Boys Like Girls Chords

Standard (EADGBE)

Key: E

Chords used:

Ax - x-12-14-14-0-0----------|

E/G♯x - x-11-14-13-0-0-|

Intro

E B/D♯ C♯m B

Verse 1

Ax

Paper bags and plastic hearts

E/G#x

All are belongings in shopping carts

It's C♯mgoodbye

But Awe got one more night

E Let's get drunk and ride around

B And make peace with an empty town

A We can make it right

Chorus

Throw it aC♯mway, forget yesterAday

We'll make the Egreat esBcape

We won't hear a C♯mword they Asay

They don't know us EanyBway

Watch it F♯mburn, let it G♯mdie

Cause wAe are finally Bfree tonight

Interlude

Ax-E/G♯x

Verse 2

Ax

Tonight will change our lives

E/G#x

It's so good to be by your side

But we'll C♯mcry

We Awon't give up the fight

E We'll scream loud at the top of our lungs

B And they'll think it's just cause were young

And Awe'll feel so alive

(Repeat Chorus)

Bridge

A All of the wasted time

The E/G♯hours that were left behind

The F♯manswers that we'll never find

BThey don't mean a thing tonight

Solo

C♯m A E B

(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: D

Chords used:

Intro

D--A--Bm--G-Bm-A

Verse 1

D Brown eyes and lungs are

filled up with sAmoke

Fast lives are stuck

in the undertow

Bm But you know the

places I wanna Ggo

Cause oh Aoh Doh

I've got a sickness

you've got the Acure

You've got the spunk

I've been lookin' for

Bm And I've got a plan

we walk out the Gdoor

You know you wanna

Refrain

GJust let AgoBm It's time to Groll

down the AwindowsD sing it Goh ohA

BmYeah all we need so Ghere we Ago

Chorus

Turn it Dup It's five

minutes to Amidnight

You're coming home

with Bmme tonight

I Gcan't get enough

Shakin' me up Turn it up

DAlright at five

minutes to Amidnight

You see our name

in Bmcity lights

We'll Gmake the clock sBmtop

Make your Aheart drop

and come alive

Verse 2

We could

D Pack up and leave

all our things beAhind

No fact or fiction

or storyline

Bm Cause I need you more

than just for toGnight

You're Doh oh all I care

I can't stop my

breathing Ain

I'm weak and you

were my medicine

Bm I won't stop till I

am under your sGkin

(Repeat Refrain and Chorus except last line)

and come aGlive

Bridge

And when the clock

strikes twelve

Will you find another

party go and kiss and tell

Cause you Bmknow I AneverG will

G I think we should strike a match

We'll hold it to the wind

to and see how long it lasts

We can Bmmake the Atime stand sGtill

3.) Hero/Heroine

Key: C

Chords used:

Intro

Guitar 2: C--G--Em-F

Verse 1

It's too Clate baby, there's no turning around

I got my Ghands in my pocket and my head in a cloud

This is Emhow I do

When I Fthink about you

C I never thought that you could break me apart

I keep a Gsinister smile and a hole in my heart

You want to Emget inside Then you can Fget in line

But not this time

Refrain

G Am Cause you Fcaught me off guard

G Am Now I'm Frunning and screaming

Chorus 1

CI feel like a Ghero and

you are my Fheroine

Verse 2

C I won't try to philosophize

I'll just Gtake a deep breath then I'll look in your eyes

This is Emhow I feel And it's Fso surreal

C I got a closet filled up to the brim

With the Gghosts of my past and their skeletons

And I Emdon't know why You'd Feven try

But I won't lie

(Repeat Refrain)

Chorus 2

CI feel like a Ghero and

you are my Fheroine

Do Cyou know that your

Glove is the Fsweetest sin?

