Rise Against are a punk rock band from Chicago, Illinois. Formed in 1999, and originally performing under the name Transistor Revolt, they released a self-produced demo entitled Transistor Revolt in 2000, a year before signing with Fat Wreck Chords to release their first two albums, The Unraveling in 2001, and Revolutions Per Minute in 2003. They later switched to Dreamworks Records and recorded their album Siren Song of the Counter Culture.

Rise Against est un groupe américain de punk rock créé en 1999 et originaire de la ville de Chicago dans l'Illinois. Le groupe est pour le moment composée de 4 membres: Tim McIlrath (chant, guitare), Joe Principe (basse), Brandon Barnes (batterie) et Zach Blair (guitare). Jusqu'ici, Rise Against a sorti cinq albums (dont l'un fut remasterisé) et un DVD. Il connut réellement le succès au niveau mondial suite à la sortie de leurs deux premiers albums produits par un label majeur: Siren Song of the Counter Culture (2004) et The Sufferer &amp; the Witness (2006)...

Rise Against ist eine Punk / Melodic Hardcore Band aus Chicago, Illinois, USA. Die Gruppe ist bekannt für ihr politisches Engagement; viele Lieder haben weltanschauliche Themen zum Inhalt. Insbesondere Tierrechte sind der Band wichtig: Alle Mitglieder sind Vegetarier, Tim, der Sänger, sogar Veganer, und unterstützen die Organisation Peta.  Gegründet 1999 trat die Band ursprünglich unter dem Namen Transistor Revolt auf.

Rise Against es una banda de hardcore melódico de Chicago, Illinois, EEUU. Se formó en 1999 bajo el nombre de Transistor Revolt, con el cual sacaron una demo autoproducida y homónima en el 2000. En 2001 firmaron con Fat Wreck Chords, donde publicarían sus dos primeros trabajos, The Unraveling y Revolutions Per Minute en 2001 y 2003 respectivamente. Tras el gran éxito cosechado con los dos primeros trabajos en el circuito independiente mundial, firmaron con Dreamworks Records, y tras ser absorbida ésta por Universal...

&quot;Prayer of the Refugee&quot; is one of the most popular songs by American rock group Rise Against, released worldwide in 2006 on the band's album The Sufferer and the Witness. The song was originally titled &quot;Diaspora&quot; and early copies of The Sufferer and the Witness used that title. The song reached #7 on Billboard alternative rock chart. It was Rise Against's first single to reach the top 10 since Swing Life Away.

G F D G F D G F D G F D G F


Em	C
Warm yourself by thefire son,
GD
And the morning will comesoon.
Em	C
I'll tell you stories of abetter time,
G	Em
In a place that we onceknew.

Verse 2:
Em	C
Before we packed our bags andleft all this
D	Em
behind us in thedust,
Em	C
We had a place that we couldcall home
D	Em
And alife no-one couldtouch.

Chorus:
Em
Don't hold me up now,
                                G
I can stand my own ground
                               D
I don't need your help now,
                               C
You won't let me down, down, down.
Em
Don't hold me up now,
                                G
I can stand my own ground
                                 D
I don't need your help now,
                               C
You won't let me down, down, down, dowwwwwwn..


G F D G F D G F D G F D G F


Verse 3:
Em	C
We are the angry and the desperate,
G	 D
        The hungry and the cold.
Em	  C
 We are the one's who kept quiet,
              G	Em
        And always did what we were told.

Verse 4:
Em	C
But we've been sweaty when you slept so calm,
D	Em
        In the safety of your home.
Em	C
We've been pulling out the nails that hold up,
D	   Em
Everything you've known.

Chorus:
Em
        Don't hold me up now,
                G
I can stand my own ground
                   D
I don't need your help now,
                   C
You won't let me down, down, down.
Em
Don't hold me up now,
                G
I can stand my own ground
                    D
I don't need your help now,
                   C
You won't let me down, down, down, dowwwwwwn..


    Em D             C	         Em
So open your eyes, child lets be on our way,
  Em	            G         C	        Em
Broken windows and ashes are guiding the way.
Em	G               D	Em
Keep quiet no longer we'll sing through theday,
Em	C             G	Em
The lives that we've lost, the lives we've re claimed.

Chorus:
                      Em
Don't hold me up now,
                            G
I can stand my own ground
                             D
I don't need your help now,
                        C
You won't let me down, down, down.
                        Em
Don't hold me up now,
                            G
I can stand my own ground
                               D
I don't need your help now,
                                C
You won't let me down, down, down.


Prayer Of The Refugee

Endgame / Appeal To Reason / Siren Song Of The Counter Culture / The Sufferer & The Witness

E                                        A
We've been alright up until now
             E                                B
But the air that we breathe is about to run out
           E                                          A
We've rehearsed our lines clear and loud
            E                                  B
But the cue never came and the lights,
                           E
They never went down
                                 A
So we're passing the time
                            E
While time passes us
                           B                             E
The fast lane's a term never applied to us
                            A
Not a dime to my name
                           E
Or a prayer in the world
                       B
I walk out the door


E      A        E                    B
Destination: anywhere but here
                   E
Away from you!
                          A
Now I'm on my way to the other side
E                     A                E
I'll forget everything I left behind
                      A
These empty rooms
B
Are still filled with you


E                                     A
And so I dropped out of my own race
    E
A race with no finish line,
B
No first or last place
E                      A
These faces all rush right past me
   E                    B
I turn and walk away
                  E                                       A
'Cause we finally know now what our time here's about,
                      E
We were not meant to be
              B
Another face in the crowd
             E
We're a forest of lives
              A
And we grow tall and wide
                 E                 B
And we'll never be cut down


E      A        E                    B
Destination: anywhere but here
                   E
Away from you!
                          A
Now I'm on my way to the other side
E                     A                E
I'll forget everything I left behind
                      A
These empty rooms
B
Are still filled with you



E         A           E                            B
I'm so tired and turned around and scared
E            A          E                 B
And I'm lying in empty beds again
E                          A
I'll wait for you to come
E                         B
To your senses, barbed wire fences
             E         A          E
Won't keep me from breaking through
   B
I swear I will to you


