Standard (EADGBE)
Intro
Pre-chorus
well i can't wait to tell you all about her, all about my new girl and
i can't wait for you to hear me shout it, all about my new girl
Verse 1
when we were together you tried to break my heart
you always did your best at keeping us apart
(same chords)
but now you're dead and gone, i gotta new thing goin
can't wait to see your face when you and you friends show up
Chorus
so i got a i got a new girl
Verse 2
something makes you think you're some kinda winner do you wanna
get married and cook somebodies dinner? you're making fun of me
cause i'm young and got no money i got no time for schoolbooks
i got no time to study
repeat pre-chorus
repeat chorus
Bridge
Verse 3
you're the type of girl that any guy would die for that's the way it looks
and i'm really glad you think so so concerned with friends and your
popularity you never ever took the time to see the real me
repeat pre-chorus
repeat chorus
Outro
this one!
new girl!
end on C
chords used:
SOS
Intro
Verse 1
i take a look around, i don't like what i see
a bunch of people who don't know shit about unity
(same chords)
i see right through your skin, you say you see through mine
so please explain to me why we fight all the time
Bridge 1
i can't take it anymore this is bothering me
got people killing each other why does it have to be?
Verse 2
i wish i knew, i really wish i knew
why people can't see there's no real difference between me and you
Pre-chorus
it's a bomb with a short fuse and i know it seems like no use
the tensions building a reaction this is a call to action
Chorus
SOS we need help SOS we need help SOS we need help SOS we need help!
Verse 3
man's inhumanity towards another man
is man's insanity and ignorance again
and now is the time to stop what's goin on
the hatred's building up exploding like a bomb
repeat pre-chorus
repeat chorus
Solo
repeat pre-chorus
repeat chorus
end on A
chords used:
break the glass
Intro
Riff
break it!
smash it!
Verse 1
there's somethings about myself i just can't control yet
it happens time and time again when i try to be
(same chords)
well i blow it down i break it down i'm trying to be well it's
such a shame to say there's nothing to see there
Pre-chorus
i don't wanna talk about it
but you know i can't live without it
it's such a stupid fuckin' shame
and everytime i think about it i think i'm so lame
Chorus
i'll break the glass, i'll break it down (4x)
Verse 2
what's your story, what's your sign no i can't agree
well you know you'll never get it in this life for free
you can blow it down and break the glass break y heart in two
but you better be prepared it's such a shock there's nothing there
Pre-chorus
fill me up because i'm empty
why couldn't i just have kept me
ya know it really fuckin' sucks
and when i try to talk about it the words seem to get stuck
repeat chorus
Interlude
(3x) then...
repeat chorus
end
chords used:
no face
Verse
Pre-chorus
Chorus
hey ska!
Intro
Riff
Pre-chorus
hey what's goin on
hey what went wrong
hey i don't know why
hey might as well try
let's go!
Verse 1
well i looked around this crazy world
and tried to make some sense of it
robbed a bank stole a car
and tried to put some dents in it
(same chords)
everybodys playing games
i don't know what to make of it
don't play your stupid games
you know i don't need that fucked up shit
Chorus 1
no one ever told me i was gonna get older
turned 21 and thought my life was over
took a long time to get where i am now
but i'm not gonna sit around wondering how no!
Verse 2
well i listened to you fuckin shit
i can't make any sense of it
what goes up must come down
you gotta put two cent in it
you're just a blob of fuckin jell
your brain is floating out in space
if your brain was worth a quarter
i'd get 26 cents back in change
Chorus 2
no one ever told me that the grass would be greener
done a lotta things since last time that i seen her
no one ever told me it would be this way
that's why you can't make any sense out of anything i say!
Bridge
my world is crumblin and i don't know what to do
it's fallin down around me cause i'm thinking of you
(same chords)
if we take a look at our world to day
are our morals on decline, have we all gone insane?
insane insane
repeat riff
repeat pre-chorus
end
chords used:
our time
i got no time!
Verse 1
how can it end when it never began?
why can't i win when i know that i can?
(same chords)
seems we forgot about the mess that we're in
which way do we go and was there ever a plan?
Pre-chorus
it seems i'm getting old ya see
and i can't avoid responsibility
(same chords)
stuck in a box of popular belief
and it feels like there's something wrong with me
Chorus 1
got no, got no time got no, got no time
got no time for myself
got no, got no time (got no time for myself)
Bridge
do we have a function? tell me is there something?
is this my assumption? tell me is there something?
(same chords)
do we have a function? tell me is there something?
wrapped up in consumption, tell me is there something there?
