Boys Like Girls
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Step 1 / 134Position: 6
1 index2 middle3 ring4 pinkyO open
Tuning: Standard EADGBe
Key: E
Chords used:
E- 022100
B- x24442
C#m- x46654
A- x02220
F#m- 244222
G#m- 466444
B/Eb- x698xx
Ax - x-12-14-14-0-0----------|
E/G#x - x-11-14-13-0-0-|
E/G#- x476xx
Intro: E-B/Eb-C#m- B(x4)
Guitar 2: Harmonics Effect Pedal
e|--------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------|
G|-----9-------8-------9------9---|
D|---9---9---9---9---9------9---9-| (x4)
A|-7-------6----------------------|
E|-----------------9-----7--------|
Verse 1:
E/G#x
All are belongings in shopping carts
It's C#mgoodbye
But Awe got one more night
ELet's get drunk and ride around
BAnd make peace with an empty town
A(hold)
We can make it right
Chorus:
Throw it aC#mway, forget yesterAday
We'll make the Egreat esBcape
We won't hear a C#mword they Asay
They don't know us EanyBway
Watch it F#mburn, let it G#mdie
Cause wAe are finally Bfree tonight
Guitar 2: while chorus
e|-9--12--16--11-|
B|---------------|
G|---------------|
D|---------------| (x2)
A|---------------|
E|---------------|
Interlude: Ax-E/G#x
Verse 2:
E/G#x
It's so good to be by your side
But we'll C#mcry
We Awon't give up the fight
EWe'll scream loud at the top of our lungs
BAnd they'll think it's just cause were young
A(hold)
And we'll feel so alive
Bridge:
AAll of the wasted time
The E/G#hours that were left behind
The F#manswers that we'll never find
BThey don't mean a thing tonight
Solo: C#m-A-E- B(x2)
Guitar 2:
e|-4--2--0--4--5--7--4--2--0--7--5--4-|
B|------------------------------------|
G|------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------|
e|-4--2--0--4--5--7--4--2--0--2-|
B|------------------------------|
G|------------------------------|
D|------------------------------|
A|------------------------------|
E|------------------------------|
Outro: Ax-E/G#x
Key: D
Tuning: Standard EADGBe
Chords used:
D- xx0232
A- x02220
Bm- x24432
G- 320033
Em- 022000
F#m- 244222
Intro: D--A--Bm--G-Bm-A
Guitar 2:
e|-----------------|
B|-3-3-2-2-3-3-----|
G|-------------2-2-|
D|-----------------| repeat many times
A|-----------------|
E|-----------------|
Verse 1:
DBrown eyes and lungs are
filled up with sAmoke
BmBut you know the
places I wanna Ggo
Cause oh Aoh Doh
you've got the Acure
BmAnd I've got a plan
we walk out the Gdoor
Refrain:
GJust let Ago BmIt's time to Groll
down the Awindows Dsing it Goh ohA
BmYeah all we need so Ghere we Ago
Chorus:
Turn it Dup It's five
minutes to Amidnight
with Bmme tonight
I Gcan't get enough
DAlright at five
minutes to Amidnight
in Bmcity lights
We'll Gmake the clock sBmtop
Make your Aheart drop
Verse 2:
DPack up and leave
all our things beAhind
BmCause I need you more
than just for toGnight
D(hold)
You're oh oh all I care
breathing Ain
BmI won't stop till I
am under your sGkin
and come aGlive
Bridge:
Cause you Bmknow I Anever Gwill
GI think we should strike a match
We can Bmmake the Atime stand sGtill
Key: C
Tuning: Standard EADGBe
Chords used:
C- x32010
G- 320003
Em- 022000
F- 133211
Am- x02210
Intro:
Guitar 1:
e|-------0-|
B|-1-0-1---|
G|---------|
D|---------| (x16)
A|---------|
E|---------|
Guitar 2: C--G--Em-F
Guitar 3:
e|-8--3--0--1--|
B|-------------|
G|-------------|
D|-------------|
A|-------------|
E|-------------|
Verse 1:
It's too Clate baby, there's no turning around
I got my Ghands in my pocket and my head in a cloud
This is Emhow I do
When I Fthink about you
CI never thought that you could break me apart
I keep a Gsinister smile and a hole in my heart
You want to Emget inside Then you can Fget in line
Refrain:
G AmCause you Fcaught me off guard
G Am F(hold)
Now I'm running and screaming
Guitar 1: while doing refrain
e|-----3-|
B|---0---|
G|-1-----|
D|-------| (x2)
A|-------|
E|-------|
Chorus 1:
CI feel like a Ghero and
you are my Fheroine
Guitar 1: While doing chorus
e|-------0-|
B|-1-0-1---|
G|---------|
D|---------| (x16)
A|---------|
E|---------|
Verse 2:
CI won't try to philosophize
I'll just Gtake a deep breath then I'll look in your eyes
This is Emhow I feel And it's Fso surreal
CI got a closet filled up to the brim
With the Gghosts of my past and their skeletons
And I Emdon't know why You'd Feven try
Chorus 2:
CI feel like a Ghero and
you are my Fheroine
Do Cyou know that your
Glove is the Fsweetest sin?
Guitar 1: While doing chorus
e|-------0-|
B|-1-0-1---|
G|---------|
D|---------| (x16)
A|---------|
E|---------|
Bridge:
AmAnd I feel a weakness coming on
EmIt never felt so good to be so wrong
FHad my heart on lockdown
GAnd then you turned me around
EmAnd I'm feeling like a newborn child
CEvery time I get a chance to see you smile
FIt's not complicated I was so jaded
Guitar 1: while doing Bridge
e|----------12-|
B|-13-12-13----|
G|-------------|
D|-------------| (x32)
A|-------------|
E|-------------|
Outro:
C(I feel like a Ghero and you are my Fheroine)
C(Do you know that your Glove is the Fsweetest sin?)