E                       A
Now I'm on my way to the other side
E                     A
I'll forget everything I left behind
E                   A
These empty rooms
B
Are still filled with you
A
Are still filled with you


E          A           E                            B
I'm so tired and turned around and scared
E            A          E                 B
And I'm lying in empty beds again
                    E
Away from you

Anywhere But Here 

C#m              E               B               A  
One last thing I beg you please, just before you go
     C#m                E                B               A   
I've watched you fly on paper wings half way round the world
           C#m              E               B                 A
until they burned up in the atmosphere and sent you spiraling down
C#m              E                   B               A
Landing somewhere far from here with no one else around
             B
To catch you falling down
                   A
And I'm looking at you now

  


    E       B               C#m     A  
And I can't tell if you're laughing
   E         B               C#m          A   
Between each smile there's a tear in your eye
          E             B          C#m   A   
There's a train leaving town in an hour
         E           B        C#m       A   
It's not waiting for you and neither am I




C#m              E            B                 A  
Swing for the fences son, he must have told you once
C#m         E               B             A  
That was a conversation you took nothing from
              C#m              E         B                  A  
so raise your glass now and celebrate exactly what you've done
C#m           E             B                    A  
Just put off another day of knowing where you're from
                      B  
You can catch up with yourself
       A
if you run



    E       B               C#m     A  
And I can't tell if you're laughing
   E         B               C#m          A   
Between each smile there's a tear in your eye
          E             B          C#m   A   
There's a train leaving town in an hour
         E           B        C#m       A   
It's not waiting for you and neither am I




    E       B               C#m     A  
And I can't tell if you're laughing
   E         B               C#m          A   
Between each smile there's a tear in your eye
          E             B          C#m   A   
There's a train leaving town in an hour
         E           B        C#m       A   
It's not waiting for you and neither am I

Paper Wings

#Em  G  C  Em  G  C  Em  G  C  D
#play C twice as long as Em and G

Swing Life Away

# Rate and enjoy, thanks :)

# Verse 1

Am             F         G         Am
Suffering from something we're not sure of

     F           G     Am
In a world there is no cure for

      F        G         Em       F        Am
These lives we live test negative for happiness

           F         G              Am
Flat line, no pulse, but eyes open

                 F           G          Am
Single file like soldiers on a mission

             F         G     Em
If theres no war outside our heads

           F    G
Why are we losing?

# Chorus

Am              F
I don't ask for much

    C                G
The truth betold i'd settle

      Am        F              C         Em
For a life less frightening, a life less frightening

Am              F
I don't ask for much

    C                G
The truth betold i'd settle

      Am        F              C         Em
For a life less frightening, a life less frightening

# Bridge


           Am
Is there a God tonight?

                       Dm
Up in the sky or is it empty just like me (Just like me)

              Am
A place where we can hide out from the night

      Dm
Where you are all I see (Where you are all I see)

          Am
So blow a kiss goodbye, close your eyes

Dm
Tell me what you see (Tell me what you see)

              Am
A life that's spent inside this dream of mine

      Dm            F
Where you are all I see

# **END**

Life Less Frightening

Am  Em

Am                      Em
This place rings with echoes of
Am                    Em
Lives once lived but now are lost
Am                         C  F  Em
Time spent wondering about tomorrow
Am                  Em       
I don't care if we lose it all tonight
Am                  Em
Up in flames, burning bright
Am                         C  F  Em
Warming the air of the world

         F            C       G        Am
"I don't love you anymore" is all I remember you telling me
F            C       G  Am
Never have I felt so cold
         F                C  
But I've no more blood to bleed
           G                Am               F            G
'Cause my heart has been draining into the sea ohh woah oh

Am                  Em
Steps, I take in your footsteps
Am                            Em
Aren't getting me closer to what is left
Am                             C      F  Em
Of the dreams of what I once claimed to know
Am                   Em
Within my bones this resonates
Am                    Em
Boiling blood will circulate
Am                               C   F    Em
Could you tell me again what you did this for?

         F            C       G        Am
"I don't love you anymore" is all I remember you telling me
F            C       G  Am
Never have I felt so cold
         F                C  
But I've no more blood to bleed
           G                Am               F            G
'Cause my heart has been draining into the sea ohh woah oh

Am       C
Still I wait
        G             Em
With a hope inside of me (inside of me)
    Am                C
So still (so still) I wait (I wait)
Em
Until again we meet
G
Until again we meet

Am                    Em 
Within my bones this resonates
Am                 Em
Boiling blood will circulate
Am                                C   F   Em
Could you tell me again what you did this for?

         F            C       G        Am
"I don't love you anymore" is all I remember you telling me
F            C       G  Am
Never have I felt so cold
         F                C  
But I've no more blood to bleed
           G                Am               F      C      G
'Cause my heart has been draining into the sea ohh woah oh

F   C     G
Ohh Woah Ohh
Am      C
Still I wait
         G                        Em
With a hope (so still) inside of me (I wait)
     Am               C
So still (a hope) I wait (inside of me) 

G  Em Am

Blood To Bleed

Siren Song Of The Counter-Culture

         E
He said, "Son,
                 G#m
Have you see the world?
                    A
Well, what would you say
                   E
If I said that you could?
                A                       
Just carry this gun. 
                    E
and you

Hero Of War

# Intro: C G Am F X2

C               G
  I can still remember
                        Am
The words and what they meant
                             F
As we etched them with our fingers

In years of wet cement
C                        G
  Days blurred into each other
                         Am
Though everything seemed clear
                       F
We cruised along at half speed 

But then we shifted gears 


Am           F               C                D
 We ran like vampires from a thousand burning suns
Am        F                   G
 But even then we should have stayed


              Am   F
But we ran away
    C              G
Now all my friends gone
   Am          F              C                   G
Maybe we?ve outgrown all the things that we once loved
      Am   F
Runaway 
C                  G
what are we running from ?
  Am                 F             C           G
A show of hands from those in this audience of one
      Am   G    F
Where have they gone ? 