Bridge

Am And I feel a weakness coming on

Em It never felt so good to be so wrong

F Had my heart on lockdown

G And then you turned me around

Em And I'm feeling like a newborn child

C Every time I get a chance to see you smile

F It's not complicated I was so jaded

(Repeat refrain in silence and Chorus 2)

Outro

C(I feel like a Ghero and you are my Fheroine)

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

C(Do you know that your Glove is the Fsweetest 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)

F

4.) On The Top Of The World

Key: A

Intro

A--E--D---

Verse 1

A Look up the stars are fading

E And I am still here waiting

To Dsee you again

Be with you my friend

WhenA the moon is gone forever

E I hope you're up there somewhere

I'll Dsee you again

Be with you my friend

Refrain 1

Cause Eall the roads they

lead to where you F♯mare

And Eall the streetlights

shine like they wereD stars

That's where you are

Chorus

A Let's spend toEnight

on top of the Dworld

And we can do anything

We can be anything

A I'll meet you toEnight

on top of the Dworld

As real as it seems

You're only in my dreams

Interlude

A--

Verse 2

A Look out across the water

E Faces of lonely daughters

and Dmothers who care

But just can't be there

SwearA that I will see you someday

E I have to find a way

To Dshow you I care

Even if you're not there

Refrain 2

So I'm Efollowing the

road to where you F♯mare

(Meet you tonight on top of)

The sEtreetlights they will

guide me to the sDtars

That's where you are

(Repeat Chorus)

Bridge

My F♯mheart is empty without you

SomeEtimes you don't know what you do

And DI need you tonight

I'll fall asleep and it's alright

F♯mClose my eyes and EI'll be by your DsideF♯m

(Repeat Chorus)

Outro

A Let's spend toEnight

on top of the Dworld

As real as it seems

You're only in my dreams

5.) Thunder

Key: D

Chords used:

Verse 1

D Today is a Awinding

road that's

A/C♯taking me to places

that I Ddidn't want to Ggo

WhoAa (whoa whoa whoa)

D Today in the Ablink of an eye

I'm A/C♯holding on to

something and DI do

not know Gwhy AI tried

Refrain

I tried to Bmread

between the lines

I tried to Alook

in your eyes

I want a

A/C♯simple explanation

For what I'm

Dfeeling inside

I gotta find

a Gway out

Maybe Athere's

a way out

Chorus 1

D Your voice was the

Asoundtrack of my summer

Do you know you're

Gunlike any other?

You'll Bmalways be my

Athunder and I said

D Your eyes are the

Abrightest of all the

colors I don't wanna

Gever love another

You'll Bmalways

be my Athunder

Post Chorus 1:

So Gbring on the Arain

And bring on the Dthunder

Verse 2

D Today is a Awinding road

A/C♯Tell me where to start and

tell me Dsomething I don't Gknow

WhoAa (whoa whoa whoa)

D Today I'm oAn my own

I A/C♯can't move a muscle

and I Dcan't pick up the Gphone

I don't Aknow (I don't know

I don't know I don't know)

Refrain 2

And now I'm Bmitching

for the tall grass

And Alonging for

the breeze

I need to sA/C♯tep

outside

Just to Dsee if

I can breathe

I gotta find a Gway out

Maybe theres a Away out

(Repeat Chorus 1)

Post Chorus2:

So Gbring on the Arain

Bridge

Yeah I'm Emwalking

on a tightrope

I'm Bmwrapped up in vines

I Athink we'll make it out

But you just gotGta

give me time

SDtrike me down

with lightning

Let me feel

Bmyou in my veins

I Awanna let

you know how

much I feel

your painG

Verse 3

D Today is a Awinding

road that's

A/C♯taking me to places

that I Ddidn't want to Ggo

WhoAa

Chorus 2

D Your voice was the

Asoundtrack of my summer

Do you know you're

Gunlike any other?

You'll Bmalways be my

Athunder and I said

D Your eyes are the

Abrightest of all the

colors I don't wanna

Gever love another

You'll Bmalways

be my Athunder I said

D Your voice was the

Asoundtrack of my summer

Do you know you're

Gunlike any other?

