Life In Dreaming Chords

Standard (EADGBE)

 Key: F

Chords used:

Intro

then Am--Bb--F---Am--Bb--

Verse 1

Am The cold concrete

cuts against her back

 And her sFpirit spills with

blood on to the pavement

Am Hands tied so tight

behind your neck

 And a Fsilence falls

and everything changes

 Everything Amdies to you

 Nothing's alive to you anyFmore

I guess you've gotten more

than you may have wanted

Chorus

Dm If I could take your

A♯pain away (Pain away)

 I would scream Ffor you

 And I`ll bleed Gmfor you

(For you feel this way)

So you`ll never feel

 this Dmway Again

When you're in my

A♯arms Again

 I would scream Ffor you

 I will bleed Gmfor you

Verse 2

Am She drowns herself until

the images erase

F But the skin is bruised

all along her thighs

Am Nightmares repeat refrain

the memories remain

F The mental photographs

haunting all the time

 She shuts her Ameyes to you

She tries to hide from you

 She Ffalls asleep into

dreams where she is safe

(Repeat Chorus)

Bridge

 SoF put the weight

on my shoulders

 And the pain in my A♯heart

Tie the knots in my stomach

 And let it tear me aFpart

 So I could A♯be

Everything you need

Dm Put the weight

 on my shouldFers

 And the pain in my A♯heart

 Tie the knots in my stoCmach

 Let it tear me aDmpartF

 So tear me aA♯partC

You say you are

Verse 3

Am And this silence strips me bare

 And the body Fpins me down

Ive never been so scared to breathe

 Afraid to make a Amsound

 But all I Fknow

Kick and scream and bite and bleed

and make believe it's all a dream

(Repeat Chorus)

Outro

Dm A♯Pain away

 I won't scream Ffor youGm

 I will bleed Dmfor you

A♯Pain awayF Gm

 I will bleed Dmfor you

2.) Ashes Ashes

 Key: F

Chords used:

Intro

Dm--F-Am- x2

Chorus 1

Am i hope this terrifies you

C immoral suicide which

Amburns inside you

 i'll Cnever let you out

Am until you realizeC knee deep

 or buried aAmlive in Clies

Verse 1

Am go, go, go believe

C in everything u need

Am take everything for granted

C distorting every memory

Am knee deep and alone

C you like it when you Amknow

 just Cwhat im thinking

Chorus 2

Am i hope this terrifies you

C immoral suicide which

Amburns inside you

 i'll Cnever let you out

Am until you realizeC knee deep

 or buried aAmlive in Clies

Dmthis time i wont let you in

Verse 2

Dmsweet like a child

Fact like Amchildren

 you Dmrun from your problems

Fblurring the Amvisions

 we Dmset in ourF sides

 (so Amwhat would you like)

 you Dmturned around FsomethingAm

Bridge

 And the Dmkids are screaming

 at the C/Etops of their lungs

 while they are Fpointing their

 fingers like they're Gmloaded guns

 behind the Dmplaces and backdrops

C/Efiring explosives

Fbridges are burning

 we Gmall fall Dmdown C

 we all fall Dmdown

we all fall down

 we all fall Cdown

we all fall down

Chorus 3

Dm i hope this terrifies you

C i know it terrifies youDm C

Outro

Dm ill be oCk just go just go

Dm as we Call fall down

Dm ill be okC

Dm let the bridges burn

 we Call fall Dmdown

3.) A Minor Detail

Chords used:

G - 320033 or 320003

Intro

Part 1: Chordless

Step up to the plate to play the game

Save yourself and quit to play it safe

Part 2: Chords entering in

Verse 1

F Step up to the plate to play the game

G Save yourself and quit to play it safe

 The Fboy has got skill, but the girl's got notion

 He's sEmmart enough, but he lacks devotion

 Your Freasons rhyme, but your rhymes keep scheming

 And that's Gnot enough so just keep on dreaming alone

F And I know that you'll Emnever make it on your own

Chorus

Am I know you'llG never get it right

 You Conly take it so far then Fleave it all behind

Am So tonight I'm Gmaking up my mind

 BeCfore we take this too far and Fleave it all behind

Verse 2

F So rise up to the occasion

 'Cause you're Gall excuse with no explaination

 You've got Fminor details filling major gaps in your Emmemory

 So just trace your footsteps Fback to where this all started

 BeGfore you got yourself broken hearted

FNow just keep your head down

 'Cause you'll Emnever figure it out

(Repeat Chorus)

