Boys Like Girls Full Album 2007 Tuning: Standard EADGBe Tracklist: 01. The Great Escape 02. Five Minutes To Midnight 03. Hero/Heroine 04. On Top of the World 05. Thunder 06. Me, You, and My Medication 07. Up Against The Wall 08. Dance Hall Drug 09. Learning To Fall 10. Heels Over Head 11. Broken Man 12. Holiday _______________________________________________________ 1.) The Great Escape Key: Chords used: - 022100 - x24442 - x46654 - x02220 - 244222 - 466444 - x698xx x - x-12-14-14-0-0----------| /x - x-11-14-13-0-0-| - x476xx Intro: --- (x4) Guitar 2: Harmonics Effect Pedal e|--------------------------------| B|--------------------------------| G|-----9-------8-------9------9---| D|---9---9---9---9---9------9---9-| (x4) A|-7-------6----------------------| E|-----------------9-----7--------| Verse 1: Ax Paper bags and plastic hearts /G#x All are belongings in shopping carts It's goodbye But we got one more night Let's get drunk and ride around And make peace with an empty town (hold) We can make it right Chorus: Throw it away, forget yesterday We'll make the great escape We won't hear a word they say They don't know us anyway Watch it burn, let it die Cause we are finally free tonight Guitar 2: while chorus e|-9--12--16--11-| B|---------------| G|---------------| D|---------------| (x2) A|---------------| E|---------------| Interlude: x-/x Verse 2: Ax Tonight will change our lives /G#x It's so good to be by your side But we'll cry We won't give up the fight We'll scream loud at the top of our lungs And they'll think it's just cause were young (hold) And we'll feel so alive (Repeat Chorus) Bridge: All of the wasted time The hours that were left behind The answers that we'll never find They don't mean a thing tonight Solo: --- (x2) Guitar 2: e|-4--2--0--4--5--7--4--2--0--7--5--4-| B|------------------------------------| G|------------------------------------| D|------------------------------------| A|------------------------------------| E|------------------------------------| e|-4--2--0--4--5--7--4--2--0--2-| B|------------------------------| G|------------------------------| D|------------------------------| A|------------------------------| E|------------------------------| (Repeat Chorus in silence except last 2 lines) (Repeat Chorus except last 2 lines) (Repeat Chorus) Outro: Ax-E/G#x ________________________________________________________ 2.) 5 Minutes To Midnight Key: Tuning: Standard EADGBe Chords used: - xx0232 - x02220 - x24432 - 320033 - 022000 - 244222 Intro: -------- Guitar 2: e|-----------------| B|-3-3-2-2-3-3-----| G|-------------2-2-| D|-----------------| repeat many times A|-----------------| E|-----------------| Verse 1: Brown eyes and lungs are filled up with smoke Fast lives are stuck in the undertow But you know the places I wanna go Cause oh oh oh I've got a sickness you've got the cure You've got the spunk I've been lookin' for And I've got a plan we walk out the door You know you wanna Refrain: Just let go It's time to roll down the windows sing it oh oh Yeah all we need so here we go Chorus: Turn it up It's five minutes to midnight You're coming home with me tonight I can't get enough Shakin' me up Turn it up Alright at five minutes to midnight You see our name in city lights We'll make the clock stop Make your heart drop and come alive Verse 2: We could Pack up and leave all our things behind No fact or fiction or storyline Cause I need you more than just for tonight (hold) You're oh oh all I care I can't stop my breathing in I'm weak and you were my medicine I won't stop till I am under your skin (Repeat Refrain and Chorus except last line) and come alive Bridge: And when the clock strikes twelve Will you find another party go and kiss and tell Cause you know I never will I think we should strike a match We'll hold it to the wind to and see how long it lasts We can make the time stand still _________________________________________________ 3.) Hero/Heroine Key: Tuning: Standard EADGBe Chords used: - x32010 - 320003 - 022000 - 133211 - x02210 Intro: Guitar 1: e|-------0-| B|-1-0-1---| G|---------| D|---------| (x16) A|---------| E|---------| Guitar 2: ----- Guitar 3: e|-8--3--0--1--| B|-------------| G|-------------| D|-------------| A|-------------| E|-------------| Verse 