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Boys Like Girls

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Boys Like Girls Full Album
2007
Submitted by: paramore_fans@yahoo.com

Tuning: Standard EADGBe

Tracklist:
01. The Great Escape
02. Five Minutes To Midnight
03. Hero/Heroine
04. On Top of the World
05. Thunder
06. Me, You, and My Medication
07. Up Against The Wall
08. Dance Hall Drug
09. Learning To Fall
10. Heels Over Head
11. Broken Man
12. Holiday


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1.) The Great Escape

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:
Ax
  Paper bags and plastic hearts
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|---------------|


Interlude: Ax-E/G#x


Verse 2:
Ax
  Tonight will change our lives
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


(Repeat Chorus)


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


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|------------------------------|


(Repeat Chorus in silence except last 2 lines)
(Repeat Chorus except last 2 lines)
(Repeat Chorus)


Outro: Ax-E/G#x

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2.) 5 Minutes To Midnight

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:
D
  Brown eyes and lungs are
                A
filled up with smoke
Fast lives are stuck
in the undertow
Bm
  But you know the
               G
places I wanna go
         A  D
Cause oh oh oh
I've got a sickness
               A
you've got the cure
You've got the spunk
I've been lookin' for
Bm
  And I've got a plan
                G
we walk out the door
You know you wanna


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
You're coming home
     Bm
with me tonight
  G
I can't get enough
Shakin' me up Turn it up
D
Alright at five
           A
minutes to midnight
You see our name
   Bm
in city lights
      G               Bm
We'll make the clock stop
          A
Make your heart drop
and come alive


Verse 2:
We could
D
  Pack up and leave
                 A
all our things behind
No fact or fiction
or storyline
Bm
  Cause I need you more
                G
than just for tonight
       D(hold)
You're oh oh all I care
I can't stop my
          A
breathing in
I'm weak and you
were my medicine
Bm
  I won't stop till I
               G
am under your skin


(Repeat Refrain and Chorus except last line)

          G
and come alive


Bridge:
And when the clock
strikes twelve
Will you find another
party go and kiss and tell
          Bm     A    G
Cause you know I never will
G
  I think we should strike a match
We'll hold it to the wind
to and see how long it lasts
       Bm       A           G
We can make the time stand still

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3.) Hero/Heroine

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:
         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
But not this time


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
But I won't lie


(Repeat Refrain)


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|-------------|


(Repeat refrain in silence and Chorus 2)


Outro:
C              G                   F
(I feel like a hero and you are my heroine)
And I feel a weakness coming on
It never felt so good to be so wrong
Had my heart on lockdown
And then you turned me around

C                      G           F
(Do you know that your love is the sweetest sin?)
And I'm feeling like a newborn child
Every time I get a chance to see you smile
It's not complicated
I was so jaded
(Repeat outro in silence)


F(hold)

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4.) On The Top Of The World

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
E
  And I am still here waiting
   D
To see you again
Be with you my friend
    A
When the moon is gone forever
E
  I hope you're up there somewhere
     D
I'll see you again
Be with you my friend


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
That's where you are


Chorus:
A               E
  Let's spend tonight
              D
on top of the world
And we can do anything
We can be anything
A                 E
  I'll meet you tonight
              D
on top of the world
As real as it seems
You're only in my dreams


Interlude: A--


Verse 2:
A
  Look out across the water
E
  Faces of lonely daughters
    D
and mothers who care
But just can't be there
     A
Swear that I will see you someday
E
  I have to find a way
   D
To show you I care
Even if you're not there


Refrain 2:
       E
So I'm following the
                  F#m
road to where you are
(Meet you tonight on top of)
     E
The streetlights they will
                 D
guide me to the stars
That's where you are


(Repeat Chorus)


Bridge:
   F#m
My heart is empty without you
    E
Sometimes you don't know what you do
    D
And I need you tonight
I'll fall asleep and it's alright
F#m               E               D   F#m
Close my eyes and I'll be by your side


(Repeat Chorus)


Outro:
A               E
  Let's spend tonight
              D
on top of the world
As real as it seems
You're only in my dreams

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5.) Thunder

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:
D            A
  Today is a winding
road that's
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
between the lines
           A
I tried to look
in your eyes

I want a
A/C#
simple explanation
For what I'm
D
feeling inside
I gotta find
  G
a way out
      A(hold)
Maybe there's
a way out


Chorus 1:
D
  Your voice was the
A
soundtrack of my summer
Do you know you're
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
colors I don't wanna
G
ever love another
       Bm
You'll always
      A
be my thunder


Post Chorus 1:
   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
I don't know I don't know)


Refrain 2:
            Bm
And now I'm itching
for the tall grass
    A
And longing for
the breeze
           A/C#
I need to step
outside
        D
Just to see if
I can breathe
               G
I gotta find a way out
               A
Maybe theres a way out


(Repeat Chorus 1)


Post Chorus2:
   G            A
So bring on the rain


Bridge:
         Em
Yeah I'm walking
on a tightrope
    Bm
I'm wrapped up in vines
  A
I think we'll make it out
                G
But you just gotta
give me time
 D
Strike me down
with lightning
Let me feel
Bm
you in my veins
  A
I wanna let
you know how
much I feel
         G
your pain


Verse 3:
D            A
  Today is a winding
road that's
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
Do you know you're
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
colors I don't wanna
G
ever love another
       Bm
You'll always
      A
be my thunder I said
D
  Your voice was the
A
soundtrack of my summer
Do you know you're
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

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6.) Me You And My Medication

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#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
(Making the best of it)
A                       A/C# D
Love is just a chemical cre--ation
(Will it be permanent?)
   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


(Repeat Refrain 1 and chorus)


Bridge:
A
  Can you feel it?
Do you feel it?
Coming down
F#m
  You gotta get up
Can you get up
Off the ground
A
  Can you hear it?
Can you hear
    D
me screaming?
A
  Can you feel it?
Do you feel it?
Coming down
F#m
  You gotta get up
Can you get up
Off the ground
A
  I wanna hear it
Wanna hear
    D
you breathing


Refrain 2:
E            F#m
  Were all addicted
   D
to something
E             F#m     D
  That takes away the pain

(Repeat Chorus)
(Repeat Piano Intro)
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7.) Up Against The Wall

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#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


(Repeat Intro but only once)


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


(Repeat Refrain)
(Repat Chorus 1)


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


(Repeat Chorus 1)
(Repeat Intro)

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8.) Dance Hall Drug

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:
Bm
  Grown up she just turned 16
Stuck in the moment
Dead at the scene
         E
And it's on tonight
This is the life that
you wanted right?
                    Bm
So turn off all the lights
Dressed up just
like a movie star
At all the parties
they'll know who you are
E
Wouldn't it be great
To be fashionably late?
So why don't you wait
til you're sedated


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
shove it's just a dance hall drug


Interlude: Bm


Verse 2:
Bm
  Step in and you can
lock the door
The candles are lit and
the clothes on the floor
          E
You could take a chance
on finding romance
Now you're holdng hands
But he's got other plans
Bm
  Tick tock the clock
is turning red
The room won't stop spinning
and thoughts in your head
    E
And it's too late
You feel like you're
making a big mistake
You should've waited


(Repeat Refrain 1)


Chorus 2:
                  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
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?
Cause this is more than
       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?
Then you should pack
          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

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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:
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)

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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:
           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

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:
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


Interlude: D


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

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:
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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