Key: A then E
Chords used:
A - x02220
C# - x46664
D - xx0232
G - 320033
E - 022100
B - x24442
Eb - x68886
Verse 1:
A G
Was happiness a fad?
A
Or was it in the lost and
G
found again behind the issues
A G
It might not be so bad
A
We're all addicted
G
to our tragedy
D
I guess it's what
E
it had to be
Chorus 1:
A G
With nothing on my back
D
It's still enough
E
to bring me down
A G
My mind's about to crack
D
Cause what I thought
E
could not be found
A G
Matter of in fact
D
It's harder still
E
when you're around
A G
With nothing on my back
D E(hold)
I can't help but drown
Verse 2:
A G A
I might as well
D
belong to both of you
A G A
And the mess you always
D
seem to drag me through
A G A
That night forever
D
always haunting me
A G A
But I guess it is what
D
it's supposed to be
D(hold)
But spare your
E
thoughts of sympathy
Interlude: E---- x6, D-A-Eb-E-- x2, D-A-Eb-E x2,
D-A-Eb-D-A-Eb-D-A-Eb-A(palm mute)
Chorus 2:
E D
With nothing on my back
A
It's still enough
B
to bring me down
E D
My mind's about to crack
A
Cause what I thought
B
could not be found
(Repeat x4)
Chorus 3:
E D
With nothing on my back
A
It's still enough
B
to bring me down
E D
My mind's about to crack
A
Cause what I thought
B
could not be found
E D
Matter of in fact
A
It's harder still
B
when your around
E D
With nothing on my back
A B(hold)
I can't help but drown
Key: B
Tuning: Standard EADGBe
G#m - 466444
E - 022100
C#m - x46654
F# - 244322
D - xx0232
B - x24442
Verse 1:
Abm E
Jump all you can
C#m
And you got out
F#
your right foot
Abm E
The sooner you get out
C#m F#
In your hide away
Abm E
I might be left dead
C#m F#
Side of the road
Abm E C#m F#
Serves a place and time
Chorus 1:
B F#
I plan on never
E D E D
waking up
(Repeat)
Chorus 2:
B F#
I plan on never
E D E D E(ending)
waking up
(Repeat x4)
Key: E
Tuning: Standard EADGBe
E - 022100
B - x24442
C#m - x46654
Abm - 466444
A - x02220
D - xx0232
B/D# - x698xx
Verse 1:
E
Storming through the party
B
like my name is El Niño
A
When I'm hanging out drinking
in the back of el camino
E
As a kid was a skid
B
and no one knew me by name
A
I crashed my own house
party cuz nobody came
Refrain 1:
E
And I know I'm not the
one you thought you knew back
In high school
C#m
Never going never showing
A
up whenever we had to
E
The attention that we crave
don't tell us to behave
C#m
I'm sick of always
A
hearing act your age
I don't wanna
E B C#m
waste my time
Become another
Abm A Abm A
casualty of soci--ety
E B C#m
I'll never fall in line
Abm
Become another victim
A Abm A
of your conformity
And back down
Be... Cause... You.... Don't
E
Know us at all
B
We laugh when old people fall
A
But what would you expect
with a conscience so small
E
Heavy metal and mullets
B
is how we were raised
A
Maiden and Priest were
the gods that we praised
Refrain 2:
E
And we like having fun at
other peoples expense and
C#m
Cutting people down
A
is just a minor offence
E
And it's none of your concern
I guess I'll never learn
C#m
I'm sick of being
A
told to wait my turn
Bridge:
E B/D# C#m
Don't count on me
A
To let you know when
E B/D# C#m
Don't count on me
A
I'll do it again
E B/D# C#m
Don't count on me
A
It's the point your missing
E B/D# C#m
Don't count on me
A
Cuz I'm not listening
Verse 3:
D E
Well I'm a no goodnick
D E A
lower middle class brat
D E
Back packed and I dont
D E A
give a shit about nothing
(hold)
talking on that kuffufin
D E
But you don't make sense
D E A
from all the gas you be huffing
D E
If the ink don't stain
D E A(hold)
you'll be ringing off the hook
D E(hold)
Your on the hit list wanted
D E A
in the telephone book
D E
I like songs with distortion
D E A
to drink in proportion
(hold)
Chorus 2:
E B C#m
Waste my time with them
Abm A Abm A
Casualty in socie-ty
E B C#m
Waste my time with them
Abm A Abm A
Victim of your conformity
E D A E D A E D A E D A E E(hold)
And back down
Key: E
Tuning: Standard EADGBe
E - 022100
C#m - x46654
A - x02220
B - x24442
E/G# - 476xxx
B/D# - x698xx
Verse 1:
E
Mad in a way
C#m
but I don't say
It's what you're
A
used to
I got the words
B
but can't convey
E C#m
I know you'll turn
A
it all around
It's the rhythms that
B
you go through
E C#m
Get it back and you're
not obliged to say
A
Not intact but you're
B
better off anyway
E
Somehow it's
C#m A
never up to me
E
What if I would say?