1: It's too late baby, there's no turning around I got my hands in my pocket and my head in a cloud This is how I do When I think about you I never thought that you could break me apart I keep a sinister smile and a hole in my heart You want to get inside Then you can get in line But not this time Refrain: Cause you caught me off guard (hold) Now I'm running and screaming Guitar 1: while doing refrain e|-----3-| B|---0---| G|-1-----| D|-------| (x2) A|-------| E|-------| Chorus 1: I feel like a hero and you are my heroine Guitar 1: While doing chorus e|-------0-| B|-1-0-1---| G|---------| D|---------| (x16) A|---------| E|---------| Verse 2: I won't try to philosophize I'll just take a deep breath then I'll look in your eyes This is how I feel And it's so surreal I got a closet filled up to the brim With the ghosts of my past and their skeletons And I don't know why You'd even try But I won't lie (Repeat Refrain) Chorus 2: I feel like a hero and you are my heroine Do you know that your love is the sweetest sin? Guitar 1: While doing chorus e|-------0-| B|-1-0-1---| G|---------| D|---------| (x16) A|---------| E|---------| Bridge: And I feel a weakness coming on It never felt so good to be so wrong Had my heart on lockdown And then you turned me around And I'm feeling like a newborn child Every time I get a chance to see you smile It's not complicated I was so jaded Guitar 1: while doing Bridge e|----------12-| B|-13-12-13----| G|-------------| D|-------------| (x32) A|-------------| E|-------------| (Repeat refrain in silence and Chorus 2) Outro: (I feel like a hero and you are my heroine) And I feel a weakness coming on It never felt so good to be so wrong Had my heart on lockdown And then you turned me around (Do you know that your love is the sweetest sin?) And I'm feeling like a newborn child Every time I get a chance to see you smile It's not complicated I was so jaded (Repeat outro in silence) (hold) _____________________________________________________________ 4.) On The Top Of The World Key: Tuning: Standard EADGBe - x02220 - 022100 - 244222 - xx0232 Intro: ------- Verse 1: (hold) Look up the stars are fading And I am still here waiting To see you again Be with you my friend When the moon is gone forever I hope you're up there somewhere I'll see you again Be with you my friend Refrain 1: Cause all the roads they lead to where you are And all the streetlights shine like they were stars That's where you are Chorus: Let's spend tonight on top of the world And we can do anything We can be anything I'll meet you tonight on top of the world As real as it seems You're only in my dreams Interlude: -- Verse 2: Look out across the water Faces of lonely daughters and mothers who care But just can't be there Swear that I will see you someday I have to find a way To show you I care Even if you're not there Refrain 2: So I'm following the road to where you are (Meet you tonight on top of) The streetlights they will guide me to the stars That's where you are (Repeat Chorus) Bridge: My heart is empty without you Sometimes you don't know what you do And I need you tonight I'll fall asleep and it's alright Close my eyes and I'll be by your side (Repeat Chorus) Outro: Let's spend tonight on top of the world As real as it seems You're only in my dreams _____________________________________________________________ 5.) Thunder Key: Tuning: Standard EADGBe Chords used: - xx0232 - x4222x - x24432 - 320033 - x02220 - 022000 - 244222 Verse 1: Today is a winding road that's taking me to places that I didn't want to go Whoa (whoa whoa whoa) Today in the blink of an eye I'm holding on to something and I do not know why I tried Refrain: I tried to read between the lines I tried to look in your eyes I want a simple explanation For what I'm feeling inside I gotta find a way out (hold) Maybe there's a way out Chorus 1: Your voice was the soundtrack of my summer Do you know you're unlike any other? You'll always be my thunder and I said Your eyes are the brightest of all the colors I don't wanna ever love another You'll always be my thunder Post Chorus 1: So bring on the rain And bring on the thunder Verse 2: Today is a winding road Tell me where to start and tell me