F(hold)
Key: A
Tuning: Standard EADGBe
A- x02220
E- 022100
F#m- 244222
D- xx0232
Intro: A--E--D---
Verse 1:
A(hold)
Look up the stars are fading
EAnd I am still here waiting
To Dsee you again
When Athe moon is gone forever
EI hope you're up there somewhere
I'll Dsee you again
Refrain 1:
Cause Eall the roads they
lead to where you F#mare
And Eall the streetlights
shine like they were Dstars
Chorus:
ALet's spend toEnight
on top of the Dworld
AI'll meet you toEnight
on top of the Dworld
Interlude: A--
Verse 2:
ALook out across the water
EFaces of lonely daughters
and Dmothers who care
Swear Athat I will see you someday
EI have to find a way
To Dshow you I care
Refrain 2:
So I'm Efollowing the
road to where you F#mare
The sEtreetlights they will
guide me to the sDtars
Bridge:
My F#mheart is empty without you
SomeEtimes you don't know what you do
And DI need you tonight
F#mClose my eyes and EI'll be by your DsideF#m
Outro:
ALet's spend toEnight
on top of the Dworld
Key: D
Tuning: Standard EADGBe
Chords used:
D- xx0232
A/C#- x4222x
Bm- x24432
G- 320033
A- x02220
Em- 022000
F#m- 244222
Verse 1:
DToday is a Awinding
A/C#taking me to places
that I Ddidn't want to Ggo
WhoAa (whoa whoa whoa)
DToday in the Ablink of an eye
I'm A/C#holding on to
something and DI do
not know Gwhy AI tried
Refrain:
I tried to Bmread
I tried to Alook
A/C#simple explanation
Dfeeling inside
a Gway out
A(hold)
Maybe there's
Chorus 1:
DYour voice was the
Asoundtrack of my summer
Gunlike any other?
You'll Bmalways be my
Athunder and I said
DYour eyes are the
Abrightest of all the
Gever love another
You'll Bmalways
be my Athunder
So Gbring on the Arain
And bring on the Dthunder
Verse 2:
DToday is a Awinding road
A/C#Tell me where to start and
tell me Dsomething I don't Gknow
WhoAa (whoa whoa whoa)
DToday I'm oAn my own
I A/C#can't move a muscle
and I Dcan't pick up the Gphone
I don't Aknow (I don't know
Refrain 2:
And now I'm Bmitching
And Alonging for
I need to sA/C#tep
Just to Dsee if
I gotta find a Gway out
Maybe theres a Away out
So Gbring on the Arain
Bridge:
Yeah I'm Emwalking
I'm Bmwrapped up in vines
I Athink we'll make it out
But you just gotGta
SDtrike me down
Bmyou in my veins
I Awanna let
your painG
Verse 3:
DToday is a Awinding
A/C#taking me to places
that I Ddidn't want to Ggo
WhoAa
Chorus 2:
DYour voice was the
Asoundtrack of my summer
Gunlike any other?
You'll Bmalways be my
Athunder and I said
DYour eyes are the
Abrightest of all the
Gever love another
You'll Bmalways
be my Athunder I said
DYour voice was the
Asoundtrack of my summer
Gunlike any other?
You'll Bmalways be my
Athunder
Outro:
So Gbring on the Arain
I don't bring it Ghere
A(hold)
On the pain just to
D(hold)
hear the thunder
Key: A
Tuning: Standard EADGBe
Chords used:
F#m - 244222
A- x02220
D- xx0232
E - 022100
A/C#- x4222x
Intro: F#m--D-- x4
Piano:
e|------------------|
B|-2----------------|
G|-------2-----2--4-|
D|----4-----4-------| x8
A|------------------|
E|------------------|
Verse 1:
F#mFound my way to the Ehighway I don't
wanna Dtell you the state I'm in
I've had F#mtoo much to smoke too
Emuch to drink where Dhave I been
It F#mfeels like the stars are Egetting
closer and the sDky is closing in
And F#mI don't know Ewhere to beDgin
Refrain 1:
EWe're all F#mlooking
for Dsomething
ETo take aF#mway the Dpain
Chorus:
AMe and you and my meA/C#di---Dcation
ALove is just a chemical A/C#cre--Dation
SynF#mthetic sensation
EMe you and my mediDcation
Verse 2:
F#mThe way back to the Eright track
maybe you can Dhelp me find the door
Is it F#mtoo much to ask too Emuch
too fast too much to igDnore
It F#mfeels like your bodys Egetting
closer but you Dseem so far away
F#mMedicine Emake it oDk
Bridge:
ACan you feel it?
F#mYou gotta get up
ACan you hear it?
me sDcreaming?
ACan you feel it?
F#mYou gotta get up
AI wanna hear it
you Dbreathing
Refrain 2:
EWere all adF#mdicted
to Dsomething
EThat takes aF#mway the Dpain
Key: E
Tuning: Standard EADGBe
Chords used:
E - 022100
B- x24442
C#m- x46654
A- x02220
F#m - 244222
Intro:
Piano:
e|-9-9-7-7-------------|
B|---------9-9---------|
G|-------------8-8-9-9-|
D|---------------------| (x2)
A|---------------------|
E|---------------------|
Distortion: C#m--E-A (x2)
Verse 1:
C#mIt's overA, look out below
EI'm wasted, I still taste it
BYeah it's so hard to let go
So C#mbreathe in nowA, and breathe it out
EThe forecast; A car crash
BIt's looking like another
Refrain:
ABreakdown, Brebound
AThis could be my last goodbye
You Bcross your heart, I hope to die
Chorus 1:
And EI can't deny your C#meyes
You know I try to Aread between the lines
I Bsaw a warning sign
And then you Ethrew me up against the C#mwall
Who said that it's Abetter to have loved and lost?
