitation?

I don't.

Slide it to the right and I roll.

Verse 3:

Here it goes,

Crowning up the cool kid queen.

There it goes,

The competition show their teeth.

C#m

I'll let them fight it out,

It's just my party now,

What I want to be.

Verse 4:

Stand on up

Everyone you kill,

We've got to stare on out,

Don't get sucked in for a second,

C#m

Robots might say your name,

They only light the stage;

Nothing there to prove.

Chorus 1 [x 2]:

C#m

Waiting for attention?

I'm not.

Cut it to the left and I rock.

C#m

Need an invitation?

I don't.

Slide it to the right and I roll.

Bridge:

Hey, hey, hey, hey,

B G#

Don't accept critique or credit.

Hey, hey, hey, hey,

Definition always changes,

It's not the same as yours

B G#

You could be so much more

The closer that you get.

Chorus 2 [oohs]:

E B

Ooh ooooh, ooh ooooh,

E B

Ooh ooooh, ooh ooooh,

Ooh ooooh.

Chorus 1:

C#m

Waiting for attention?

I'm not.

Cut it to the left and I rock.

C#m

Need an invitation?

I don't.

Slide it to the right and I roll.

Chorus 2:

Waiting for attention?

I'm not.

Cut it to the left and I rock.

Need an invitation?

I don't.

Slide it to the right and I roll.

Outro:

... Ooh, ooh.

There you go! =)

ViviEatWorld

About Here It Goes Chords by Jimmy Eat World

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