Before the Blackout
2005
Submitted by: [email protected]
Key: C#
Tuning: Standard EADGBe
Chords used:
C# x46664
C#M7 x46564
[Fm] [133111]
[F#] [244322]
[G#]Bbm [466544]x13321
A x02220
Ebm x68876
G#/C x365xx
Intro: C# G# F# Fm F# Fm F# x2
Verse 1:
[C#]Close the door
turn off the light
You'll [C#M7]never see
the bloodshot eyes
Cause you [F#]never
come around[A]
The [C#]pictures that
had lined the halls
I s[C#M7]mashed and through
against the wall
Yeah you [F#]torn
them all down
Because you [A]never
come around
Refrain 1:
[Ebm] So maybe one [G#]day
I can get the
[Ebm]thought of you
G# Bbm G#/C < these last 2 chords are only played by bass
Out of my head
Chorus 1:
[C#] You've got a [F#]lotta nerve to
[G#]grab my heart and [F#]rip it out
[C#] You've got a [F#]lotta nerve to
[G#]show me what you're [F#]all about
[C#] You've got a [F#]lotta nerve to
[G#]hold me then for[F#]get me
Like a [F#]bad [G#]dream
Post Chorus: C# G# F# Fm F# Fm F# x2
Verse 2:
[C#]Traded me in hopes to find
Some [C#M7]happiness in one more lie
Yeah you [F#]had it figured out[A]
Was [C#]there a hint of honesty
In [C#M7]anything you said to me
Yeah I [F#]wrote it all down
So I could s[A]cream it out loud
Refrain 2:
[Ebm] And maybe one [G#]day
I could hold it [Ebm]up above
G# Bbm G#/C Bbm G#/C < these last 2 chords are only played by bass
Your pretty blonde head
(Repeat Chorus 1)
Bridge:
Bbm(hold) Ebm
Made me promise
that you'll try
Bbm(hold)
You told me
[Ebm]everything is
gonna be [F#]fine
Again the second time
I [A]hope its not
another lie
You [G#]figured it out
Tore it all down
Lock it all up
So I could scream it out
Interlude: C# G# F# Fm F# Fm F# x2
Chorus 2:
[C#] You've got a [F#]lotta nerve to
[G#]grab my heart and [F#]rip it out
[C#] You've got a [F#]lotta nerve to
[G#]show me what you're [F#]all about
[C#] You've got a [F#]lotta nerve to
[G#]hold me then for[F#]get me
Like a [F#]bad [G#]dream[C#][G#][F#]
[Fm]Like [F#]a [Fm]bad [F#]dream[C#][G#][F#]
[Fm]Like [F#]a [Fm]bad [F#]dream[C#][G#][F#]
Fm F# Fm F# C# G# F# Fm F# Fm F# F#(Hold)
Like a bad dream
2005
Submitted by: [email protected]
Key: C#
Tuning: Standard EADGBe
Chords used:
C# x46664
C#M7 x46564
[Fm] [133111]
[F#] [244322]
[G#]Bbm [466544]x13321
A x02220
Ebm x68876
G#/C x365xx
Intro: C# G# F# Fm F# Fm F# x2
Verse 1:
[C#]Close the door
turn off the light
You'll [C#M7]never see
the bloodshot eyes
Cause you [F#]never
come around[A]
The [C#]pictures that
had lined the halls
I s[C#M7]mashed and through
against the wall
Yeah you [F#]torn
them all down
Because you [A]never
come around
Refrain 1:
[Ebm] So maybe one [G#]day
I can get the
[Ebm]thought of you
G# Bbm G#/C < these last 2 chords are only played by bass
Out of my head
Chorus 1:
[C#] You've got a [F#]lotta nerve to
[G#]grab my heart and [F#]rip it out
[C#] You've got a [F#]lotta nerve to
[G#]show me what you're [F#]all about
[C#] You've got a [F#]lotta nerve to
[G#]hold me then for[F#]get me
Like a [F#]bad [G#]dream
Post Chorus: C# G# F# Fm F# Fm F# x2
Verse 2:
[C#]Traded me in hopes to find
Some [C#M7]happiness in one more lie
Yeah you [F#]had it figured out[A]
Was [C#]there a hint of honesty
In [C#M7]anything you said to me
Yeah I [F#]wrote it all down
So I could s[A]cream it out loud
Refrain 2:
[Ebm] And maybe one [G#]day
I could hold it [Ebm]up above
G# Bbm G#/C Bbm G#/C < these last 2 chords are only played by bass
Your pretty blonde head
(Repeat Chorus 1)
Bridge:
Bbm(hold) Ebm
Made me promise
that you'll try
Bbm(hold)
You told me
[Ebm]everything is
gonna be [F#]fine
Again the second time
I [A]hope its not
another lie
You [G#]figured it out
Tore it all down
Lock it all up
So I could scream it out
Interlude: C# G# F# Fm F# Fm F# x2
Chorus 2:
[C#] You've got a [F#]lotta nerve to
[G#]grab my heart and [F#]rip it out
[C#] You've got a [F#]lotta nerve to
[G#]show me what you're [F#]all about
[C#] You've got a [F#]lotta nerve to
[G#]hold me then for[F#]get me
Like a [F#]bad [G#]dream[C#][G#][F#]
[Fm]Like [F#]a [Fm]bad [F#]dream[C#][G#][F#]
[Fm]Like [F#]a [Fm]bad [F#]dream[C#][G#][F#]
Fm F# Fm F# C# G# F# Fm F# Fm F# F#(Hold)
Like a bad dream
