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Riot Album Chords by Paramore

Riot Album chords by Paramore

Guitar chords with lyrics

Riot
2007 Fueled By Rammen Records
Submitted by: paramore_fans@yahoo.com

Tuning: Standard EADGBe

01. For a Pessimist, I'm Pretty Optimistic
02. That's What You Get
03. Hallelujah
04. Misery Business
05. When It Rains
06. Let the Flames Begin
07. Miracle!
08. Crushcrushcrush
09. We Are Broken
10. Fences
11. Born For This
🎸
Accuracy Rating: - Votes: -

Bonus Tracks:
13. Stop This Song
14. Decoy


Twilight Soundtrack:
15. Decode
16. I Caught Myself

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1.) For a Pessimist, I'm Pretty Optimistic

Key: F#

Tuning: Standard EADGBe

Chords used:
F# -  244322
G#m - 466444
Ebm - x68876
C# -  x46664
B -  x24442
Bbm - x13321
C#/F - 143xxx


Intro:

Guitar 1: B-F#-Ebm-C#-B-F#-C# (x2)

Guitar 2:
e|----------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------|
G|-16-16\15--11-11\10--16-16\15--18-|
D|--x--x\-x---x--x\-x---x--x\-x---x-| (x2)
A|-14-14\13---9--9\-8--14-14\13--16-|
E|----------------------------------|


Verse 1:
F#                      B
 Just talk yourself up And tear yourself down
F#                       B
 You've hit your one wall Now find a way around
F#            G#m            Ebm--C#
 Well what's the problem? You've got a lot of nerve


Refrain:
  Ebm           Bbm
So what'd you think I would say?
         B           C#
No you can't run away, no you can't run away
  Ebm            C#/F
So what did you think I would say?
         F#           Abm
No you can't run away, no you can't run away
You wouldn't


Chorus:
B     C#    Ebm
 I never wanted to say this
B      F#     C#
 You never wanted to stay
B     C#      Ebm
 I put my faith in you, so much faith
     B    C#    F# C#
And then you just threw it away


(Repeat Intro once only)
You threw it away


Verse 2:
F#                   B
 I'm not so naive My sorry eyes can see
F#                    B
 The way you fly shy Of almost everything
F#          G#m             Ebm--C#--
 Well, if you give up You'll get what you deserve


(Repeat Refrain and Chorus)


Bridge: Bass lines
You were finished long before
We had even seen the start
Why don't you stand up, be a man about it?
                  F#(hold)
Fight with your bare hands about it now


Bass lines:
G|--------4-3-1-----------4-3-1---|
D|-1--3-4-------4-0-1-3-4-------4-|
A|--------------------------------| (x2)
E|--------------------------------|

Guitar 2: at "Why don't you stop...", your
fingers must be VERY FAST in this part
Josh Farro did a SEMI SWEEPING here,
it's difficult at first but once you
master this part, it's easy as 1,2,3.

e|-11-14-11----14-11----14-11----14-11----|
B|----------14-------14-------14-------14-|
G|----------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------|

e|-14-11----14-11----14-11----14-11-------|
B|-------14-------14-------14-------14-11-|
G|----------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------|

e|-11-14-11----14-11----14-11----14-11----|
B|----------14-------14-------14-------14-|
G|----------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------|

e|-14-11----14-11----14-11----14-11--------2-|
B|-------14-------14-------14-------14-11--2-|
G|-----------------------------------------3-|
D|-----------------------------------------4-|
A|-----------------------------------------4-|
E|-----------------------------------------2-|


Outro:
B     F#    Ebm   C#
 I never wanted to say this
B      F#     C#
 You never wanted to stay
B     C#      Ebm
 I put my faith in you, so much faith
     B    C#    F#
And then you just threw it away
B     C#    Ebm
 I never wanted to say this
B      F#     C#
 You never wanted to stay
B     C#      Ebm
 I put my faith in you, so much faith
     B    C#    F#
And then you just threw it away


Ebm(hold)--C#(hold)


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2.) That's What You Get

Tuning: Standard EADGBe

Chords used:
Eb - x68886
Bb - x13331
Cm - x35543
G# - 466544


Intro:

Guitar 1: G#--G#--Bb--Cm-Bb (x2)

Guitar 2:
e|------------|------------|-------------|
B|------------|------------|-------------|
G|-5-5--10/12-|-7-7--12/15-|-12-12-12\10-|
D|-x-x---x/-x-|-x-x---x/-x-|--x--x--x\-x-|
A|-3-3---8/10-|-5-5--10/13-|-10-10-10\-8-|
E|------------|------------|-------------|
    x2


Verse 1:
Ab             Bb      Cm
No sir, well I don't wanna be the blame, not anymore
   Ab               Bb      Cm
It's your turn, so take a seat we're settling the final score
  Ab        Bb    Cm Bb
And why do we like to hurt, so much?
     Ab          Bb       Cm
I can't decide You have made it harder just to go on
  Ab        Bb       Cm     Eb(hold)
And why, all the possibilities where I was wrong


Chorus:
Ab              Eb         Cm  Bb
That's what you get when you let your heart win, whoa
Ab              Eb         Bb
That's what you get when you let your heart win, whoa
 Cm         Bb       Cm       Bb
I drowned out all my sense with the sound of its beating
  Ab              Eb         Cm  Bb
And that's what you get when you let your heart win, whoa


(Repeat Intro)


Verse 2:
 Ab         Bb         Cm
I wonder, how am I supposed to feel when you're not here
    Ab           Bb       Cm
'Cause I burned every bridge I ever built when you were here
  Ab          Bb       Cm
I still try holding onto silly things, I never learn
  Ab        Bb      Cm        Eb(hold)
Oh why, all the possibilities I'm sure you've heard


