Intro
Angels And Airwaves Epic Holiday vibe here
D#m C# F# x2
then
F# G#m F# C# B C# B C#
Verse 1:
F#
I'll never let you down boy
B
I'll never let you go
D#m
Your subtle hint of life
C# B
Is so innocent and scary
F#
So tell him that
you're here boy
B
She says as if she knows
D#m
When God took her with time
C# B
God made me quite alone
It's like the
F#
universe has left me
G#m
without a place to go
D#m
Without a hint of lights
C# B
To watch the movement glow
F#
when our song is slowly starting
G#m
The memory felt so real
D#m
At first against my will
C# B
But God invented chills
Chorus 1:
F# G#m B
yeah I saw your ghost tonight
C#
The moment felt so real
F# G#m B
If Your eyes stay right on mine
C# B(hold)
My wounds would start to heal
Post Chorus:
F# G#m F# C# B C# B C#
Verse 2:
F#
The kids are in a hurry
B
And I'm just full of fear
D#m
The lights make bodies blurry
C# B
It's getting hard
enough to hear
F#
It's like the evidence is
G#m
cared for and evidently clear
D#m
If I never leave
this dance floor
B
Then I'll never
leave you here
Chorus 2:
F# G#m B
yeah I saw your ghost tonight
C#
The moment felt so real
F# G#m B
If Your eyes stay right on mine
C# F#
My wounds would start to heal
G#m B
I felt your ghost tonight
C# F#
And God it felt like hell
G#m B
To know you're almost mine
C#
But dreams are all I feel
Interlude: F# C# C#/F F# x4, F# B C#
Chorus 3:
F# G#m B
Yeah I, I Saw your ghost tonight
C# F#
It fucking hurt like hell
G#m B
I felt you here tonight
C# F#
But dreams can't all be real
G#m B
Yeah I, I Saw your ghost tonight
C# F#
It fucking hurt like hell
G#m B
I felt you here tonight
C# B(hold)
But dreams can't all be real
2.) Natives
Chords used:
D#m 466444
B 022100
F# x24442
C# 244322
G#m x46654
C#/F x143xx
Intro:
Tom's Very fast guitar tapping
like he did on Ava's Young London!!!
D#m B x2, F# G#m D#m B
Verse 1:
Tom:
D#m
I'm like a cat in a cage locked
C#/F
up and battered and bruised
B
I am the prodigal son
a shameful prodigy too
D#m
I am the love of your life
C#/F
battering ram and confused
B
I turn each day into night
I stand there waiting for you
D#m
There is desire to fight but
C#/F
I have nothing to prove
B
With the crowd and some lights
I start to feel things move
D#m
Do you have something to hide?
C#/F
Cause I think that we all do
B
I am a child inside back up
and give me some room
Chorus:
Mark:
F#
I'm just a bastard child
don't let it go to your head
B
I'm just a waste of your time
maybe I'm better off dead
F#
They turn us loose in the night
a fucking Jekyll and Hyde
B
We'll have the time of our lives
although we're dying inside
D#m
So let me go go
So let me go go
B
Just let me go go
I'd rather go it alone
F#
So let me go go
So let me go go
B
Just let me go go
I'm never coming home
Post Chorus: Tom's Guitar Tapping again
F# G#m D#m B
Verse 2:
Tom:
D#m
Don't start to panic for me
C#/F
cause I have nothing to lose
B
I am as bright as the sun
I burn up all that I choose
D#m
Up on the side of the field
C#/F
I see a city with lights
B
I touch her face when I kneel
she tells me she's not alive
D#m
I am too nervous to run
C#/F
the kids who scatter and hide
B
Still reach and grab for
someone but end up buried alive
D#m
Her world is waiting for me
C#/F
a world that I rarely used
B
I start to feel my feet
they kick down walls as they move
(Repeat Chorus)
Interlude: F# B x3, D#m B E(hold)
(Repeat Chorus)
Outro: Tom's tapping
F# B x2
then
D#m E(hold)
3.) Up All Night
Key: B, E, E
Chords used:
F# x24442
F x13331
E x02220
D#m 466444
D 320033
E x02220
D# 466544
B 022100
A xx0232
C#m 244222
B/D# 476xxx
E/G# x476xx
Intro:
Mark's Bass Solo/Tom's Guitar Effects:
F# F E D#m D x3
Distortion: Both Mark and Tom
E D# F# B E D# F F# F E x4, Hold
Verse 1: use only "E Chord" for Tom
Tom:
E
Everyone wants to call it all
around our life with a better name
Mark:
E
Everyone falls and spins and gets
B A
up again with a friend who does the same
Tom:
E E/G# B
Everyone lies and cheats their wants
A
and needs and still believes their heart
Mark:
E E/G# B
And Everyone gets the chills the kind
A
that kills when the pain begins to start
Refrain: Angels And Airwaves Vibe here
Tom:
C#m
Let me get this straight
B/D#
Do you want me here?
