Chords for the replacements-pleased to meet me promo interview
Tempo:
85.7 bpm
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Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Jam Along & Learn...
I look really nervous.
We write about what we want to write about, [Eb] we act the way we are, we don't pretend.
And it's like people won't accept that [Bb] because they're used to [C] a package kind of thing where you [Eb] have to put on to be accepted.
you're into it.
Some people [C] see us as [Bb] entertaining and stuff like that and I guess we do put on a show,
can follow that.
I mean, it's too late for that.
don't care if they play the damn thing.
We write about what we want to write about, [Eb] we act the way we are, we don't pretend.
And it's like people won't accept that [Bb] because they're used to [C] a package kind of thing where you [Eb] have to put on to be accepted.
you're into it.
Some people [C] see us as [Bb] entertaining and stuff like that and I guess we do put on a show,
can follow that.
I mean, it's too late for that.
don't care if they play the damn thing.
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_ _ I look really nervous.
You do?
We write about what we want to write about, [Eb] we act the way we are, we don't pretend.
And it's like people won't accept that [Bb] because they're used to [C] a package kind of thing where you [Eb] have to put on to be accepted.
You know, you [G] have to look good on TV, [E] you have to act like you're into it.
Sometimes we're not into it and we don't pretend that [Bb] we are, you know. _ _
_ Some people [C] see us as [Bb] entertaining and stuff like that and I guess we do put on a show,
but we basically [C] do this for ourselves and a lot of people understand that and they can follow that.
We've been pretty patient so far, we've been around eight years and [Eb] it's like we're not going to be an overnight [Bb] sensation.
I mean, it's too late for that.
_ _ _ _ I don't care if they play the damn thing.
The only thing that bothers me is there's just the misconception behind the lyrics.
And it's not promoting suicide in any way.
It's, [N] you know, I was, when I was younger [Eb] and I tried to kill myself and look at me now, I'm fine, you know.
I [Bb] came [E] out of it.
And if anything, this is like [C] help for someone who's younger, who doesn't know what they're doing,
and is maybe contemplating something like [Bb] that and doesn't know how to handle [Cm] it.
It's like, [E] you know, you can do it, you know.
[Bb] You'll change, you know, stick [Cm] with it, hang [Bb] in there.
I mean, you know, I did [C] and it's not like, you know, it [Bbm] irritates me, it makes me angry that someone [C] thinks that I [E] would do this, you know.
It's like some crass move to get attention, like jump on the bandwagon.
Some kids killed themselves in New Jersey, so I'm going to write a song about it.
[Bb] That's bull****, you know.
I did it because I feel it and I can feel for the kind of person who would want to do that.
[F] And the people that don't [E] understand it are the people that are secure with their [Bb] lives and can't feel for that.
And we feel for that.
I mean, we're not suicidal, but we know what it's like to be alone and to be desperate.
And that, this song is like, you know, it's a nod [Eb] to them.
It's saying, you know, it's okay, you know, you'll get through it.
But I felt that way when I wrote it.
Now, [C] you know, I won't apologize for it.
And if [N] it's not played, that's okay.
But I just want everybody to know that it wasn't done, you know, to _ glorify the stupid act like that.
We _ _ _ want people to know who Alex is, who don't, you never heard a big star.
And it's like, it's our way of like, you know, he doesn't [Eb] need our help.
He doesn't want our help, but damn it, he's going to [Bb] get it, whether he likes it or not.
He's a great songwriter and he's influenced [C] me.
But he does exactly what he wants and he's comfortable with that.
[E] He can write good songs and he'll [Bb] go around and play, [N] you know, an oldie circuit just because it feels good to him.
And he doesn't want to [Bb] _ become something.
I mean, I guess being a star when he was 17 [E] with the box tops, he learned young [Eb] that it's like a lot of crap.
You know, [N] maybe we didn't learn that quick enough.
But whenever he would walk in [Eb] the studio, we would [Gb] turn off the song.
He looks right at you and he knows [E] you're keeping it.
He looks right [Bb] through you.
He gets this big grin on his face like, yep, I know.
He's magic.
You know, he [Eb] scares me in a way, but _ he's real.
He's _ [Bb] real _ weird. _ _ _ _
[C] The record is one [Bb] thing, the live performance is a total other deal.
I guess that's the way [C] it's always been.
And that's, I [Bb] think, our basic [Eb] problem with the people who love our records.
The slower material and the [Bb] quiet songs are the ones who hide in back.
And the [Eb] ones who come up front are the ones [D] who like the loud, [Eb] raucous stuff.
And it's like, you know, [Ab] live we tend to play that.
But the ones we really like [Bb] are the ones who are too afraid to come up and say hello.
The ones with the brains, [E] stupid ones up front.
I mean, we love them too.
But we couldn't honestly exist without the people in front.