something I don't know Whoa (whoa whoa whoa) Today I'm on my own I can't move a muscle and I can't pick up the phone I don't know (I don't know I don't know I don't know) Refrain 2: And now I'm itching for the tall grass And longing for the breeze I need to step outside Just to see if I can breathe I gotta find a way out Maybe theres a way out (Repeat Chorus 1) Post Chorus2: So bring on the rain Bridge: Yeah I'm walking on a tightrope I'm wrapped up in vines I think we'll make it out But you just gotta give me time Strike me down with lightning Let me feel you in my veins I wanna let you know how much I feel your pain Verse 3: Today is a winding road that's taking me to places that I didn't want to go Whoa Chorus 2: Your voice was the soundtrack of my summer Do you know you're unlike any other? You'll always be my thunder and I said Your eyes are the brightest of all the colors I don't wanna ever love another You'll always be my thunder I said Your voice was the soundtrack of my summer Do you know you're unlike any other? You'll always be my thunder Outro: So bring on the rain I don't bring it here (hold) On the pain just to (hold) hear the thunder ______________________________________________________ 6.) Me You And My Medication Key: Tuning: Standard EADGBe Chords used: F#m - 244222 - x02220 - xx0232 E - 022100 - x4222x Intro: F#m--D-- x4 Piano: e|------------------| B|-2----------------| G|-------2-----2--4-| D|----4-----4-------| x8 A|------------------| E|------------------| Verse 1: Found my way to the highway I don't wanna tell you the state I'm in I've had too much to smoke too much to drink where have I been It feels like the stars are getting closer and the sky is closing in And I don't know where to begin Refrain 1: We're all looking for something To take away the pain Chorus: Me and you and my medi---cation (Making the best of it) Love is just a chemical cre--ation (Will it be permanent?) Synthetic sensation Me you and my medication Verse 2: The way back to the right track maybe you can help me find the door Is it too much to ask too much too fast too much to ignore It feels like your bodys getting closer but you seem so far away Medicine make it ok (Repeat Refrain 1 and chorus) Bridge: Can you feel it? Do you feel it? Coming down You gotta get up Can you get up Off the ground Can you hear it? Can you hear me screaming? Can you feel it? Do you feel it? Coming down You gotta get up Can you get up Off the ground I wanna hear it Wanna hear you breathing Refrain 2: Were all addicted to something That takes away the pain (Repeat Chorus) (Repeat Piano Intro) ___________________________________________________________ 7.) Up Against The Wall Key: Tuning: Standard EADGBe Chords used: E - 022100 - x24442 - x46654 - x02220 F#m - 244222 Intro: Piano: e|-9-9-7-7-------------| B|---------9-9---------| G|-------------8-8-9-9-| D|---------------------| (x2) A|---------------------| E|---------------------| Distortion: C#m--E-A (x2) Verse 1: It's over, look out below I'm wasted, I still taste it Yeah it's so hard to let go So breathe in now, and breathe it out The forecast; A car crash It's looking like another Refrain: Breakdown, rebound This could be my last goodbye You cross your heart, I hope to die Chorus 1: And I can't deny your eyes You know I try to read between the lines I saw a warning sign And then you threw me up against the wall Who said that it's better to have loved and lost? I wish that I had never loved at all (Repeat Intro but only once) Verse 2: No rewinds, no second times And I won't break, I won't waste Everything you left behind So don't follow, just let it go The weather's been better So let it be another (Repeat Refrain) (Repat Chorus 1) Bridge: All the nights you spent sitting nowhere Out there on your own All the nights I waited by the phone When you were going in alone And all your different faces And all your different ways Are making everything a mess And all I'm saying is that I have different places and All the complications end today Chorus 2: And I can't deny your eyes You know I try to read between the lines I saw a warning sign And then you threw me up against the wall Who said that it's better to have loved and lost? I wish that I had never