E
As I struggle through
B
Each and every year
Both Tom and Mark:
C#m
And all these demons
A
They keep me up all night
Chorus 1: Both Tom and Mark
E B A E
They keep me up all night
B A E D# F# B E D# F F# F E < Only
played by Tom
They keep me up all night
Post Chorus: Same as Intro Distortion Part
E D# F# B E D# F F# F E x3
Verse 2: use only "E Chord" for Tom
Tom:
E
Everyone's cross to bears the
C#m A
crown they wear on endless holiday
Mark:
E
Everyone raises kids
C#m
in a world that changes
A
life to a bitter game
Tom:
E
Everyone works and fights
E/G# B
stays up all night to
A
celebrate the day
Mark:
E
And everyone lives to tell
E/G# B
the tale of how we
A
die alone some day
(Repeat Refrain)
Chorus 2: Both Tom and Mark
E B A E
They keep me up all night
B A E
They keep me up all night
B A E
They keep me up all night
B A A(Hold)
They keep me up all night
Outro:
E D# F# B E D# F F# F E x8
4.) After Midnight
Key: E
Chords Used:
E x02220
A xx0232
C#m 244222
B 022100
Intro: Drumbeats
E x2, E A
Verse 1:
Tom:
E
I can't get my feet up off the edge
A
I kinda like the little rush you get
When you're standing close to death
And you're driving me crazy
E
Hold on as we crash into the earth
A
E bit of pain will help you suffer
when you're hurt for real
When you're driving me crazy
Refrain 1:
Tom:
C#m
From your lips the
word's a robbery
A
Do you grin inside?
you're killing me
E
All along we
talked of forever
I kinda think that
we won't get better
C#m
It's the longest start
the end's not too far away
A
Did you know?
I'm here to stay
Chorus 1:
Mark:
E
We'll stagger home after midnight
Sleep on and off in the stairwell
A
We'll fall apart on the weekend
These nights go on and on and on
Post chorus: E x2
Verse 2:
Tom:
E
I can't get your
voice out of my head
All I can hear are
A
many echoes of
The darkest words you said
Well you're driving me crazy
E
I can't find the
best in all of this
But I'm always
A
looking out for you
Cause you're the one I miss
You were driving me crazy
Refrain 2:
Tom:
C#m
From your lips
the word's a robbery
A
Do you grin inside?
you're killing me
E
All along we
talked of forever
I kinda think that we
won't get better
C#m
It's the longest start
the end's not
too far away
A
Did you know?
