Capo on the 2 fret standard tuning
Chords used: Am C G D
Am C G
I'm waking up to ash and dust
D Am
I wipe my brow and I sweat my rust
C G D
I'm breathing in the chemicals
Am C G D
I'm breaking in, shaping up, then checking out on the prison bus
Am C G
This is it, the apocalypse
G
Whoa
D Am C
I'm waking up, I feel it in my bones
G D
Enough to make my systems grow
Am C
Welcome to the new age, to the new age
G D
Welcome to the new age, to the new age
Am C G D
Whoa, whoa, I'm radioactive, radioactive
Am C G D
Whoa, whoa, I'm radioactive, radioactive
Am C G
I raise my flags, don my clothes
D Am
It's a revolution, I suppose
C G
We're painted red to fit right in
G
Whoa
Am C G D
I'm breaking in, shaping up, then checking out on the prison bus
Am C G
This is it, the apocalypse
G
Whoa
D Am C
I'm waking up, I feel it in my bones
G D
Enough to make my systems grow
Am C
Welcome to the new age, to the new age
G D
Welcome to the new age, to the new age
Am C G D
Whoa, whoa, I'm radioactive, radioactive
Am C G D
Whoa, whoa, I'm radioactive, radioactive
Am* C* G* D*
All systems go, sun hasn't died
Am* C* G* D*
Deep in my bones, straight from inside
D Am C
I'm waking up, I feel it in my bones
G D
Enough to make my systems grow
Am C
Welcome to the new age, to the new age
G D
Welcome to the new age, to the new age
Am C G D
Whoa, whoa, I'm radioactive, radioactive
Am C G D
Whoa, whoa, I'm radioactive, radioactive
Verse 1:
Am C F
In the morning light let my roots take flight
C G Am
Watch me from above like a vicious dove
C
They don't see me come, who can blame them?
F C G
They never seem to catch my eye but I never wondered why
Pre-chorus:
F C
I won't fall asleep
Am G
I won't fall asleep
Chorus:
Am C (G)
Hey yeah, don't let 'em know we're coming
F C G
Hey yeah, tiptoe higher
Am C (G)
Take some time to simmer down, keep your head down low
F C G
Hey yeah, tiptoe higher
Instrumental: Am, C, F G
Verse 2:
Am C F
From your slanted view see the morning dew
C G Am
Sink into the soil, watch the water boil
C
They won't see me run, who can blame them?
F C G
They never look to see me fly, so I never have to lie
Bridge:
Am
Nobody else, nobody else
Am C
Nobody else can take me higher
Am C
Nobody else can take me higher
Am C
Nobody else can take me higher
F G
Nobody else
D
So this is what you meant when you said that you were spent?
A Bm
And now it's time to build from the bottom of the pit right to the top,
Don't hold back
G
Packing my bags and giving the academy a rain check
D A
I don't ever want to let you down
Bm
I don't ever want to leave this town
G
'Cause after all
D
It's time to begin, isn't it?
Bm
I get a little bit bigger, but then,
Em
I'll admit, I'm just the same as I was
G
Now don't you understand
D A Bm G
D
So this is where you fell, and I am left to sell
A
the path that heaven runs through miles of clouded hell,
Bm
right to the top
Don't look back
G
Turning to rags and give the commodities a rain check
D
I don't ever want to let you down
A Bm
I don't ever want to leave this town
G
'Cause after all
D
It's time to begin, isn't it?
Bm
I get a little bit bigger, but then,
Em
I'll admit, I'm just the same as I was
G
Now don't you understand
Bm A
This road never looked so lonely,
G
This house doesn't burn down slowly,
Em G
to ashes, to ashes...
Bm
It's time to begin, isn't it?
A
I get a little bit bigger, but then,
G
I'll admit, I'm just the same as I was
Em G
Now don't you understand
D D D D
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C G Am F
Capo 3rd
C
When the days are cold
G
And the cards all fold
Am
And the saints we see
F
Are all made of gold
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Intro - C F G Dm
Verse 1
C
If you love somebody
F
Better tell them while theyre here cause
G Dm
They just may run away from you
Am G
Now take it in but dont look down
F
Cause Im on top of the world ay
C
Im on top of the world ay
G
Waiting on this for a while now
Dm
Paying my dues to the dirt
F
Ive been waiting to smile ay
C
Been holding it in for a while ay
G
Take it with me if I can
Dm
Been dreaming of this since a child
C
Im on top of the world.
Ive traveled all this way for something
Am G
Now take it in but dont look down
Bridge-
F
And I know its hard when youre falling down
C
And its a long way up when you hit the ground
G Dm
Get up now, get up, get up now.