C               G
  Identities assume us 
                     Am
As nine and five add up
              F
Synchronizing watches 

To the seconds that we lost
C                  G
  I looked up and saw you
                    Am
I know that you saw me
                   F
We froze but for a moment

In empathy 


Am                   F               C               D
  I brought down the sky for you but all you did was shrug
Am          F          G
 You gave my emptiness away 


             Am   F
And you ran away
    C              G
Now all my friends gone
   Am          F              C                   G
Maybe we?ve outgrown all the things that we once loved
      Am   F
Runaway 
C                  G
what are we running from ?
  Am                 F             C           G
A show of hands from those in this audience of one
      Am   G    F
Where have they gone ? 
 

Am     F   C             Am   F    G
 We?re all ok, until the day we?re not
Am   F       C                 Am  F  G
 The surface shines, while the inside rots
Am  F         C             Am  F  G
 We raced the sunset and we almost won
Am  F           C               Am     F    G
 We slammed the brakes, but the wheels went on 


            Am   F
And we ran away
    C              G
Now all my friends gone
   Am          F              C                   G
Maybe we?ve outgrown all the things that we once loved
      Am   F
Runaway 
C                  G
what are we running from ?
  Am                 F             C           G
A show of hands from those in this audience of one
      Am   G    F
Where have they gone ?

Audience Of One

# VERSE:
Em           G              D              C   D Em
  We are the children you reject and disregard
             G                   D               C   D Em
These aching cries come from the bottom of our hearts
             G              D                      C   D  Em
You can't disown us now, we are your own flesh and blood
          G               D                   C          D   Em      
We don't disappear just because your eyes are shut, Now tell me

# PRE-CHORUS:
C
Love, Loss
                    D
Like a bullets path

Tear, Through
                 C
The cavity of my chest

Lights, Out
                     D(ring out)
Because the fuse has blown

# INTERLUDE:

    B  B  B  B  A  G  F#  G   <---corresponding chords  
    
# CHORUS:
Em      G       D
As your castles crumble slowly
C  G          D    
We watch them fall
Em        G          D
The crown slips from heads unworthy
C      G    D
 As we take control

# VERSE:
This is the family that we crossed or never had
This is a war that was lost the day that it began
Because it's the race we run, but it keeps us at the start
It's the song I sung from the bottom of heart, That's how we

# PRE-CHORUS:
Read, You
Like a polygraph
Not, One
Single bone in your back
own, Up
To how you let us down

# INTERLUDE

# CHORUS:
As your castles crumble slowly
We watch them fall
The crown slips from heads unworthy
As we take control

# BRIDGEI:
C                    D
  Except for you and me, love
                Em                                G      C
Everyone is the same, we know we know, we know we know..
                           D
But if to live, we have to be numb
                    Em                               G       C
I'd rather know the pain, I'd rather know I'd rather know..
                    D
This happens almost never
                        Em
But it happened once to me
                       G         C
And this will never be same...
                   D
The ends we seam together

# BRIDGEII: (played same as chorus but softer)
Em      G     D
I'm not after fame and fortune
C   G     D
I'm after you
Em        G         D               C      G        D(ring out)
 When I've served my time I swear I   will come for you

# CHORUS:
As your castles crumble slowly
We watch them fall
The crown slips from heads unworthy
Right on to ours, but I'm after you

          C G D
I'm after you

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Savior

Appeal To Reason

C         F
In the face of change,
C             G                  C
that's when she turned to me and said:
         F         C   G
"I'm not sure anymore..."
  C         F
And there, amidst the waves
        C		    	
and the cloudless skies...
     G                    C			
That blanket, the year before...
  F                     C   G
I watch my life wash ashore.
(PM)
  C                  F
Have you ever been a part of something
 C      G                  C
that you thought would never end?
    F                    C    G
And then, of course, it did.
 c                    F
HAVE you ever felt the weight inside you,
 C          G             C
pulling away inside your skin?
     F                 C    G
Then something had to give...

G  G G7 G6add11

C
 And now the lines are drawn...
G
 Is this feeling gone?
C                  F                   C
 The best parts of this have come and gone
            G              F     F
and now that... is all that this iiiis.
C
 With the reasons clear,
G
 We'll spend another year...
C
 Without direction,
F             C
 full of fear,
              G	          F    F
but now things... will be differeeent.

(PM)
 C                    F
There's nothing simple when it comes to you and I...
 C                G                      C
  Always something in this everchanging life;
          F                 C      G
and there probably always will.
 C                       F
NOW that time is getting harder to come by,
  C                      G               C
  the same arguments are always on our minds,
             F                C    G
killed this slowly fading lights.

G  G G7 G6add11

C
 And now the lines are drawn...
G
 Is this feeling gone?
C                  F                   C
 The best parts of this have come and gone
            G              F     F
and now that... is all that this iiiis.
C
 With the reasons clear,
G
 We'll spend another year...
C
 Without direction,
F             C
 full of fear,
              G	          F    F
but now things... will be differeeent.

C
And now something, has kept me here too long...
C
And you can't leave me, if I'm already gone

        C         F            Am       G
And now something, has kept me here too long...\
              C         F              G        2x
And you can't leave me, if I'm already gone... /

       C                       F	
And we make the same mistakes; we're always hanging on.
Am                 G		 
Break the promises we're always leaning on.
C            F               G	
All this time  spent waking up...
    C                   F	
Now keep this line open  to get this call from you,
Am                   G
speak the words that keep me coming back to you
C            F             G
Now this time  it's all different...

C
And now something has kept me here too long,
              C
and now I'm gone...

Everchanging

F
What if I'm right and you are wrong?
            D
What if you knew it all along?
           F           G               C
What if I figured out that I did not belong?
           F
What if it always bothered me?
          D
What if I never did believe?
            F            G              C
Would it be wrong if I decided I should leave?

A                      F
If I pretended I was blind
                      G
And struck it from my mind
                  C
Would it still be there?
A                F                            G
What if I'd do anything to make it seem all right
         C    A
It's all right

           F
What if it's all inside my head?
              D
What if those words were never said?
            F              G          C
Would it be easier if I could just forget?
          F
What if I didn't run away?
            D
Could it be any other way?
            F             G              C
Would it be wrong if I decided I should stay?