I'm here to stay
Chorus 2:
Mark:
E
We'll stagger home after midnight
Sleep on and off in the stairwell
A
We'll fall apart on the weekend
These nights go on and on and on
E
We'll stagger home after midnight
Sleep on and off in the stairwell
A
We'll fall apart on the weekend
These nights go on and on and on
Interlude: E A x2, B A B A
(Repeat Chorus 2)
Outro: A(hold)
5.) Snake Charmer
Key: E
Chords used:
E x02220
C#m 244222
A xx0232
B 022100
D# 466544
G#m x46654
Am xx0231
B/D# 476xxx
Intro: Drumeats
Bass: E x16
Distortion: G#m E D# x8
Verse 1:
Tom:
E Am < Bass Stops and replaced by piano
I felt a stutter and a waiver
E
cutting like a razor
B
Like fire through the snow
E
then straight down to the bone
Am
She creeps up like a spider
E
and wants you deep inside her
B < Bass enters
She turns you into stone
a twisted little show
Chorus 1:
Tom:
E B/D# C#m
That's how it was to all begin
A E
Cause good girls who like to sin
B/D# C#m
Way back at the starting line
A E
Where Eve was on Adam's mind
B/D# C#m
And he was the first to go
A E
In search of the great unknown
B/D# C#m
And falling yet again
A E x4
Cause good girls they like to sin
Post Chorus: G#m E D# x4
Verse 2: Use only the Chord E for bass
Tom:
E Am
You are a hero and survivor
E
your eyes are getting tired
There's claw marks under
B
your spine it happens
E
all the time The
Am
silent evil daughters
E
like sirens on the water
B
You've been the perfect crime
it happens all the time
Chorus 2:
Tom:
E B/D# C#m
That's how it was to all begin
A E
Cause good girls who like to sin
B/D# C#m
Way back at the starting line
A E
Where Eve was on Adam's mind
B/D# C#m
And he was the first to go
A E
In search of the great unknown
B/D# C#m
And falling yet again
A
Cause good girls they like to sin
Interlude:
Mark:
E B/D#
aaahhh
C#m
ahhhh
Tom:
B
Good girls like to sin
Mark:
A B
aaahhh
E
aaahhh
Tom:
B/D#
falling yet again
Mark:
C#m
ahhhh
Tom:
B
Good girls like to sin
Mark:
A B
aaahhh
Tom:
B
Good girls like to sin
(Repeat Chorus 2)
Outro: Bass
E x2
Towards the song Hearts All Gone Interlude
E Am E Am x4
6.) Hearts All Gone Interlude
Key: G
Tuning: Standard EADGBe
Chords used:
G x32010
D 320003
Em x02210
C 133211
Am xx0231
Bm 022000
G/B 032xxx
D/F# x2x003
Intro: Em
Em C x2
Verse 1:
Em
Take off the gloves
we fell in love by
C
the side of the road
this desert will
Em
break you down
the veins you cut
your smoking tongue
C
is the end of us all
Em
but you only care about
fame and fortune
watching others tortured
C
casting your reflection
grocery store perfection
Em
this is the last time
sent to the front line
C D
with dirty boots on the ground
you said i'll make this all mine
Chorus 1:
G
you seemed so sweet at the
Am C G/B C G/B
start but the start's all wrong
G
you say you speak from your
Am C G/B C
heart but your heart's all gone
G/B Em C x2
yeah your heart's all gone
Verse 2:
Em
blackjack and architect
let's drink ourselves to death
C
the crimes of everyone
Em
passed down from father to son
hopeless and destitute
destroyed my gratitude
C D
your strongest lines of defense
are all just self inflicted wounds
Chorus 2:
G
you seemed so sweet at the
Am C G/B C G/B
start but the start's all wrong
G
you say you speak from your
Am C G/B C G/B
heart but your heart's all gone
G
you seemed so sweet at the
Am C G/B C G/B
start but the start's all wrong
G
you say you speak from your
Am C G/B C
heart but your heart's all gone
G/B
yeah your heart's all gone
Interlude:
Mark: Bass Solo x2
Em
G|-----2---4--4--4-5--4--2-|
D|-------------------------|
A|-0-----------------------|
E|-------------------------|
C
G|-----5---5--5--5-7--5--4-|
D|-3-----------------------|
A|-------------------------|
E|-------------------------|
Both Mark and Tom:
Em C Em C D
G Am C Bm C Bm C x2
Chorus 3:
G
you seemed so sweet at the
Am C G/B C G/B
start but the start's all wrong
G
you say you speak from your
Am C G/B C G/B
heart but your heart's all gone
G
you seemed so sweet at the