Verse 2
how can we help when we don't where to begin?
fighting the system yet you get sucked in
you dropped out of the race cuz you never fit in
it's a racist power structure do we call human?
repeat pre-chorus
Chorus 2
i've seen through all the years and through all the tears
i've seen my share it makes me feel like no one even cares
i've seen through all the years and through all the tears
i've seen my share it makes me feel like no one even cares
repeat bridge
seems like no one even cares
end
chords used:
too much
Intro
Verse 1
when the extra weight hits my brain
i feel like i'm going insane
that's when the hand of god cuts my cord
that's when i feel like jah the lord
Chorus
my heart is pumping blood into my head
and i feel just like a thousand pounds of lead
the right half of my body has gone numb
and i think it's too much, too much
i think it's too much for me
repeat intro
Verse 2
when the monster inside my head
is telling me that i'm better off dead
that's when my mind is turned upside down
that's when i wish you weren't around
Chorus
my head is telling me that it's not right
and your face is such an unfamiliar sight
when i'm flying high as a fucking kite
i think it's too much, too much
a little too much, too much!
i think it's too much oh, for me
ska bridge:
take another drag, kill the pain
of your meaningless existence in this godforsaken place
(same chords)
where everyone's a sellout but they're also fuckin burnt out
thought it would be the best way to enhance your state of mind
see i went home and turned on the tv cause i had the time
i look at all this bullshit, the mugging and crime
war, death, disease, famine, what's it all worth
i started to lose it by the time i started
so i got jah, i got to the j, i got to the spliff got in his way
in the same frame of mind
got the same frame of mind
pickitup pickitup (3or4x)
repeat intro
repeat verse 1
repeat chorus 1
end on Eb
chords used:
islands
Intro
Verse 1
you tell me that you've found a better way
and i tell you that it isn't fuckin sane
(same chords)
everything that i wanted has broke down
they all think that i'm just a fucking clown
Prechorus
but everybody's telling me you gotta move faster
everybody's telling me that i'm a fucking bastard
Chorus
all my dreams were just islands in the sky (3x)
all my dreams were just islands in the sky
repeat intro
Verse 2
i tell you that the worlds a scary place
and you tell me we're all part of the same race
everybody's worried that they'll never get their share
i get left behind because i was never really there
repeat pre-chorus
repeat chorus
Bridge
they all think i'm mad everything i had just broke down (2x)
repeat intro
repeat pre-chorus
repeat chorus
end on Fii
chords used:
the real you
Intro
the word real defined is what really lies inside
you're not the person i once knew you're not the you i'm used to
(same chords)
all this wool is buggin my eyes and i never really realized
that beyond this plastic shell you cannot even tell
Verse 1
i can't come in cause you won't let me break
through the mask of who you are
you let down your sheild it's your best defense
it won't devastate you it's really hard
(same chords)
for me to tell you everything that i want to tell you
but you never knew the real me i'm sure i never knew the real
Chorus
you i wanna see the real you! i wanna see the real you
i wanna see the real you! i wanna see the real you
Verse 2
conflicting spheres of interest pose a threat to who we are
and where we want to be no we just can't see so we throw the walls up
around ourselves
our visions are dulled and doubtful you know it's a double standard
that'll wrap us up tight inside ourselves and never let us out
repeat chorus
motherfucker! fuckin' bitch hypocrite ahhhhhhhhhhhh!
repeat chorus
end on D
chords used:
face values
Intro
Verse 1
you got no friend so you're lonely
it does not have to be this way
just be yourself the one and only
it takes some time but that's ok
Bridge
alright, no need to fight
cause everybody's different and there's nothing you can do about it
just because i don't look like you or act like you
it doesn't make me any better or worse
Solo
i used to just like you
until i found better things to do than
(same chords)
worry about what the others think
and wonder if there's something wrong with me
Verse 2
you hate you self because you're not like them
now understand that this is wrong
you're better off doing your own thing
being yourself and being strong
repeat intro
end on G
chords used:
punk out
Intro
Verse 1
you're the only one in the world that you care about
makes me want to run and hide my head
(same chords)
it's hard for me to tell you how i fell because nothing's real
makes me wanna run and hide my head
Pre-chorus 1
and god only knows what'll keep us alive cause
everybody's turning 25 and i
haven't got a word to say to you
(same chords)
honor role when i was 13
head over heals when some girl kissed me
when i needed someone you weren't there
Chorus
i'm sorry i'm sorry i'm sorry i'm sorry
i'm sorry so sorry i'm sorry
Bridge
hey hey hey (3x)
Verse 2
you know that you scare me when you act this way
makes me wanna run and hide my head
it's hard for me to tell if you're serious or if you're joking
it makes me wanna run and hide my head
Pre-chorus 2
and god only knows what'll keep us from dying cause
everytime i look around i see life
as a big lie yeah
evrybody's saying "yeah i'm the one" yeah
"everybody come running to me"
that's not how it works and it never did
repeat chorus
repeat bridge
Solo
Outro
you know that i'm sorry it had to be this way
things got fucked up but that's ok i'm sorry i'm sorry
repeat bridge
end on G
vans song
Intro
Verse 1
well you're just like a club fag wearin doc martens
get a pair of chukkas or some checkerboard slipons
(same chords)
worship jeff spicoli not chris cornell
get a pair of vans or god will send you to hell
to hell...
well you think doc martens are the coolest invention
since someone sliced a loaf of bread in someone else's kitchen
the plain truth is that you just plain suck
so why should i tell you not to waste a hundred bucks?