I Bwish that I had never loved at all
Verse 2:
C#mNo rewindsA, no second times
EAnd I won't break, I won't waste
BEverything you left behind
So C#mdon't followA, just let it go
EThe weather's been better
BSo let it be another
Bridge:
AAll the nights you sEpent sitting nowhere
F#mOut there on your Aown
AAll the nights I Ewaited by the phone
When you were F#mgoing in aAlone
And Aall your different faces And Eall your different ways
Are making F#meverything a Amess And all I'm saying is that
AI have different places and EAll the complications F#mend toAday
Chorus 2:
And C#mI can't deny your Beyes
You know I try to Aread between the lines
I Bsaw a warning sign
And then you Ethrew me up against the C#mwall
Who said that it's Abetter to have loved and lost?
I Bwish that I had never loved at all
Key: D
Tuning: Standard EADGBe
Chords used:
Bm- x24432
D- xx0232
G - 320033
E - 022100
A- x02220
Em - 022000
F#/ Bb- x143xx
A/C#- x4222x
Intro : Bm--E
Verse 1:
BmGrown up she just turned 16
And it's Eon tonight
So turn off all the Bmlights
EWouldn't it be great
Refrain:
GDon't it feel like Emsomething's
not right Gin this kiss toAnight?
Chorus 1:
All I'm saying is Ddo you
do you want to lose it Bmall?
just a Gdance hall drug
You can't Emwait to fall in Alove
All I'm saying is Ddo you
do you want to learn to Bmfly?
it up and Gsay goodbye
Cause when the Empush comes to the
Ashove it's just a dance hall drug
Interlude: Bm
Verse 2:
BmStep in and you can
You could Etake a chance
BmTick tock the clock
And Eit's too late
Chorus 2:
All I'm saying is Ddo you
do you want to lose it Bmall?
just a Gdance hall drug
You can't Emwait to fall in Alove
All I'm saying is Ddo you
do you want to learn to Bmfly?
it up and Gsay goodbye
Cause when the Empush comes to the
A F#/Bb
shove
Bmit's just a A/C#dance hall Ddrug
Bridge:
Just Gwait love
Show them Dwhat
you're Gmade of
Refrain 2:
EmDon't it feel like Gsomething's
not right Emin this kiss toAnight?
Chorus 3:
All I'm saying is Bmdo you
do you want to lose it Emall?
just a Gdance hall drug
You can't Dwait to fall in Alove
All I'm saying is Ddo you
do you want to learn to Bmfly?
it up and Gsay goodbye
Cause when the Empush comes to the
Ashove it's just a dance hall drug
Chorus 4:
Refrain:
GDon't it feel like Emsomething's
not right Gin this kiss toAnight?
Chorus 1:
All I'm saying is Ddo you
do you want to lose it Bmall?
Cause this is more than
just a Gdance hall drug
You can't Emwait to fall in Alove
All I'm saying is Ddo you
do you want to learn to Bmfly?
Then you should pack
it up and Gsay goodbye
Cause when the Empush comes to the
A F#/ Bb Bm(hold)
shove it's just a dance hall drug
___________________________________________________
9.) Learning To Fall
Key: Bb
Tuning: Standard EADGBe
Chords used:
Gm - 355333
Eb- x68886
Bb- x13331
F - 133211
F/A- 587xxx or x032xx
Cm- x35543
Bb/D- x587xx
Verse 1:
GmToday is the Ebday, the Bbworst day of my F/Alife
GmYou're so content it Ebhurts me, I Bbdon't know F/Awhy
GmThe cost of miseEbry, is Bbat an all time F/Ahigh
Gm Eb Gm Eb F(hold)
I keep it hidden, close to the surface in sight
Chorus
I'm learning to Bbfall, I can't hardly Fbreathe
When I'm going Cmdown don't worry about Ebme
Don't try this at Bbhome, you said you don't Fsee
I don't want to Cmknow that you Ebknow, it should have been me
Guitar 2: While doing chorus
e|-------13-------13----10-|
B|-10h11----10h11----10----|
G|-------------------------|
D|-------------------------| x8
A|-------------------------|
E|-------------------------|
Verse 2:
GmCould you be with Ebhim?
Or Bbwas it just a F/Alie?
GmHe doesn't catch you like EbI do
And you Bbdon't know F/Awhy
GmYou change your clothes and your Ebhair
But BbI can't change your F/Amind
Oh, I'm uninGmvi-Ebted So unreGmqui-Ebted Fnow
(Repeat Chorus)
Bridge:
GmWords screaming Ebin my head
BbWhy did you F/Aleave?F
And I can't stop Cmdreaming
Watching Bb/Dyou and him
Eb F(hold)
When it should have been
It should have been me
GmToday is the Ebday, the Bbworst day of my F/Alife
(Repeat Chorus)
_________________________________________________
10.) Heels Over Head
Key: Eb
Tuning: Standard EADGBe
Chords used:
Eb- x68886
G# - 466544
Cm- x35543
Bb- x13331
Gm - 355333
Fm - 133111
Verse 1:
I got your Ebrunaway smile in my piggybank baby
Gonna Bbcash it right in for a new Mercedes
Cm Bb G#(hold)
You were worth the hundred thousand miles
Cm Bb G#(hold)
But you couldn't stay awhile
BbI got your Eblittle brown shirt in my bottom drawer baby
And your Bblittle white socks in the top drawer
You were always Cmleaving your Bbshit aG#round
And Cmgone withBbout a G#sound
Refrain:
Yeah I'm the Bbfirst to fall
and the last to know
G#(hold)
Where'd you go?