I mean, we love to feel like it's a party.
When you have a bunch of quiet, introspective people.
But all you can see anyway as far as the lights is just_
I know, that's the bad thing.
You can only see the loud mouths.
[C] So it's hard to sometimes [Eb] remember that there's someone in back who's been waiting for a year to [Bbm] hear you play Skyway or [Bb] something.
Too scared to come up [Gb] front.
I know.
And those are the ones that you [Eb] want to run out and [N] hug and say, you know, we did it for you. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
You do?
We write about what we want to write about, [Eb] we act the way we are, we don't pretend.
And it's like people won't accept that [Bb] because they're used to [C] a package kind of thing where you [Eb] have to put on to be accepted.
You know, you [G] have to look good on TV, [E] you have to act like you're into it.
Sometimes we're not into it and we don't pretend that [Bb] we are, you know. _ _
_ Some people [C] see us as [Bb] entertaining and stuff like that and I guess we do put on a show,
but we basically [C] do this for ourselves and a lot of people understand that and they can follow that.
We've been pretty patient so far, we've been around eight years and [Eb] it's like we're not going to be an overnight [Bb] sensation.
I mean, it's too late for that.
_ _ _ _ I don't care if they play the damn thing.
The only thing that bothers me is there's just the misconception behind the lyrics.
And it's not promoting suicide in any way.
It's, [N] you know, I was, when I was younger [Eb] and I tried to kill myself and look at me now, I'm fine, you know.
I [Bb] came [E] out of it.
And if anything, this is like [C] help for someone who's younger, who doesn't know what they're doing,
and is maybe contemplating something like [Bb] that and doesn't know how to handle [Cm] it.
It's like, [E] you know, you can do it, you know.
[Bb] You'll change, you know, stick [Cm] with it, hang [Bb] in there.
I mean, you know, I did [C] and it's not like, you know, it [Bbm] irritates me, it makes me angry that someone [C] thinks that I [E] would do this, you know.
It's like some crass move to get attention, like jump on the bandwagon.
Some kids killed themselves in New Jersey, so I'm going to write a song about it.
[Bb] That's bull****, you know.
I did it because I feel it and I can feel for the kind of person who would want to do that.
[F] And the people that don't [E] understand it are the people that are secure with their [Bb] lives and can't feel for that.
And we feel for that.
I mean, we're not suicidal, but we know what it's like to be alone and to be desperate.
And that, this song is like, you know, it's a nod [Eb] to them.
It's saying, you know, it's okay, you know, you'll get through it.
But I felt that way when I wrote it.
Now, [C] you know, I won't apologize for it.
And if [N] it's not played, that's okay.
But I just want everybody to know that it wasn't done, you know, to _ glorify the stupid act like that.
We _ _ _ want people to know who Alex is, who don't, you never heard a big star.
And it's like, it's our way of like, you know, he doesn't [Eb] need our help.
He doesn't want our help, but damn it, he's going to [Bb] get it, whether he likes it or not.
He's a great songwriter and he's influenced [C] me.
But he does exactly what he wants and he's comfortable with that.
[E] He can write good songs and he'll [Bb] go around and play, [N] you know, an oldie circuit just because it feels good to him.
And he doesn't want to [Bb] _ become something.
I mean, I guess being a star when he was 17 [E] with the box tops, he learned young [Eb] that it's like a lot of crap.
You know, [N] maybe we didn't learn that quick enough.
But whenever he would walk in [Eb] the studio, we would [Gb] turn off the song.
He looks right at you and he knows [E] you're keeping it.
He looks right [Bb] through you.
He gets this big grin on his face like, yep, I know.
He's magic.
You know, he [Eb] scares me in a way, but _ he's real.
He's _ [Bb] real _ weird. _ _ _ _
[C] The record is one [Bb] thing, the live performance is a total other deal.
I guess that's the way [C] it's always been.
And that's, I [Bb] think, our basic [Eb] problem with the people who love our records.
The slower material and the [Bb] quiet songs are the ones who hide in back.
And the [Eb] ones who come up front are the ones [D] who like the loud, [Eb] raucous stuff.
And it's like, you know, [Ab] live we tend to play that.
But the ones we really like [Bb] are the ones who are too afraid to come up and say hello.
The ones with the brains, [E] stupid ones up front.
I mean, we love them too.
But we couldn't honestly exist without the people in front.
I mean, we love to feel like it's a party.
When you have a bunch of quiet, introspective people.
But all you can see anyway as far as the lights is just_
I know, that's the bad thing.
You can only see the loud mouths.
[C] So it's hard to sometimes [Eb] remember that there's someone in back who's been waiting for a year to [Bbm] hear you play Skyway or [Bb] something.
Too scared to come up [Gb] front.
I know.
And those are the ones that you [Eb] want to run out and [N] hug and say, you know, we did it for you. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