(Repeat Chorus)


Bridge:
Ab          Bb   Cm
Hey, make your way to me, to me
  Ab         Bb  Cm
And I'll always be just so inviting
  Ab       Bb   Cm
If I ever start to think straight
   Ab
This heart will start a riot in me
Bb       Cm
 Let's start, start, hey!
Ab        Bb   Cm Bb
Why do we like to hurt so much?
  Ab        Bb   Cm Bb
Oh why do we like to hurt so much?
(Chordess)
That's what you get when you let your heart win!
Bb
 Whoa


Outro:
Ab              Eb        Cm  Bb
That's what you get when you let your heart win, whoa
Ab              Eb        Bb
That's what you get when you let your heart win, whoa
  Cm       Bb    Cm      Bb
Now I can't trust myself with anything but this
  Ab              Eb        Bb
And that's what you get when you let your heart win, whoa


G#--G#--Eb(hold)

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3.) Hallelujah


Tuning: Standard EADGBe

Chords used:
B
F#
Abm
E
B/D#
F#/Bb
A

Intro: B--G#m-E x2

Guitar 2:
e|-7-7-7-9-9-9-11-11-11-14-14-14-14-14-------------|
B|-0-0-0-0-0-0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0-------------|
G|-------------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------|


Verse 1:
F# B
  Somehow everything's gonna
  Abm   F#/Bb
fall right in to place
F# B
  if we only had a way to make
   Abm  F#/Bb
it all fall faster everyday
F# B           Abm  F#/Bb
  if only time flew like a dove
F# B          Abm
  we gotta make it fly faster
     F#/Bb
than I'm falling in love


Interlude: B

Guitar 2:
e|-7-7-7-9-9-9-11-11-11-14-14-14-14-14-------------|
B|-0-0-0-0-0-0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0-------------|
G|-------------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------|


Chorus 1:
B              Abm E
 This time we're not giving up
B            Abm E
 let's make it last forever
      F# B   Abm E
 screaming "hallelujah"
B            Abm E
 we'll make it last forever


Verse 2:
F# B               Abm F#/Bb
  holding onto patience wearing thin
F# B                  Abm F#/Bb
  I can't force these eyes to see the end
F# B         Abm  F#/Bb
  if only time flew like a dove
F# B
  we could watch it fly
Abm     F#/Bb
  and just keep looking on


Interlude: B
e|-7-7-7-9-9-9-11-11-11-14-14-14-14-14-------14-------14-------14-|
B|-0-0-0-0-0-0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0-11h12----11h12----11h12----|
G|----------------------------------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------------------|

(Repeat Chorus 1)


Interlude: B/Eb-E-G#m-B--B/Eb-E-F#

Guitar 2:
e|-----7-----7-----7-----7---7/9\7----|
B|------------------------------------|
G|------------------------------------|
D|-x-x-9-x-x-9-x-x-9-x-x-9-x-9/11\9---| (x2)
A|-x-x-6-x-x-6-x-x-6-x-x-6-x----------|
E|------------------------------------|

Bridge:
      B/Eb-E-G#m-B--  B/Eb E   F#
and we've got time    on our  hands
       B/D#  E      Abm   B
and we've got  got nothing but time on our hands
B/D# E     F#
 got nothing but, got nothing but
B/D# E      F#   B    B/D#-E-F#
 got nothing but time on our hands

B/D#-E-Abm-B-Abm-A


Chorus 2:
B              Abm E
 This time we're not giving up
B            Abm E
 let's make it last forever
      F# B   Abm E
 screaming "hallelujah"
F# B   Abm E
 "hallelujah"

Outro
F#-B(Hold)

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4.) Misery Business

Key: Ab

Tuning: Standard EADGBe

Chords used:
Fm - 133111 or x-8-10-10-9-8
C# - x46664
Eb - x68886
G# - 466544

Intro:

Silence:

Guitar 1:
Fm-Eb-Fm-C# (x2) then Fm

Guitar 2:
e|--------6h8p6h8----------------------6h8p6h8------------|
B|-6-6--6---------4-4--4-4-4--4-6-6--6---------6-6--6-6-6-|
G|--------------------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------|
then
e|--------6h8p6h8----------------------6h8p6h8-16--15-13--|
B|-6-6--6---------4-4--4-4-4--4-6-6--6--------------------|
G|--------------------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------|


Distortion:

Guitar 1:
Fm-Eb-Fm-C# (x2) then Fm

Guitar 2:
e|--------------------------------------------------------|
B|----------1---1------------------------1---1------------|
G|-1-1--1-3---3---0-0--0-0-0--0-1-1--1-3---3--------------|
D|---------------------------------------------3-3--3-3-3-|
A|--------------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------|
then
e|---------------------------------------------------------|
B|----------1---1------------------------1---1-------1-2-4-|
G|-1-1--1-3---3---0-0--0-0-0--0-1-1--1-3---3-----1-3-------|
D|---------------------------------------------3-----------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------|


Verse 1:
Fm            Eb
 I'm in the business of misery
            Fm
Let's take it from the top
             C#
She's got a body like an hourglass
           Fm
that's tickin like a clock
         Eb           Fm
It's a matter of time before we all run out...
           Ab
When I thought he was mine she caught him by the mouth
Fm          Eb             Fm
 I waited eight long months She finally set him free
          C#             Fm
I told him I can't lie he was the only one for me
           Eb
Two weeks and we had caught on fire
       Fm            G#      Fm--Eb---
She's got it out for me But I wear the biggest smile


