The Great Escape Lyrics Chords
Tempo:
74.95 bpm
Chords used:
E
B
A
C#m
F#
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[B]
[E]
Paper bags and plastic cards All our belongings in shopping carts
[C#m] It's goodbye, [A] but we got one more [E] night Let's get drunk and ride [B] around
And make peace with an empty [F#] town We can [A] make it around
[C#m]
[A] Yesterday, [E] we made the greatest [B] day We won't [C#m] be ruined
I [A] say, they don't [E] know us [B] anyway [F#] Watch it burn, [G#m] let it die
[A] Cause we are [B] finally free, [A] tonight
[E]
Tonight we'll change our lives It's so good to be by your side
[C#m] And we'll cry, [A] we won't give up the fight [E] We'll scream loud at the top of our [B] lungs
And they'll think just cause we're young [E] They'll feel so alive
I
[C#m] [A] [E] [B] say, they [C#m] [A] don't [E] know us [B] anyway [C#] Watch it burn, [G#m] let it die
[A] Cause we are [B] finally free, [E] tonight
There's no wasting time The hours that we're left behind
[F#] The answers that we'll [B] never find We'll make a thing, [C#m] tonight
[A] [E]
[C#m] [A] [E] [B] Throw [C#m] it away Get [A] yesterday
We'll [E] make the greatest [B] game We won't [C#m] hear a word [A] they say
They don't [E] know us [B] anyway
[C#m] [A] [E]
[B] Get yesterday We won't [C#m] hear a word [A] they say
They don't [E] know us [B] anyway Watch [C#m] [A] it burn, let it die
[E] Get [B] yesterday We won't [C#m] hear [A] a word they say
They don't [E] know us [B] anyway Watch [C#] it burn, [G#m] let it die
[E] Cause we are [B] finally free, [E] tonight
[Em]
[B]
[E]
Paper bags and plastic cards All our belongings in shopping carts
[C#m] It's goodbye, [A] but we got one more [E] night Let's get drunk and ride [B] around
And make peace with an empty [F#] town We can [A] make it around
[C#m]
[A] Yesterday, [E] we made the greatest [B] day We won't [C#m] be ruined
I [A] say, they don't [E] know us [B] anyway [F#] Watch it burn, [G#m] let it die
[A] Cause we are [B] finally free, [A] tonight
[E]
Tonight we'll change our lives It's so good to be by your side
[C#m] And we'll cry, [A] we won't give up the fight [E] We'll scream loud at the top of our [B] lungs
And they'll think just cause we're young [E] They'll feel so alive
I
[C#m] [A] [E] [B] say, they [C#m] [A] don't [E] know us [B] anyway [C#] Watch it burn, [G#m] let it die
[A] Cause we are [B] finally free, [E] tonight
There's no wasting time The hours that we're left behind
[F#] The answers that we'll [B] never find We'll make a thing, [C#m] tonight
[A] [E]
[C#m] [A] [E] [B] Throw [C#m] it away Get [A] yesterday
We'll [E] make the greatest [B] game We won't [C#m] hear a word [A] they say
They don't [E] know us [B] anyway
[C#m] [A] [E]
[B] Get yesterday We won't [C#m] hear a word [A] they say
They don't [E] know us [B] anyway Watch [C#m] [A] it burn, let it die
[E] Get [B] yesterday We won't [C#m] hear [A] a word they say
They don't [E] know us [B] anyway Watch [C#] it burn, [G#m] let it die
[E] Cause we are [B] finally free, [E] tonight
[Em]
[B]
Key:
E
B
A
C#m
F#
E
B
A
_ _ _ _ _ _ [B] _ _
[E] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
Paper bags and plastic cards All our belongings in shopping carts
[C#m] It's goodbye, _ _ [A] but we got one more [E] night Let's get drunk and ride [B] around
And make peace with an empty [F#] town We can [A] make it around
_ [C#m] _ _
_ [A] Yesterday, [E] we made the greatest [B] day We won't [C#m] be ruined
I [A] say, they don't [E] know us [B] anyway [F#] Watch it burn, [G#m] let it die
[A] Cause we are [B] finally free, [A] tonight
_ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _
Tonight we'll change our lives It's so good to be by your side
[C#m] And we'll cry, _ [A] we won't give up the fight [E] We'll scream loud at the top of our [B] lungs
And they'll think just cause we're young [E] They'll feel so alive
I _ _ _
[C#m] _ _ [A] _ _ [E] _ [B] say, they [C#m] _ _ [A] don't [E] know us _ [B] anyway [C#] Watch it burn, [G#m] let it die
[A] Cause we are [B] finally free, [E] tonight
There's no wasting time The hours that we're left behind
[F#] The answers that we'll [B] never find We'll make a thing, [C#m] tonight
_ [A] _ _ [E] _ _ _ _
[C#m] _ _ [A] _ _ [E] _ _ [B] Throw [C#m] it away Get [A] yesterday
We'll [E] make the greatest [B] game We won't [C#m] hear a word [A] they say
They don't [E] know us [B] anyway _
[C#m] _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ [E] _
[B] Get yesterday We won't [C#m] hear a word [A] they say
They don't [E] know us [B] anyway Watch [C#m] _ [A] it burn, let it die
[E] Get [B] yesterday We won't [C#m] hear [A] a word they say
They don't [E] know us [B] anyway Watch [C#] it burn, [G#m] let it die
[E] Cause we are [B] finally free, [E] tonight _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [B] _
[E] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
Paper bags and plastic cards All our belongings in shopping carts
[C#m] It's goodbye, _ _ [A] but we got one more [E] night Let's get drunk and ride [B] around
And make peace with an empty [F#] town We can [A] make it around
_ [C#m] _ _
_ [A] Yesterday, [E] we made the greatest [B] day We won't [C#m] be ruined
I [A] say, they don't [E] know us [B] anyway [F#] Watch it burn, [G#m] let it die
[A] Cause we are [B] finally free, [A] tonight
_ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _
Tonight we'll change our lives It's so good to be by your side
[C#m] And we'll cry, _ [A] we won't give up the fight [E] We'll scream loud at the top of our [B] lungs
And they'll think just cause we're young [E] They'll feel so alive
I _ _ _
[C#m] _ _ [A] _ _ [E] _ [B] say, they [C#m] _ _ [A] don't [E] know us _ [B] anyway [C#] Watch it burn, [G#m] let it die
[A] Cause we are [B] finally free, [E] tonight
There's no wasting time The hours that we're left behind
[F#] The answers that we'll [B] never find We'll make a thing, [C#m] tonight
_ [A] _ _ [E] _ _ _ _
[C#m] _ _ [A] _ _ [E] _ _ [B] Throw [C#m] it away Get [A] yesterday
We'll [E] make the greatest [B] game We won't [C#m] hear a word [A] they say
They don't [E] know us [B] anyway _
[C#m] _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ [E] _
[B] Get yesterday We won't [C#m] hear a word [A] they say
They don't [E] know us [B] anyway Watch [C#m] _ [A] it burn, let it die
[E] Get [B] yesterday We won't [C#m] hear [A] a word they say
They don't [E] know us [B] anyway Watch [C#] it burn, [G#m] let it die
[E] Cause we are [B] finally free, [E] tonight _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [B] _