Standard (EADGBE)

Gtr. 2

2.) Your Stories My Alibis

Key: C#

Chords used:

Intro

Part 1: Palm mute Riff

Bbm--C#--Bbm--C#-Bbm(hold)

x2 x2

x2

Part 2: Distortion

Bbm--G#--F#--C#-F x2

Verse 1

Speak to me

Tell me something

so typical

A lullaby or

something miserable

That will keep me

up at night

Cross out my eyes

I know you planned it

You know I love you

and I can't stand it

We just lost control

We just lost control

Chorus

Lie to me

Give me something

worth living for

Tell me a reason

worth fighting for

Give me anything

Anything to keep

me breathing

(Repeat)

Verse 2

Lie to me

Tell me stories

so beautiful

An epic or

something so terrible

That it makes me weep

Cross out these days

On your calendar

It hurts me so much

And I'm not quite sure

I care anymore

I care any-more

(Repeat Chorus)

Interlude

Bbm--

Bbm--G#--F#--C#-F x2, Bbm

(Repeat Chorus)

Outro

Bbm--G#--F#--

Anything to keep

me breathing

(Repeat)

Bbm--x4, Bbm(hold)

3.) Playing For Keeps

Key: Eb

Chords used:

Verse 1

Its so simple

And complicated the way you can crush me

No matter how much this hurts

This is through

I get as far as your door

before I get caught

I make up excuses just to

touch you and I can't stop

I can't stop

Chorus

So are we playing for keeps

These days begin and they don't end for weeks

Leave me left out of anything to do with you

Excuse me while I fall apart

Don't flatter yourself sweetheart

Let me take the wheel and I'll crash this car

Do you have to make this So hard

Verse 2

Your so good (so good)

At pretending everything is alright

You're as welcome as cancer

but my door is always unlocked

(Repeat Chorus)

Bridge

You're so good... (4X)

Interlude

G#---Eb-----Bb (x2) G#--Bb--Cm-Eb--G#----|

Bb-Cm-G#---Bb-Cm-Eb-G#------------------------------|

(Repeat Chorus twice)

Outro

Your so good... (2X)

Ending: G#---

4.) Promise

Key: Eb

Chords used:

Intro

Eb--Bb--G#--Fm-Gm-G#-Bb x2, Eb--Bb--G#--Fm-Gm-G#-

Verse 1

What would you say, if I

asked you not, to go?

Would you forget every-one

forget everyhting

start o-ver, with, me?

Would you take my

hand, and never let me, go?

Well promise me you'll

ne-ver let me go

Verse 2

And now the stars

aren't out to-night

But, neither are we

to look up, at, them

Why does hello,

feel like, goodbye?

And these, memories

can't re-place

These, wishes I, wish

and dreams, I chase

Well take this broken

heart and make it right

Chorus

I feel like, I've lost

eve-ry-thing when you're gone,

Left remem-be-ring what it's like

To have you here, with me

I thought, you, should know

You're not, ma-king this, ea-sy

Verse 3

I ne-ver, thought I'd

be the one, to, say

Please, dont,-- well

please dont leave, me--

(Repeat Chorus)

Interlude

Post Chorus:

Your not making

Cm Bb G#(palm mute), Cm--Bb/D--G#

this easy

Bridge

Take, my hand, and never let me, go

Take, my hand, and never let me go

Promise me, you'll never let, go(growl)

Never let, go never let, go

You'll never let, go

Make, this, last, forever

(Repeat Chorus except last line)

Outro

You're not making this easy

You're not making this easy

You're not making this easy

You're not making this easy

You're not making this easy

Lower voice:

I'll fall, asleep, to-night,

Cause that brings

me clo-ser, to, you

5.) Lovers And Liars

Key: B

Chords used:

Intro

B--Ebm--E-G#m-

Verse 1

Let's start out

by starting over

What did I expect?