Am C G/B C G/B
start but the start's all wrong
G
you say you speak from your
Am C G/B C
heart but your heart's all gone
G/B Am(hold)
yeah your heart's all gone
8.) Wishing Well
Key: G
Tuning: Standard EADGBe
Chords used:
Em x02210
C 133211
G x32010
D 320003
G/B 032xxx
Am xx0231
Intro: Em C G Am x4
Verse 1:
Em C
Been gone a long time
G
I kinda lost my way
Am
I can't find it
Em C
And I caught a short ride
G
To the grave and
Am
back this season
Em C
I can try to get by
G
But every time I
Am
start to panic
Em C
I'm a little bit shy
G
E bit strange and
Am
a little bit manic
Refrain:
G/B
La da da da
C
da da da da
G Am
La da da da
da da da da da
Chorus:
G D
I went to a wishing well
Em
I sank to the ocean floor
C
Cut up by sharper rocks
G
and washed up along the shore
D
I reached for a shooting star
Em
it burned a hole through my hand
C
Made it's way through my heart
had fun in the promised land
Post Chorus: Em C G Am x2
Verse 2:
Em C
On the narrowing line
G Am
what a way to sort my troubles
Em C
In a very short time
G
gonna pop better duck
Am Em C
and cover Can you figure
G
me out? I got caught like
Am
a little kid stealing
Em C
Did I say it too
G
loud? E bit hard or
Am
a little misleading
(Repeat Refrain)
(Repeat Chorus)
Interlude: Am C G D x2
(Repeat Refrain)
(Repeat Chorus twice)
Outro: Em C G Dm(hold)
9.) Kaleidoscope
Key: A
Chords used:
F#m x24432
D 320033
A xx0232
E x02220
C#m 244222
Bm 022000
Intro: F#m D x4
Verse 1:
Mark:
F#m D
Stop banging away
on my kaleidoscope
F#m
Stop draining the
D
color out of my scene
F#m D
Just play me something
I can dance to
F#m D
I can dance to anything
you wanna sing
Interlude:
A E F#m E
F#m D x2
Verse 2:
Mark:
F#m D
So lock me up
in the studio
F#m
Fill it up with
D
sound and scenarios
F#m
Stop blocking the
D
driveway with your car
F#m D
Put the butterfly
D E D
in the bell jar
Chorus 1:
Tom:
E A
It's the first time
E A
that I'm worried
C#m
Of a bad dream of a
D A
journey on the highway
E A
Through the valley
C#m
It's a long road
D
through the night
F#m D F#m D < Silence
It's a long road
Verse 3:
Mark:
F#m
Hear a stranger's
D
voice in the front yard
F#m
Let the arrow's
D
tip past the deadline
F#m D
Get another stamp
in your passport
F#m
Wash your breakfast
D
down with some red wine
F#m D
Delete the progress
on your game
F#m D
Try to fall asleep
while your eyes ring
F#m
From the loudest
D
songs on your mixtape
F#m
I can dance to
D
anything you wanna sing
Chorus 2:
Tom:
A
No reason No Action
E
No silence No I'll pee
F#m
Nobody came running
E
up by my side
Chorus 3:
Tom:
D
It's the first time
E D
that I'm worried
E A E
Of a bad dream of a
A E C#m
journey on the highway
D
Through the valley
A
It's a long road
E A
through the night
E C#m
It's the first time
D
that I'm worried
A E
Of a bad dream of a
A E C#m
journey on the highway
D
Through the valley
A
It's a long road
E A
through the night
E C#m D
it's a long road
to get it right
Interlude: A D A Bm x4 D(hold)
Travis's Drum Solo
Chorus 4:
Tom:
(hold) A
It's the first time
E A
that I'm worried
C#m
Of a bad dream of a
D A
journey on the highway
E A
Through the valley
C#m
It's a long road
D
through the night
E A
It's the first time
E A
that I'm worried
C#m
Of a bad dream of a
D A
journey on the highway
E A
Through the valley
C#m
It's a long road
D
through the night
D(Hold)
It's a long road
Outro: Hiphop beats and Travis's drumming
While Tom sings "Get them right" many times
10.) This Is Home
Key: E
Tuning: Standard EADGBe
Chords used:
E x02220
B 022100
C#m 244222
A xx0232
F#m x24432
G#m x46654
Intro: E C#m A x2, C#m B
Verse 1:
Tom:
E
We work and slave the day away
Well raised in perfect families
A
We fuck and fight like vagabonds
We dance like fucking animals
E
Don't stop the band
is coming on
Rude boys and punks
will shout along
A
Police Cars green cuffs
and loaded guns
Kids scream but
laughing as they run
Chorus 1: Both Tom and Mark
A E
I I I I I I
C#m
I I I hope
F#m G#m A
Do you wanna let go?
