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

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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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