You'll Bmalways be my

Athunder

Outro

So Gbring on the Arain

I don't bring it Ghere

On the Apain just to

hear the Dthunder

6.) Me You And My Medication

Key: A

Chords used:

Intro

F#m--D-- x4

Verse 1

F♯m Found my way to the Ehighway I don't

wanna Dtell you the state I'm in

I've had F♯mtoo much to smoke too

Emuch to drink where Dhave I been

It F♯mfeels like the stars are Egetting

closer and the sDky is closing in

And F♯mI don't know Ewhere to beDgin

Refrain 1

E We're all F♯mlooking

for Dsomething

E To take aF♯mway the Dpain

Chorus

AMe and you and my meA/C♯di---Dcation

(Making the best of it)

ALove is just a chemical A/C♯cre--Dation

(Will it be permanent?)

SynF♯mthetic sensation

EMe you and my mediDcation

Verse 2

F♯m The way back to the Eright track

maybe you can Dhelp me find the door

Is it F♯mtoo much to ask too Emuch

too fast too much to igDnore

It F♯mfeels like your bodys Egetting

closer but you Dseem so far away

F♯mMedicine Emake it oDk

(Repeat Refrain 1 and chorus)

Bridge

A Can you feel it?

Do you feel it?

Coming down

F♯m You gotta get up

Can you get up

Off the ground

A Can you hear it?

Can you hear

me sDcreaming?

A Can you feel it?

Do you feel it?

Coming down

F♯m You gotta get up

Can you get up

Off the ground

A I wanna hear it

Wanna hear

you Dbreathing

Refrain 2

E Were all adF♯mdicted

to Dsomething

E That takes aF♯mway the Dpain

(Repeat Chorus)

(Repeat Piano Intro)

7.) Up Against The Wall

Key: E

Chords used:

Intro

Distortion: C#m--E-A (x2)

Verse 1

C♯m It's overA, look out below

E I'm wasted, I still taste it

B Yeah it's so hard to let go

SoC♯m breathe in nowA, and breathe it out

E The forecast; A car crash

B It's looking like another

Refrain

ABreakdown, Brebound

AThis could be my last goodbye

You Bcross your heart, I hope to die

Chorus 1

And EI can't deny your C♯meyes

You know I try to Aread between the lines

I Bsaw a warning sign

And then you Ethrew me up against the C♯mwall

Who said that it's Abetter to have loved and lost?

I Bwish that I had never loved at all

(Repeat Intro but only once)

Verse 2

C♯m No rewindsA, no second times

E And I won't break, I won't waste

B Everything you left behind

SoC♯m don't followA, just let it go

E The weather's been better

B So let it be another

(Repeat Refrain)

(Repat Chorus 1)

Bridge

AAll the nights you sEpent sitting nowhere

F♯mOut there on your Aown

AAll the nights I Ewaited by the phone

When you were F♯mgoing in aAlone

And Aall your different faces And Eall your different ways

Are making F♯meverything a Amess And all I'm saying is that

AI have different places and EAll the complications F♯mend toAday

Chorus 2

And C♯mI can't deny your Beyes

You know I try to Aread between the lines

I Bsaw a warning sign

And then you Ethrew me up against the C♯mwall

Who said that it's Abetter to have loved and lost?

I Bwish that I had never loved at all

(Repeat Chorus 1)

(Repeat Intro)

8.) Dance Hall Drug

Key: D

Chords used:

F♯/A♯ - x143xx

Intro

Bm--E

Verse 1

Bm Grown up she just turned 16

Stuck in the moment

Dead at the scene

And it's Eon tonight

This is the life that

you wanted right?

So turn off all the Bmlights

Dressed up just

like a movie star

At all the parties

they'll know who you are

EWouldn't it be great

To be fashionably late?

So why don't you wait

til you're sedated

Refrain

GDon't it feel like Emsomething's

not right Gin this kiss toAnight?

Chorus 1

All I'm saying is Ddo you

do you want to lose it Bmall?

Cause this is more than

just a Gdance hall drug

You can't Emwait to fall in Alove

All I'm saying is Ddo you

do you want to learn to Bmfly?

