Chords with lyrics
Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)
Intro/Continues through first verse:
A augmentedA D MajorD
e|-0--------2------|
BB|-2--2p0---3------|
G+G|-2--------2------| x2
D MajorD|-2--------0--4p0-|
A augmentedA|-0---------------|
E MajorE|-----------------|
Verse 1:
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2000 was fired out from a cannon
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The neighbors shot up at the lamps
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We piled in the street and stood for our anthems
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On top of the cars with bottles in hand
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This year crept up, who could see it coming?
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No one saw the signs, if any were there
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The distant funeral marches drumming
F# minorF#m E MajorE D MajorD E MajorE
I’ll take life, don’t care if it’s fair
Bridge/Continues like this into next verse:
A augmentedA D MajorD
e|-0-0-xxx-0-0-x--------2-2-xxx-2-2-x------|
BB|-2-2-xxx-2-2-x--2p0---3-3-xxx-3-3-x------|
G+G|-2-2-xxx-2-2-x--------2-2-xxx-2-2--------|
D MajorD|-2-2-xxx-2-2-x--------0-0-xxx-0-0-x--4p0-| x2
A augmentedA|-0-0-xxx-0-0-x------------xxx-----x------|
E MajorE|-----xxx-----x------------xxx-----x------|
Verse 2:
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Read too many tales with terrible endings
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Gods and machines that get in the way
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You thought we were home
D MajorD
Turns out we were renting
F# minorF#m E MajorE D MajorD E MajorE
Until I am gone, I’m here to stay
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Taken away, our friends, our lovers
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By cancer, heroin, tragedy
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It’s not the wakes I’m worried over
F# minorF#m E MajorE D MajorD E MajorE
It’s knowing we have to go to sleep
Chorus:
A augmentedA E MajorE
If it’s a highway
D MajorD A augmentedA
I am trying just to drive
D MajorD A augmentedA
I am trying just to drive
E MajorE A augmentedA E MajorE
Stay awake and stay alive
F# minorF#m A augmentedA
If it’s a highway
D MajorD A augmentedA
I want you there at the side
D MajorD A augmentedA
I want you there at the side
E MajorE A augmentedA
Still awake and still alive
A augmentedA D MajorD
e|-0--------2------|
BB|-2--2p0---3------|
G+G|-2--------2------| x2
D MajorD|-2--------0--4p0-|
A augmentedA|-0---------------|
E MajorE|-----------------|
Verse 3/Same pattern as last verse:
A augmentedA D MajorD
The songs we thought we’d have to bury
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We faced ‘em head on right away
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Every reason to cry, not one to worry
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Drive faster and further is my only change
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So tattoo our arms and raise our glasses
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Call out your names this New Years Eve
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And may the next time we kneel at a casket
F# minorF#m E MajorE D MajorD E MajorE
We say, “At least the story’s complete.”
Chorus:
A augmentedA E MajorE
If it’s a highway
D MajorD A augmentedA
I am trying just to drive
D MajorD A augmentedA
I am trying just to drive
E MajorE A augmentedA E MajorE
Stay awake and stay alive
F# minorF#m A augmentedA
If it’s a highway
D MajorD A augmentedA
I want you there at the side
D MajorD A augmentedA
I want you there at the side
E MajorE A augmentedA
Still awake and still alive
A augmentedA E MajorE
If it’s a highway
D MajorD A augmentedA
I am trying just to drive
D MajorD A augmentedA
I am trying just to drive
E MajorE A augmentedA E MajorE
Stay awake and stay alive
F# minorF#m A augmentedA
If it’s a highway
D MajorD A augmentedA
I want you there at the side
D MajorD A augmentedA
I want you there at the side
E MajorE A augmentedA E MajorE D MajorD A augmentedA
Still awake and still alive
Outro:
D MajorD A augmentedA E MajorE A/EA/E
F# minorF#m A augmentedA D MajorD A augmentedA
D MajorD A augmentedA E MajorE A augmentedA
A augmentedA D MajorD
e|-0--------2------|
BB|-2--2p0---3------|
G+G|-2--------2------| x10 in the recording but feel free to shorten it
D MajorD|-2--------0--4p0-|
A augmentedA|-0---------------|
E MajorE|-----------------|
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| p Pull-off
| x Dead note
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