Simple words
C#m
I can't relate
I don't place
A
upon your view
B
It's the rhythms that
you go through
Chorus 1:
E C#m A
I know what I want
B
You just take me
through the motions
E C#m A
I know what I want
B
And that's more
than you can say
E B
Since you found me out
C#m A B
Since you found me out
E E/G#
Since you found me out
C#m A B
Since you found me out
Verse 2:
E C#m
Your story still remains
A
It's so unlike still
you stay the same
E
But all the while you're
C#m A
counting on your day to come
But nothing ever told you
E
You would say that
C#m
it's only for a day
A
Yesterday's last week
B
tommorrow's on its way
E C#m
I'm falling faster
A(hold)
all the time
Refrain: Silence
E(hold)
What if I would say?
C#m(hold)
Simple words
B/D#(hold)
that I can't relate
A(hold)
What came easy
is now too late
E(hold)
And it was always standing
C#m(hold) A(hold)
right in front of me
Chorus 2:
E C#m A
I know what I want
You just take me
through the motions
E C#m A
I know what I want
And that's more
Bridge:
E
All the time you
C#m
thought worth saving
A
Still end up with
memories fading
E
After all that
C#m
you wouldn't do
A
It makes no sense
B
It's the rhythm that
you go through
Chorus 3:
E C#m A
I know what I want
B
You just take me
through the motions
E C#m A
I know what I want
B
And that's more
than you can say
E C#m A
I know what I want
B
You just take me
through the motions
E C#m A
I know what I want
B
And that's more
than you can say
E B
Since you found me out
C#m A B
Since you found me out
E E/G#
Since you found me out
C#m A B
Since you found me out
Key: E
Tuning: Standard EADGBe
E - 022100
G#m - 466444
A - x02220
B - x24442
C#m - x46654
F#m - 244222
Verse 1:
E Abm
What's the difference
A B
of never knowing at all?
E Abm A
When every step I take
B
is always too small
E Abm A B
Maybe it's just something I
E Abm
can't admit but lately
A B
I feel as I don't give a shit
Chorus:
E
Motivation such
an aggravation
B
Accusations don't
know how to take them
E
Inspiration's getting
hard to fake it
A B
Concentration never
hard to break it
A B
Situation never what
you want it to be
Verse 2:
E Abm
What's the point of
A B
never making mistakes?
