Chords for Captain Chaos - We Booked Our Own Lives
Tempo:
96.8 bpm
Chords used:
G
D
C
Em
A
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[G] We didn't have any cell phones, we [C] didn't have a webpage.
[D] That's just the way we did things [G] back in those days.
And we didn't know anyone [C] who had ever done [D] anything like what we were [G] gonna do.
There were no contact [D] lists you [G] could find on the [C] internet,
just phone cards [D] and phone [G] calls every night.
The only thing we had to try [D] and find [G] all the cool [Em] kids
was a magazine [D] called Book Your [G] Own Fucking Life.
[C] And we [D] booked our [G] own fucking lives.
[C] And the shows [D] fell through [G] at least half of the [C] time,
but [D] we didn't care, cause we were [C] out there.
We were [D] sleeping in the [G] van most every night.
[Em] Let me take a break to tell you about the four kids in [G] this van.
There was me, Miranda, Lewis, and [Em] Stan.
Lewis was a kid from New Albany who played the bass.
He [G] spent most of this tour hopping around on a broken leg.
[Em] You see, the police station in Fayetteville, Arkansas,
had a sign [G] that said, Keep Off the Grass.
To prove he was punk, he ran [Em] across it.
Right when he reached the van, he twisted his ankle on the curb.
[G] He fell in the side door, and we realized he was really hurt.
[Em]
Stan was the only real talent in the band.
He played the drums and worked in a [G] record store.
He didn't really enjoy his time on tour.
[E] He was hot, he was broke, he was hungry.
[G] No, I guess it's not the life for everybody.
[E] Miranda came too, despite the fact we knew [Em] we were through.
[G] I guess this trip would be the last big thing the two of [Em] us would do.
For the three of them, I think that this was an ending.
[G] For me, it was only the beginning.
[Em] See, I found a gate, and I opened it up.
[G] I didn't look back, no, I just [Em] jumped.
I found a gate, and I opened it up.
I [G] didn't look back, no, I [D] just jumped.
[Am] [G] We spent [D] 60 [C] days on the road, [G] and [D] we played [C] 21 shows.
[Em] Some of [D] the friends [C] that we made [G] are still [D] my [C] friends [G] today.
And [D] I thought [G] it was great!
We [D] almost [Em] never got paid.
And I didn't [G] care how much money we lost.
No, it [D] was well [G] worth the cost.
To find [D] out there's [C] a whole world out [G] there.
And there [A] are cool [Em] kids almost everywhere.
[D] And all of the [G] things that we got to see.
And to finally [D] start finding [C] our real [G] family.
And I [D] still feel that [C] way today!
[G] And every [D] show I [C] play, well, I give my [Em] thanks to [D] these first [G] days and the gods of luck.
I'm so [D] glad that [C] I never gave up.
[G] I'm so glad that [D] I never [C] gave up.
[G] I'm so glad [D] that I never [G] gave up.
[B] I'm so glad [A] that I [G] never gave up.
[B] I'm so [A] glad that I [G] never gave up.
I'm so glad that I never gave up.
[D] That's just the way we did things [G] back in those days.
And we didn't know anyone [C] who had ever done [D] anything like what we were [G] gonna do.
There were no contact [D] lists you [G] could find on the [C] internet,
just phone cards [D] and phone [G] calls every night.
The only thing we had to try [D] and find [G] all the cool [Em] kids
was a magazine [D] called Book Your [G] Own Fucking Life.
[C] And we [D] booked our [G] own fucking lives.
[C] And the shows [D] fell through [G] at least half of the [C] time,
but [D] we didn't care, cause we were [C] out there.
We were [D] sleeping in the [G] van most every night.
[Em] Let me take a break to tell you about the four kids in [G] this van.
There was me, Miranda, Lewis, and [Em] Stan.
Lewis was a kid from New Albany who played the bass.
He [G] spent most of this tour hopping around on a broken leg.