E B
oh oh oh oh oh oh
Cause this is home
Post Chorus: E C#m A x2
Verse 2:
Tom:
E
Gunshots the punks are rioting
The stage is slowly crumbling
A
Smash boards and
try to stay alive
E few drinks and you
love broken lights
E
Go hide and call the cavalry
Let's dance in perfect harmony
A
Get close the crowd
will come apart
That girl will try
to make you hard
Chorus 2: Both Tom and Mark
A E
I I I I I I
C#m
I I I hope
F#m G#m A
Do you wanna let go?
E B
oh oh oh oh oh oh
A
Do you wanna this time?
E C#m
I I I I I I
F#m G#m A
I hope you wanna let go
E B
oh oh oh oh oh oh
Cause this is home
Mark's Bass Solo: E F#m B A x4
Interlude: E F#m B A x2
Chorus 3: Both Tom and Mark
A
I I I I I I
C#m
I I I hope
F#m G#m A
Do you wanna let go?
E B
oh oh oh oh oh oh
A
Do you wanna this time?
E C#m
I I I I I I
F#m G#m A
I hope you wanna let go
E B
oh oh oh oh oh oh
A(hold)
Cause this is home
11.) MH 4.18.2011
Key: B
Chords used:
E x02220
B 022100
C#m 244222
F# x24442
G#m x46654
D#m 466444
Intro: E B C#m x4, B
Verse 1:
B
Coming in coming in kill
the radio silence break
E B
down in envy Giving up
giving in to a feeling of
E
violence there's hell
B
to pay So lets light
another match stop
living in the past
where nobody can hear
E B
me now Blow the lock off
the cage watch the children
come of age when their
E
parents have to take a bow
Refrain:
F#
Nothing takes root
G#m E
in this barren soil
F#
Nothing takes root
G#m
in this barren soil
E
Maybe there's no
D#m
one there at all
Chorus:
E B
Hold on the worst
C#m
is yet to come
E B
Save your money for higher
C#m E
guns Hold strong
B
that everything you
C#m
loved is gone
E
Slow down stop
B
living in the shadow
C#m
of a helicopter
Post Chorus: B
Verse 2:
B
Line them up on the wall
coming out with their
hands up give them
E
all their share
B
Let it burn let it fall
let the end of the world
E
come who's left to care?
(Repeat Refrain)
(Repeat Chorus)
Interlude: E D#m E E G#m C#m
E D#m E E G#m F# E
(Repeat Chorus)
Outro:
E B C#m x3 E
B
Stop living in the shadow
C#m E(hold)
of a helicopter
12.) Love Is Dangerous
Key: A
Chords used:
F#m x24432
A xx0232
D 320033
E x02220
Bm 022000
Intro:
Synthesizer: F#m A D x2
Distortion: F#m A D x2
Verse 1:
F#m
I've had it
A D
With distant double vision
F#m
My hand swollen
A D
I can't keep holding on
F#m
My heart's sinking
A D
And stuck in deadly rhythm
F#m
I can't fake it
A D
I can't can't brush it off
Chorus 1:
F#m E D
Love Love is dangerous
F#m E G(hold)
Love Love is so dangerous
Post Chorus: F#m E D x2
Verse 2:
F#m
I'm back at it
A
I just don't
D
seem to listen
F#m
I see your lips
A
I just can't
D
hear the sound
F#m
It's all static
A D
Just like my television
F#m
Her skills sharpened
A
Her eyes cut
D
through the clouds
Chorus 2:
F#m A D
Love Love is dangerous
(Guys don't be fooled
when she says it)
F#m A D
Love Love is so dangerous
(We'll betray the
ones we care about)
F#m A D
Love love is so dangerous
(We're fools so we all
pretend to find)
F#m A D
Love Love is dangerous
Interlude: A x2, A D A E Bm D
Chorus 3:
F#m E
I need Love
D
Love is dangerous
(Guys don't be fooled
when she says it)
F#m A D
Love Love is so dangerous
(We'll betray the
ones we care about)
F#m A D
Love love is so dangerous
(We're fools so we all
pretend to find)
F#m E D
Love Love is dangerous
Outro: F#m A D x2, D Em(hold)