A                      F
If I pretended I was blind
                      G
And struck it from my mind
                  C
Would it still be there?
A                F                            G
What if I'd do anything to make it seem all right
         C               A
It's all right, it's all right
         F               G
It's all right, it's all right
         C
It's all right

F  D  F  G  C

A                      F
If I pretended I was blind
                      G
And struck it from my mind
                  C
Would it still be there?
A                F                            G
What if I'd do anything to make it seem all right
         C    A
It's all right

          F
What if I'm right and you are wrong?
            D
What if you knew it all along?
           F           G               C
What if I figured out that I did not belong?
           F
What if it always bothered me?
          D
What if I never did believe?
            F            G              C
Would it be wrong if I decided I should leave?

Blind

Long Forgotten Songs: B-Sides & Covers 2000-2013

A                  G
They turn the lights down low,
C                   F
In shadows hiding from the world,
C           A                G
Only coming out when it gets cold

A                       G
The seas part when they hit the floor,
C                       F
The voices carry on and out the door
C                  A                G
And everything you touch turns into gold

         C     F           G     A          G         F     
Like the angel you are you laugh creating a lightness in my 
G    A  
chest,
               C         F
Your eyes they penetrate me,
              G         A
(your answers always maybe)
           G     F      G   
Thats when I got up and left

A                     G
A beating heart and a microphone,
C                     F
A ticking clock in an empty home
C                    A             G
Still tells of these times so long ago,

A                   G
And even though Ive come so far, 
C                 F
I know Ive got so far to go and I 
C   A           G
any day now Ill explode

         C     F           G     A          G         F     
Like the angel you are you laugh creating a lightness in my
G    A
chest,
               C         F
Your eyes they penetrate me,
              G         A
(your answers always maybe)
           G     F      G   
Thats when I got up and left

A        G
Each and everyday 
C        F
it leads into tomorrow
    C                   A                G
And tomorrow brings one less day without you

A                G
But dont wait up just leave the light on
C             F
Cause all the roads that I might take
     C       A                G 
will all one day lead back to you

         C     F           G     A          G         F     
Like the angel you are you laugh creating a lightness in my  
G    A
chest,
               C         F
Your eyes they penetrate me,
              G         A
(your answers always maybe)
           G     F      G   
Thats when I got up and left

Like The Angel

Em                    C
simply because you can breathe doesn't mean you're alive,
G                  Dm
or that you really live,
Em                     C
this life has taken its toll,
                 G                          Dm
she just doesn't know how much more she can give 

    Em                     C			
But here, at the top of the world, 
                 G                     Dm
where I raise my hands and I clench my fists,
    Em                   C
they stand before me below demanding the 
G                       Dm
answers with flips of a switch

Em             Dm                   C
I don't understand where you got this idea,
   Em              Dm     C		
so deeply engrained in your head (that this world)
   Em            Dm      C
is something that you must impress,
  Em    Dm           C
cause I couldn't care less

  Em                   C			  
a need for revolution's rising, 
                G                    Dm
it comes to the surface, gasping for air,
          Em                      C
and we're not putting up with this planet 
         G                       Dm
one more day, much less one more year

 Em               C
I have an american dream,
                      G	                  Dm
but it involves black masks and gasoline,
                        Em	      C	
one day I'll turn these thoughts into screams,
                           G            Dm	
at a world that turned its back down on me

Black Masks And Gasoline

Am  F  C  G

Am                F
so come test me, so come break me,
C          G
so come on intoxicate me 
Am               F
with hands tied behind my back,
C           G               Am
I fight and wait for you to strike
Am             F
a new problem we can't stop them,
C                     G
we're outnumbered and uncautioned,
Am                F            C        G
a rally cry rings out into the night

Am       F           C        G
so pride yourself on what you are,
    Am       F       C           G
and hold them all to words they can't take back,
Am           F                  C       G
I've seen a place (it comes) to me in dreams 
Am            F      C          G                 Am           
where fires die but light still shines for us to see

Am  F  C  G

G                     Am
what did you have to say?
Am                  F
give me your logic, your definition,
C                      G
the words you twist to justify your position 
Am      F                         C
of mass starvation and blind airstrikes,
G                               Am
every problem is solved with a fight
Am             F      C              G   
peace won't be found, til we're underground,
Am            F              C     G
as long as we live without a sound

Am       F           C        G
So pride yourself on what you are,
    Am       F       C           G
and hold them all to words they can't take back,
Am           F                  C       G
I've seen a place (it comes) to me in dreams 
Am            F      C          G                 Am           
where fires die but light still shines for us to see

Blood Red White And Blue

Rpm10

# Please rate! Thanks :)
# Intro

Am F C G

# Verse 1

Am                                  F            G
Do you spend your days counting the hours you're awake?

Am                                  F            G
And when night covers the sky you find yourself doing the same

Am                                  F            G
There's a burden you've been bearing in spite of all your prayers

Am                                  
There's a light turned off inside your heart

F                G
Can you remember what it's like to care?

E                         F                G
Knees are weak, hands are shaking, I can't breathe

# Chorus

Am       
So give me the drug, keep me alive

         F
Give me what's left of my life

              C   G
Don't let me go, whooaa

          Am                  
Pull this plug, let me breathe

       F     
On my own, I'm finally free

              C      G
Don't let me go, whooaa

# Verse 2

Am                                  F            G
The trail of crumbs you left somehow got lost along the way

Am                                  F            G
If you never meant to leave then you only had to stay

Am                                  F            G
But the memories that haunt us are cherished just the same

Am                                  F            G
As the ones that bring us closer to the sky, no matter how grey

E                         F                G
And yet I fall, through these clouds, reaching, screaming

# Chorus

Am       
So give me the drug, keep me alive

         F
Give me what's left of my life

              C   G
Don't let me go, whooaa

          Am                  
Pull this plug, let me breathe

       F     
On my own, I'm finally free

              C      G
Don't let me go, whooaa

# Bridge

Am			F
This grip loosens but it never breaks

# (NEVER BREAKS!)

G 				F
We carry nothing but a name you will forsake

Am			F
Your words are always there to break my fall

(BREAK MY FALL!)

