Defiance, Ohio is an indie band from Columbus, Ohio. They are known for their extensive touring and intense, enthusiastic live shows. They are named (tongue in cheek) after the real town Defiance, Ohio. The band has a unique line-up for a punk act, featuring violin, cello, banjo, acoustic and electric guitars, piano, and electric bass (formerly an upright bass).  Since Defiance, Ohio formed in 2002 they have released four full length LPs, Share What Ya Got, The Great Depression, The Fear, the Fear, the Fear, Midwestern Minutes and several singles, B sides and split EPs.

Defiance, Ohio es una banda anticapitalista de folk punk de Columbus, Ohio. Son Conocidos por sus extensos tours y sus entusiastas e intensos conciertos en vivo. Su nombre se deriva del pueblo llamado Defiance del estado de Ohio. La banda usa instrumentos como el violín, el cello y contra bajo. Esta banda también es conocida por estar envuelta con el sello de mentalidad DIY Plan-It-X-Records. A menudo salen de gira con artistas de este sello y participan en los festivales Plan-It-X-Fests.  

Intro:
C G F
C G F

C                                          G   F
Calling old friends to make sure they're real, talking, talking just to feel
      C                                 G       F
that sense of home you lost when you left last year.
C                        G     F
Distance is just numbers on a dashboard, hours thinking about
C                             G      F
nothing but the transmission stutter you fear.
  F                 G             Am
I remember what you whispered in my ear, 
    F                 G                C     G       F
and all the things we tried so hard to never have to hear, 
F                          G                      Am
like kids tighten up, start saving for the golden year. 
               F                 G                  C         G      F
Well, hey, that picture it fades day by day and the outcome's not so clear.

F Fm
F Fm
                C                          G               F
Don't think I'll see you around this winter, and my tongue's stuck full of splinters; 
    C                               G   F        
I'm embarrassed to admit what I've been thinking. 
C                          G    F                     
Hope keeps some afloat, but for me it's no life boat. 
           C                     G       F
The tighter I hold on the deeper down I'm sinking.

         F              G       Am   
Tried to put my finger on it but gave it my whole arm. 
       F                G               C    G       F
Reached out with good intention, but it only did more harm. 
F                   G             Am
Find ourselves alone since the day we're born, 
           F             G               C      G           F
so we seek someone to sew sutures in the places where we're torn.

F Fm
F Fm
F Fm

C G F
C G F
C G F
C G F
C

Calling Old Friends

G C F G F 

         C               F
I had no idea what I was after
         C             F
I'm just preparing for disaster
C               F               G
With everything feeling so far away

         C               F
Familiar faces, familiar lips,
         C            F            G
is there any point to this hanging around?


      C             F           C         F
I was upset when that glass broke doing the dishes
   C           F             G
At 11:11 every night I make wishes.
C               F      C               F
Habit and superstition feed my foolish fires
C            F                       G
they've been burning for a couple of months


F              G
I stay out all day
F                       G
to keep these thoughts away
F                            G
Why don't you give my feet a break
C
and come back?


Little interlude similar to intro, followed by

C F C F C F C F


  C               F                C                    F
I remember in the kitchen when you told me your grandma died
C             F                G
That's when I realized it gets worse

          C                F                  C               F
I want to wish things last forever, won't you thicken my soft skin
C          F         G
Comfort me so that I remember, remember


F                        G
When I walk through that door
        F                         G
I won't hear the happy sounds any more
     F                  G                     C
this year took so much away and won't give it back

Condition 11:11

G                                                C                           D
They say the new world order is just god's master plan but if the 
  G                                     C                     D
blueprint calls some to starve, don't blame god's right-hand man, 'cause the 
G                          C                       
president is holy, and the president is pious, 
     G(srum once and mute)            D                G        C D
and hallelujah! he's a good ol' boy! hosannah in the highest!


G   C D (repeat


      G                               C             D
The plan is written in god's hand so only bush can read it, 
        G                                     C                 D
and it calls for battle in god's name and it calls for bush to lead it, 
         G                                     C
and the blueprint calls to drill for oil, and exterminate the land, 
       G                                          D             G
and if you can't hear god's calling, then you're probably from france! 
G                              C            
cause the USA is holy, and the USA is pious, 
     G(strum once and mute)           D               G       C D
and hallelujah! god is on our side! hosannah in the highest!


