Something To Write Home About Chords

Standard (EADGBE)

 Key: E

Chords used:

Intro

E--C#m--G#m--A--

Verse 1

EWhat became of everyone

 I C♯mused to know?

G♯mWhere did our respectable

 conAvictions go?

 Your Ewords don't match the

 story that your C♯mactions show

G♯m What do I Aknow?

Refrain 1

F♯m I'm sure you can't

 help but rAemembering

 I C♯mthought that you'd be one

 Not to forAget

 ReC♯mmembering's not

 helping you Ayet

Chorus 1

 Say Egoodnight

 Means C♯mgoodbye

 I know you Athink my life

 will sBtop with you aC♯mway E

AMaybe I can

Bsee you on

EHolidays C♯mworlds away

AI've never forBgotten

 all our C♯myesterdaysE

 I'm Alucky if

 we're sBpeaking on

EHolidaysC♯m G♯m A

Verse 2

 The Eevidence presents itself

 AccC♯musingly

 You're G♯mabsence speaking everything

 You Athink of me

ENow that I am faced with opporC♯mtunity

G♯m You're not remembeAringC

Refrain 2

F♯m I'm not asking you to Aanyway

 And C♯meven if you ever could cave Ain

 i C♯mwouldnt know where to beAgin

Chorus 2

 Say Egoodnight

 Means C♯mgoodbye

 I know you Athink my life

 will sBtop with you aC♯mway E

AMaybe I can

Bsee you on

EHolidays C♯mworlds away

AI've never forBgotten

 all our C♯myesterdaysE

 I'm Alucky if

 we're sBpeaking on

C♯mHoliG♯mdays AHoliBdays

Interlude

F#m--E/G#--A-- x3

Chorus 3

 Say Egoodnight

 Means C♯mgoodbye

 I know you Athink my life

 will sBtop with you aC♯mway E

 I'm Alucky if

 we're sBpeaking on

C♯mHoliG♯mdays AHoliF♯mdaysE

2.) Action And Action

 Key: E

Chords used:

G♯/C - x365xx

Intro

C#m-B-A-E-G#m---A (x3)

Verse 1

E You really think that you’re bigger than this

G♯m To the tune of ten thousand lisps

A Who would have thought we’d represent

C When I can’t take a compliment?

E Overexposure is the key

G♯m And any focus on me

A Is appreciated

C As it should be

Refrain 1

C♯m No G♯mwonder now

A I Efinally G♯mfound

 The right formula look forA

Chorus 1

E You taughtG♯m me how

A I playB the fool

E Every misG♯mtake that I make

A I couldn’t have F♯mmade without you

E What’s saidG♯m is done

A And plainB to see

A You take it all too seriousBlyC

(Repeat Intro but only twice)

Verse 2

E What better way to make an honest mistake

G♯m Than a televised hand of fate

A When the world’s closing in on you

C A decision would be overdue

E Now nothing left is out of hand

G♯m A stronger jaded man stands

A If the world is ending

C Then we toast to it

Refrain 2

C♯m I’m sG♯mtronger now

A But Enot without

G♯m The right formula look forA

Chorus 2

E You taughtG♯m me how

A I playB the fool

E Every misG♯mtake that I make

A I couldn’t have F♯mmade without you

E What’s saidG♯m is done

A And plainB to see

A Here’s all you get from Bme

G♯ HCere’s all you get from me

 Organ: C♯m(hold)-A(hold)-E(hold)-G#m(hold)

Bridge

C♯m I’m down forA whatever

E What’s there left toG♯m wait for?

C♯m I’m down forA whatever

E What’s there left toG♯m wait for?

A B wait forA B I G♯waiCt

(Repeat Chorus 2)

End on C#m

3.) Valentine

 Key: E

Chords used:

Intro

E--B--C#m--A (x2)

E It's Bwords you forgetC♯m To Aanniversary songs

E The Bbottles biteC♯m back Your Atolerance wrong

E Your good inBtentions count forC♯m little anyAmore

E If you're sorry, BWhy wage war?C♯m A

Refrain 1

E/G♯ Im not fully conAvinced,There's something wrong with Ethis

 Could another point of C♯mview, Biased and unAtrue,

BTear meA, aBway from you?

Chorus 1

E Will Byou Abe myC♯m BVa-AlenE/G♯tine,A If I'm a Bworld away?

