Chords with lyrics
Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)
Intro:
KELLY:
N.C.
Tell me the part about the candles
SAM:
N.C.
Uh...
KELLY:
N.C.
Do not pretend you don't have it memorized
SAM, spoken:
N.C.
The only ones for me are the mad ones.
G+G
Mad to talk, mad to be saved
G+G
Desirous of everything at the same time
KELLY:
G+G
If we’re gonna go, we gotta go tonight...
SAM, spoken:
G+G
The ones who never yawn or say a commonplace thing
G+G
But burn, burn, burn, like fabulous yellow roman candles
G+G
Exploding like spiders across the stars...
Chorus:
KELLY:
C majorC
Oh... If we're gonna go, we gotta go tonight
C majorC C majorC
Go tonight - Go tonight - I'm in!
SAM, spoken:
D MajorD
For what?
Verse 1:
KELLY:
E minorEm C majorC
We’re taking the risk
D MajorD E minorEm C majorC
We're the fools who will never learn
D MajorD E minorEm C majorC
Pushed to the edge, out on the ledge
E minorEm N.C.
Will you die out or burn, burn, burn?
E minorEm C majorC
Don't ask if you can
FF D MajorD
No, that's a mistake girls make
D MajorD E minorEm C majorC
'Cause those good old boys
D MajorD E minorEm FF
They had their good old days
D MajorD E minorEm
- But now they're gone
G+G
And now their world
FF
Is ours to take...
D MajorD E minorEm
We're mad to go
D MajorD E minorEm
Mad to drive
D MajorD E minorEm
Mad to be alive
D MajorD E minorEm
We're chasing stars
D MajorD E minorEm
A augmentedA thousand suns
C majorC D MajorD
The mad... mad ones
G+G
Whoa-oh-oh
SAM:
G+G
Whoa-oh-oh
KELLY:
D MajorD
Whoa-oh-oh
SAM:
D MajorD
Whoa-oh-oh
KELLY:
G+G
We break - the lock
G+G D MajorD
We kick - the door - Mad...
SAM:
D MajorD
Mad...
KELLY & SAM:
D MajorD
To reach for more
KELLY:
E minorEm
We make -- the rules
E minorEm D MajorD
We make - a vow to be mad
N.C.
Girl, we’re what matter now
A augmentedA
Okay, first thing’s first:
A augmentedA
You have to go tell that TA I'm not coming back
SAM, spoken:
N.C.
What?
Chorus:
KELLY:
E MajorE
If we’re gonna go, we gotta go tonight
E MajorE
Screw it, he'll figure it out
E MajorE
If we're gonna go, we gotta go tonight
Interlude:
KELLY, spoken:
N.C.
Where are my keys?
SAM, spoken:
N.C.
Just calm down, there's planning involved.
N.C.
What are we living on?
N.C.
Who’s paying our cell phone bills?
KELLY, spoken:
N.C.
Well, A...
SAM, spoken:
N.C.
Kelly!
KELLY:
N.C.
And two, Sam:
Chorus:
E MajorE
If we're gonna go, we gotta go tonight
E MajorE E MajorE
Go tonight - go tonight
SAM:
E MajorE
You're drunk!
KELLY:
E MajorE
You're drunk!
E MajorE
If we're gonna go, we gotta go tonight
E MajorE E MajorE
Go tonight - go tonight
SAM, spoken:
E MajorE
I am drunk, and I only have a permit! We can't
KELLY, spoken:
E MajorE
Stop saying 'can't'
SAM, spoken:
E MajorE
Stop telling me what to do!
KELLY:
E MajorE
If we're gonna go, we gotta go tonight
E MajorE
If we're gonna go, we gotta go tonight
SAM:
E MajorE
If we're gonna go, we gotta go tonight
KELLY & SAM:
E MajorE E MajorE
Go tonight - go tonight...
Verse 2:
SAM:
GbmGbm D MajorD
Without any plan
E MajorE GbmGbm
Just the keys and the radio
KELLY:
D MajorD
Yea-ea-eah!
KELLY & SAM:
E MajorE GbmGbm
Living for us
D MajorD
Kicking up dust
SAM:
E MajorE GbmGbm
We just pick up and go, go, go
KELLY, screaming:
E MajorE
YEAH!
SAM:
E MajorE GbmGbm
- It's never or now
KELLY:
GbmGbm
Never or now, yes!
KELLY & SAM:
D MajorD G+G E MajorE
Time to take your foot off the brake...