G 				F
In them I find the comfort to see through it all

Am			F
Guide me through unchartered waters

G 				F
Before we lose our way again

Am			F
Will you be my compass until forever?

G 				F
Until forever ends!?

E                         F                G
Knees are weak, hands are shaking, I can't breathe

# Chorus

Am       
So give me the drug, keep me alive

         F
Give me what's left of my life

              C   G
Don't let me go, whooaa

          Am                  
Pull this plug, let me breathe

       F     
On my own, I'm finally free

              C      G
Don't let me go, whooaa

# Ending

Am F C G
Don't let me go, whooaa

Am F C G                   Am
Don't let me go, whooaa

Injection

C#m            B
Tell me what I'm supposed to do

A                   A             C#m     B
With all these left over feelings of you.

A
'Cause I don't know.


C#m             B
And tell me how I'm supposed to feel

A                   A       C#m       B
When all these nightmares become real.

A
'Cause I don't know.


A                B            C#m
And I don't think you see the places inside me that I find you.

A                B            C#m
And I don't know how we separate the lies here from the truth.

A                B            C#m
And I don't know how we woke up one day somehow thought we knew

A  B                 C#m
Exactly what we're supposed to do.


C#m       B        A      B
So leave me at the roadside

C#m       B        A      B
And hang me up and out to dry.

C#m       B        A      B
So leave me at the roadside

C#m       B        A      B
And hang me up and out to dry.

# The rest is just the same
# Enjoy :D!

Roadside

Bm G A Em


A|----7---9------7---9-5------------------|
E|--7---7------7---7----------------------|
C|----------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------------|


Bm                         G                    A
Somewhere between happy, and total fucking wreck
Em                 G              A
Feet sometimes on solid ground, sometimes at the edge

# ...


Bm                                   A
Life for you, (who we are) has been less than kind
G                              A
So take a number, (who we are) stand in line

# ...

G F#m G A F#m

# ...

# The rest is just the same

# Enjoy! :D

Survive

Dm  Dm  Am7  Am7


Verse

Dm                               Gm
In fields where nothing grew but weeds,
                       F
I found a flower at my feet,
        C           G
Bending there in my direction,
Dm                          Gm
I wrapped a hand around its stem,
                              F
I pulled until the roots gave in,
        C                   G
Finding there what I'd been missing,


Pre Chorus

A#
But I know...
     Dm           F                  Gm
So I tell myself, I tell myself it's wrong.
          Dm                 F              Gm
There's a point we pass from which we can't return.
           A#               Am7    G
I felt the cold rain of the coming storm.


Chorus

               Dm  
All because of you,
                   F
I haven't slept in so long.
            C                        Gm
When I do I dream of drowning in the ocean,
                Dm                       F
Longing for the shore where I can lay my head down,
                 C
I'll follow your voice,
                Gm
All you have to do is shout it out.


Dm Dm   Am7  Am7


Verse

Dm                           Gm
Inside my hands these petals browned,
                        F
Dried up, fallen to the ground
       C               G
But it was already too late now.
Dm                              Gm
I pushed my fingers through the earth,
                            F
Returned this flower to the dirt,
            C              G
So it could live. I walked away now.

Pre Chorus

Gm
But I know...
Dm                F                      Gm
Not a day goes by that I don't feel this burn.
Dm                           F              Gm
There's a point we pass from which we can't return.
           Gm               Am7    G
I felt the cold rain of the coming storm.




Chorus

               Dm
All because of you,
                   F
I haven't slept in so long,
            C                        Gm
When I do I dream of drowning in the ocean,
                Dm                       F
Longing for the shore where I can lay my head down,
                 C
I'll follow your voice,
             Gm
All you have to do is shout it out.



Solo (Chords only, see other tabs for full solo)

Dm F C Gm x 3

Dm             F
All because of you...
C              Gm
All because of you...


Chorus

Dm 
All because of you,
                   F
I haven't slept in so long.
            C                        Gm
When I do I dream of drowning in the ocean,
                Dm                       F
Longing for the shore where I can lay my head down,
C                    Gm
Inside these arms of yours.


               Dm
All because of you,
             F
I believe in angels.
                  C
Not the kind with wings,
                      Gm
No, not the kind with halos,
                        Dm
The kind that bring you home, 
                            F
When home becomes a strange place.
                 C
I'll follow your voice,
                Gm 
All you have to do is shout it out.

The Good Left Undone

The Sufferer & The Witness

# -This is the original tuning of the song.
# -Can be played Em-G-D-Am with capo on 1 or just go the half step
#  down for easy play.

[Intro]
 
Fm G# D# A#m
Fm G# D# C# 


[Verse 1]

Fm                 G#                        D#             A#m
You can't feel the heat until you hold your hand over the flame 
Fm                    G#            D#                 A#m
You have to cross the line just to remember where it lays 
Fm                  G#             D#              A#m
You won't know your worth now son until you take a hit 
Fm                     G#             D#               A#m
And you won't find the beat until you lose yourself in it 

[Chorus]

Fm                                     G#
That's why we won't back down we won't run and hide 
            D#                            A#m
Yeah, cause these are the things that we can't deny 
            Fm              G#
I'm passing over you like a satellite
   D#              A#m 
So catch me if I fall 

              Fm                           G#
That's why we stick to your game plans and party lives
       D#                        A#m 
But at night we're conspiring by candlelight
           Fm             G# 
We are the orphans of the american dream
   D#                  A#m
Oh shine your light on me 


[Verse 2]

You can't fill your cup, until you empty all it has 
You can't understand what lays ahead if you don't understand the past 
You'll never learn to fly now until you're standing at the cliff 
And you can't truly love until you've given up on it 

[Chorus]

[Bridge]

C#                      Fm
   She told me that she never

      G#              C# 
Could face the world again 
                  D#
So I offered up a plan: 