Chorus:
C#      Ab        Eb
 whoa... and I never meant to brag
   Fm       Eb    C#
But I got him where I want him now
        Ab          Eb
Whoa... it was never my intention to brag
  Fm      Eb      C#
To steal it all away from you now
            Eb
But God does it feel so good
                 C#
Cause I got him where I want him now
                  Eb
And if you could then you know you would

Cause God it just feels so... It just feels so good


Interlude:

Guitar 1: Fm-Eb-Fm-C#----

Guitar 2:
e|--------------------------------------------------------

B|----------1---1------------------------1---1------------|
G|-1-1--1-3---3---0-0--0-0-0--0-1-1--1-3---3--------------|
D|---------------------------------------------3--3--3--3-|
A|--------------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------|


Verse 2:
Fm             Eb
 Second chances they don't ever matter
       Fm                 C#
people never change Once a whore you're nothing more
             Fm
I'm sorry, that'll never change
         Eb                 Fm
And about forgiveness, we're both supposed to have exchanged
                 Ab        Fm
I'm sorry honey, but I'm passing up, now look this way
               Eb            Fm
Well there's a million other girls who do it just like you
            C#         Fm
Looking as innocent as possible to get to who
                  Eb        Fm
they want and what they like it's easy if you do it right
          G#        Fm---Eb---
Well I refuse, I refuse, I REFUSE!!!


(Repeat Chorus except last line)

            C#  Ab Eb Fm
Coz God it's just feels sooooooooooooooo
       C#   Ab Eb Fm
It just feels so good...


Bridge:
C#       Ab         Eb
 I watched his wildest dreams come true
      Fm       C#
Not one of them involving you
       Ab         Eb
Just watch my wildest dreams come true
      Fm
Not one of them involving...


Solo:

Guitar 1:
C#-G#-Eb-Fm (x2) C#--Eb (x2)


Guitar 2:
e|-------------------9-9-9-9-8-8-8-8-|
B|-4h6~--4h6~--4h6~------------------|
G|-----------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------|
         x2
then x8 means you will pluck the strings 8 times to save space
E|-11(x8)-9(x8)-8(x8)-6(x8)-11(x8)-13(x8)-16-16-16-16-18-18-20-20-15~-|
B|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|


Chordles:
Whoa.. I never meant to brag But I got him where I want him now


(Repeat Chorus)


Outro:

Guitar 1:
Fm-Eb-Fm-C# (x2) then Fm

Guitar 2:
e|--------------------------------------------------------|
B|----------1---1------------------------1---1------------|
G|-1-1--1-3---3---0-0--0-0-0--0-1-1--1-3---3--------------|
D|---------------------------------------------3-3--3-3-3-|
A|--------------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------|
then
e|--------------------------------------------------------|
B|----------1---1------------------------1---1------------|
G|-1-1--1-3---3---0-0--0-0-0--0-1-1--1-3---3--------------|
D|---------------------------------------------3--3--3--3-|
A|--------------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------|

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5.) When It Rains

Key: Eb

Chords used:
Cm -  x35543
G# -  466544
Eb -  x68886
Bb -  x13331
Fm -  133111
Eb/G - 365xxx
C# -  x46664


Intro: Cm (delay pedal effect) (x2)
then G#--Cm-Eb-G#--Bb-Cm (x2) Eb


Guitar 2:
e|----11-------11-------11----13-------15---------|
B|-11----11-11----11-11----11----11-11------------|
G|------------------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------|
then                      |(x2)
e|----11-------11-------11------------------------|
B|-11----11-11----11-11----11-9-----8-----9-8-----|
G|------------------------------8-8---8-8---------|
D|------------------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------|
then
e|---
B|---
G|-8-
D|-8-
A|-6-
E|---


Verse 1:
      Cm
And when it rains
        Ab       Eb
On this side of town it touches
   Cm         Ab       Eb
everything Just say it again and mean it
        Fm
We don't miss a thing You made yourself a bed
           Eb
At the bottom of the blackest hole (blackest hole)
    Fm
And convinced yourself that It's not the
         Eb       Bb
reason you don't see the sun anymore


Chorus 1:
  Ab  Cm     Eb
And oh, oh, how could you do it?
Ab  Bb    Cm
Oh I, I never saw it coming
Ab   Cm     Eb
Oh, oh, I need the ending
  Ab       Bb
So why can't you stay
      Cm     Eb(hold)
Just long enough to explain?


Interlude: Cm(delay)


Verse 2:
      Cm
And when it rains
        Ab       Eb
Will you always find an escape?
       Cm
Just running away
        Ab        Eb
From all of the ones who love you
     Fm
From everything You made yourself a bed
           Eb
At the bottom of the blackest hole (blackest hole)
      Fm
And you'll sleep 'til May And you'll say
            Eb       Bb
that you don't want to see the sun anymore


(Repeat Chorus 1)


Bridge:
Fm  Eb  Ab Eb/G
Take your time
Fm  Eb Ab Eb/G
Take my time
Fm          Eb
Take these chances to turn it around. (take your time)
Ab                  Eb/G
Take these chances, we'll make it somehow
  Fm          Eb
And take these chances to turn it around. (take my...)
   C#(hold)
Just turn it around.