13.) Fighting The Gravity
Key: E, D
Chords Used:
B 022100
Bm 022000
E x02220
D#m 466444
C#m 244222
D 320033
Em x02210
F#m x24432
Intro:
Bass Solo: E D#m C#m x2
Distortion: B x2
D B
This makes no sense
this makes no sense
this makes no sense
this makes no
C#m B
This makes no sense
this makes no sense
this makes no sense
this makes no
(Repeat)
D B
This makes no sense
this makes no sense
this makes no sense
B
this makes no
Verse 1:
D E
This air is too thick
Bm
to breathe So just drive
D
These eyes are
E
too sick to see
Bm
Don't leave me behind
D E
Something's swimming in my blood
Bm
Something's rotting in my brain
When I'm smothered from the blood
D
I can't recognize your face
E Bm
I need to leave So just drive
Chorus 1:
G
Burning lights on the street
Bm
I'm fight fighting the gravity
Em
fight fighting the gravity
G
When I'm beat and defeated
They'll take you away from
Em
Take take you away from me
G
Dead and lost in a dream
Bm
This is the last of me
Em
This this is the last of me
G
This this is the last of me
D Em Bm(hold) Em
I'm always fighting the gravity
Verse 2:
D E
Tonight is too much for me
Bm
To get through
Bm E
Tommorow's just a darkened hall
Bm
To an empty room
When I'm far away from you
Chorus 2:
G
Burning lights on the street
F#m
I'm fight fighting the gravity
Em
fight fighting the gravity
G
When I'm beat and defeated
Em
They'll take you away from
Take take you away from me
G
Dead and lost in a dream
Bm
This is the last of me
Em
This this is the last of me
G
This this is the last of me
D Em
I'm always fighting the gravity
Interlude: Bm Em
Bm
I'm always fighting gravity
This makes no sense
this makes no sense
this makes no sense
this makes no
Outro:
D B
This makes no sense
this makes no sense
this makes no sense
this makes no
C#m B
This makes no sense
this makes no sense
this makes no sense
this makes no
D B
This makes no sense
this makes no sense
this makes no sense
Em(hold)
this makes no
14.) Even If She Falls
Key: A
chords used:
A/C# 2x023x
D 320033
A xx0232
E/G# x476xx
E x02220
F#m x24432
Bm 022000
Intro: A/C# D A E/G# x2
Verse 1:
A
And she was like
a starry night
D
Like a ferris wheel
full of blue green eyes
F#m
And a heart of steel
E
always on her own
Almost never real
Chorus 1:
A E
When the night will begin
F#m
The pain it won't end
E
even if she falls in love
A E
Back you wanna turn back
F#m
Your heart will attack
E
even if she falls in love
Post Chorus: A/C# D A E/G# x2
Verse 2:
A
And she was like a
blade of ice
D
Like a lonely road
clear as day alive
F#m
Always sharp and cold
E
always beautiful
I am such a fool
Chorus 2:
A E
When the night will begin
F#m
The pain it won't end
E
even if she falls in love
A E
Back you wanna turn back
F#m
Your heart will attack
E
even if she falls in love
A Bm
Try to look in her eyes
A/C#
The light is just right
D
even if she falls in love
A Bm
And it isn't so bad
F#m
It's driving you mad
E
Even if she falls in love
Interlude: A Bm A/C# D x2
Chorus 3:
D(hold)
When the night will begin
The pain it won't end
even if she falls in love
Back you wanna turn back
Your heart will attack
even if she falls in love
A E
Try to look in her eyes
F#m
The light is just right
E
even if she falls in love
A E
And it isn't so bad
F#m
It's driving you mad
E D(hold)
Even if she falls in love