Bridge

FYeGahF G

 And I'll Cmiss you when DI'm gone, I'll Csing you a Dsad song

 toFniGghFt G

 And I'll Cmiss you when DI'm gone, I'll Csing you a Dsad song

Whispering:

Am One more chance to get this right

One more chance to get it right

One more chance to get this right

 But you'll never Emget it right

(Repeat Chorus)

Interlude

Am

F Step up to the plate to play the game

G Save yourself and quit to play it safe

4.) The Point

 Key: D

Chords used:

Intro

x2 x2 x2 x2

x2 x2

Verse 1

D/F♯ My voice is Gtired

 I can Dbarely speak

 a whisAper these D/F♯words

 We clear our Gminds

And these broken

Dbottles and glasses

A Heal our lives

 So D/F♯drinks to the skies

 and Gblood to your eyes

 This Drooftop is undersAtanding

 So D/F♯swallow your pride

 or Gchoke till you die

 Cause Dthis fall's unforAgiving

Refrain

A/C♯ So call on your Dangels

 To Gget your fall tonight

A/C♯ And I'll crawl on my Dhands

 Pouring Gout my insides

Chorus

 I'll Dwait A/C♯for Gyou

 Hoping to change your Dmind

 Hoping's A/C♯all I can Gdo

Verse 2

D/F♯ These days are Gtired and

 the Dnights are overAwhelming

 As we sD/F♯poke through silence

 A Groutine silence

 with Dnothing more to Asay

 So D/F♯drinks to the skies

 And Gblood to your eyes

DI'll be undersAtanding

 ToD/F♯night G

 I'll Dunderstand

Aeverything tonight

(Repeat Chorus twice)

Bridge

D/F♯ And I'm dyingG coz

you're leaving

DHopes abandoned my

Aheart's still beating

D/F♯ But I never Ggave up trying

 I did Deverything for Ayou

D/F♯ I did Geverything

Interlude

D-A/C♯-G x2

Outro

 I'll Dwait A/C♯for GyouA A A D

5.) 20 Below

 Key: G

Chords used:

Em - 022000 or Em7 - 022033

C - x32010 or C9 - x32033

Verse 1

Em This puzzled look you stare to Cme says

 "You put me back toGgether"

 Her head's Ddown she Cwaits impatientEmly

 Scattered in my Cheart

 torn up and ripped aGpart

D It's Cripped apart

Verse 2

Bass enters

Em And I know I should have known

 By the Ctimes she looked at me

GBrace yourself

 Strength Dfinds a Cplace in me

Chorus

Em Just wait andC you'll see

 you're Geverything I want

D And don't Ctake this from me

Em Just wait andC you'll see

 you're Geverything I want

D Don't take this Cfrom me now

Interlude

Em--C-- x2

x2 x2

Verse 3

Em With the wind strong in my

Cface I'm still staggering Gthrough

 I'm closer to the Dground

 than I will Cever get to you

Em Dirt deep beneath my Cfingernails

 I'm gripping to the Gfloor

 I'm searching through the Dworld

 always Clooking for something more

(Repeat Chorus)

Interlude

Beat Will change from fast to slow

Em---, Em--G--D--C-G/B x2

Guitar 3: Effects

Bridge

Em And these Gcold winter nights

 withDout you next to me

 It Cfeels like G/Btwenty below

Em Frostbite Gon my heart

 This Dpain and suffering are

Cfeelings that G/Byou don't know

Verse 3

beat changes to fast again

Em You Don't GKnow

 You Don't Dknow

You Don't know

 these Cfeelings that

G/Byou don't Emknow

 You Don't GKnow

 Does it Dfeel like

C G/B Em--Em--Em--

It feels like 20 below

Outro

Em Just wait andC you'll see

 you're Geverything I wantD C Em

6.) Garden Statement

Chords used in Drop D:

B9 - x24422 or 9-9-11-x-x-x

B5 - x244xx or 999xx

D5p - 0577xx

Intro

B9 D

Verse 1

E5 D5p D5

The traffic's backed for miles on these quiet suburban roads

D5p

while the rubber necking strangers are dying to see this victim's

E5 D5p D5

wounds cause he’s all alone with his notebooks and poems

 in this empty grave where B5he wrote all of his secrets that became his

A5lyrics with E5no intent to G5show anyone

Chorus

 and we B9giveD5 and we B9giveD5

 but its G5all for noD5thing

 its G5all for noD5thing

 we B9tryD5 to B9resist but D5I give

G5everything D5and its G5all for noD5thing

Verse 2

E5 so the panic sets and cycles his mind for restless D5sleep

 while the blood sucking leeches contaminate every line they E5read

 just leave him alone in this daD5rk room this white sheet tightly wrapped

 coB5coon cause its no secret I fucking A5need this Like E5I don’t need G5anyone

(Repeat Chorus twice)