Then you should pack

it up and Gsay goodbye

Cause when the Empush comes to the

Ashove it's just a dance hall drug

Interlude

Bm

Verse 2

Bm Step in and you can

lock the door

The candles are lit and

the clothes on the floor

You could Etake a chance

on finding romance

Now you're holdng hands

But he's got other plans

Bm Tick tock the clock

is turning red

The room won't stop spinning

and thoughts in your head

And Eit'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 Ddo you

do you want to lose it Bmall?

Cause this is more than

just a Gdance hall drug

You can't Emwait to fall in Alove

All I'm saying is Ddo you

do you want to learn to Bmfly?

Then you should pack

it up and Gsay goodbye

Cause when the Empush comes to the

AshoveF♯ A♯

Bm it's just a A/C♯dance hallD drug

Bridge

Just Gwait love

Show them Dwhat

you're Gmade of

Refrain 2

EmDon't it feel like Gsomething's

not right Emin this kiss toAnight?

Chorus 3

All I'm saying is Bmdo you

do you want to lose it Emall?

Cause this is more than

just a Gdance hall drug

You can'tD wait to fall in Alove

All I'm saying is Ddo you

do you want to learn to Bmfly?

Then you should pack

it up and Gsay goodbye

Cause when the Empush comes to the

Ashove it's just a dance hall drug

Chorus 4

Refrain

GDon't it feel like Emsomething's

not right Gin this kiss toAnight?

Chorus 1

All I'm saying is Ddo you

do you want to lose it Bmall?

Cause this is more than

just a Gdance hall drug

You can't Emwait to fall in Alove

All I'm saying is Ddo you

do you want to learn to Bmfly?

Then you should pack

it up and Gsay goodbye

Cause when the Empush comes to the

Ashove it's just a dance F♯halA♯l Bmdrug

9.) Learning To Fall

Key: A♯

Chords used:

F/A - 587xxx or x032xx

Verse 1

Gm Today is the D♯day, the A♯worst day of my F/Alife

Gm You're so content it D♯hurts me, I A♯don't know F/Awhy

Gm The cost of miseD♯ry, is A♯at an all time F/Ahigh

I keep it GmhidD♯den, close to the GmsurD♯face in Fsight

Chorus

I'm learning to A♯fall, I can't hardly Fbreathe

When I'm going Cmdown don't worry about D♯me

Don't try this at A♯home, you said you don't Fsee

I don't want to Cmknow that you D♯know, it should have been me

Verse 2

Gm Could you be with D♯him?

Or A♯was it just a F/Alie?

Gm He doesn't catch you like D♯I do

And you A♯don't know F/Awhy

Gm You change your clothes and your D♯hair

But A♯I can't change your F/Amind

Oh, I'm uninGmvi-D♯ted So unreGmqui-D♯ted Fnow

(Repeat Chorus)

Bridge

Gm Words screaming D♯in my head

A♯Why did you F/Aleave?F

And I can't stop Cmdreaming

Watching A♯/Dyou and him

When it D♯should have Fbeen

It should have been me

Gm Today is the D♯day, the A♯worst day of my F/Alife

(Repeat Chorus)

10.) Heels Over Head

Key: D♯

Chords used:

Verse 1

I got your D♯runaway smile in my piggybank baby

Gonna A♯cash it right in for a new Mercedes

You were Cmworth the hundred A♯thousand G♯miles

But you Cmcouldn't A♯stay aG♯while

A♯I got your D♯little brown shirt in my bottom drawer baby

And your A♯little white socks in the top drawer

You were always Cmleaving your A♯shit aG♯round

And Cmgone withA♯out a G♯sound

Refrain

Yeah I'm the A♯first to fall

and the last to know

G♯Where'd you go?