Chorus 2:
Ab Cm       Eb
Oh, how could you do it?
Ab Bb    Cm
Oh I, I never saw it coming
(Repeat 3x)

Ab   Cm     Eb
Oh, oh, I need the ending
  Ab       Bb
So why can't you stay
      Cm     Fm
Just long enough to explain?
         Eb      Ab(hold)
You can take your time, take my time

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6.) Let The Flames Begin

Key: A

Tuning: Standard EADGBe

Key: A

Chords used:
F#m - 244222
A -  x02220
D -  xx0232
Bm - x24432
E -  022100


Intro:

Part 1:
e|---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2-|---2---2---2---2-|
B|-2---2---2---2-------------------|-0---0---0---0---|
G|-----------------2---2---2---2---|-----------------|
D|---------------------------------|-----------------| (x2)
A|---------------------------------|-----------------|
E|---------------------------------|-----------------|
                      x2

Part 2: F#m--A--D--Bm

Guitar 2:
e|-----5--0------------5--0-----2-|
B|---2-------2--0----2-------2----|
G|-2---------------2--------------|
D|--------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------|


Verse 1:
F#m           A
 What a shame we all became such fragile
    D         Bm
broken things A memory remains just a tiny spark
F#m          A            D
 I give it all my oxygen So let the flames begin
          Bm
So let the flames begin Oh, glory
D-Bm-F#m
     Oh, glory


Chorus 1:
F#m      A
This is how we dance when
     D
When they try to take us down
Bm
This is what will Oh, glory


Verse 2:
F#m             A
 Somewhere weakness is our strength
              D
And I'll die searching for it
           Bm
I can't let myself regret such selfishness
F#m              A
 My pain and all the trouble caused
       D              Bm
No matter how long I believe that there's hope
             D-Bm-F#m
Buried beneath it all and
             D-Bm-E
Hiding beneath it all, and
Growing beneath it all, and...


Chorus 2:
F#m      A
This is how we dance when
     D
When they try to take us down
Bm
This is how we'll sing it
F#m        A
This is how we'll stand when
     D
When they burn our houses down
Bm
This is what will be Oh, glory


Bridge:
F#m      A       D  Bm
Reaching as I sink down into light
F#m      A       D  Bm
Reaching as I sink down into light


(Repeat Chorus 2)


Outro:
e|-9---------------------|---------|
B|---7-------------------|---------|
G|-----9---9-------------|---------|
D|-------------7-7-6-7---|-6--7--9-| x2
A|-------9---9---------9-|---------|
E|-----------------------|---------|
      x3
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7.) Miracle

Key: E

Tuning: Standard EADGBe

Chords used:
C#m - x46654
A -  x02220
B -  x24442
E -  022100
G#m - 466444
F#m - 244222


Intro:

Guitar 1: C#m--A--C#m--B--A--E-F#m (x2) then A(hold)

Gutiar 2: x2
e|---------0-0--------2-2---------0-0-0-0-0-------4-4-4-------7--4--------|
B|------------------------------------------4-4-4-------0-2-2-------4h5p4-|
G|-1-1-2-2-----1-1-2-2----1-1-2-2-----------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------------------------------|


Verse 1:
A     B  Abm   A    E
 I've gone for too long living like I'm not alive
A         B   Abm  A
 So I'm going to start over tonight
E
Beginning with you and
A      B  Abm A
I, When this memory fades
     E        A
I'm gonna make sure it's replaced
   B    Abm  A
With chances taken Hope embraced
 E   F#m
I hope I told you


Chorus:
C#m   A  C#m
I'm not going
        B       A
cause I've been waiting for a miracle
  E    F#m
And I'm not leaving
C#m   A   C#m
I won't let you
    B      A
Let you give up on a miracle
   E    F#m   A(hold)
Cause it might save you


Verse 2:
A       B  Abm   A
 We've learned to run from
  E         A
Anything uncomfortable
   B    Abm  A
We've tied our pain below and
E         A
no one ever has to know
      B   Abm  A
That inside we're broken
      E
I tried to patch things up again
  A        B    Abm
To cut my tears and kill my fears
  A        E--F#m--A--B
But have I told you how I..


(Repeat Chorus)


Bridge:
C#m                E
It's not faith if, if you use your eyes
  B
Oh why
C#m
 Get it right this time (this time)
            E
Let's leave this all behind
  B
Oh why
C#m
 We'll get it right this time
                  E
It's not faith if you're using your eyes
  B
Oh why


Verse 3:
A     B  Abm   A    E       A
 I've gone for too long living like I'm not alive
         B   Abm  A
So I'm going to start over tonight
 E          A
Beginning with you and
      B  Abm   A  E        A
I don't want to run from anything uncomfortable
    B   Abm
I just want, no
A         E     -break-
 I just need this pain to end right here


(Repeat Chorus)


Outro:
A           C#m
Yeah, it might save you
  B        A
Oh, it might save you
                  C#m
It's not faith if, if you use your eyes
                   A(hold)
If you use your eyes If you use your eyes

_____________________________________________________

8.) CrushCrushCrush

Tuning: Standard EADGBe

Key: E

Chords used:
C#m -  x46654
E -   022100
B -   x24442
A -   x02220
Ab/C - x365xx
G#m -  466444
F#/Bb - x143xx


Intro: Ab/C

Verse 1:
C#m      E
I got a lot to say to you
   B       C#m
Yeah, I got a lot to say
 C#m          E
I noticed your eyes are always glued to me
B
Keeping them here And it makes no sense at all


Refrain:
A          B
They taped over your mouth
         C#m
Scribbled out the truth with their lies
You little spies
(Repeat)


Interlude: A--G#m-G#/C

Guitar 2:
e|-11-12-11--------12--11-|
B|----------12------------|
G|-------------11---------|
D|------------------------|
A|------------------------|
E|------------------------|


C#m(hold)
 Crush Crush Crush
Crush, crush
(Two, three, four!)