You're no good at lying

and I'm no good at comebacks

You're so untouchable

I'm oh-so-terrible at this

I'm terrible at this you know

Chorus 1

Don't hold this against me

I've already said I'm sorry

Verse 2

And I bet you've got

every word I said

memorized in your head

And you'll use every

one of them

And you'll use

every one of them

against me

Chorus 2

Don't hold this against me

I've already said I'm sorry

Tell all your friends about me

Don't hold this against me

I've already said I'm sorry

Interlude

E--E(plucking)-G#m

Bridge

I hope you choke

on every word

you spoke when you

were screaming at me

I realize how many times

you tried but that's

wishful thinking

All I want is an apology

for what you did and

how you treated me

Get me far away or at

least as far as

this car will take me

(Tell all your

friends about me)

(Repeat)

(Repeat Chorus 2)

6.) Tiger Lily

Key: G

Chords used:

Verse 1

G G(Hold) Cadd9-Cadd9(Hold)

We drive tonight and you are by myside

We're talking about our lives like we've known each other forever

G G(Hold) Cadd9-Cadd9(Hold)

Time flies by with the sound of your voice

Em7 Em7(Hold) Cadd9 D

It's close to paradise with the end surely near

Refrain

And If I could only stop the car and hold on to you

I'll never let go, I'll never let go

As we round the corner to your house you turn to me and said

"I'll be going through it rolled of you for this one night we have spent"

And I want to speak these words but I guess I'll just bite my tounge

And except someday somehow as a words that will hang from

Chorus

x2

And I, I don't want to speak these words

Coz I, I don't want to make things any worse

Verse 2

Cadd9(Hold) D/F#(Hold) G D/F#

Why does to---night, Have to end why don't we hit the start

It wasn't at our fa---vorite part, we'll skip the goodbyes

G(Hold) D/F# Em7 Cadd9

If I hadn't my way, I'll turn the car around and runaway

Just you and I

(Repeat Chorus)

Outro

At second chorus, 2nd line is like this

Cadd9(hold) D(Hold)

Coz I, I don't want to make things

And I, I don't want to make things any worse

Guitar 2:

7.) Shadows Like Statues

Key: E

Chords used:

Intro

C#m--, A--C#m-B x2, A-- x2

x4

x2

Verse 1

lights out put my seat

back as far as it will go

casting shadows like statues

I'm right outside your window

there’s no such

thing as second chance

there’s no such thing

don’t bother to explain

Refrain

you're so beautiful

did you hear a word I said?

you're so beautiful

I guess this is what I get

x2 x2 x2 x2

Chorus

we trust and believe so easily

and words they speak we

seek security in one another

but there’s no way to cover this

and these tragic nights

and afternoons weak disaster

and I can still feel you

as if you were in the room

where does our story

end? where does it start?

I buried you along with my heart

x4 x4 x4 x2 x2

x4 x4 x4 x2 x2

Verse 2

entertain me

tell me it didn't

mean anything

its vengous worth

my tolerance

and I could be careless

but I promise you'll

feel everything

(Repeat Refrain and Chorus)

Interlude

A--B--C#m

Bridge

i guess this is what

I get (I know)

i guess this is what I get

(did you hear a word I said?)

(Repeat Chorus)

Outro

did you hear a

word I said?

did you hear a

word I said?

8.) My Eyes Burn

Key: F#

Chords used:

Interlude

Ebm--C#--B--Bbm-G#m

Verse 1

My eyes burn from

these tears

You think you'd

learn over these years

Good things won't

last forever

So what the hell am

I supposed to do

You only wanted the things

that I couldn't give to you

And you had it all anyway

Chorus

So take take everything

and leave me scrambling

Reaching for something that

wasn't there in the first place

So take take everything

and leave me scrambling

Reaching for something that

wasn't there in the first place

Interlude

Ebm-- x4

Verse 2

Tell me i'm wrong when I say

say I can't expect you to

spend forever with me

I live for that single moment

I take back everything i've said

You wore those words on your lips

As if they meant anything anyway

Sometimes I feel I could drop

off the face of the earth

It seems I do more harm than good

And I don't know if it's worth

me loosing sleep over this

(Repeat Chorus)

Interlude

Ebm---B-C#

Ebm--F#--C#--Ebm

Bridge

Tell me I'm wrong

when I say it

I can't expect you to

stay forever with me

I live for the

single moment

(Repeat Chorus)