SAM:
D MajorD E minorEm C majorC
Yeah, those good old boys
D MajorD E minorEm FF
They had their good old days
KELLY & SAM:
E MajorE A minorAm
- But now they're gone
A augmentedA
And now their world
KELLY:
G+G
Is ours to take
SAM:
E MajorE
It's ours to take
KELLY & SAM:
A augmentedA
We're ma-ad to go
A augmentedA
Ma-ad to drive
KELLY:
E MajorE
Ma-ad
SAM:
E MajorE
Ma-ad
KELLY & SAM:
E MajorE
To be alive
GbmGbm
We're cha-asing stars
GbmGbm
A augmentedA thou-ousand suns
SAM:
D MajorD
The mad
KELLY:
D MajorD
Mad
KELLY & SAM:
E MajorE
Mad ones
SAM:
A augmentedA
Whoa-oh-oh
KELLY:
A augmentedA
Whoa-oh-oh
SAM:
E MajorE
Whoa-oh-oh
KELLY:
E MajorE
Whoa-oh-oh
Chorus:
KELLY:
GbmGbm
- If we're gonna go, we gotta go tonight
D MajorD A augmentedA
Go tonight, go-o-o tonight
GbmGbm D MajorD
- If we're gonna go, we gotta go tonight
E MajorE
Go tonight
Bridge:
SAM:
GbmGbm A augmentedA
But we didn't go, didn't go
D MajorD
Go-o-o that night - Did we?
KELLY:
GbmGbm A augmentedA
No, we didn't go, didn't go
D MajorD
Go-o-o that night
SAM:
E MajorE
I mean, obviously
GbmGbm D MajorD GbmGbm
The whole thing went south
GbmGbm DbDb GbmGbm
Per usual, Kelly's only plan was running her mouth
KELLY:
D MajorD E MajorE D MajorD
Oh, but who let down who?
SAM:
D MajorD E MajorE D MajorD
Who let down who?
KELLY:
D MajorD E MajorE D MajorD
Who let down who?
SAM:
D MajorD E MajorE DbmDbm
Who let down who?
KELLY:
DbmDbm
You were the one who put on the brakes
SAM:
G minorGm
I wanted to graduate first
KELLY:
Bb majorBb
You didn't have what it takes
SAM:
BB DbDb EbmEbm
Oh, who let down who?
KELLY:
EbmEbm DbDb GbGb
Who let down who?
SAM:
GbGb Bb majorBb
Like you ever follow through on a single word you say
KELLY:
EbmEbm
If we'd only go that night
N.C.
Then I wouldn't be dead
KELLY & SAM:
EbmEbm DbDb
Tell me...
SAM:
BB DbDb EbmEbm
Who let down who?
KELLY:
EbmEbm DbDb EbmEbm
Who let down who?
SAM:
EbmEbm
Who let down who?
KELLY:
DbDb
Who let down who?
SAM:
DbDb
You!
KELLY:
EbmEbm
You!
SAM:
EbmEbm
You!
KELLY & SAM:
E MajorE E MajorE E MajorE
YOU! YOU! YOU!
KELLY:
G+G C majorC
- Whoa-oh-oh
SAM:
G+G C majorC
- Whoa-oh-oh
Interlude:
| AbAb | E MajorE | E MajorE | BB | BB |
| DbmDbm | DbmDbm | D MajorD | D MajorD |
| E MajorE | E MajorE |
Bridge:
KELLY & SAM:
FF
Who- aah...
SAM, simultaneously:
FF
Mad...
KELLY, simultaneously:
AbAb AbAb
Mad to go - Mad to drive
Eb MajorEb
Mad
SAM:
Eb MajorEb
Mad
KELLY & SAM:
Eb MajorEb
To be alive
F minorFm
We're chasing stars
F minorFm
A augmentedA thousand suns
SAM:
DbDb
The mad
KELLY:
DbDb
Mad
KELLY & SAM:
Eb MajorEb
Mad ones
SAM:
AbAb
Whoa-oh-oh
KELLY:
AbAb
Whoa-oh-oh
SAM:
Eb MajorEb
Whoa-oh-oh
KELLY:
Eb MajorEb
Whoa-oh-oh
KELLY & SAM:
AbAb
We break the lock
AbAb
We kick the door
SAM:
Eb MajorEb
Mad
KELLY:
Eb MajorEb
Mad
Outro:
KELLY & SAM:
Eb MajorEb
To reach for more
F minorFm
We make the rules
F minorFm
We make a vow
GbGb
To be mad
Eb MajorEb AbAb Eb MajorEb
- Girl, we're what matter -- now
AbAb
Whoa-oh-oh