Chorus 1:
C#m    E   B
Nothing compares to a quiet evening alone
A     C#m B
 Just the one two of us who's counting on
C#m    E B
That never happens I guess I'm dreaming again
A        B(hold)
 Let's be more than this


Interlude: C#m--B (x2) G#/C

Guitar 2:
e|-4-5-4-2-0-----------------|-4-5-4-2-0------------9-|
B|-----------4-5-4-2-0--0--0-|-----------4-5-4-2-0----|
G|---------------------------|------------------------|
D|---------------------------|------------------------|
A|---------------------------|------------------------|
E|---------------------------|------------------------|


Verse 2:
  C#m         E
If you want to play it like a game
   B            C#m
Well, come on, come on, let's play
   C#m         E
Cause I'd rather waste my life pretending
   B
Than have to forget you for one whole minute


(Repeat Refrain and Chorus 1)


Interlude: C#m-E-B--A (x2)


Bridge:
C#m   E   B
Rock and roll, baby
        A  C#m    E  B
Don't you know that we're all alone now?
             A
I need something to sing about
C#m   E   B
Rock and roll, baby
        A  C#m    E  B
Don't you know baby we're all alone now?
             A
I need something to sing about
C#m   E   B
Rock and roll, baby
        A  C#m    E  B
Don't you know baby we're all alone now?
             A
I need something to sing about

Chorus 2:
C#m    E   B
Nothing compares to a quiet evening alone
A     C#m B        Ab/C
 Just the one two of us who's counting on
C#m    E B
That never happens I guess I'm dreaming again
A        B
 Let's be more than this


(Repeat Chorus 1)


Outro: C#m--G#/C--B--F#/Bb--A--B-G#/C-C#m(hold)

Guitar 2:
e|-12--11--12-11-9--11-12--11--12-9------5-4---------11-12-11-12-14-12-11-12-21-|
B|-----------------------------------5-5---------5-4----------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------4--------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------2----------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

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9.) We Are Broken

Tuning: Standard EADGBe

Key: F#

Chords used:
F# -  244322
C# -  x46664
Ebm -  x68876
B -   x24442
F#/Bb - x143xx
G#m -  466444
A -   x02220
E -   022100


Verse 1:
B   F#/Bb
 I am outside
Ebm       F#       B
 And I've been waiting for the sun
    F#/Bb
With my wide eyes
Ebm     F#         B
 I've seen worlds that don't belong
    F#/Bb Ebm      F#     B
My mouth is dry with words I cannot verbalize
    F#/Bb Ebm      F#
Tell me why  we live like this


Refrain:
B     F#/Bb C#
 Keep me safe inside Your arms like towers
B    F#/Bb C#
 Tower over  me yeah


Chorus:
Ebm      F#
 Cause we are broken
C#
 What must we do to restore
Ebm F#
 Our innocence
C#
 And all the promise we adored
B     Abm    B       Abm   F#
 Give us life again cause we just wanna be whole


Verse 2:
B     F#/Bb
 Lock the doors
Ebm        F#      B
 Cause I like to capture this voice
      F#/Bb
You came to me tonight
Ebm    F#       B
 So everyone will have a choice
     F#/Bb
And under red lights
Ebm      F#       B
 I'll show myself it wasn't forged
    F#/Bb
We're at war
Ebm      F#
 We live like this


(Repeat Refrain and Chorus)


Interlude:

Abm

A--E--B (x2) G#m

Guitar 2:
e|---7----4-----4-|
B|-5----5----7----|
G|----------------|
D|----------------| (x2)
A|----------------|
E|----------------|


Bridge:
A    E  B Abm
 Tower over me
A    E  B Abm
 Tower over me
C#(hold)
 And I'll take the truth at any cost


(Repeat Chorus)

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10.) Fences

Key: D

Tuning: Standard EADGBe

Chords used:
D -   xx0232
A -   x02220
Bm -  x24432
G -   320033
Em -  022000
F#m -  244222
F# -  244322
D/F# - 2x023x
F#/Bb - x143xx
E/G# - 476xxx


Intro: Bass lines, Bm--F#m (x2)
G|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-----0-2-----0-2---2-0-----2-4-0-----0-2-----0-2---2-0---0---0---|
A|-2-4-----2-4-----------4---------2-4-----2-4-----------4---4---4-|
E|-----------------2-------2-----------------------2---------------|


Verse 1: while doing the bass
  Bm
I'm sitting in a room
        F#m
Made up of only big white walls and in the halls
    Bm
There's people looking through
            F#m
The window though they know exactly what we're here for
Em
Don't look up Just let them think
    A          F#m(hold)
There's no place else You'd rather be
    Bm
You're always on display
             F#m
For everyone to watch and learn from
     Em             D  A
Don't you know by now You can't turn back
    Em  D/F#  G  A   D  F#
Because this road is all you'll ever have


Chorus:
Bm               G   Em F#
 And it's obvious that you're dying, dy-ing
Bm              G    Em F#
 Just living proof that the camera's ly-ing
  G  Em            G
And open wide, 'cause this is your night
  A       F#(hold)
So smile, 'cause you'll go out in style


(Repeat Intro)
You'll go out in style


Verse 2:
    Bm
If you let me I could
          F#m
I'd show you how to build your fences
         Bm
Set restrictions, separate from the world
              F#m
Because the ground that you hate to fight
             Em
Just blame the limelight Don't look up
              A
Just let them think There's no place else
          Em         D  A
You'd rather be and now you can't turn back
    Em  D/F#  G  A   D  F#
Because this road is all you'll ever have


(Repeat Chorus except last line)
 F#(hold)
So smile,


Bridge:
Em               G
 Yeah, yeah you're asking for it
              D
With every breath that you breathe in
   A
Just breathe it in
Em               G
 Yeah, yeah well you're just a mess
              D
You do all this, big talk, yeah..
             A
So now let's see you walk it.
I said let's see you walk it.