Fm
We'll sneak out 
G#
While they sleep
D#       A#m        Fm
And sail off in the night
           G# 
We'll come clean 
          D#
And start over 
    A#m         Fm
The rest of our lives
           G#
When we're gone 
           D#
We'll stay gone
       A#m 
Out of sight
       Fm 
Out of mind 
     G#      D#
It's not too late
            A#m         Fm 
We have the rest of our lives

[Chorus]

Satellite

Am                                  G
Are there no fighters left here any more?
Am                                       G
Are we the generation we've been waiting for?
          Dm
Or are we patiently burning
        Em    Am               G
Waiting to be saved?
Am                                      G
Our heroes and icons have mellowed with age
Am                                 G
Following rules that they once disobeyed
Dm
They're now being led
                  Em       Am
When they used to lead the way

       F                C
Do you still believe in all the things
     G               Em
that you stood by before?
        F                 C
Are you out there on the front lines
   G               Am           G
Or at home keeping score?
       F              C            G                     Am
Do you care to be the layer of the bricks that seal your fate?
             F                          G
Or would you rather be the architect of what we might create?

Am                                                G
They laid out the blueprints, they poured down a base
Am                               G
Concrete solutions to slow our decay
Dm
And when they are gone
                     Em         Am             G
Who the f*ck's gonna take their place?
Am                                 G
Will it be the cynics, the critics galore?
Am                                 G
Cliche apathetic passed out on the floor
Dm                                   Em    Am
The trusting complicit who collectively ignore

       F                C
Do you still believe in all the things
     G               Em
that you stood by before?
        F                 C
Are you out there on the front lines
   G               Am           G
Or at home keeping score?
       F              C            G                     Am
Do you care to be the layer of the bricks that seal your fate?
             F                          G
Or would you rather be the architect of what we might create?

Am
Don't you remember when you were young
Am                                 Dm
And you wanted to set the world on fire?
               Em              Am
Somewhere deep down, I know you do
Am
And don't you remember when we were young
Am                                Dm
And we wanted to set the world on fire?
               Em             Am
Because I still am and I still do
        G                  F
Make no mistake we are not afraid
            C
To bear the burden of repeating
             Am
What they're thinking anyway
                G                    F
Let's raise the stakes on the bet we made
         C
Let's decide to be the architects
                   Am                G
The masters of our fate

       F                C
Do you still believe in all the things
     G               Em
that you stood by before?
    F           C
And after everything we've seen here
G          Am           G
Maybe even more
       F                  C        G               Am
And I know we're not the only ones we were not the first
             F                             G              Am
Unapologetically we'll stand behind each word

Architects

Endgame

LA RE
Jo et duré a casa si fa mal temps
MI FA#m
Jo t’empararé si un cas tens por
SIm MI
Jo te cuidaré si estàs malalta
RE LA
De tot cor, de tot cor
RE REm LA
De tot cor

MI RE DO#m-SIm-LA

FA#m DO#m
Estic a punt d’anar-me’n
RE LA RE
Mes abans de partir et diré
REm LA
Que et duc dins es pensament

FA#m DO#m
No deix de recordar-te
RE LA RE
I alen els teus alens tot calents
REm SIm MI
De lluny i de prop me tens


Jo et duré...

FA#m DO#m
I a dalt de s’escenari
RE LA RE
Quan estic concentrat cantant
REm MI
Jo sempre te tenc present

FA#m DO#m
Perquè m’ets necessari
RE LA
Com s’aire que respir
RE REm SIm MI
Necessit estar amb tu en tot moment


Jo et duré... ( bis )

De tot cor

[intro]
F Am Dm Am A# Dm Gm C

[Verse 1]
             F 
Baby really hurt me
                Am 
crying in the taxi
                Dm
He dont wanna know me
                         Am                     A#     Dm
says you make the big mistake of dancing in my store 
Gm                  C
   Says it was poison
                 F
So I guess I go home 
          Am                     Dm
into the arms of the girl that I love
                Am 
the only love I havent screwed up
A#                  Dm
   She's so hard to please
             Gm      C  
but shes a forest fire
        F               
I do my best to meet her demands
Am
play it romance
         Dm
we slow dance in the living room
    Am                      A#
but all that a stranger would see
        Dm           Gm               C     
is one girl swaying alone stroking her cheek

[Chorus]

      F         Am            Dm 
They say, "you're a little much for me
         Am     A# 
You're a liability
          Dm         Gm    C
You're a little much for me"
               F              Am 
So they pull back make other plans
       Dm 
I understand
     Am     A# 
I'm a liability
        Dm         Gm    
Get you wild, make you leave
       C            Dm            F    A#       
I'm a little much for eh oh-na-na-na everyone

[Verse 2]
            F 
The truth is, I am toy
                Dm
that people enjoy
                Am               A#
till all of the tricks dont work anymore
Dm              Gm       C
And then they are bored of me
             
                    F
I know that its exciting
                     Am
running through the night but
              Dm                Am
every perfect summer's eating me alive
            A#    Dm
unitl youre gone
Gm          C
Better on my own

[Chorus]

      F         Am            Dm 
They say, "you're a little much for me
         Am     A# 
You're a liability
          Dm         Gm    C
You're a little much for me"
               F              Am 
So they pull back make other plans
       Dm 
I understand
     Am     A# 
I'm a liability
        Dm         Gm    
Get you wild, make you leave
       C            Dm            F    A#       
I'm a little much for eh oh-na-na-na everyone

[Outro]
             Dm           F           A#
They're gonna watch me disappear into the sun
                 Dm        F           A#
You're all gonna watch me disappear into the sun

Liability

A                                     E 
Roll into your town and I'm walking around
                                                Fm                        
Got some extra time think I'll throw some money down
                                                     D
And you follow me around, and you're asking for the time

Your asking what I found 
                         A
think I'm gonna rob you blind

maybe it's the tattoo on my arm
        E
that I drew while I was bored waiting tables in new york
Fm                                            D
 a  heart and two flowers intertwined with a vine

Up Here

INTRO:

A |---------------------|
E |--7--7--7----------- -|
C |---------------------|
G |---------------------|

VERSE 1:   