G   C D (repeat)


     G                                  C               D
And god is great, and god is good, and let us thank god for our food, 
    G                                   C                 D
we may well have more than we need and god well yet have mouths to feed, 
     G                                  C 
but god is great, and god is good, and someday soon, he'll feed you, too, 
       G                                           D
'cause once we've got our yachts and crowns, god planned some food to trickle down, 
         G                            C
so just keep those thoughts holy, be patient and be pious, 
     G(strum once and mute)                  D              G      C D
and hallelujah! god'll grant your prayers, hosannah in the highest!


G   C D (repeat)



     G                                   C                  D
And I thank god for a god so mild, who spared the rod and spoiled the child,
     G                                                C           D
and signed a blank check so his boys and girls could buy up the entire world, 
           G                               C
so don't think us rude if we intrude, but god in heaven ordained us to, 
        G                               D
so you best improve that attitude and step aside we've work to do 
      G                                     C
and thanks for keeping things in shape 'til we could come and take our place. 
    G(strum once then mute)        D             G
Oh hallelujah! ain't life great? Hosanna in the highest!

The New World Order

The Great Depression

Intro: Em, G, C

Em
G        C
autistic brother
Em
G             C
refridgerator mother
Em        G          
PIlls all across the floor
    C
the inside of your medicine drawer
Em          G          C
The outside, looking in
Em    G               C
going through the eye sockets
     Em              G           C
steel walls and grey wrinkels of flesh
Em               G              C
litheum among us neurons firing bloodcodes pass from family to family 
   Em               G                C
and everyone of the other side of the wall
 
Em           G                C
search for a need in a sea of haze   
       Em                            G                 C
and we poke and prod, poke and prod, poke and prod and poke and prod, 
Em       G                        F
we don't understand what makes us up
Em             G              C
social science all are social fuck-ups

play intro 2x

Em
G       C
sad sad sister
Em
G          C
frustrated father
Em            G            C
do you need a place to go, do you need a room to hide in 
Em            G           C
cocktail combinations the injection
Em           G               C
lost like an eel in a sea of hay
    Em*                 G                C
and stacks of bills prescripitons pills something in the way
F         Em   
mhhh mhhhh mhhhh
                     G                          C (end the song on this C chord)
the distance betweed ourself and what we see as sick

Everyone Else On The Other Side

G                             D                    C  
And as the story unfolds over time, things we once knew they do  dissolve 
         G                          D                   Em
into the sky. She swears she sees a brand new constellation every time 
A        C       D              C           G               D
somebody we know dies, it is no consolation prize but we will remember you. 
      G                 D                  C                              
So to get good sleep at night, silence the oracles, they are singing from 
  G                   D                 Em              A                    
inside. Nobody really wants to know the future, we just want to hear “you'll
C    D                     G            C                       Cm
be alright” and we’ll be alright. These days they will find us learning that 
               G               C                         Cm
we had it all wrong; but these days they will find us unashamed because we've 
                      G          D               C          
been learning all along, and the radio plays a familiar song.

            G             D                C                                    
And to this magic we hold on, I just don’t want to feel its loss until it’s 
G                        D              Em               A           D      
gone. It was in an eerie glow I finally left you lonely, left the TV on. If I 
     C                                  Cm                             G
have one regret it’s letting this whole nihilistic shit charade live on! You  
        C                                 Cm
know it scares the hell out of me when my friends think they have nobody to 
     G            D               C
lean on! …And the radio plays a familiar song.

           G              D               C                          G
And in the darkness of my room I keep conversing with the man in the moon. I 
                           D                Em             A      
know he’s going to tell me something that I want to hear I bet it’ll happen 
D     G                                       D                    
soon because all the books I've read just don’t read right, say to save 
     C                                G                           D
your soul you’ve got to hide yourself inside, or forget about the world that 
    Em                   A               C      D            C
you perceive, no, we are here for such a little while. These days they will 
        Cm                               G           C       
find us learning that we had it all wrong, but these days they will find us 
Cm                                             G         D
unashamed because we’ve been learning all along, and the radio plays a 
C                        
familiar song and

         G                           D                   Am               C
 you are loved you are loved you are really loved.                      x4

End on G.

