The Great Escape chords by Boys Like Girls

Chords with lyrics

Intro: A* G#* (2x)


A*
Paper bags and plastic hearts
G#*
All are belongings in shopping carts
     C#m7C#m7
It's goodbye
   A augmentedA
But we got one more night
E MajorE
 Let's get drunk and ride around
BB
 And make peace with an empty town
A augmentedA          A augmentedA (pausa)
We can make it right

(Chorus)
     C#m7C#m7	      A augmentedA
Throw it away, forget yesterday
		E MajorE	BB
We'll make the great escape
		C#m7C#m7	 A augmentedA
We won't hear a word they say
		  E MajorE BB
They don't know us anyway
     F# minorF#m     G# minorG#m
Watch it burn, let it die
    A augmentedA	   BB
Cause we are finally free tonight

A*
 Tonight will change our lives
G*
It's so good to be by your side
     C#m7C#m7
But we'll cry
  A augmentedA
We won't give up the fight
E MajorE
 We'll scream loud at the top of our lungs
   BB
And they'll think it's just cause were young
  A augmentedA         A augmentedA (pausa)
And we'll feel so alive

(Chorus)
     C#m7C#m7	      A augmentedA
Throw it away, forget yesterday
		E MajorE	BB
We'll make the great escape
		C#m7C#m7	 A augmentedA
We won't hear a word they say
		  E MajorE BB
They don't know us anyway
     F# minorF#m      G#M
Watch it burn, let it die
    A augmentedA	   BB
Cause we are finally free tonight

C#m7C#m7
All of the wasted time
  A augmentedA
The hours that were left behind
  E MajorE
The answers that we'll never find
   BB
They don't mean a thing tonight

(solo)

   C#m7C#m7	      A augmentedA
Throw it away, forget yesterday
		E MajorE	BB
We'll make the great escape
		C#m7C#m7	 A augmentedA
We won't hear a word they say
		  E MajorE BB
They don't know us anyway

    C#m7C#m7	      A augmentedA
Throw it away, forget yesterday
		E MajorE	BB
We'll make the great escape
		C#m7C#m7	 A augmentedA
We won't hear a word they say
		  E MajorE BB
They don't know us anyway

     C#m7C#m7	      A augmentedA
Throw it away, forget yesterday
		E MajorE	BB
We'll make the great escape
		C#m7C#m7	 A augmentedA
We won't hear a word they say
		  E MajorE BB
They don't know us anyway
     F# minorF#m      G# minorG#m
Watch it burn, let it die
    A augmentedA	   BB
Cause we are finally free tonight

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