Chorus 1

Now I'm heels D♯over head

CmI'm hanging Gmupside down

G♯Thinking how D♯you left me for dead

CmCaliFmforGmnia G♯bound

Verse 2

A♯I got a D♯first class ticket to a night all alone

And a A♯front row seat up right by the phone

because you're Cmalways A♯on my G♯mind

And I'm Cmrunning A♯out of G♯time

A♯I've got your D♯hair on my pillow and your smell in my sheets

And itA♯ makes me think about you with the sand in your feet

Cm A♯ G♯ Cm

Is it G♯all you thought it'd be? You mean everything to me

(Repeat Refrain and Chorus 1)

Chorus 2

And when you D♯hit the coast

CmI hope you tGmhink of me

G♯And how I'm sD♯tuck here with the ghost

CmOf what we Fmused Gmto G♯be

Bridge

You're A♯burning bridges baby (burnin' bridges)

Make your wishes

(Repeat x2)

You're Gmburning bridges baby (burnin' G♯bridges)

Make your wishes

You're Gmburning bridges baby (burnin' bridges)

Make your A♯wishes

You're a Gmchance taker, heartbreaker

G♯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 D♯hit the coastCm

Maybe you'll Gmfinally seeG♯

And then you'll D♯turn it all aroundCm

And you'll come Gmback to G♯me

11.) Broken Man

Key: D

Chords:

Intro

D A Bm G

Verse 1

D I want to sAcream until no sBmound

comes out and you've

learned your lessonG

D I want to Aswallow

these pills to get to sBmleep

So I don't Ghave to

make a bad impression

Refrain

F♯m I need to sGtart to be myF♯mself

Cause I'm Gsick of everybody else

Chorus 1

DI won't let you Bmbring me down

It's Ghere and now I'm F♯mbreaking GoutA

DI will learn to Bmlove again

But GI will stand a F♯mbroken GmanA

Interlude

D

Verse 2

D I wanna Arun but only Bmfar

enough to make you miss meG

D I wanna Atake back all the

shit that I have Bmdone

But I guess Gyou were

better off without me

(Repeat Refrain and Chorus 1)

Bridge

I took Done big step

and I looked away

And then I Emthought of all

the things that I wanted to say

I'm always Bmtoo late you

never got your story straight

I'm always Gup late I think

I'm everything you hate

(Repeat Thrice)

(Repeat Chorus 1)

Chorus 2

While singing Bridge

DI won't let you Embring me down

It's Bmhere and now I'm Gbreaking out

DI will learn to Emlove again

But BmI will stand a F♯mbroken Gman

12.) Holiday

Key: E

Chords used:

Intro

Verse 1

E When I was younger I used to be Bwild

As wild as an elephant's C♯mchild

No one could hold me Adown

BNo one could keep me aEround

Now it's your turn take a Bshot

Baby show me everything that youC♯m got

Maybe you can keep me aAlive

BMaybe you can get in Amy mindB

A But it's Bonly a matter of time

Chorus

E Before I run far aBway

I need to take a holiday

C♯m Maybe it's a fall from Agrace

I Bgotta find a new place

E B

A holiday

I'll set off on a new chase

C♯m I gotta see a new C♯mface B

A I need to take a holiday

Post chorus: E

Verse 2

E My father he was always Bwise

As wise as an elephant's C♯meyes

He couldn't hold me Adown

BHe couldn't keep me aEround

So are you gonna take your Bshot?

It's the only one that you C♯mgot

Maybe I'll go out on a Alimb

BMaybe I'll jump in Afor a swimB

A BWhen the lights go dim

(Repeat Chorus)

Interlude

A--E/G#--

F♯mWhoa whoaB whoa whoa

Bridge

I mean a Anew start

I've broken too many E/G♯hearts

And I don't have any

F♯mclue where to go I don't know

But Bmaybe I'll be back

someday after my holiday

Verse 3

E When I was younger I used to be Bwild

As wild as an elephant's C♯mchild

And I don't think I'll ever Achange

I Bthink I'm gonna stay the same

(Repeat Chorus)

Outro

A new Estart

I've broken too many Dhearts

And I don't have any

C♯mclue where to go

I don't know

But Amaybe I'll be back

someBday after my holiday

The Great Escape Bridge repeated in this song

E All of the wasted time

The Dhours that were left behind

The C♯manswers 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