Chorus 1:
Now I'm heels Ebover head
CmI'm hanging Gmupside down
G#Thinking how Ebyou left me for dead
Cm Fm Gm G#(hold)
California bound
Verse 2:
BbI got a Ebfirst class ticket to a night all alone
And a Bbfront row seat up right by the phone
because you're Cmalways Bbon my G#mind
And I'm Cmrunning Bbout of G#time
BbI've got your Ebhair on my pillow and your smell in my sheets
And it Bbmakes me think about you with the sand in your feet
Cm Bb G# Cm
Is it G#all you thought it'd be? You mean everything to me
(Repeat Refrain and Chorus 1)
Chorus 2
And when you Ebhit the coast
CmI hope you tGmhink of me
G#And how I'm sEbtuck here with the ghost
CmOf what we Fmused Gmto G#be
Bridge:
You're Bbburning bridges baby (burnin' bridges)
Make your wishes
(Repeat x2)
You're Gmburning bridges baby (burnin' G#bridges)
Make your wishes
You're Gmburning bridges baby (burnin' bridges)
Make your Bbwishes
You're a Gmchance taker, heartbreaker
G#Got me wrapped around your finger
(Repeat x2)
(Repeat 1st 4 lines of verse 1)
(Repeat Chorus 1, Chorus 2 then Chorus 1)
Outro:
And when you Ebhit the coastCm
Maybe you'll Gmfinally seeG#
And then you'll Ebturn it all aroundCm
And you'll come Gmback to G#me
___________________________________________________
11.) Broken Man
Key: D
Tuning: Standard EADGBe
Chords:
D- xx0232
A- x02220
Bm- x24432
G - 320033
Em - 022000
F#m - 244222
Intro: D A Bm G
Verse 1:
DI want to sAcream until no sBmound
comes out and you've
learned your lessonG
DI want to Aswallow
these pills to get to sBmleep
So I don't Ghave to
make a bad impression
Refrain:
F#mI need to sGtart to be myF#mself
Cause I'm Gsick of everybody else
Chorus 1:
DI won't let you Bmbring me down
It's Ghere and now I'm F#mbreaking GoutA
DI will learn to Bmlove again
But GI will stand a F#mbroken GmanA
Interlude: D
Verse 2:
DI wanna Arun but only Bmfar
enough to make you miss meG
DI wanna Atake back all the
shit that I have Bmdone
But I guess Gyou were
better off without me
(Repeat Refrain and Chorus 1)
Bridge:
I took Done big step
and I looked away
And then I Emthought of all
the things that I wanted to say
I'm always Bmtoo late you
never got your story straight
I'm always Gup late I think
I'm everything you hate
(Repeat Thrice)
(Repeat Chorus 1)
Chorus 2: While singing Bridge
DI won't let you Embring me down
It's Bmhere and now I'm Gbreaking out
DI will learn to Emlove again
Bm F#m G(hold)
But I will stand a broken man
________________________________________________________
12.) Holiday
Key: E
Tuning: Standard EADGBe
Chords used:
E - 022100
B- x24442
C#m- x46654
A- x02220
E/G#- 476xxx
F#m - 244222
D- xx0232
Intro: E
e|-----------12--------12--------12--------|
B|-12---12--------12--------12--------12---|
G|----9----9----9----9----9----9----9----9-|
D|-----------------------------------------| x2
A|-----------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------|
Verse 1:
EWhen I was younger I used to be Bwild
As wild as an elephant's C#mchild
No one could hold me Adown
BNo one could keep me aEround
Now it's your turn take a Bshot
Baby show me everything that you C#mgot
Maybe you can keep me aAlive
BMaybe you can get in Amy mindB
ABut it's Bonly a matter of time
Chorus:
EBefore I run far aBway
I need to take a holiday
C#mMaybe it's a fall from Agrace
I Bgotta find a new place
E B
Aholiday
I'll set off on a new chase
C#mI gotta see a new C#mfaceB
AI need to take a holiday
Post chorus: E
Verse 2:
EMy father he was always Bwise
As wise as an elephant's C#meyes
He couldn't hold me Adown
BHe couldn't keep me aEround
So are you gonna take your Bshot?
It's the only one that you C#mgot
Maybe I'll go out on a Alimb
BMaybe I'll jump in Afor a swimB
A BWhen the lights go dim
(Repeat Chorus)
Interlude: A--E/G#--
F#mWhoa whoa Bwhoa whoa
Bridge:
I mean a Anew start
I've broken too many E/G#hearts
And I don't have any
F#mclue where to go I don't know
But Bmaybe I'll be back
someday after my holiday
Verse 3:
EWhen I was younger I used to be Bwild
As wild as an elephant's C#mchild
And I don't think I'll ever Achange
I Bthink I'm gonna stay the same
(Repeat Chorus)
Outro:
A new Estart
I've broken too many Dhearts
And I don't have any
C#mclue where to go
I don't know
But Amaybe I'll be back
someBday after my holiday
The Great Escape Bridge repeated in this song
EAll of the wasted time
The Dhours that were left behind
The C#manswers that we'll never find
A B E D--C#m--A-B
They don't mean a thing tonight
E--D--C#m--A--B-E
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Boys Like Girls
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Chords in this song · guitar
E
B
C#m
A
F#m
G#m
B/Eb
G#
E/G#
D
Bm
G
Em
C
F
Am
A/C#
F#
Bb
Eb
F/A
Cm
Bb/D
Gm
Tuning: Standard EADGBe
E
Key:
Chords used:
E
- 022100
B
- x24442
C#m
- x46654
A
- x02220
F#m
- 244222
G#m
- 466444
B/Eb
- x698xx
A
x - x-12-14-14-0-0----------|