Chords: E (022100) D (XX0232)
B (X24442) A (X02220)
G#m (466444) F#m (244222)
A (X02220) G (320003)
C#m (X46654) Bm (X24432)
INTRO: | E | - | - | - |
| E | - | - | - |
| E | B | G#m | - |
| E | B | G#m | A |
E B
VERSE 1: I'm sorry, mother... I'm sorry, I let you down
G#m A
Well, these days I'm fine - No these days I tend to lie
E B
I'll take the West train, just by the side of Amsterdam
G#m A
Just by my left brain, just by the side of the Tin man
| E | B | G#m | - |
E B
I'm sorry, brother... I'm sorry, I let cha down
G#m A
Well, these days you're fine - No these days you tend to lie
E B
You'll take the West train, just by the side of Amsterdam
G#m A
Just by your left brain, just by the side of the Tin man
E B A
CHORUS: Your time will come if you wait for it, if you wait for it
E B A
It's hard, believe me... I've tried
| E | B | G#m | A |
E B
VERSE 2: I'm sorry, lover... You're sorry; I bring you down
G#m
Well, these days I try and these days I tend to lie
E B
Kinda thought I was a mystery and then I thought I wasn't meant to be
G#m A
You said yourself fantastically, "Congratulations you were all alone"
E B A
CHORUS: Your time will come if you wait for it, if you wait for it
E B A
It's hard, believe me... I've tried
E B A
Your time will come if you wait for it, if you wait for it
E B A
It's hard, believe me... I've tried
B (C#m)
BRIDGE: But the rain won't fall for the both of us
A
The sun won't shine on the both of us
B
Believe me when I say, that I wouldn't have it any other way
| E | B | G#m | - |
| E | B | G#m | - |
E B A
CHORUS 2: Your time will come if you wait for it, if you wait for it
E B A
It's hard, believe me... I've tried
E B A
But I won't wait much longer 'cause these walls they're crashing down
E B A
And I won't wait much longer 'cause these walls they're crashing down
E
And I keep coming up short
Capo on 4th fret
Intro- C, Em X2
Verse 1
C Em
Try to hear my voice
C Em
You can leave, now it's your choice
C Em
Maybe if I fall asleep, I won't breathe right
C Em
Maybe if I leave tonight, I won't come back
Pre Chorus
C
I said it before, I won't say it again
Em
Love is a game to you, it's not pretend
C Em
Maybe if I fall asleep, I won't breathe right
Chorus
G Am
Can nobody hear me?
Em
I've got a lot that's on my mind
G Am
I cannot breathe
C
Can you hear it, too?
C, Em x2
Verse 2
C
You kiss and you kiss
And you love and you love
Em
You've got a history list and the rest is above
C Em
And if you're warm then you can't relate to me
C
From the floor to the floor
And the sky to the sky
Em
You've got to love and adore and the rest is a lie
C
And if you're warm, then you can't relate to me
Pre-Chorus
C
I said it before, I won't say it again
Em
Love is a game to you, let's not pretend
C Em
Maybe if I fall asleep, I won't breathe right, right, right
Chorus
G Am
Can nobody hear me?
Em
I've got a lot that's on my mind
G Am
I cannot breathe
C
Can you hear it, too?
Bridge
(Em, D) X2
C D
Leave your shoes at the door, baby
C D
I am all you adore, lately
C D C
Come with me and we will run away
Chorus X2
G Am
Can nobody hear me?
Em
I've got a lot that's on my mind
G
I cannot breathe
C
Can you hear it, too?
G D
I'm coming home to you
Em C (Strum once)
Every night, every night, every night, every night
Em D
I'm the colorless sunrise
Gm C
That's never good enough
Em D
I'm the wind that's in your hair
Gm C
That ruffles you up
Em D
If you can find a reason
Gm C
You can let me know
Em D
I won't blame you
Gm C (strum once on last C)
I'll just turn and go
G D
I'm coming home to you
Em C
Every night, every night, every night, every night
G D
Coming home to you
Em C
Every night, every night, every night, every night
Em D
My mind is made up
C
Nothing could change that
G D
I'm coming home to you
Em C
Every night, every night, every night, every night
Em D
Searching to find myself
Gm C
But all I find is you
Em D
I can hardly stand myself
Gm C
So what am I to you?