[Em] You see, the police station in Fayetteville, Arkansas,
had a sign [G] that said, Keep Off the Grass.
To prove he was punk, he ran [Em] across it.
Right when he reached the van, he twisted his ankle on the curb.
[G] He fell in the side door, and we realized he was really hurt.
[Em]
Stan was the only real talent in the band.
He played the drums and worked in a [G] record store.
He didn't really enjoy his time on tour.
[E] He was hot, he was broke, he was hungry.
[G] No, I guess it's not the life for everybody.
[E] Miranda came too, despite the fact we knew [Em] we were through.
[G] I guess this trip would be the last big thing the two of [Em] us would do.
For the three of them, I think that this was an ending.
[G] For me, it was only the beginning.
[Em] See, I found a gate, and I opened it up.
[G] I didn't look back, no, I just [Em] jumped.
I found a gate, and I opened it up.
I [G] didn't look back, no, I [D] just jumped.
[Am] [G] We spent [D] 60 [C] days on the road, [G] and [D] we played [C] 21 shows.
[Em] Some of [D] the friends [C] that we made [G] are still [D] my [C] friends [G] today.
And [D] I thought [G] it was great!
We [D] almost [Em] never got paid.
And I didn't [G] care how much money we lost.
No, it [D] was well [G] worth the cost.
To find [D] out there's [C] a whole world out [G] there.
And there [A] are cool [Em] kids almost everywhere.
[D] And all of the [G] things that we got to see.
And to finally [D] start finding [C] our real [G] family.
And I [D] still feel that [C] way today!
[G] And every [D] show I [C] play, well, I give my [Em] thanks to [D] these first [G] days and the gods of luck.
I'm so [D] glad that [C] I never gave up.
[G] I'm so glad that [D] I never [C] gave up.
[G] I'm so glad [D] that I never [G] gave up.
[B] I'm so glad [A] that I [G] never gave up.
[B] I'm so [A] glad that I [G] never gave up.
I'm so glad that I never gave up.
Key:
G
D
C
Em
A
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D
C
_ _ _ _ _ _ [G] We didn't have any cell phones, we [C] didn't have a webpage.
[D] That's just the way we did things [G] back in those days.
And we didn't know anyone [C] who had ever done [D] anything like what we were [G] gonna do.
There were no contact [D] lists you [G] could find on the [C] internet,
just phone cards [D] and phone [G] calls every night.
The only thing we had to try [D] and find [G] all the cool [Em] kids
was a magazine [D] called Book Your [G] Own Fucking Life.
[C] And we [D] booked our [G] own fucking lives.
[C] And the shows [D] fell through [G] at least half of the [C] time,
but [D] we didn't care, cause we were [C] out there.
We were [D] sleeping in the [G] van most every night.
_ _ _ [Em] Let me take a break to tell you about the four kids in [G] this van.
There was me, Miranda, Lewis, and [Em] Stan.
Lewis was a kid from New Albany who played the bass.
He [G] spent most of this tour hopping around on a broken leg.
[Em] You see, the police station in Fayetteville, Arkansas,
had a sign [G] that said, Keep Off the Grass.
To prove he was punk, he ran [Em] across it.
Right when he reached the van, he twisted his ankle on the curb.
[G] He fell in the side door, and we realized he was really hurt.
[Em]
Stan was the only real talent in the band.
He played the drums and worked in a [G] record store.
He didn't really enjoy his time on tour.
[E] He was hot, he was broke, he was hungry.
[G] No, I guess it's not the life for everybody.
_ [E] Miranda came too, despite the fact we knew [Em] we were through.
[G] I guess this trip would be the last big thing the two of [Em] us would do.
For the three of them, I think that this was an ending.
[G] For me, it was only the beginning.
[Em] See, I found a gate, and I opened it up.
[G] I didn't look back, no, I just [Em] jumped.
I found a gate, and I opened it up.
I [G] didn't look back, no, I [D] just jumped.