E G#
/x - x-11-14-13-0-0-|
E/G#
- x476xx
E B/Eb C#m B
Intro: --- (x4)
Guitar 2: Harmonics Effect Pedal
e|--------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------|
G|-----9-------8-------9------9---|
D|---9---9---9---9---9------9---9-| (x4)
A|-7-------6----------------------|
E|-----------------9-----7--------|
Verse 1:
E
/G#x
All are belongings in shopping carts
C#m
It's goodbye
A
But we got one more night
E
Let's get drunk and ride around
B
And make peace with an empty town
A
(hold)
We can make it right
Chorus:
C#m A
Throw it away, forget yesterday
E B
We'll make the great escape
C#m A
We won't hear a word they say
E B
They don't know us anyway
F#m G#m
Watch it burn, let it die
A B
Cause we are finally free tonight
Guitar 2: while chorus
e|-9--12--16--11-|
B|---------------|
G|---------------|
D|---------------| (x2)
A|---------------|
E|---------------|
A E G#
Interlude: x-/x
Verse 2:
E
/G#x
It's so good to be by your side
C#m
But we'll cry
A
We won't give up the fight
E
We'll scream loud at the top of our lungs
B
And they'll think it's just cause were young
A
(hold)
And we'll feel so alive
Bridge:
A
All of the wasted time
E/G#
The hours that were left behind
F#m
The answers that we'll never find
B
They don't mean a thing tonight
C#m A E B
Solo: --- (x2)
Guitar 2:
e|-4--2--0--4--5--7--4--2--0--7--5--4-|
B|------------------------------------|
G|------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------|
e|-4--2--0--4--5--7--4--2--0--2-|
B|------------------------------|
G|------------------------------|
D|------------------------------|
A|------------------------------|
E|------------------------------|
Outro: Ax-E/G#x
D
Key:
Tuning: Standard EADGBe
Chords used:
D
- xx0232
A
- x02220
Bm
- x24432
G
- 320033
Em
- 022000
F#m
- 244222
D A Bm G Bm A
Intro: --------
Guitar 2:
e|-----------------|
B|-3-3-2-2-3-3-----|
G|-------------2-2-|
D|-----------------| repeat many times
A|-----------------|
E|-----------------|
Verse 1:
D
Brown eyes and lungs are
A
filled up with smoke
Bm
But you know the
G
places I wanna go
A D
Cause oh oh oh
A
you've got the cure
Bm
And I've got a plan
G
we walk out the door
Refrain:
G A Bm G
Just let go It's time to roll
A D G A
down the windows sing it oh oh
Bm G A
Yeah all we need so here we go
Chorus:
D
Turn it up It's five
A
minutes to midnight
Bm
with me tonight
G
I can't get enough
D
Alright at five
A
minutes to midnight
Bm
in city lights
G Bm
We'll make the clock stop
A
Make your heart drop
Verse 2:
D
Pack up and leave
A
all our things behind
Bm
Cause I need you more
G
than just for tonight
D
(hold)
You're oh oh all I care
A
breathing in
Bm
I won't stop till I
G
am under your skin
G
and come alive
Bridge:
Bm A G
Cause you know I never will
G
I think we should strike a match
Bm A G
We can make the time stand still
C
Key:
Tuning: Standard EADGBe
Chords used:
C
- x32010
G
- 320003
Em
- 022000
F
- 133211
Am
- x02210
Intro:
Guitar 1:
e|-------0-|
B|-1-0-1---|
G|---------|
D|---------| (x16)
A|---------|
E|---------|
C G Em F
Guitar 2: -----
Guitar 3:
e|-8--3--0--1--|
B|-------------|
G|-------------|
D|-------------|
A|-------------|
E|-------------|
Verse 1:
C
It's too late baby, there's no turning around
G
I got my hands in my pocket and my head in a cloud
Em
This is how I do
F
When I think about you
C
I never thought that you could break me apart
G
I keep a sinister smile and a hole in my heart
Em F
You want to get inside Then you can get in line
Refrain:
G Am F
Cause you caught me off guard
G Am F
(hold)
Now I'm running and screaming
Guitar 1: while doing refrain
e|-----3-|
B|---0---|
G|-1-----|
D|-------| (x2)
A|-------|
E|-------|
Chorus 1:
C G
I feel like a hero and
F
you are my heroine
Guitar 1: While doing chorus
e|-------0-|
B|-1-0-1---|
G|---------|
D|---------| (x16)
A|---------|
E|---------|
Verse 2:
C
I won't try to philosophize
G
I'll just take a deep breath then I'll look in your eyes
Em F
This is how I feel And it's so surreal
C
I got a closet filled up to the brim
G
With the ghosts of my past and their skeletons
Em F
And I don't know why You'd even try
Chorus 2:
C G
I feel like a hero and
F
you are my heroine
C
Do you know that your
G F
love is the sweetest sin?
Guitar 1: While doing chorus
e|-------0-|
B|-1-0-1---|
G|---------|
D|---------| (x16)
A|---------|
E|---------|
Bridge:
Am
And I feel a weakness coming on
Em
It never felt so good to be so wrong
F
Had my heart on lockdown
G
And then you turned me around
Em
And I'm feeling like a newborn child
C
Every time I get a chance to see you smile
F
It's not complicated I was so jaded
Guitar 1: while doing Bridge
e|----------12-|
B|-13-12-13----|
G|-------------|
D|-------------| (x32)
A|-------------|
E|-------------|
Outro:
C G F
(I feel like a hero and you are my heroine)
C G F
(Do you know that your love is the sweetest sin?)