E Abm A
Self-indulgence such
B
a hard habit to break
E Abm A
It's all just a waste
B
of time in the end
E Abm A
Don't care so why
B
should I even pretend
Bridge:
E B A
Nothing's new
everything's the same
E B A
Keeps on dragging me down
it's getting kind of lame
E B A
Falling further behind
there's nothing to explain
F#m
No matter what
A
you say nothing's
gonna change my mind
Verse 3:
C#m
Can't depend on doubt
B
until the end
E
It seems like leaving
friends has become
B
This years trend and
though I can't pretend
A
I'm framed to be this way
B
It's not the same
but who's to blame
Interlude: E-B-F#m-A x4
Chorus 2:
E B F#m
Motivation such
A
an aggravation
E B F#m
Accusations don't know
A
how to take them
E B F#m
Inspiration's getting
A
hard to fake it
E B F#m
Concentration never
A
hard to break it
Chorus 3:
E B F#m
Motivation such
A
an aggravation
E B F#m
Accusations don't know
A
how to take them
E B F#m
Inspiration's getting
A
hard to fake it
E B
Concentration
A B
Situation never
E--G#m-A-E--G#m-A-E--G#m-A
Never what you wanted to be
B Abm A E(hold)
Never what you wanted to be
Key: E
Tuning: Standard EADGBe
E - 022100
A - x02220
C#m - x46654
B - x24442
D - xx0232
C - x32010
F#m - 244222
G#m - 466444
Verse 1:
E
The faster we're falling
A
We're stopping and stalling
E A
We're running in circles again
E
Just as things were looking up
A
You said it wasn't good enough
E
But still we're trying
A
one more time
Refrain:
E
Maybe we're just
A
trying too hard
E
When really it's closer
A
than it is too far
Chorus 1:
E A
Cause I'm in too deep
E A
And I'm trying to keep
E A
Up above in my head
E
Instead of going
A
going under
E A
Cause I'm in too deep
E A
And I'm trying to keep
E A
Up above in my head
E D
Instead of going under
A
Instead of going under
Verse 2:
E
Seems like each time
Abm A
I'm with you I loose my mind
Abm E
Because I'm bending
Abm A Abm A
over backwards to relate
E
It's one thing to complain
Abm
But when you're
A
driving me insane
Abm E
Well then I think it's
Abm A Abm A
time we took a break
Chorus 2:
E A
Cause I'm in too deep
E A
And I'm trying to keep
E A
Up above in my head
E A
Instead of going going under
E A
Cause I'm in too deep
E A
And I'm trying to keep
E A
Up above in my head
E D
Instead of going under
A
Instead of going under
E D
Instead of going under
A
Instead of going under
Interlude: E x4
Guitar Solo: E-F#m-D-A x2
Verse 3:
E F#m A B
I can't sit back and wonder why
E F#m A B
It took so long for this to die
E F#m A B
And I hate it when you fake it
E F#m
You can't hide it you
A B
might as well embrace it
E F#m A B
So believe me it's not easy
E F#m A(hold)
It seems that something's
telling me
Chorus 3:
E A
Cause I'm in too deep
E A
And I'm trying to keep
E A
Up above in my head
E A
Instead of going going under
E A
Cause I'm in too deep
E A
And I'm trying to keep
E A
Up above in my head
E D
Instead of going under
A E D
Instead of going under
A C E D
Instead of going under again
A
Instead of going under
E D A C
Instead of going under again
E D A C
Instead of going under again
Outro: E-D-A-C x4, E x2
_________________________________________
Key: D
Tuning: Standard EADGBe
D - xx0232
Bm - x24432
G - 320033
A - x02220
Em - 022000
D
It's far beyond your reach
Bm
it holds a place in time
Em
Somewhere ahead is the
G
back of the line.
D
I can't relate to
Bm
your mistakes,
Em
awkwardly speaking
G
with nothing to say.