Chorus
vans in my head, vans on my feet
my sole is on the ground as i'm walkin down the street
2 3 4!
(same chords)
don't wear no doc martens don't wear no birkenstocks
just a crummy old pair of chukka boots and a smelly old pair of socks
Verse 2
well if you wanna wear em you don't have to ride a skateboard
you can even wear em with a pair of old cords
someone'll probably tell you that they're not in trend
just tell them that's the reason you don't have any friends
no friends...
well i don't wanna hear about alternative footwear
and i don't wanna hear about your new hairdos
see i don't give a shit about you stupid motherfuckers
cause i just wanna get a pair of olive green chukkas
repeat chorus (2x)
bleh!
chords used:
insecurities
Intro
Verse 1
held back by walls of insecurity
that i just could never see
held people at arms length
(same chords)
devoid of all human contact
cannot express emotion
i try with all my strength
Chorus
what is the matter with me
it seems no one cares
i'm blinded by my innocence
will no one be there for me
when i don't understand i need a guiding hand
Verse 2
covered in blankets of imagination
where i can talk to people without a second thought
what if they're laughing at me
i know i'm not good enough so i won't even try
repeat chorus
repeat intro
repeat chorus (w/out lyrics)
Bass solo
ska break:
everything's gonna be okay and i know but it just doesn't seem that way
right around the corner there may be someone who cares
(same chords)
everythings gonna be alright and i know, but i wish it was tonight
maybe i would sleep better at night if i knew somebody cared
end
chords used:
inside/outside
Intro
Verse 1
(bass only)
if you're fucked up on the inside
then you're fucked up on the outside
doesn't matter what you say or do
doesn't matter if you think it's true
don't look for peace on the inside
doesn't matter what the others say
cause all these mouths get in the way
Chorus 1
you're just to hip, you're just too cool
but everybody knows you're just a fucking fool
and you'll carry that cool till the day you die
cause you're still full of shit and you're turning 25
play riff
go. 25, 25, 25
Riff
Verse 2
if you wanna know the answers
then you gotta ask the questions
"who am i?" and "who is she?"
and "does it matter anyway?"
you've got to look for lovr on the inside man
don't look for love on the outside
doesn't matter what the others say
cause all this shit gets in the way
Chorus 2
you can't love me and you can't love
when did it all go wrong? i really wish i knew
that color's all the same through colorblind eyes
and if you think you so different then you're wasting your time
your time, your time, your time
blind, blind, blind, they were all blind
Outro
chords used:
zero
Intro
Verse 1a
i'm not the same as i was when i was young
and neither are you
(same chords)
there's been a lot of changes in both of us
you said you see that too
Verse 1b
i've wasted such a lot of time to find i was
looking at the wrong things
if it's an apology you're waiting for
you could wait a long time
Pre-chorus
said this over the phone (4x)
Chorus
i've wasted such a long time to
just to feel like zero
life really sucks you know when you
yeah i feel like zero
i've wasted such a lot of time to
just to feel like zero
Verse 2a
you're not the only one who's held in
you said i broke your heart
it would've been the other way around when i was young
but sooner or later we've all got to grow up
repeat verse 1b
repeat pre-chorus
repeat chorus
Outro
i don't know if i should tell you how i'm feeling
chances are you'll laugh at me
and tell me i don't know what i'm saying
...it's not my fault (4x)
alternate between
and
i'm not the same as i was when i was young
end on A
chords used:
so long
Intro
Riff
(bass line is tabbed, guitar is chord names)
Verse 1
(bass only)
how could such a simple argument turn into this?
i thought that i knew everything about you
i pushed that flashing red button that set you off
i guess that i didn't really know you as well as i thought did
Pre-chorus
i guess that i figured out everything about you
i guess that i know all there is to know
(same chords)
i guess that i figured out what makes you do all the things you do
i guess that i know everything there is to know
Chorus
(play over jays rambling)
you know you make me wanna say so long
you know you make me wanna say goodbye goodbye
(same chords)
you know you make me wanna say so long
you know you make me wanna say goodbye!
repeat riff
Verse 2
how could you do all the things you've done to me and
still have the nerve to say we're friends i don't know they
tell me that it's all about growing up and being scared when
i was down and out where were you, you weren't there
repeat pre-chorus
repeat chorus
repeat riff
end on A
good fucking bye
i don't wanna hear it
Intro
Verse 1
i don't wanna hear it, all you do is talk about you
i don't wanna hear it, cause you know none of it's true
i don't wanna hear it, i'm sick and tired of all you lies
i don't wanna hear it, when are you gonna realize??
Chorus
i don't wanna hear it, i know you're full of shit (3x)
i don't wanna hear it!!!
Verse 2
shut your fuckin' mouth i don't care what you say
you keep talking and you're talking everyday
first you telling stories, then you're telling lies
when the fuck are you gonna realize?
repeat chorus
ahhhh fuck!!!!!
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