Bridge

Part 1:

 It's like I’m D5falling asleep with my eyes open

G5 shutting down and off the lights

 cause after E5all of this it’s all or nothing

 sD5till I wouldn’t G5try to D5fight

Repeat Bridge: Part 1 while singing this line with another vocalist

and you'll lie to all your friends

about sights you never saw

and you'll preach to all the press

about what you don't know at all

at all

Interlude

D5-G5 (x2) 1 strum each power chord

 So let me D5drown so I can breathe again I’m through choking and

 suffocating on G5alter egos and alterior motives which weigh you down and

 take control of the D5way you are and the things that you need the life

 you live and the dreams that you dream disG5tort and blur all in slow

 motion they broke you down and now you're broken and it’s D5sadder than

 the saddest movie I ever saw but without the beauty so G5I stopped

watching, I stopped caring I lost all interest and I stopped wearing

 these D5plastic smiles I’ll wash my hands clean I'll forget that you

 forgot about me and I’ll G5live the life, the big city feeling

 cause it’s better than suburban dreaming D5Living off the friends that

 hate you who talk shit on me like I don't know who G5my real friends are

 anymore no I don’t know you anymore and it’s D5sadder than the saddest

 movie I ever saw but without the beauty so G5I'll stopped watching, I'll

stopped caring

(First vocalist singing in background)

spill the ink and spill your guts again

spill the ink and spill your guts again!!!

(Repeat Bridge Part 1)

7.) The Innocent Ones

 Key: A

Chords used:

A/C♯ - x476xx or x4222x

Intro

Verse 1

A Long goodbyes and second chanDces

Forgiving all we fight

 for forgetting all we Alose

Cuz we're losing it all

 the way things hapDpen

 Doing all we do to Afill up the quiet

Break the awkward silence

 conDsuming our lives

We're spending our time

Akeeping our distance

 Speaking trivial Dand trite

Refrain

F♯m And I'll find some Eway

 to cut myself oDpen

 Over and over aF♯mgain

 And I'll find some Eway

 to bury it Dall

Chorus

 And so Alet's be honest

 BeA/C♯cause I am

 through Dholding

my breath as my

lungs breathe in

 The Aair is to A/C♯thin

 inside this Droom

Verse 2

A I need this like

 water in my Dlungs

Drowning in

silence biting

 my restAless tongue

Cuz we're to consumed

 to shalDlow

Playing the victims

playing the innocent ones

(Repeat Refrain and Chorus twice)

Bridge

 So F♯mdon't Ebreathe in the Dair

Leave me gasping for air

F♯mGo and Ebreathe everything i Dam

Interlude

F#m--E/G#--A--Bm-D--| x4

D--- x2, F#m--E/G#--A--Bm-D----| x4

D--- x2, F#m--E/G#-------------|A x4, A(hold)

8.) American Classic

 Key: E

Chords used:

G#m - 466444 or E/G# - 476xxx

Intro

E- x2, E--G#m-A-B x2

Verse 1

 This presEsure is too much to take

Every bend reaches a break

 but G♯mthat's a sore subject

 its Atime to get your head checked

E you can't keep dwelling on every

 moment that sG♯mlipped by because

 with every Asunset comes a sunrise

Ewe don't know or care G♯mwhere we go

 just Aturn up that radio

E we'll sing along to all

our favorite songs

 and hope G♯mthese interstates

 will go Aon and on and on

Chorus

E So long sinG♯mcerity esAcape your mind

 its your save Bhaven from reality

E but It's okay it didn't

G♯mmean much Aanyway to Bme

Verse 2

E F♯m It G♯mseems like Ajust yesterday

 when we would sEtay up late

 out on F♯myour front lawn

 talking aG♯mbout where we've been

 and all the Aplaces we're going

 we would Elose track of time watching

F♯mcars pass us by and I would

 sG♯mneak back home beAfore the sunrise

 and how eEveryday would seem so

long and every night would

(hold)

go on and on and on

(Repeat Chorus twice)