Solo:

Guitar 1: Bm-F#/Bb-A-E/G#-G--F# (x2) then bass lines Bm--G-Em-F# (x2)

Guitar 2:
e|---------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------2~--0~--3~-|
G|-4~--2~--4~--2~--4-2-0----4~--2~-------------|
D|-----------------------4---------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------|

then this one while doing the bass lines
e|-7~---9~-10~-12~---14~--12-|
B|---------------------------|
G|---------------------------|
D|---------------------------|
A|---------------------------|
E|---------------------------|

Bass:
G|-----------0----------------|
D|-----0-2-4---4------0-------|
A|-2-4--------------2---------| (x2)
E|----------------3------0--2-|


Em               G
 Yeah, yeah well you're just a mess
              D
You do all this, big talk, yeah..
             A
So now let's see you walk it.
I said let's see you walk it.


(Repeat Chorus)
(Repeat Intro)

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11.) Born For This

Key: C#

Tuning: Standard EADGBe

Chords used:
Bbm - x13321
F# - 244322
C# - x46664
G# - 466544
Fm - 133111
F -  133211
Ebm - x68876


Intro:

Guitar 1:
Bbm-Ab-C#-Ebm (x2) then Bbm


Guitar 2:
e|-13--11----------------------11----11----|
B|--------14-11-----13--13--13----13----13-|
G|---------------13------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------------| (x2)
A|-----------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------|


Verse 1:
Bbm          F#    Fm
 Oh no I just keep on falling (Back to the same old)
Bbm         Ebm     C#     F
 Where's hope when misery comes crawling? (Oh, oh way hey)
Bbbm                F#     Fm
 With your faith you'll trigger a landslide (Victory)
Bbm       Ebm       C# F
 Kill off this common sense of mind


Refrain:
      Ebm       Bbm
It takes acquired minds to taste, to taste, to taste this wine
     F#            Ebm
You can't down it with your eyes So we don't need the headlines
Ab
We don't need the headlines We just want
Bbm
 (We just want the airwaves back) x2


Chorus:
F#     C#    Fm         F#
 Everybody sing Like it's the last song you will ever sing
Bbm           Ab
 Tell me tell me do you feel the pressure now?
F#     C#    Fm        F#
 Everybody live Like it's the last day you will ever see
Bbm           Ab        F#(hold)
 Tell me tell me do you feel the pressure now?


Verse 2:
Bbm             F#     Fm
 Right now you're the only reason (I'm not letting go oh)
Bbm        Ebm      C#   F
 And time out if everyones worth pleasing
Bbm               F#    Fm
 (Ah woah oh) You'll trigger a landslide (Victory)
Bbm         Ebm       C# F
 To kill off their finite state of mind


(Repeat Refrain And Chorus)


F#     C#    Fm         F#
 Everybody sing Like it's the last song you will ever sing
Bbm           Ab
 Tell me tell me do you feel the pressure


(Repeat Intro)


Bridge: x2
F#
 Alright, so you think you're ready?
Ab
 Okay then you'll say this with me go
Bbm          Ebm
We were born for this(We were born for this)
F#
 Alright, so you think you're ready?
Ab
 Okay then you'll say this with me go
Bbm          Ebm
We were born for this(We were born for this)
F#           Ab
We were born for this (We were born for this)
F#         Fm
We were born for... We were born for...


(Repeat Chorus)


Outro:

F#     C#    Fm         F#
 Everybody sing Like it's the last song you will ever sing
Bbm           Ab
 Tell me tell me do you feel the pressure
F#
 Tell me tell me do you feel the pressure
Bbm           Ebm          F#
     Bbm(hold)
 We were born for this (We were born for this) We were born for this

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12.) Stop This Song

Tuning: Standard EADGBe

Key: Eb

Chords used:
Cm -  x35543
G# -  466544
Eb/G - 365xxx
Eb -  x68886
Fm -  133111
Gm -  355333
Bb -  x13331


Intro:

Guitar 1: Cm-Ab-Eb/G-Eb-Cm-Ab-Eb/G-Fm

Guitar 2:
e|---------------------1-------|---6----|
B|-4---3-4---3-4---3-4---4-3---|-6---8--|
G|---3-----3-----3-----------3-|--------|
D|-----------------------------|--------|
A|-----------------------------|--------|
E|-----------------------------|--------|
       x2


Verse 1:
Cm
 You say the sweetest things
  Gm       Eb
And I can't keep my heart from singing
Cm              Gm
 Along to the sound of your song
     Eb
My stupid feet keep movin'
Cm           Gm      Eb
 This 4, 4 feet I'm in time with you ohh
Cm            Fm     Bb
 This 4, 4 feet I would die for you (die for you)
Cm(hold)
Someone stop this


Refrain 1:
Eb   Ab              Cm
 I've gone to far to come back from here
           Eb
But you don't have a clue
            Bb
You don't know what you do to me


Chorus 1:
Cm        Ab
 Won't someone stop this song?
Eb/G Eb
 So I won't sing along
Cm     Ab
 Someone stop this song
Eb/G  Fm
 So I won't sing...