loved at all (Repeat Chorus 1) (Repeat Intro) _______________________________________________________ 8.) Dance Hall Drug Key: Tuning: Standard EADGBe Chords used: - x24432 - xx0232 G - 320033 E - 022100 - x02220 Em - 022000 / - x143xx - x4222x Intro : Bm--E Verse 1: Grown up she just turned 16 Stuck in the moment Dead at the scene And it's on tonight This is the life that you wanted right? So turn off all the lights Dressed up just like a movie star At all the parties they'll know who you are Wouldn't it be great To be fashionably late? So why don't you wait til you're sedated Refrain: Don't it feel like something's not right in this kiss tonight? Chorus 1: All I'm saying is do you do you want to lose it all? Cause this is more than just a dance hall drug You can't wait to fall in love All I'm saying is do you do you want to learn to fly? Then you should pack it up and say goodbye Cause when the push comes to the shove it's just a dance hall drug Interlude: Verse 2: Step in and you can lock the door The candles are lit and the clothes on the floor You could take a chance on finding romance Now you're holdng hands But he's got other plans Tick tock the clock is turning red The room won't stop spinning and thoughts in your head And it's too late You feel like you're making a big mistake You should've waited (Repeat Refrain 1) Chorus 2: All I'm saying is do you do you want to lose it all? Cause this is more than just a dance hall drug You can't wait to fall in love All I'm saying is do you do you want to learn to fly? Then you should pack it up and say goodbye Cause when the push comes to the / shove it's just a dance hall drug Bridge: Just wait love Show them what you're made of Refrain 2: Don't it feel like something's not right in this kiss tonight? Chorus 3: All I'm saying is do you do you want to lose it all? Cause this is more than just a dance hall drug You can't wait to fall in love All I'm saying is do you do you want to learn to fly? Then you should pack it up and say goodbye Cause when the push comes to the shove it's just a dance hall drug Chorus 4: Refrain: Don't it feel like something's not right in this kiss tonight? Chorus 1: All I'm saying is do you do you want to lose it all? Cause this is more than just a dance hall drug You can't wait to fall in love All I'm saying is do you do you want to learn to fly? Then you should pack it up and say goodbye Cause when the push comes to the / (hold) shove it's just a dance hall drug ___________________________________________________ 9.) Learning To Fall Key: Tuning: Standard EADGBe Chords used: Gm - 355333 - x68886 - x13331 F - 133211 - 587xxx or x032xx - x35543 - x587xx Verse 1: Today is the day, the worst day of my life You're so content it hurts me, I don't know why The cost of misery, is at an all time high (hold) I keep it hidden, close to the surface in sight Chorus I'm learning to fall, I can't hardly breathe When I'm going down don't worry about me Don't try this at home, you said you don't see I don't want to know that you know, it should have been me Guitar 2: While doing chorus e|-------13-------13----10-| B|-10h11----10h11----10----| G|-------------------------| D|-------------------------| x8 A|-------------------------| E|-------------------------| Verse 2: Could you be with him? Or was it just a lie? He doesn't catch you like I do And you don't know why You change your clothes and your hair But I can't change your mind Oh, I'm uninvi-ted So unrequi-ted now (Repeat Chorus) Bridge: Words screaming in my head Why did you leave? And I can't stop dreaming Watching you and him (hold) When it should have been It should have been me Today is the day, the worst day of my life (Repeat Chorus) _________________________________________________ 10.) Heels Over Head Key: Tuning: Standard EADGBe Chords used: - x68886 G# - 466544 - x35543 - x13331 Gm - 355333 Fm - 133111 Verse 1: I got your runaway smile in my piggybank baby Gonna cash it right in for a new Mercedes (hold) You were worth the hundred thousand miles (hold) But you couldn't stay awhile I got your little brown shirt in my bottom drawer baby And your little white socks in the top drawer You were always leaving your shit around And gone without a sound