Bridge

E Still bleeding from

these back stabbed scars

G♯myoung boys dying in

 an Aold mans war

E and your sympathy

cant take that away

Interlude

E--G#m-A- x2

and every night would

go on and on and on

Outro

E so long sinG♯mceriAty

 esBcape from reality

(Repeat x4)

E- x4, E--G#m-A-E(hold)

9.) In Memory

 Key: G

Chords used:

Intro

Em--Bm-C-Bm-C-D x2

Verse 1

Em This feeling never dies

 The fever never Dbreaks

It shakes under your skin

 and drips across your Emface

It speaks to me telling me

 you're Dterrified of this diEmsease

cause you look so weak

 As it's Dripping through your body

it's tearing through me

Chorus 1

C And these are your last

Dwords "I'm sorry"

EmRight before my eyes can't

 believe this is goodCbye

 Keep sDtaring Emright into my eyes

 and look at me for the Clast timeD

Interlude

Em(hold), Em--Bm-C-Bm-C-D x2

Verse 2

Em So empty but your lies

 are filled with apaDthy

Be careful with your

 words to save your enerEmgy

Speak to me, cause

 I'm so Dterrified of

 what's happeEmning so

be strong for me

 Because it's so Deasy to die

when it's so hard to breathe

 To Emsee you suffeGring

(hold)

Oh my god I think

its killing me

Chorus 2

C And these are your last

Dwords "I'm sorry"

EmRight before my eyes can't

 believe this is goodCbyeD

Interlude

Em---F x4, Em--D--

Outro

 If Cthis is the last time

 I've Dnever been so terriEmfied

 If Cthis is the last time

 I'll Dnever look in your eyes

10.) Top 5 Addicitons

 Key: E then B

Chords used:

Intro

G#m--A-- x2, G#m-F#m-A--

Verse 1

G♯m Just keep coughing

And smoke another cigarette

EDream another big dream

And just live in regret

G♯m So fuck the warning signs

I'm already dead inside

E Dying for a feeling

So say goodbye

Say goodnight

Chorus 1

EI won't let you G♯mlet me go

 This Atime it's all I Bhave

[Keep screaming no

one's listening]

Verse 2

G♯m Now I'm dying reaching

out for anything

E Screaming for attention

Oh my God something's

got to give

G♯m Focused in black

and white

Living like the

color blinds

E Every sense of feeling

And reason to save my life

Chorus 2

EI won't let you G♯mlet me go

 This Atime it's all I Bhave

[Keep screaming no

one's listening]

EI won't let you G♯mlet me go

 This Atime it's all I Bhave

Bridge

G♯mYou are all I Ahave

And you are everything this is

G♯m This is all I ever needed

 To F♯msave my life

 I'll Anever open my eyes

EI won't let you G♯mlet me go

(Repeat Chorus 2 twice)

Outro

G#m--E(hold)

11.) Halycon Daze

 Key: A

Chords used:

Intro

A-Bm-D-E x2

Verse 1

 So Aassuming that this

weekend there's

 A Bmpart of me that's thinking

 Of Dcoming up to join you

 You know I sureE wouldnt want to

A Ruin all your chances

 On your Bmone night stand romances

DDoing tequila shots

 I always Eloved you

but it was never enough

Refrain 1

 And Dwhile your licking

 salt offE of each other

 Know that DI'll be wishing

 Throwing Esome over my shoulder

Chorus 1

AHoping for sores to

 form upon your Bmlips

 So the Dalcohol burns

 warm with everyE sip

 Are you burning Dnow?

 Dial E911 emerDgency

 To cool Eyou AdownBm D E

Verse 2

 And when you Awake

tommorow morning with

 A Bmhang over from hell

 Don't Dbother calling me

 There's no Eneed for

you to kiss and tell

 BecauseA tonightBm will be my night

 I'm Dcalling all my friends

 The boys are Egoing out tonight

 The Apotion in our bottles

 it will be Bmsinging me to sleep

 The Dworm at the bottom and

 it's Etaunting me to be a creep

Refrain 2

 It saysD Hey man

 sEtand up for yourself

D Hey man I've got a Eplan for

you It's working oh so well

Chorus 2

A I picked up the pay phone

 and I Bmheld the zero down

D Please operator collect

Ecall to Allentown

 The Acall came back rejected

 but that Bmoperator was kind

 EDnough to talk to me and get

 me Ethrough to the

 middle of theA nightBm D

EYeah soA tonight

Bm will be my night

 I'm Dcalling all

my friends the boys are

E A---

going out tonight