E ABpoAlogiesC♯m are BbreaAking E/G♯me A ConstantsB aren't soA constant Banymore

Interlude

E B C♯m A

Verse 2

E Two daysB to wait for C♯mcalls to come throughA

E Tonight for Bme translates to C♯myesterday to Ayou

Refrain 2

E/G♯ You Bend and you Awave You're barely aEway

 Wish i could say toC♯mnight, When you bend and wave goodAbye

 "BTake meA Bwith you."

(Repeat Refrain)

Chorus 2

E Will Byou Abe myC♯m BVa-AlenE/G♯tine,A If I'm a Bworld away?

E ABpoAlogiesC♯m are BbreaAking E/G♯me A ConstantsB aren't so C♯mconstant anymoreE

Constants aren't so constant anymore (will you be my valentine)

Constants aren't so constant anymore (will you be my valentine)

Constants aren't so constant anymore (will you be my valentine)

until fade out

A ConstantsB aren't soA constantB anymoreE

4.) Red Letter Day

 Key: E

Chords used:

Intro

E--Es4--E (x4)

Verse 1

E You’ve got some Anerve I never Dknew

 What with the Aworld we gave away in front of C♯myou

E I see it Dall Much clearer Anow

 You’re just a phase I’ve gotten Amover anyhow

Refrain 1

C#m B E G#m C#m--B

It’s over, I’m not giving in again

Chorus

A We’re loyalB like brothers

C♯m Just us versus Eall the others

A B C#m--B

You the one for You the one for me?

A I trustedB misleading

C♯m Promises Eworth repeating

A How could you Bdo this to Ame?F♯m

Verse 2

E Red letter Aday that I Dlearned

A I’m sure you’ll get what you deC♯mserve

E I see it Dall Much clearer since

A Far past the Ampoint of this.

Refrain 2

C♯m It’s Bover

(Repeat Chorus except last line)

A How could you Bdo this

A How could you Bdo this to Ame?B

Bridge

 … And if it’s a Elie

 I don’t want to be the one who G♯msigned

 I’m not the one who C♯mfalls down

 It’s Bover nowA

 If you want to Etry…

 Try to forget itF♯m G♯m A

 I’ll sayC♯m it’s Bover

C#m F#m---B

I’m gone

(Repeat Chorus last line)

Outro

A How could you Bdo this

A How could you Bdo this to Eme?

5.) Out Of Reach

 Key: B

Chords used:

E|-2-1-

Intro

B-F#-Ebm-G#m-E-F#-G#m-B(F#-F pluck) E-F#-Ebm-G#m-E--F#

Verse 1

B Long F♯way from D♯mhome

G♯m E F♯ G♯m B(F#-F pluck)

lost by an echo I'd never have known

E I've F♯got picD♯mtures to G♯mprove I was Ethere

 but you don't F♯care

B F♯ D♯m G♯m E F♯ G♯m B(F♯-F pluck)

Here's me overseas, across the pond by the Dover peaks

E I've F♯smuggled myD♯mself into G♯mnew natioEnalities

 you think you'd F♯be proud of me

Chorus

B There's room to beElieve

 out of G♯msight, out of F♯mind, out of Breach

 Start C♯mover G♯m is no D♯mway to beEginF♯

(Repeat Intro, Verse 1 and Chorus Twice)

 way to beEgin F♯

 way to beBgin

6.) 10 Minutes

 Key: B, E

chords used:

Intro

Drumbeats:

B E B E G♯m E G♯m F♯ B E B E G♯m E

Verse 1

 Ten Bminutes to downtown

 is ten Eminutes too far

 When my G♯mfriends all say I'm F♯crazy

Bmaybe I'm being selfish

EMaybe I'm just scared

G♯mDon't be gone when F♯I get

 home I G♯mneed you thereE G♯m

Refrain 1

F♯If I Ehad to explain itC♯m B C♯m

BI Ewouldn't know where to sC♯mtartB C♯m

 It's Blike you're Efalling in

 love while C♯mi just fall aBpaErtB E G♯m E G♯m F♯ B E B E G♯m E B

Verse 2

F♯Ten Bminutes to downtown

 is ten Eminutes too far

 when my G♯mheart is saying you're cF♯razy

BMaybe things are getting better

EMaybe things aren't so bad

G♯mDon't be gone when F♯I get

 home you're G♯mall I haveE G♯m

Refrain 2

F♯If I Ehad to explain itC♯m B C♯m

BI Ewouldn't know where to sC♯mtartB C♯m

 It's Blike you're Efalling in

C#m A--

love while i just fall apart

Chorus 1

EPockets Bempty EHow can you Btell

 me that C♯meverything will Bwork out

 a Epointless Bfight

 when Eyou're always Bright and

AEverything will Bwork out

A your C♯mwords out

Guitar solo

E-B-E-B-C#m--B-- x2 A--C#m--B(hold)---

Interlude

E C♯m B E C♯m B

Bridge

ESometimes C♯mI miss Byou moreE

 whenC♯mever I'm at BhomeB

EI've been C♯mhome all BsummerE

 Now I'm C♯mleaving you aBloneB

Breakdown

C#m-B-C#m-B-A----

Chorus 2

EPockets Bempty EHow can you Btell

 me that C♯meverything will Bwork out

 a Epointless Bfight

 when Eyou're always Bright and

AEverything will Bwork outE B E B

C♯mEverything will Bwork outE B E B

C#m B A B-E--E(hold)

Everything will work out

7.) The Company Dime

 Key: G

Chords used:

C - x32010 or C9 - x320033

Intro

D

Verse 1

C I watched it all come crashing Ddown

 On the verge of a Bmworld proCfound

 Standing on unstable Dground

 Adding D/F♯insult to iroCny

 I think it’s really gonna happen this Dtime

 Our calls on the Bmcompany Cdime

 Reluctance ties up the Dline

 With irresD/F♯ponsibility

Interlude

G D C

Verse 2

C No matter save for a Dfriend

 No argument Bmcan aCmend

 Irreplaceable but in the Dend

 One star D/F♯player doesn’t save the Cteam

 Now you’re open to atDtack

 Our burden rests Bmon your Cback

 Replace, re-trackD

 ResD/F♯ponsibility

Interlude 2

G-D-C--Am

Chorus

CI’m still waiting for

 (G/BI’m still waiting Gfor)

AmYou to get G/Bover this

CI’m still waiting for

 (G/BI’m still waiting Gfor)

AmYou to get G/Bover this

CI’m still waiting for

 (G/BI’m still waiting Gfor)

AmYou to get G/BoverC this

Verse 3

C Anonymous until the Dending

 Spent a long long Bmtime preCtending

 And a longer day spent acDcepting

 What the D/F♯world ahead would sCtore

 You only learn but not beDlieving

 That the industry is BmunforCgiving

 Everything that you’ve been Dgiving

 Isn’t D/F♯what it was before

(Repeat Interlude 2 and Chorus)

Interlude 3

G Am C D

Bridge

G ReplaceAm, re-track

C ReplaceD, re-track

G ReplaceAm, re-trackC D

(Repeat Chorus and Interlude 3 until fade out)

8.) My Apology

 Key: G

Chords used:

E/G♯ - 4xx45x or 476xxx

Verse 1

 You’ll be accepting my aEmpoloCgy

 For taking things too GseriousCly

 Sometimes I’m old eGnough to keep rouE/G♯tines

 Sometimes I’m Amchild enough to sCcream

 For everyEmthing I broke in Ctwo

 You’re barely Gmissing me I’m missing Cyou

 And everything you Gdo I really E/G♯do

 I really Amdo Sure I Cdo

Refrain 1

BmMy once photographic Cmemory

G For recollections’s sake is Emfailing me

C I can’t remember for the life of me

Chorus

GSometimes I can Bmthink to recite

EmWords that I Cread and rewrite

 My Bmpens paint people that I’ve proven Cwrong

(repeat)

Em We move Con

Verse 2

 Get a Emjob where I Ctell

 All of my acGcounts of someone Celse

 I’m quick enough to Gjudge that they were E/G♯wrong

 And that we Amknew it all aClong

 Sing a Emlong long-winded Csong

 I would be Gcontent to hum aEmlong DHumm C

Bridge

 If I Gstate that my fingers know where to Cshow

 What everyone should have Emknown

 I’ll let it Ggo

 Hopefully you’ll forCget

 Any words that I put in Emprint

 My luck, you’ll Cchange

 Have strength enough to walk aCway

(Repeat Chorus 4 times)

Outro

GWrong

9.) I'm A Loner Dottie, A Rebel

 Key: C

Chords used:

Intro

F-G-Am-Em (x4) F--G--C--Am--F--G--C--

Verse 1

C Come tomorrow I’ll be on my way backF home

GIn the Cmorning call from a roadside teleFphone

C One night doesn’t Fmean the rest of my life

Chorus

G If I Fgo it’s Amnot imEmpossiFble

GPossiAmble is Cprobably FwrongG

 So, let Amgo Em

 cause FI’m afGraid to Ctry

F C--F--G

Keep my hands by my side

Verse 2

F You won’t come Gback

 I Chope some day you’ll undersAmtand

 I wanna Ftry, make it Gright

 Don’t know if I Ccan

Bridge

 Last FnightG Ameverything was Emright

 The rain wasF goneG

 One Amsummer night’s the Emonly time we’veF knownG

Am So, shut Emyour eyes

F When you Gwake up I’ll be Cgone

F C--

When you wake up I’ll be gone

C One night doesn’t Fmean the rest of my Glife

(Repeat Chorus except last line)