C#m          E       B      A                     C#m   E    B   A 
I’m going away to be alone I’m coming back with answers
C#m           E            B    A            C#m   E   B   A
Don’t try to call my telephone it’s disconnected
C#m           E          B       A               C#m   E   B   A
And I don’t know where I’m going but can you guide me
C#m              E        B        A              C#m   E   B   A
But if I find love where I’m going will it survive me


PRE-CHORUS 1:

C#m            B   A                         C#m         A   B
‘Cause in your own space you’re disconnected and in your own mind you’re not affected
C#m         B   A                           C#m         A   B
And in your own time you’re still attracted but in your own life


CHORUS:

A                                 C#m            B
This heart attack I’ve gotta get away not coming back
A                                 C#m                     B
I want some downtime so call me when you can and I’ll be fine


VERSE 2: [same chords as VERSE1]
I’ve found the time to be alone I don’t know what you’re asking
I’m waiting by the telephone and you’re still barking
My heart stops it isn’t… going could you revive me
I think I’m lost without knowing so come and find me


PRE-CHORUS 2:  [same chords as PRE-CHORUS1]
‘Cause in the same space we’re disconnected and in your own mind you’re not attracted
But in your own life over reacted and in your own time


{CHORUS x2}


Sometimes if we don’t go sometimes you don’t know
You don’t go I don’t go I don’t go you don’t go

C#5  B5  A5                      C#5  A5  B5
            I’ve got your back              but you don’t got mine
C#5  E5  A5                    C#5  A5  B5
            This heart attack              then I’m feeling fine


CHORUS x2

C#m          E       B    A 
I’m going away to be alone
C#m          E       B    A 
I'm going away to be alone ...............

This Heart Attack

Intro:

Bb - F - A

F                 C
I've been feeling lonesome
F                            C
I'm down, don't know what to do
D
I let you lie to me
F
plant seeds inside
            E
to see them grow
                      F
only to leave them to die

  C
I learned my lesson
       E
I won't be forgetting
       F
I won't give my heart out
    A
with-out suspecting

Bb  F
why cry
Dm G
why cry
Bb  F
why cry
    A
for you

F                  C
I've been lost and finding
F                           C
out that I've been such a fool
D           
you thought you'd stick around
F
until the day you found
    E                    F
someone to make me obsolete

  C
I learned my lesson
       E
I won't be forgetting
       F
I won't give my heart out
    A
with-out suspecting

Bb  F
why cry
Dm G
why cry
Bb  F
why cry
Dm F
why cry
    Bb
for you... 


Guitar Solo:

Bb - F - A (2x)

  C     
I learned my lesson
       E
I won't be forgetting
       F
I won't give my heart out
    A
with-out suspecting

Bb  F
why cry
Dm G
why cry
Bb  F
why cry
Dm G
why cry
Bb  F
why cry
Dm G
why cry
Bb  F
why cry
Dm G
why cry
    A
for you

Why Cry

[Verse 1]
 G                              D
You like New York City in the daytime
 Bm                   A
I like New York City in the nighttime
 G                          D
You say you like sleeping with the air off
Bm                  A
I don't, I need it on
G                  D
You like the light coming through the windows
 Bm                      A
I sleep late, so I just keep 'em all closed
G                  D
You ignore the music on the radio
Bm                 A
I don't, I sing-a-long


[Pre-Chorus]
G               D        Bm             A
I don't ask for you to change, baby no no no
    G              D          Bm    A
And you don't ask for me to change


[Chorus]
N.C.                     D
Tell me how we're not alike
       Bm               A
But we work so well and we don't even know why
G              D
Funny how the stars crossed right
       Bm                   A
'Cause we work so well and we don't even know why
 G              D
You can call it fire and ice
    Bm                  A
But we work so well and we don't even know why
G              D
We don't even know why, no no
Bm                          A
We don't even know why, no no no


[Post-Chorus]
N.C.
No no no no
D
We like it in the daytime
Bm                 A
We like it in the end of time
N.C.
No no no no
D
We like it in the daytime
Bm                 A
We like it in the end of time


[Verse 2]
G                        D
Cold outside and you're just in a T-shirt
Bm                   A
I have cold blood even in a sweater
G                         D
You start your night sippin' by the Kilo
Bm                   A
I don't, I know you know


[Pre-Chorus]
G               D        Bm             A
I don't ask for you to change, baby no no no
    G              D          Bm    A
And you don't ask for me to change



[Chorus]
N.C.                     D
Tell me how we're not alike
       Bm               A
But we work so well and we don't even know why
G              D
Funny how the stars crossed right
       Bm                   A
'Cause we work so well and we don't even know why
 G              D
You can call it fire and ice
    Bm                  A
But we work so well and we don't even know why
G              D
We don't even know why, no no
Bm                          A
We don't even know why, no no no


[Post-Chorus]
N.C.
No no no no
D
We like it in the daytime (we don't even know)
Bm                 A
We like it in the end of time (we don't even know)
N.C.
No no no no
D
We like it in the daytime
Bm                   A
(We don't even know, know, know, know, know)




[Bridge]
G                          D
Somehow we end up on the same side
Bm                          A
And you wouldn't think that we'd be alright
G                      D            Bm             A
Even our eyes are different colors, but we see fine
G                         D
Somehow we end up on the same side (up on the same side)
Bm                            A
And you wouldn't think that we'd be alright

(Think that we'd be alright)

G                      D            Bm             A
Even our eyes are different colors, but we see fine


[Chorus]

 N.C.                     D
(Oh)Tell me how we're not alike
       Bm               A
But we work so well and we don't even know why

('Cause we work so well and we don't even know why, why)
G              D
Funny how the stars crossed right
       Bm                  A
'Cause we work so well and we don't even know why

(But we don't even know why)
G                D
You can call it fire and ice
    Bm                  A
But we work so well and we don't even know why

('Cause we work so well and we don't even know why, why)

G              D
We don't even know why, no no
Bm                          A
We don't even know why, no no no


[Post-Chorus]

N.C.
No no no no
D
We like it in the daytime (we don't even know)
Bm                 A
We like it in the end of time (we don't even know)
N.C.
No no no no
D
We like it in the daytime
Bm             A
We like it in the nighttime