F
(hold)
A
Key:
Tuning: Standard EADGBe
A
- x02220
E
- 022100
F#m
- 244222
D
- xx0232
A E D
Intro: -------
Verse 1:
A
(hold)
Look up the stars are fading
E
And I am still here waiting
D
To see you again
A
When the moon is gone forever
E
I hope you're up there somewhere
D
I'll see you again
Refrain 1:
E
Cause all the roads they
F#m
lead to where you are
E
And all the streetlights
D
shine like they were stars
Chorus:
A E
Let's spend tonight
D
on top of the world
A E
I'll meet you tonight
D
on top of the world
A
Interlude: --
Verse 2:
A
Look out across the water
E
Faces of lonely daughters
D
and mothers who care
A
Swear that I will see you someday
E
I have to find a way
D
To show you I care
Refrain 2:
E
So I'm following the
F#m
road to where you are
E
The streetlights they will
D
guide me to the stars
Bridge:
F#m
My heart is empty without you
E
Sometimes you don't know what you do
D
And I need you tonight
F#m E D F#m
Close my eyes and I'll be by your side
Outro:
A E
Let's spend tonight
D
on top of the world
D
Key:
Tuning: Standard EADGBe
Chords used:
D
- xx0232
A/C#
- x4222x
Bm
- x24432
G
- 320033
A
- x02220
Em
- 022000
F#m
- 244222
Verse 1:
D A
Today is a winding
A/C#
taking me to places
D G
that I didn't want to go
A
Whoa (whoa whoa whoa)
D A
Today in the blink of an eye
A/C#
I'm holding on to
D
something and I do
G A
not know why I tried
Refrain:
Bm
I tried to read
A
I tried to look
A/C#
simple explanation
D
feeling inside
G
a way out
A
(hold)
Maybe there's
Chorus 1:
D
Your voice was the
A
soundtrack of my summer
G
unlike any other?
Bm
You'll always be my
A
thunder and I said
D
Your eyes are the
A
brightest of all the
G
ever love another
Bm
You'll always
A
be my thunder
G A
So bring on the rain
D
And bring on the thunder
Verse 2:
D A
Today is a winding road
A/C#
Tell me where to start and
D G
tell me something I don't know
A
Whoa (whoa whoa whoa)
D A
Today I'm on my own
A/C#
I can't move a muscle
D G
and I can't pick up the phone
A
I don't know (I don't know
Refrain 2:
Bm
And now I'm itching
A
And longing for
A/C#
I need to step
D
Just to see if
G
I gotta find a way out
A
Maybe theres a way out
G A
So bring on the rain
Bridge:
Em
Yeah I'm walking
Bm
I'm wrapped up in vines
A
I think we'll make it out
G
But you just gotta
D
Strike me down
Bm
you in my veins
A
I wanna let
G
your pain
Verse 3:
D A
Today is a winding
A/C#
taking me to places
D G
that I didn't want to go
A
Whoa
Chorus 2:
D
Your voice was the
A
soundtrack of my summer
G
unlike any other?
Bm
You'll always be my
A
thunder and I said
D
Your eyes are the
A
brightest of all the
G
ever love another
Bm
You'll always
A
be my thunder I said
D
Your voice was the
A
soundtrack of my summer
G
unlike any other?
Bm
You'll always be my
A
thunder
Outro:
G A
So bring on the rain
G
I don't bring it here
A
(hold)
On the pain just to
D
(hold)
hear the thunder
A
Key:
Tuning: Standard EADGBe
Chords used:
F#m - 244222
A
- x02220
D
- xx0232
E - 022100
A/C#
- x4222x
Intro: F#m--D-- x4
Piano:
e|------------------|
B|-2----------------|
G|-------2-----2--4-|
D|----4-----4-------| x8
A|------------------|
E|------------------|
Verse 1:
F#m E
Found my way to the highway I don't
D
wanna tell you the state I'm in
F#m
I've had too much to smoke too
E D
much to drink where have I been
F#m E
It feels like the stars are getting
D
closer and the sky is closing in
F#m E D
And I don't know where to begin
Refrain 1:
E F#m
We're all looking
D
for something
E F#m D
To take away the pain
Chorus:
A A/C# D
Me and you and my medi---cation
A A/C# D
Love is just a chemical cre--ation
F#m
Synthetic sensation
E D
Me you and my medication
Verse 2:
F#m E
The way back to the right track
D
maybe you can help me find the door
F#m E
Is it too much to ask too much
D
too fast too much to ignore
F#m E
It feels like your bodys getting
D
closer but you seem so far away
F#m E D
Medicine make it ok
Bridge:
A
Can you feel it?
F#m
You gotta get up
A
Can you hear it?
D
me screaming?
A
Can you feel it?
F#m
You gotta get up
A
I wanna hear it
D
you breathing
Refrain 2:
E F#m
Were all addicted
D
to something
E F#m D
That takes away the pain
E
Key:
Tuning: Standard EADGBe
Chords used:
E - 022100
B
- x24442
C#m
- x46654
A
- x02220
F#m - 244222
Intro:
Piano:
e|-9-9-7-7-------------|
B|---------9-9---------|
G|-------------8-8-9-9-|
D|---------------------| (x2)
A|---------------------|
E|---------------------|
Distortion: C#m--E-A (x2)
Verse 1:
C#m A
It's over, look out below
E
I'm wasted, I still taste it
B
Yeah it's so hard to let go
C#m A
So breathe in now, and breathe it out
E
The forecast; A car crash
B
It's looking like another
Refrain:
A B
Breakdown, rebound
A
This could be my last goodbye
B
You cross your heart, I hope to die
Chorus 1:
E C#m
And I can't deny your eyes
A
You know I try to read between the lines
B
I saw a warning sign
E C#m
And then you threw me up against the wall
A
Who said that it's better to have loved and lost?