You Are Loved

Midwestern Minutes

riff         
A|-------|
E|-3-1-0-|
C|-------|
G|-------|


intro

C Am F x2

C        Am           F
lay your head next to mine
 
         C              Am       F
and well sleep one good sleep tonight

C           Am          F1
fall asleep love to forget or to dream

       C              Am        F      riff    C  riff
fall asleep to leave this world behind


C F G F x2

      F             G        C            F
and i wish for you friend to lie down in peace

      F             G        F
and i wish for you always to know

        F               G                C             F   
that as long as you'll dream under these stars in the sky

           F               G          F     
that we've seen since the day we were born

F  G

C  Am F
Ah Ah Ah

C  Am       F
Ah Ah Ah Ah Ah


   C        Am             F   
to move but don't move too fast

         C              Am          F      riff   C  riff
for your dreams or your grandest of plans


C F G F x2

      F             G        C            F
and i wish for you friend to lie down in peace

      F             G        F 
and i wish for you always to know

        F               G                C             F   
that as long as you'll dream under these stars in the sky

           F               G          F  (let ring)  F  
that we've seen since the day we were born


Am                  G             Am                   G
dream of nights of fireflies and skies so clear so untouched

Am                    G               Am              G
dream of a time of a place for us to live so free so free

        F             G        C
just as quick as you can fall asleep

Lullabies

Share What Ya Got

[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

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:

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

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:

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

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

Am                              E
There are children standing here,
                              G
Arms outstretched into the sky,
                          D
Tears drying on their face.
              Am
He has been here.
                          E
Brothers lie in shallow graves.
                           G
Fathers lost without a trace.
                           D
A nation blind to their disgrace,
                        Am
Since he's been here.
                    E
And I see no bravery,
 G                  D
No bravery in your eyes anymore.

Only sadness.

(Continue the same chord progression)

Houses burnt beyond repair.
The smell of death is in the air.
A woman weeping in despair says,
He has been here.
Tracer lighting up the sky.
It's another families' turn to die.
A child afraid to even cry out says,
He has been here.

And I see no bravery,
No bravery in your eyes anymore.
Only sadness.

There are children standing here,
Arms outstretched into the sky,
But no one asks the question why,
He has been here.
Old men kneel to accept their fate.
Wives and daughters cut and raped.
A generation drenched in hate.
Says, he has been here.

And I see no bravery,
No bravery in your eyes anymore.
Only sadness.

No Bravery

D G D A D x 2

D
I been loved and I been alone
G
all my life I been a rolling stone
D
done everything a man can do
G	                       C	D
everything but get a hold on you
C			D
done everything a man can do
G	D 	A 	D
everything but get a hold on you

D
I've been blessed and I've been cursed
G
all my lies have been unrehearsed
D	
a wall of fire that I walked through
G			C	D
only trying to get a hold on you
C				D
a wall of fire that I walked through
G	D	A	D
only trying to get a hold on you

G	D	A	D

A
I saw you waiting at the gate
D
but I arrived a moment late 
A
I saw you shed a single tear
G	D	A	D
but still I can't get there from here

D
I been high and I been low
G
I been people that I don't know 
D
I been to China and to Peru

G			C    D
only trying to get a hold on you
C			D
I been to China and to Peru
G	D	A	D
only trying to get a hold on you

G	D	A	D
only trying to get a hold on you

Hold On You

Riff:
|3-----------6-------------------|3-----------6---------------|
|3-------6/8-6-----------8-------|3-------6/8-6-----------8---|
|3-------5/7-7-----------7-------|3-------5/7-7-----------7---|
|0-------------------------------|0---------------------------|
Repeat 2x


| Cm - - - | Cm - - - | Cm - - - | Cm - - - |
Here come old flattop he come grooving up slowly
He got joo joo eyeball he one holy roller

| G7 - - - | G7 - - Gb7 | F7 - - - | - - - - |
He got hair down to his knee
Got to be a joker he just do what he please

| Cm - - - | Cm - - - | Cm - - - | Cm - - - |
He wear no shoe shine he got toe jam football
He got monkey finger he shoot Coca-Cola

| G7 - - - | G7 - - Gb7 | F7 - - - | - - - - |
He say,"I know you and you know me"
One thing I can tell you is you got to be free

| Am - - G7 | F7 - G7 - |
Come together right now over me



Repeat Riff



| Cm - - - | Cm - - - | Cm - - - | Cm - - - |
He bag production he got walrus gumboot
He got Ono sideboard he one spinal cracker

| G7 - - - | G7 - - Gb7 | F7 - - - | - - - - |
He got feet down below his knee
Hold you in his armchair you can feel his disease

| Am - - G7 | F7 - G7 - |
Come together right now over me


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