Guitar 2:
e|---------------------1-------|---6----|
B|-4---3-4---3-4---3-4---4-3---|-6---8--|
G|---3-----3-----3-----------3-|--------|
D|-----------------------------|--------|
A|-----------------------------|--------|
E|-----------------------------|--------|
       x2


Verse 2:
Cm            Gm
 I never let love in so I could
    Eb
keep my heart from hurting
Cm              Gm
 The longer that I live with this idea
  Eb
The more I sink in
Cm           Gm      Eb
 This 4, 4 feet I'm in time with you ohh
Cm            Fm     Bb
 This 4, 4 feet I would die for you (die for you)


Refrain 2:
Ab                  Cm
 I've gone to far to come back from here
           Eb
But you don't have a clue
            Bb
You don't know what you do to me
Ab             Eb
 I've gone to far to come over here
  Gm        Ab
But you don't have a clue
            Fm Eb
You don't know what you do to me


(Repeat Chorus 1)

Chorus 2:
Cm    Ab  Eb/G       Eb
Lovesick melody is gonna get the best of me tonight
Cm       Ab    Eb/G   Eb
 But you won't get to me,   if I don't sing


Bridge:
  Ab        Cm         Eb
It creeps in like a spider that can't be killed
       Bb    Gm
Although I've tried and tried to
   Ab    Cm     Eb
Well don't you see? I'm falling
         Bb     Ab(hold)
Don't wanna love you, but i do


Outro:
Cm        Ab
 Won't someone stop this song? (lovesick melody)
Eb/G Eb
 So I won't sing along (lovesick melody oh)
Cm    Ab  Eb/G       Eb
Lovesick melody is gonna get the best of me tonight
Cm       Ab    Eb/G         Eb
 But you won't get to me No you won't get to me
Cause I won't sing


Then Bass lines

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13.) Decoy

Key: Bb

Tuning: Standard EADGBe

Chords used:
Gm - 355333
Eb - x68886
F - 133211
Bb - x13331
Cm - x35543


Intro:

Guitar 1: Gm--Bb-F--Gm-Bb-F (x4)

Verse 1:
Bb         Eb
Close your eyes and make believe
F         Gm  Eb
This is where you wanna be
  Bb       Eb
Forgetting all the memories Try to forget
F     Gm    Eb
love cause love's forgotten me
   Bb  Eb
Well hey, hey baby it's never too late
    F       Gm     Eb
Pretty soon you won't remember a thing
  Bb  Eb
And I'll be distant as stars reminiscent
   F    Gm  Eb
Your heart's been wasted on me


Refrain:
Bb Eb F  Gm Eb(hold)
Ohhh  ohhh-oh-oh


Chorus:
Gm
 You've never been so used
       Eb
As I'm using you
    F
Abusing you My little decoy
Gm
 Don't look so blue
             Eb
You should've seen right though
     F
I'm using you My little decoy


(Repeat Intro twice)
My little decoy


Verse 2:
Bb      Eb
Live a life inside a dream
F    Gm    Eb
Time is changing everything
  Bb     Eb
Forgetting all the memories And I'm forced into
F    Gm      Eb
you just cause you're into me
   Bb  Eb
Well hey, hey baby it's never too late
     F5       Gm     Eb
When I'm gone you won't remember a thing
  Bb    Eb
But I can't stay and no, I won't wait
   F       Gm     Eb
I was gone from the very first day


(Repeat Refrain and Chorus)


Bridge:
Cm  Eb  Gm
Ohhh-Awww-Awww
F        Cm
I'm not sorry at all
       Eb        Gm
(not sorry at all, not sorry at all)
no, no
 F        Cm
I wont be sorry at all
       Eb        Gm
(not sorry at all, not sorry at all)
no, no
F(hold)
 I'd do it over again


(Repeat Intro twice)


Outro:
Gm   Bb   Eb
 Don't look so blue
F     Gm Eb
My little de--coy
Gm       Bb     Eb
 You should've seen right through
F     Gm Eb
My little de--coy
Gm       Bb   Eb
 You've never been so used
F     Gm Eb
My little de--coy
Gm    Bb  Eb
 As I'm using you
F     Gm Eb(hold)
My little de--coy

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15. Decode

Key: C#

Tuning: Standard EADGBe

Chords used:
Bbm - x13321
F# - 244322
C# - x46664
G# - 466544
Ebm - x68876
Fm - 133111


Intro: Bbm

Guitar 2:
e|-------------------------------------9-----------|
B|-11----------11----------11------------11----11--|
G|----10----10----10----10----10----10------10-----|
D|-------11----------11----------11----------------| x2
A|-------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------|

e|----------------------------------13---------|
B|-11----9----11----9----11----9----------9----|
G|---------------------------------------------|
D|----11---11----11---11----11---11----11---11-|
A|---------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------|

e|-----------------------------11-|
B|-11----9----11----9----11-------|
G|--------------------------------|
D|----11---11----11---11----11----|
A|--------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------|


Verse 1:
F#
 How can I decide what’s right
Ebm             Bbm
 when you’re clouding up my mind
I can’t win your losing
Fm
fight all the time
F#
 How can I ever own what’s mine
Ebm             Bbm
 when you’re always taking sides
But you won’t take away
  Fm        F# Ebm
my pride no not this time
     Bbm Fm
Not this time


Chorus 1:
F#
 How did we get here
Ebm
 When I used
      Bbm  Fm
to know you so well
F#
 But how did we get here
Ebm       Bbm Fm
 I think I know


Interlude: Bbm--C#-G#--Fm(sudden stop)


Verse 2:
F#
 The truth is hiding in your
Ebm
eyes and its hanging
    Bbm
on your tongue
          Fm
Just boiling in my blood
             F#
but you think that I cant see
What kind of man that you
Ebm          Bbm
are if you’re a man at all
Well I will figure
     Fm    F# Ebm
this one out on my own
             Bbm
I’m screaming I love you so
Fm
 My thoughts you can’t decode


(Repeat Chorus 1)


Lead Solo: F#--Ebm--Bbm--Fm-- x2

Guitar 2:
         F#                 Ebm
e|---------------------------13-----|---------------------------13-----|
B|-13h14p13-----13h14p13------------|-13h14p13-----13h14p13------------|
G|----------15-----------15------15-|----------15-----------15------15-|
D|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|