B
I wish that I had never loved at all
Verse 2:
C#m A
No rewinds, no second times
E
And I won't break, I won't waste
B
Everything you left behind
C#m A
So don't follow, just let it go
E
The weather's been better
B
So let it be another
Bridge:
A E
All the nights you spent sitting nowhere
F#m A
Out there on your own
A E
All the nights I waited by the phone
F#m A
When you were going in alone
A E
And all your different faces And all your different ways
F#m A
Are making everything a mess And all I'm saying is that
A E F#m A
I have different places and All the complications end today
Chorus 2:
C#m B
And I can't deny your eyes
A
You know I try to read between the lines
B
I saw a warning sign
E C#m
And then you threw me up against the wall
A
Who said that it's better to have loved and lost?
B
I wish that I had never loved at all
D
Key:
Tuning: Standard EADGBe
Chords used:
Bm
- x24432
D
- xx0232
G - 320033
E - 022100
A
- x02220
Em - 022000
F# Bb
/ - x143xx
A/C#
- x4222x
Intro : Bm--E
Verse 1:
Bm
Grown up she just turned 16
E
And it's on tonight
Bm
So turn off all the lights
E
Wouldn't it be great
Refrain:
G Em
Don't it feel like something's
G A
not right in this kiss tonight?
Chorus 1:
D
All I'm saying is do you
Bm
do you want to lose it all?
G
just a dance hall drug
Em A
You can't wait to fall in love
D
All I'm saying is do you
Bm
do you want to learn to fly?
G
it up and say goodbye
Em
Cause when the push comes to the
A
shove it's just a dance hall drug
Bm
Interlude:
Verse 2:
Bm
Step in and you can
E
You could take a chance
Bm
Tick tock the clock
E
And it's too late
Chorus 2:
D
All I'm saying is do you
Bm
do you want to lose it all?
G
just a dance hall drug
Em A
You can't wait to fall in love
D
All I'm saying is do you
Bm
do you want to learn to fly?
G
it up and say goodbye
Em
Cause when the push comes to the
A F# Bb
/
shove
Bm A/C# D
it's just a dance hall drug
Bridge:
G
Just wait love
D
Show them what
G
you're made of
Refrain 2:
Em G
Don't it feel like something's
Em A
not right in this kiss tonight?
Chorus 3:
Bm
All I'm saying is do you
Em
do you want to lose it all?
G
just a dance hall drug
D A
You can't wait to fall in love
D
All I'm saying is do you
Bm
do you want to learn to fly?
G
it up and say goodbye
Em
Cause when the push comes to the
A
shove it's just a dance hall drug
Chorus 4:
Refrain:
G Em
Don't it feel like something's
G A
not right in this kiss tonight?
Chorus 1:
D
All I'm saying is do you
Bm
do you want to lose it all?
Cause this is more than
G
just a dance hall drug
Em A
You can't wait to fall in love
D
All I'm saying is do you
Bm
do you want to learn to fly?
Then you should pack
G
it up and say goodbye
Em
Cause when the push comes to the
A F# Bb Bm
/ (hold)
shove it's just a dance hall drug
___________________________________________________
9.) Learning To Fall
Bb
Key:
Tuning: Standard EADGBe
Chords used:
Gm - 355333
Eb
- x68886
Bb
- x13331
F - 133211
F/A
- 587xxx or x032xx
Cm
- x35543
Bb/D
- x587xx
Verse 1:
Gm Eb Bb F/A
Today is the day, the worst day of my life
Gm Eb Bb F/A
You're so content it hurts me, I don't know why
Gm Eb Bb F/A
The cost of misery, is at an all time high
Gm Eb Gm Eb F
(hold)
I keep it hidden, close to the surface in sight
Chorus
Bb F
I'm learning to fall, I can't hardly breathe
Cm Eb
When I'm going down don't worry about me
Bb F
Don't try this at home, you said you don't see
Cm Eb
I don't want to know that you know, it should have been me
Guitar 2: While doing chorus
e|-------13-------13----10-|
B|-10h11----10h11----10----|
G|-------------------------|
D|-------------------------| x8
A|-------------------------|
E|-------------------------|
Verse 2:
Gm Eb
Could you be with him?
Bb F/A
Or was it just a lie?
Gm Eb
He doesn't catch you like I do
Bb F/A
And you don't know why
Gm Eb
You change your clothes and your hair
Bb F/A
But I can't change your mind
Gm Eb Gm Eb F
Oh, I'm uninvi-ted So unrequi-ted now
(Repeat Chorus)
Bridge:
Gm Eb
Words screaming in my head
Bb F/A F
Why did you leave?
Cm
And I can't stop dreaming
Bb/D
Watching you and him
Eb F
(hold)
When it should have been
It should have been me
Gm Eb Bb F/A
Today is the day, the worst day of my life
(Repeat Chorus)
_________________________________________________
10.) Heels Over Head
Eb
Key:
Tuning: Standard EADGBe
Chords used:
Eb
- x68886
G# - 466544
Cm
- x35543
Bb
- x13331
Gm - 355333
Fm - 133111
Verse 1:
Eb
I got your runaway smile in my piggybank baby
Bb
Gonna cash it right in for a new Mercedes
Cm Bb G#
(hold)
You were worth the hundred thousand miles
Cm Bb G#
(hold)
But you couldn't stay awhile
Bb Eb
I got your little brown shirt in my bottom drawer baby
Bb
And your little white socks in the top drawer
Cm Bb G#
You were always leaving your shit around
Cm Bb G#
And gone without a sound
Refrain:
Bb
Yeah I'm the first to fall
and the last to know
G#
(hold)
Where'd you go?