F Am Dm C

    F              Am            Bb          C
The skirts go up, before the wall  among the madding crowds, 
    
     F                      Am                    Dm     C
They ruin, Like the rest of ruin, the rest of us ruin
          F                      Am           Bb           C
You are a living doll riding the circle tracks  behind the walls of clocks, 
        F                      Am                   Dm     C
In your ruin, Like the rest of ruin, the rest of us ruin     

 Bb                        F         C
Traffic will slow for the crash years
 Bb                             F         C      Dm     C
There's no other show like it 'round here, as a ru-u-ule
 Bb                        F            C
Windows will roll for the crash years 
        Bb                       F         C      Dm    C
There's no other show like it 'round here, as a ru-u-ule

F Ab F Ab
# (Whistlng part)

F Am Dm C

        F                     Am               Bb            C     
Now the candle's end, you are a light turned low  and like the rest of us,
                 F            Am               Dm     C
You've got those old, eternity blues, eternity blues
      F                              Am         Bb                C
Your fingers raised, you're looking for the word, what you want is accident
            F                 Am                 Dm    C
And not the drag, spectacular view, what you can lose

 Bb                         F         C
Traffic will slow for the crash years
 Bb                            F         C      Dm     C
There's no other show like it 'round here, as a ruuuule
 Bb                         F         C
Windows will close in the crash years 

Bb                          F        C      Dm     C
    Honey child, you're not safe here, as a ru-u-ule

F Ab F Ab
# (whistling part)

Bb 

F Am Dm C

 Bb                        F         C
Traffic will slow for the crash years
 Bb                             F         C      Dm     C
There's no other show like it 'round here, as a ru-u-ule
 Bb                        F            C
Windows will roll for the crash years 
        Bb                       F         C      Dm    C
There's no other show like it 'round here, as a ru-u-ule

F Ab F Ab
# (Whistling part)

        F                   Am            Dm                  C
And the ruins the wild, the ruins the wild, tonight will be an open mic.

# (Repeat six times and end on an F)

Crash Years

Intro  D     Bm7   G     A     x2


Verse 1
    D                              Bm7
We never spoke a word, but every thought she had 
                         G     A Asus A
I heard from across the room 
             D                               Bm7
If we were standin' face to face I couldn't find the words 
               G               A Asus A
To say give me one more move 
        G              A             G                   A
I don't even know her name, I guess foolish pride's to blame


Chorus 
          D                        D7
Now, I'm fallin' in love as she's walkin' away
        Bm7                 F#              G                    A
And my heart won't tell my mind to tell my mouth what it should say
 D                                  D7
May have lost this battle, live to fight another day
        Bm7 A   G                              Gm
Now I'm fallin' in love as she's walkin' away


Interlude   D     Bm7   G     A     x2


Verse 2
          D                           Bm7
Wise man next to me did say 'bout the one that got away
        G                    A
Son, I missed my chance 
           D                            Bm7
Don't you let regret take place of the dreams you have to chase
     G               A
Ask her to dance, go on, son
           G                 A              G                  A
You might fall down on your face, roll the dice and have some faith


Chorus
          D                        D7
Don't be fallin' in love as she's walkin' away
           Bm7                   F#                G                    A
When your heart won't tell your mind to tell your mouth what it should say
 D                                  D7
May have lost this battle, live to fight another day
         Bm7 A   G                               Gm
Don't be fallin' in love as she's walkin' away 


Solo   D    Bm7  Bm  F#  G   A  D    D7    Bm  F# |A   D 


           G                 A              G                  A
You might fall down on your face, roll the dice and have some faith
 
          D                        D7
Don't be fallin' in love as she's walkin' away
           Bm7                   F#                G                    A
When your heart won't tell your mind to tell your mouth what it should say
 D                                  D7
May have lost this battle, live to fight another day
         Bm7 A    Bm7 A       Bm7 A       G                      G   
Don't be fallin', fallin' in, fallin' in love as she's walkin' away


Outro  (G)   Gm  Bm7  E G  Gm  D

As She's Walking Away

Intro:  D A E A D
        D A E A D  E

      A
I was goin? where I shouldn?t go
D
Seein? who I shouldn?t see
E
Doin? what I shouldn?t do
    A
And bein? who I shouldn?t be


A little voice told me it?s all wrong
        D
Another voice told me it?s alright
  E
I used to think I was strong
    A
But lately I just lost the fight

Chorus:
D         A       E          A
Funny how fallin? feels like flyin?
D          
 For a little while
D         A       E          A
Funny how fallin? feels like flyin?
D                    E
 For a little while

      A
I got tired of bein? good
        D
Started missing that old feeling free
     E
Stop actin? like I thought I should
    A
And went on back to bein? me

  
I never meant to hurt no one
  D
I just had to have my way
           E
If there's such a thing as too much fun
A
This must be the price you pay

Chorus:
D         A       E          A
Funny how fallin? feels like flyin?
D          
 For a little while
D         A       E          A
Funny how fallin? feels like flyin?
D
 For a little while
E                 A                D
 You never see it comin? till it?s gone
E                     A           D
 It all happens for a reason even when it?s wrong
  E
Especially when it?s wrong


Solo: A D E A x2


Chorus:
D         A       E          A
Funny how fallin? feels like flyin?
D          
 For a little while
D         A       E          A
Funny how fallin? feels like flyin?
D                    E
 For a little while

      A
I was goin? where I shouldn?t go
D
Seein? who I shouldn?t see
E
Doin? what I shouldn?t do
    A
And bein? who I shouldn?t be

Fallin' And Flyin'

B  B  E  F# E (2x)

B
Situation Number one
B
Its the one that's just begun
    E                 F#   E
But evidently its too late
B
Situation Number two
B
Its the only chance for you
     E                         F#   E
It's controlled by denizens of hate
B
Situation Number three
B
It's the one that no one sees
E                          F#   E
All too often dismissed as fate
B
Situation Number four
B
The one that left you wanting more
E                       F#   E
Tantalized you with its bait

B  B  E  F# E (2x)

Endgame / Appeal To Reason / Siren Song Of The Counter Culture / The Sufferer & The Witness

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