Verse 2:
D
Caught up in your life
Bm
excuses are so lame
Em
You may be different but
G
I'm still the same
D
The reasons that you thought
Bm
the intention that you caught,
Em
You say things are simple
G
we both know they're not
Refrain 1:
Em G
You can't let it go
D Bm G
Whoa
Em G
You can't but I know
D Bm G D Bm G
Whoa Whoa you don't even know
Chorus:
D Bm G
It's not in what you do
A
more in what you say
(Repeat x4)
Verse 3:
D Bm
A million questions asked
Em
the remnants of the past
G
You've always been denied
D
but always by your side
I've always tried to
Bm
to understand you
Em
the worlds not
G
learning from you
Refrain 2:
D Bm G D Bm G
Whoa Whoa
Outro: D(Hold)
_______________________________________________
Key: D
D - xx0232
A - x02220
Bm - x24432
G - 320033
Em - 022000
D/F# - 2x023x
Verse 1:
D A
You said it once before
G
You don't do those things
D/F# D
you used to anymore
A
You say in doubt
Bm
We're fading out
G
Forgetting who we used to be
Chorus 1:
Bm G D
Cause I will bring you down
A
I don't want to miss
Em G
I don't think you can handle this
D A Em
You've lost what you can't find
G
Never what you had in mind
Verse 2:
D A
You take it with a smile
G
It's so easy when you're
D/F# D
always in denial
A
Just in time
Bm
But out of line
G
I can't make all the same
mistakes you want me to
Bridge:
Em
You're giving up
You know it's
D
not what you need
A
And it's true what
you're going through
Em
Try so hard not to listen
G
to everything I never say
Chorus 2:
Bm G D
Cause I will bring you down
A
I don't want to miss
Em G
I don't think you can handle this
Bm G D
Cause I will bring you down
A
I don't want to miss
Em G
I don't think you can handle this
D A Em
You've lost what you can't find
G
Never what you had in mind
Outro:
D
I'm getting over getting used to
A
And after all that I put you through
G D A
Now I see I'M NOT the only one
D
Never thought it'd ever come to
A
This in fact was never
G
what you wanted from me
D A
OR HOW you meant it to be
(Repeat)
Key: G then D then A
G - 320033
Am - x02210
Bm - x24432
C - x32010
D/F# - 2x023x
C - x32010
D - xx0232
A - x02220
E - 022100
Verse 1:
G Am
Don't know what
Bm
you really got
C
It's hard to stay
G
and not pretend
Am
Can't make sense
Bm
in what you thought
C G
Seems I can't comprehend
D/F# F
I'm happy to be
C G
Only all that you see
D/F#
And I'm not one to
F
learn to be the same
Chorus 1:
C
I don't wanna hear
G D
you bitch no more
C
I was better off
G D
a year before
No matter how I
C G D
try I can't ignore
C
Every time I think
G D
my brain is sore
When I'm with you
Verse 2:
G Am
What's so hard
Bm
about goodbyes
C
I'm sorry I'm
G
just not as keen
Am
I'm planning out
Bm
a perfect life
C G
When I'm only nineteen
D/F# F
I'm happy to be
C G
Only all that you see
D/F#
And I'm not one to
F
learn to be the same
Chorus 2:
C
I don't want to try
G D
and just be friends
Nothing's gonna
C G D
change my mind again
And never hear the
C G
thoughts I had were
D
dead I can't even
C G D
think inside my head
When I'm with you
Bridge:
D Bm G
I'm in my way
A
Can't you see
D
that's the truth
Bm G
So long can't stay
A
Won't you see
that's the truth
D Bm G
I'm in my way
A
Can't you see
D
that's the truth
Bm G
So long can't stay
A
Won't you see that's
the see that's the
Chorus 3:
D A E
Last that I could take
because it's getting
D A E
really hard to fake
It's not like it's my
D A E
problem that you're in
But can't you just
D A E
spare the lives I hate
A
When I'm with you
Key: B
Tuning: Standard EADGBe
B - x24442
G#m - 466444
E - 022100
F# - 244322