Chorus 1:
Eb
Now I'm heels over head
Cm Gm
I'm hanging upside down
G# Eb
Thinking how you left me for dead
Cm Fm Gm G#
(hold)
California bound
Verse 2:
Bb Eb
I got a first class ticket to a night all alone
Bb
And a front row seat up right by the phone
Cm Bb G#
because you're always on my mind
Cm Bb G#
And I'm running out of time
Bb Eb
I've got your hair on my pillow and your smell in my sheets
Bb
And it makes me think about you with the sand in your feet
Cm Bb G# Cm
G#
Is it all you thought it'd be? You mean everything to me
(Repeat Refrain and Chorus 1)
Chorus 2
Eb
And when you hit the coast
Cm Gm
I hope you think of me
G# Eb
And how I'm stuck here with the ghost
Cm Fm Gm G#
Of what we used to be
Bridge:
Bb
You're burning bridges baby (burnin' bridges)
Make your wishes
(Repeat x2)
Gm G#
You're burning bridges baby (burnin' bridges)
Make your wishes
Gm
You're burning bridges baby (burnin' bridges)
Bb
Make your wishes
Gm
You're a chance taker, heartbreaker
G#
Got me wrapped around your finger
(Repeat x2)
(Repeat 1st 4 lines of verse 1)
(Repeat Chorus 1, Chorus 2 then Chorus 1)
Outro:
Eb Cm
And when you hit the coast
Gm G#
Maybe you'll finally see
Eb Cm
And then you'll turn it all around
Gm G#
And you'll come back to me
___________________________________________________
11.) Broken Man
D
Key:
Tuning: Standard EADGBe
Chords:
D
- xx0232
A
- x02220
Bm
- x24432
G - 320033
Em - 022000
F#m - 244222
D A Bm G
Intro:
Verse 1:
D A Bm
I want to scream until no sound
comes out and you've
G
learned your lesson
D A
I want to swallow
Bm
these pills to get to sleep
G
So I don't have to
make a bad impression
Refrain:
F#m G F#m
I need to start to be myself
G
Cause I'm sick of everybody else
Chorus 1:
D Bm
I won't let you bring me down
G F#m G A
It's here and now I'm breaking out
D Bm
I will learn to love again
G F#m G A
But I will stand a broken man
D
Interlude:
Verse 2:
D A Bm
I wanna run but only far
G
enough to make you miss me
D A
I wanna take back all the
Bm
shit that I have done
G
But I guess you were
better off without me
(Repeat Refrain and Chorus 1)
Bridge:
D
I took one big step
and I looked away
Em
And then I thought of all
the things that I wanted to say
Bm
I'm always too late you
never got your story straight
G
I'm always up late I think
I'm everything you hate
(Repeat Thrice)
(Repeat Chorus 1)
Chorus 2: While singing Bridge
D Em
I won't let you bring me down
Bm G
It's here and now I'm breaking out
D Em
I will learn to love again
Bm F#m G
(hold)
But I will stand a broken man
________________________________________________________
12.) Holiday
E
Key:
Tuning: Standard EADGBe
Chords used:
E - 022100
B
- x24442
C#m
- x46654
A
- x02220
E/G#
- 476xxx
F#m - 244222
D
- xx0232
E
Intro:
e|-----------12--------12--------12--------|
B|-12---12--------12--------12--------12---|
G|----9----9----9----9----9----9----9----9-|
D|-----------------------------------------| x2
A|-----------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------|
Verse 1:
E B
When I was younger I used to be wild
C#m
As wild as an elephant's child
A
No one could hold me down
B E
No one could keep me around
B
Now it's your turn take a shot
C#m
Baby show me everything that you got
A
Maybe you can keep me alive
B A B
Maybe you can get in my mind
A B
But it's only a matter of time
Chorus:
E B
Before I run far away
I need to take a holiday
C#m A
Maybe it's a fall from grace
B
I gotta find a new place
E B
A
holiday
I'll set off on a new chase
C#m C#m B
I gotta see a new face
A
I need to take a holiday
Post chorus: E
Verse 2:
E B
My father he was always wise
C#m
As wise as an elephant's eyes
A
He couldn't hold me down
B E
He couldn't keep me around
B
So are you gonna take your shot?
C#m
It's the only one that you got
A
Maybe I'll go out on a limb
B A B
Maybe I'll jump in for a swim
A B
When the lights go dim
(Repeat Chorus)
Interlude: A--E/G#--
F#m B
Whoa whoa whoa whoa
Bridge:
A
I mean a new start
E/G#
I've broken too many hearts
And I don't have any
F#m
clue where to go I don't know
B
But maybe I'll be back
someday after my holiday
Verse 3:
E B
When I was younger I used to be wild
C#m
As wild as an elephant's child
A
And I don't think I'll ever change
B
I think I'm gonna stay the same
(Repeat Chorus)
Outro:
E
A new start
D
I've broken too many hearts
And I don't have any
C#m
clue where to go
I don't know
A
But maybe I'll be back
B
someday after my holiday
The Great Escape Bridge repeated in this song
E
All of the wasted time
D
The hours that were left behind
C#m
The answers that we'll never find
A B E D--C#m--A-B
They don't mean a thing tonight
E--D--C#m--A--B-E
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About Boys Like Girls Chords by Boys Like Girls
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FAQ — Boys Like Girls by Boys Like Girls
How do I play "Boys Like Girls" by Boys Like Girls on guitar?
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Are the chords for "Boys Like Girls" by Boys Like Girls free?
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Can I transpose "Boys Like Girls" to a different key?
Yes. Use the transpose buttons on the song page to shift "Boys Like Girls" up or down by half-steps so it matches your vocal range or capo position.
Can I see chord diagrams for "Boys Like Girls"?
Yes. Tap any chord in "Boys Like Girls" to instantly see an interactive guitar chord diagram with alternate fingerings.
Is "Boys Like Girls" easy to play on guitar?
Many players learn "Boys Like Girls" by Boys Like Girls with our free chords. Use transpose and chord diagrams to simplify tricky shapes, and browse related songs by Boys Like Girls below.
What key is "Boys Like Girls" in?
The chords for "Boys Like Girls" show the original chord names (including E, B, C#m, A, F#m, G#m). Use transpose to move the song into any key that fits your voice or capo.