10.) Long Goodnight

 Key: E

Chords used:

Intro

C#m--E/G#-B-E--B (x3) C#m--E/G#-B-E--A---

Verse 1

C♯m EveE/G♯ry aBtteEmpt to B

C♯m is E/G♯filled Bwith EholesA

C#m E/G# B E B C#m--E/G#-B-E--A--

it reads like a polygraph i'm told

Refrain

B i'm not better Aanyway

B let it go

Verse 2

C♯m i E/G♯neverB sEleep stillB

C♯m less E/G♯i BforEgetA

C#m E/G# B E B C#m--E/G#-B-E--A--

tied down by handicaps instead

Refrain 2

B i'm not better Aanyway

B but i didn't want it to turn Aout this way

Chorus

 sing a C♯mlong goodBnight, forAget any Efight

 reAfuse to Erest asG♯msured

 it comes with C♯mno repBly hold Aon too Etight

 i Ahang on Eevery G♯mword

Interlude

A--F#m--G#m--A--E--A--F#m--G#m--A--E

Bridge

E if it all ended toAnight, you know that i wouldn't F♯mmind

 it'd be back to the good G♯mold times before it Awon

(repeat)

(Repeat Chorus twice)

Outro

A--E

11.) Close To Home

 Key: D

Chords used:

A/C♯ - x476xx or x4222x

Verse 1

D Summer swallowed us Gwhole

 Waited for Bmyou to come around

D/F♯ Every Gword you wrote

DDown, we read it over to Gknow

 Would they beBmlieve in us now?

D/F♯ There’s no Gshame like no

DSound from sources hits close to Ghome

 EveryBmthing that we’ve found

 Says D/F♯make your own Gdestiny But

Chorus

Bm You’re AunaGware Athat Dyou

 Should be sGcared

BmMaybe you’ll learn from

AmisGtakes that we make

D/F♯ We’re not Gwaiting forAeverBm

 We D/F♯know Gyou’ll never Abe thereBm

If you get out See you there

Interlude

D--G--Bm--D/F#-G

Verse 2

D Summer swallowed us Gwhole

 Waited for Bmyou to come around

D/F♯ There’s no Gshame like no

DSound from sources hits close to Ghome

 EveryBmthing that we’ve found

 Says D/F♯make your own Gdestiny But

(Repeat Chorus except last line)

 If you getD out See you Athere

 You’re not Bmawake As I’m awareG

Woo

D--A--Bm--G

Bridge

BmMaybe we Ahad Gall you

 Figured Emabsolutely DwrongA/C♯

BmThere’s been a AmisGunderstanding

EmWe’ve had all aDlongA/C♯

BmMaybe we Ahad Gall you

 Figured Emabsolutely DwrongA/C♯

(Maybe we had all you

Figured absolutely wrong)

BmYou can read AaboutG

(You can read)

Em D--F#m--Bm--A-G--Em--D-A/C#-Bm--A-G------Em----D

About it when we’re gone

12.) I'll Catch You

 Key: A

Chords used:

Intro

A--D/F#-- x6

Verse 1

 Can you sAleep as the sound

 hits your ears one at a D/F♯time?

an unspoken balance here

A unabridged for so many yearsD/F♯

 that Ai should stare at reD/F♯ceivers

 to reAceive her isn't D/F♯fair E

Chorus

D don't worry

 i'llA catch you

D don't worry

 i'llA catch you

D don't ever C♯mworry Bm

Verse 2

A your arms in mine

D/F♯ anytime

A i wouldn't trade anything

D/F♯ you're still my everything

A to my surpriseD/F♯ before

 my eyesA you arD/F♯rive E

(Repeat Chorus)

Bridge

F♯m i'm still Ebreaking oldD habits habits

 when F♯myou pulled the Ewool over Ame

A i can see D/F♯everything everyAthing

F♯m reE-membeDring

F♯m jinxE remoAvingD/F♯ A D/F♯

(Repeat Chorus)

Outro

F♯m no Eneed for reDminding you're

 sF♯mtill all that Ematters to Ame