Outro

9.) She'll Never Understand

Key: Bb

Chords used:

Intro

Bb-- x2, Bb--F--Eb--Gm-F- x3, Bb--

Verse 1

leave a message

on your phone

just to find out

you're not home

keeping up with you is

something i could never do

and i know something's wrong

cause you've been gone too

long a fucking waste of my

time is all that you've become

Chorus

if i can't be the guy that

you've always wanted me to be

if i can't say the words that

you always wanted me to say

if i fall in the end will

you be holding on to

me? because you you

said you'd never leave me

Interlude

Bb--F--Eb--Gm-F x2

Verse 2

the choice is up to you

to find out what to do

to let it go or keep

kicking me to the side

i'm getting tired of your shit

and i can't deal with it

i gave up giving in and now

it's time to say goodbye

(Repeat Chorus)

Interlude

Bb--F--Eb-Gm-F- x2

Bridge

It will end

stay with me

(Repeat Chorus)

Outro

you you said

you'd never leave

you you said you'd

never leave me

10.) If All Else Fails

Key: C#

Chords used:

Intro

Part 1:

Verse 1

A subdued silence

undisturbed

by the sound of her breath

So carefully brush her

hair back from her eyes

In steady sequence

one by one

She slips away

Chorus 1

So close your eyes

and sleep to dream

I'm by your side

No words to speak

We'll set our course

and make it through

No matter how far I go my

heart remains with you

(Repeat Intro Part 2)

Verse 2

And I'm not sure

what I'm looking for

But it's clear to

see

the purpose of

my exsistance Is

laying here in front of me

Chorus 2

So close your eyes

and sleep to dream

I'm by your side

No words to speak

We'll set our course

and make it through

No matter how far I go

Bridge

And if all else fails you

can look up at the sky

Because it's the same one

that shines above you and I

And if all else fails

you can close your eyes

And I'll be right beside you

I'll be the one by your side

Interlude

(Repeat Chorus 1)

Outro

No matter how much it hurts

I wanted you to know

my heart remains with you

11.) Stay Tonight

Key: Eb

Chords used:

Intro

Eb--Cm--G#-Bb-Eb--

Verse 1

49 hours and 46 minutes to

go but who's counting?

I just thought I'd let you know

I filled my head with your

voice and now I'm drowning

well I wrote this song for you

Chorus

You can stay tonight and

make everything alright

You can hold me down and

tell me that you're right

Tell me whats its

like to be alone

Post Chorus: Eb

Verse 2

And we had this down

unlike everybody

well I'll spend

a million nights

just like tonight

You know I screamed

your name at the sky

until I lost my voice

well I'd give

my life for you

(Repeat Chorus)

Interlude

Eb--Gm-G#--Gm-G#----| x2

Cm----Bb----G#-----------------|Bb

(Let's go)

(You can Stay

Tonight...)

(Repeat Chorus twice)

Outro

12.) The Greatest Fall Of All Time

Key: E

Chords used:

E - 022100 or 079900

G - 320033 or 355433

Intro

E--C#m---E--C#m

Verse 1

Bass and guitar 2 only here

The hand of my clock strikes two

In times when I got the best of you

We made promises we couldn't keep

And every night we couldn't sleep

I didn't know why, but didn't ask questions

because it was the first time in my life

yeah the first time in my life

Where I, did something right

Chorus

I set myself up for the

greatest fall of all time

(repeat)

Post Chorus: C#m

Verse 2

You pick me apart

While I search for witty

things to say (In my defense)

"You'll never amount to anything anyway"

(Don't press your luck, don't press your luck)

And think that I'm impressed

with your one night stands

and your contagious kiss

I'm trying to get this right

Yeah, cause I'm ridiculous like that

(Repeat Chorus)

Interlude

G|-6(x8)-6(x8)-6(x7)-6/8-9(x4)-11-11-12b-|

G|-6(x3)-6/8\6-12b-|

Bridge

(bass) means that the chord is played by bass only

I'll keep this as

A constant reminder

Of the nights I spent

holding onto her

And rest assured I'm moving on

I miss you less, with each day

you're

gone (you're gone)

(Repeat Chorus)

Outro