[Am] _ [G] We spent [D] 60 [C] days on the road, [G] and [D] we played [C] 21 shows.
[Em] Some of [D] the friends [C] that we made [G] are still [D] my [C] friends [G] today.
And [D] I thought [G] it was great!
We [D] almost [Em] never got paid.
And I didn't [G] care how much money we lost.
No, it [D] was well [G] worth the cost.
To find [D] out there's [C] a whole world out [G] there.
And there [A] are cool [Em] kids almost everywhere.
[D] And all of the [G] things that we got to see.
And to finally [D] start finding [C] our real [G] family.
And I [D] still feel that [C] way today!
[G] And every [D] show I [C] play, well, I give my [Em] thanks to [D] these first [G] days and the gods of luck.
I'm so [D] glad that [C] I never gave up.
[G] I'm so glad that [D] I never [C] gave up.
[G] I'm so glad [D] that I never [G] gave up.
[B] I'm so glad [A] that I [G] never gave up.
[B] I'm so [A] glad that I [G] never gave up.
_ _ _ _ I'm so glad that I never gave up. _ _
[D] That's just the way we did things [G] back in those days.
And we didn't know anyone [C] who had ever done [D] anything like what we were [G] gonna do.
There were no contact [D] lists you [G] could find on the [C] internet,
just phone cards [D] and phone [G] calls every night.
The only thing we had to try [D] and find [G] all the cool [Em] kids
was a magazine [D] called Book Your [G] Own Fucking Life.
[C] And we [D] booked our [G] own fucking lives.
[C] And the shows [D] fell through [G] at least half of the [C] time,
but [D] we didn't care, cause we were [C] out there.
We were [D] sleeping in the [G] van most every night.
_ _ _ [Em] Let me take a break to tell you about the four kids in [G] this van.
There was me, Miranda, Lewis, and [Em] Stan.
Lewis was a kid from New Albany who played the bass.
He [G] spent most of this tour hopping around on a broken leg.
[Em] You see, the police station in Fayetteville, Arkansas,
had a sign [G] that said, Keep Off the Grass.
To prove he was punk, he ran [Em] across it.
Right when he reached the van, he twisted his ankle on the curb.
[G] He fell in the side door, and we realized he was really hurt.
[Em]
Stan was the only real talent in the band.
He played the drums and worked in a [G] record store.
He didn't really enjoy his time on tour.
[E] He was hot, he was broke, he was hungry.
[G] No, I guess it's not the life for everybody.
_ [E] Miranda came too, despite the fact we knew [Em] we were through.
[G] I guess this trip would be the last big thing the two of [Em] us would do.
For the three of them, I think that this was an ending.
[G] For me, it was only the beginning.
[Em] See, I found a gate, and I opened it up.
[G] I didn't look back, no, I just [Em] jumped.
I found a gate, and I opened it up.
I [G] didn't look back, no, I [D] just jumped.
[Am] _ [G] We spent [D] 60 [C] days on the road, [G] and [D] we played [C] 21 shows.
[Em] Some of [D] the friends [C] that we made [G] are still [D] my [C] friends [G] today.
And [D] I thought [G] it was great!
We [D] almost [Em] never got paid.
And I didn't [G] care how much money we lost.
No, it [D] was well [G] worth the cost.
To find [D] out there's [C] a whole world out [G] there.
And there [A] are cool [Em] kids almost everywhere.
[D] And all of the [G] things that we got to see.
And to finally [D] start finding [C] our real [G] family.
And I [D] still feel that [C] way today!
[G] And every [D] show I [C] play, well, I give my [Em] thanks to [D] these first [G] days and the gods of luck.
I'm so [D] glad that [C] I never gave up.
[G] I'm so glad that [D] I never [C] gave up.
[G] I'm so glad [D] that I never [G] gave up.
[B] I'm so glad [A] that I [G] never gave up.
[B] I'm so [A] glad that I [G] never gave up.
_ _ _ _ I'm so glad that I never gave up. _ _