Refrain: Yeah I'm the first to fall and the last to know (hold) Where'd you go? Chorus 1: Now I'm heels over head I'm hanging upside down Thinking how you left me for dead (hold) California bound Verse 2: I got a first class ticket to a night all alone And a front row seat up right by the phone because you're always on my mind And I'm running out of time I've got your hair on my pillow and your smell in my sheets And it makes me think about you with the sand in your feet Is it all you thought it'd be? You mean everything to me (Repeat Refrain and Chorus 1) Chorus 2 And when you hit the coast I hope you think of me And how I'm stuck here with the ghost Of what we used to be Bridge: You're burning bridges baby (burnin' bridges) Make your wishes (Repeat x2) You're burning bridges baby (burnin' bridges) Make your wishes You're burning bridges baby (burnin' bridges) Make your wishes You're a chance taker, heartbreaker Got me wrapped around your finger (Repeat x2) (Repeat 1st 4 lines of verse 1) (Repeat Chorus 1, Chorus 2 then Chorus 1) Outro: And when you hit the coast Maybe you'll finally see And then you'll turn it all around And you'll come back to me ___________________________________________________ 11.) Broken Man Key: Tuning: Standard EADGBe Chords: - xx0232 - x02220 - x24432 G - 320033 Em - 022000 F#m - 244222 Intro: Verse 1: I want to scream until no sound comes out and you've learned your lesson I want to swallow these pills to get to sleep So I don't have to make a bad impression Refrain: I need to start to be myself Cause I'm sick of everybody else Chorus 1: I won't let you bring me down It's here and now I'm breaking out I will learn to love again But I will stand a broken man Interlude: Verse 2: I wanna run but only far enough to make you miss me I wanna take back all the shit that I have done But I guess you were better off without me (Repeat Refrain and Chorus 1) Bridge: I took one big step and I looked away And then I thought of all the things that I wanted to say I'm always too late you never got your story straight I'm always up late I think I'm everything you hate (Repeat Thrice) (Repeat Chorus 1) Chorus 2: While singing Bridge I won't let you bring me down It's here and now I'm breaking out I will learn to love again (hold) But I will stand a broken man ________________________________________________________ 12.) Holiday Key: Tuning: Standard EADGBe Chords used: E - 022100 - x24442 - x46654 - x02220 - 476xxx F#m - 244222 - xx0232 Intro: e|-----------12--------12--------12--------| B|-12---12--------12--------12--------12---| G|----9----9----9----9----9----9----9----9-| D|-----------------------------------------| x2 A|-----------------------------------------| E|-----------------------------------------| Verse 1: When I was younger I used to be wild As wild as an elephant's child No one could hold me down No one could keep me around Now it's your turn take a shot Baby show me everything that you got Maybe you can keep me alive Maybe you can get in my mind But it's only a matter of time Chorus: Before I run far away I need to take a holiday Maybe it's a fall from grace I gotta find a new place holiday I'll set off on a new chase I gotta see a new face I need to take a holiday Post chorus: E Verse 2: My father he was always wise As wise as an elephant's eyes He couldn't hold me down He couldn't keep me around So are you gonna take your shot? It's the only one that you got Maybe I'll go out on a limb Maybe I'll jump in for a swim When the lights go dim (Repeat Chorus) Interlude: A--E/G#-- Whoa whoa whoa whoa Bridge: I mean a new start I've broken too many hearts And I don't have any clue where to go I don't know But maybe I'll be back someday after my holiday Verse 3: When I was younger I used to be wild As wild as an elephant's child And I don't think I'll ever change I think I'm gonna stay the same (Repeat Chorus) Outro: A new start I've broken too many hearts And I don't have any clue where to go I don't know But maybe I'll be back someday after my holiday The Great Escape Bridge repeated in this song All of the wasted time The hours that were left behind The answers that we'll never find A B E D--C#m--A-B They don't mean a thing tonight E--D--C#m--A--B-E