This place reminds me of
E F#
A time that's way to old
B Abm
These thoughts have gathered
E F#
up the memories unfold
Refrain:
E F#
but for now I don't see what's
B Abm
so wrong with pretending
E F#
It's true I thought you knew
Chorus:
B E F#
Believe her it's all
E
she's got to pass the time
B E F#
Believe her it's over now
E
she's passed her prime
B E F#
Believe her It's all
E
she's got to keep things right
B E F#
Believe her it's all
E
she's got it's all she's got
Post Chorus:
B-E-F# E
It's all she's got
B-E-F# E
It's all she's got
Lead Solo 1: B-E-F#-E x2
Verse 2:
B Abm
These day keep getting worse
E F#
I'm wasting all my time
B Abm
thought I'd come in first
E F#
instead I fell behind
B Abm
I don't know I don't know
E F#
if I can keep this up to long
B Abm
It seems most everytime
E F#
my motives are all wrong
Bridge:
B E F#
It's times like this
E B
my time's run out
E F#
It's times like this
E B
my time's run out
E F#
It's times like this
E B
my time's run out
E F#
It's times like this I want to
Key: F#
Tuning: Standard EADGBe
F# - 244322
C# - x46664
B - x24442
E - 022100
Bbm - x13321
G#m - 466444
Ebm - x68876
Intro: x2
F# C# B
e|-------2---------|-------2---------|-------2---------|
B|---2-------2---2-|---2-------2---2-|---2-------2---2-|
Verse 1:
F#
Remember when there
C# B
was nothing else to do
but lie in bed and
F#
wonder how it was
C# B
always up to you
F#
and no one else and
Early mornings
C#
made by warnings
B
what's the point of the
alarm that I'm ignoring?
F# C#
It's even raining I'm not
B
complaining but waking
C#
up is hard to do so
Chorus:
F#
Turn my head it's back
E B
to bed with no delay
F#
Can't be bothered by the
E B
phone ten times a day
F#
Why get up my morning
E B
doesn't even start till two?
F# C#
Forget reality waking
B
up is hard to do
Verse 2:
F# C#
Remember when we would hang out
B
every day and we would rather
F# C#
Not be told what to do or what
B
to say Cause nothing mattered
F# C#
Never boring slept in mornings
B
not ashamed of the
C#
habits that I'm forming
F# C#
It's not important if days
B
are shortened I can't make
C#
time when nothing's new
B C#
Cause waking up is hard to do so
Verse 3:
F# C#
What's a day when it all ends
B
up the same and lasts forever?
F#
Can't complain when
C#
there's nothing
B
there to blame and
things can't be better
F#
Summer evenings
C#
teenage grievings
B
Got no problem with the
life that I've
been leading
F#
No concentration
C#
on hesitation
B
I can't make time
C#
when nothing's new
B
Cause waking up
C#
is hard to do so
Key: F#
Tuning: Standard EADGBe
Ebm - x68876
C# - x46664
B - x24442
Bb - x13331
Intro: Ebm x6, Ebm-C#-B-Bb x16
Dave:
Ebm C# B Bb
e|------------|------------|------------|-------------|
B|------------|------------|------------|-------------|
Ebm C# B Bb
e|------------|------------|------------|-----------------|
B|------------|------------|------------|-----------------|
Ebm C# B Bb
e|-6-4---6-4-|----6-4---6-4-|----6-4---6-4-|----6-4---6---6-|
B|-----7-----|-6------7-----|-4------7-----|-3------7---7---|
Stevo:
Ebm
The seas have parted
C#
The endings started
B Bb
The sky has turned to black
Ebm C#
A killing spree through eternity
B Bb
The Devil stabs you in the back
Ebm
It's midnight now you
C#
must escape somehow
B Bb
Torture is his leisure
Ebm
Don't try to hide he'll
C#
make you subside
B
As he exchanges
Bb
pain for pleasure
Stevo:
Ebm C# Ebm
Pain for pleasure
Dave:
Ebm
he's the hunter
B C#
you're the game
Stevo:
Ebm C# Ebm
Pain for pleasure
B C# B C# B C# B
Ebm
name!
Ebm C# Ebm