        Bbm           Fm
e|--------------------------------|------------|
B|-13h14p13-----------------------|------------|
G|----------15--15-13-13-13-13-13-|------------|
D|--------------------------------|-10--11--13-|
A|--------------------------------|------------|
E|--------------------------------|------------|

         F#                 Ebm
e|---------------------------13-----|---------------------------13-----|
B|-13h14p13-----13h14p13------------|-13h14p13-----13h14p13------------|
G|----------15-----------15------15-|----------15-----------15------15-|
D|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|

   Bbm    Fm
e|---------|-16--18---------|
B|-13---14-|---------14--13-|
G|---------|----------------|
D|---------|----------------|
A|---------|----------------|
E|---------|----------------|


Bridge:
    F#       Ebm
Do you see what we’ve done
We’re gonna make such
Bbm     Fm
fools of ourselves
    F#       Ebm
Do you see what we’ve done
We’re gonna make such
Bbm     F#
fools of ourselves


Interlude: F#--Ebm--Bbm--Fm--


Chorus 2:
F#
 How did we get here
Ebm
 When I still
     Bbm  Fm
love you so yeah yeah
F#
 How did we get here
Ebm
 When I still
     Bbm Fm
love you so


Outro:
     F# G#--Ebm--Bbm-C#
I think I know
F#--Bbm--Fm     F# G#--Ebm--Bbm-C#
      I think I know
F#--Bbm--Fm F#   G# Ebm   Bbm-C#
      There is something
F# Bbm Fm
I see in you
F# Ab  Ebm  Bbm-C#
It might kill me
 F#   Bbm  Fm Ebm(hold)
I want it to be true

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16. I Caught Myself

Key: E

Tuning: Standard EADGBe

Chords used:
A -  x02220
B -  x24442
C#m - x46654
E -  022100
F#m - 244222


Intro:

Josh: Lead
e|-7---7----4-----4-----|
B|-------5----5-----5---|
G|---6----------6-----6-|
D|----------------------| x32
A|----------------------|
E|----------------------|


Hunter: Rhythm, enter at 0:08
e|-------2-|--------5------4------2------|
B|-0-2-0---|--0-2-0----0------0------0---|
G|---------|-------------1------1------1-|
D|---------|-----------------------------| x4
A|---------|-----------------------------|
E|---------|-----------------------------|
   x2

Jeremy: Bass enter at 0:15, x2
     A        C#m        E
G|-----------------|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|-------------------|
D|-2/7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|---------------|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|
A|-----------------|---------------|-------------------|
E|-----------------|---------------|-------------------|

     A        F#m        E
G|-----------------|---------------|-------------------|
D|-2/7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|
A|-----------------|---------------|-------------------|
E|-----------------|---------------|-------------------|


Verse 1:
A
Don't you Youre
pushing and
pulling me down to
But I dont know what I
A
 Now when I caught myself
I had to stop myself
C#m
 Im saying something that
E
 I should have never thought
A
 Now when I caught myself
I had to stop myself
F#m
 Im saying something that
E
 I should have never
thought of


Hunter: While doing Verse 1 and Refrain
e|-16--------16--------19----19----|
B|----17--------17--------------17-|
G|-------18--------18-----18-------|
D|---------------------------------| x16
A|---------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------|


Refrain:
A
you, oh you, Youre pushing and
        C#m
and pulling me down too
  E         A
But I dont know what I want
           F#m E
No I dont know what I want


Chorus:
  A
You got it you got it
Some kind of magic
  C#m
Hypnotic hypnotic
   E
Youre leaving
me breathless
 A
I hate this
I hate this
Youre not the
    F#m
one I believe in
   E
With God as my witness


Post Chorus:

Hunter:
e|-16--------16--------19----19----|
B|----17--------17--------------17-|
G|-------18--------18-----18-------|
D|---------------------------------| x4
A|---------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------|


(Repeat Verse 1 and Refrain)


Interlude:

Hunter: A--C#m-E--A--F#m-E(hold)


Josh:
     A         C#m        E
e|-4-5-4-0-2-2-2-2-|-4-5-4-0---------|-----------------|
B|-----------------|---------0-0-0-0-|-----------------|
G|-----------------|-----------------|-2-2-2-2-1-1-1-1-|
D|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
A|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
E|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|

     A         F#m     E
e|-4-5-4-0-2-2-2-2-|-4-5-4-0---------|---|
B|-----------------|---------0-0-0-0-|-0-|
G|-----------------|-----------------|---|
D|-----------------|-----------------|---|
A|-----------------|-----------------|---|
E|-----------------|-----------------|---|

Bridge: Bass and guitar 2 only
A         A
 Dont know what I want
        A
But I know its not you
              A
Keep pushing and pulling me down
              A
But I know in my heart its not you


Josh:
    A     A
e|-4-5-4-0-2-|-4-5-4-0---|
B|-----------|---------0-|
G|-----------|-----------|
D|-----------|-----------| x2
A|-----------|-----------|
E|-----------|-----------|


Interlude:

Hunter: A--C#m-E--A--F#m-E


Josh:
e|-16--------16--------19----19----|-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12---0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
B|----17--------17--------------17-|-----------------------------------------|
G|-------18--------18-----18-------|-----------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|
        x6


Verse 2:
E
 Now when I caught myself
F#m
 I had to stop myself
C#m
 Im saying something that
A
 I should have never thought
E
 Now when I caught myself
F#m
 I had to stop myself
C#m
 Im saying something that
 B
 I should have never
thought of


Outro:
E
You I knew
 F#m
I know in my
       C#m
heart its not you
      A
I knew but now I
      E
know what I want
 F#m  C#m
I want I want
  B
oh no I should

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