Amphetamine Smiles
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Afinação: E A D G B ETecla: BCapotraste:
4th traste
As recorded by Taking Back Sunday
(From the 2023 Album 152)
Capo 4th fret
[Intro]
G Bm Em C D
[Verse 1]
G
So you're standing on the corner, you were waiting for me
Bm
It must've been past midnight
Em C D
Started thinking to myself it's been a bad couple years
C D
Soon everything will be alright
G
The moon shines down on amphetamine smiles
Bm
We've finally got some time to kill
Em C
You ask if I can make the best of these bad decisions
D C
You know I can and I will
D G
I can and I will
[Chorus]
G Bm
We talked until the sun came up
Bm
It meant so much
Em
We don't remember what
C D
You better save yourself before you try
C D G
And save somebody else
Bm
Now this is all you have
Em
A moment that we won't ever get back
C D
You better save yourself before you try
C
And save somebody else
[Verse 2]
G
Half drunk Messiah with a smile on her face
Bm
Well she told me not to take them pills
Em C D
I said, "Girl you got no faith in medicine"
C
Love you like a brother
D
Love you like no other
G
I'ma love you 'cause no other can
[Chorus]
G Bm
We talked until the sun came up
Bm
It meant so much
Em
We don't remember what
C D
You better save yourself before you try
C D G
And save somebody else
Bm
Now this is all you have
Em
A moment that we won't ever get back
C D
You better save yourself before you try
C D
And save somebody else
[Guitar Solo]
G Bm Em C D
[Bridge]
G
Love you like a brother
Bm
Love you like no other
Em C D G
I'ma love you 'cause no other can
[Chorus]
G Bm
Talked until the sun came up
Bm
It meant so much
Em
We don't remember what
C D
You better save yourself before you try
C D
And save somebody else
[Outro]
G Bm Em
C D
You better save yourself before you try
N.C.
And save somebody else
How to play Amphetamine Smiles
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