Em D
If you can find a reason
Gm C
You could let me know
Em D
I won't blame you
Gm C
I'll just turn and go
G D
I'm coming home to you
Em C
Every night, every night, every night, every night
G D
Coming home to you
Em C
Every night, every night, every night, every night
Em D
My mind is made up
C
Nothing could change that
G D
I'm coming home to you
Em C
Every night, every night, every night, every night
G D
No matter, no matter
Em C
No matter what we're facing
G D
It don't matter, don't matter
G D
'Cause the reason that I'm here (Strum once this whole)
Em C section
Is the same through all these years
G D
Not changing, not changing
Em C
Anything at all
G D
I'm coming home to you
Em C
Every night, every night, every night, every night
G D
Coming home to you
Em C
Every night, every night, every night, every night
Em D
My mind is made up
C
Nothing could change that
G D
I'm coming home to you
Em C
Every night, every night, every night, every night
Em C
I'm bleeding out
G D
So if the last thing that I do
Em C
Is bring you down
G D
I'll bleed out for
Em
So I bare my skin
C
And I count my sins
G D
And I close my eyes and I take it in
Em C
I'm bleeding out
G D
I'm bleeding out for you
Em
For you
Em C G D (2x)
Em C
When the day has come
G D
That I've lost my way around
Em C
And the seasons stop
G D
And hide beneath the ground
Em C
When the sky turns grey
G D
And everything is screaming
Em C
I will reach inside
G D
Just to find my heart is beating
Em C
Oh you tell me to hold on
G D
Oh you tell me to hold on
Em C
But innocence is gone
G D
And what was right is wrong
Em C
Cause I'm bleeding out
G C
So if the last thing that I do
G C
Is bring you down
G D
I'll bleed out for you
Em
So I bare my skin
C
And I count my sins
G D
And I close my eyes and I take it in
Em C
I'm bleeding out
G D
I'm bleeding out for you
Em
For you
Em C
When the hour is nigh
G D
And hopelessness is sinking in
Em C
And the wolves all cry
G D
To fill the night with hollering
Em C
When your eyes are red
G D
And emptiness is all you know
Em C
With the darkness fed
G D
I will be your scarecrow
Em C
You tell me to hold on
G D
Oh you tell me to hold on
Em C
But innocence is gone
G D
And what was right is wrong
Em C
Cause I'm bleeding out
G C
So if the last thing that I do
Em C
Is bring you down
G D
I'll bleed out for you
Em
So I bare my skin
C
And I count my sins
G C
And I close my eyes and I take it in
Em C
I'm bleeding out
G D
I'm bleeding out for you
Em
For you
Em C G D (4x)
Em C
Cause I'm bleeding out
G D
So if the last thing that I do
Em C
Is bring you down
G C
I'll bleed out for you
Em
So I bare my skin
C
And I count my sins
G D
And I close my eyes and I take it in
Em C
I'm bleeding out
G D
I'm bleeding out for you
Em
For you
Em C G D (2x) end on Em
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G D
Early morning take me over
Em
Father, father, father
C
Take me to the top
G D
Early morning wake me up
Em
Father, father, father
C
This is not enough
Chorus x2
G D
Hey, that sounds like my luck
Em
I get the short end of it
C
Oh I love to be
G
I love to be the underdog
G D
Early evening settle down
Em
Father, father, father
C
Who am I to blame?
G D
Early evening hush me over
Em
Father, father, father
C
Are we just the same?
Intro:
Am F C G/B
Verse 1:
Am F
Who knows how long I've been awake now?
F C
The shadows on my wall don't sleep
C
They keep calling me
G/B
Beckoning...
Am F
Who knows what's right? The lines keep getting thinner
F C
My age has never made me wise
C G/B
But I keep pushing on and on and on and on
Chorus:
Am
There's nothing left to say now
F
There's nothing left to say now
C
I'm giving up, giving up, hey hey, giving up now
G/B
Verse 2:
Am F
Below my soul I feel an engine
F C
Collapsing as it sees the pain
C G/B
If I could only shut it out
Am F
I've come too far to see the end now
F C
Even if my way is wrong
C G/B
I keep pushing on and on and on and on
Chorus:
Am
There's nothing left to say now
F
There's nothing left to say now
C
I'm giving up, giving up, hey hey, giving up now
G/B
Bridge:
Am F
I keep falling, I keep falling down
F C G/B
I keep falling, I keep falling down
Am F
I keep falling, I keep falling down
F C
I keep falling, I keep falling down
C G/B
If you could only save me
G/B Am
I'm drowning in the waters of my soul
Chorus:
Am
There's nothing left to say now
F
There's nothing left to say now
C
I'm giving up, giving up, hey hey, giving up now
G/B
Am F C G/B
