The Great Escape Chords by Boys Like Girls
Tempo:
74.925 bpm
Chords used:
E
A
C#m
B
F#
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[E] .
[A].
Paper bags and plastic [E] hearts, our belongings and shopping [C#m] carts.
It's goodbye, [A] but we got one more [E] night.
Let's get drunk and ride around, [B] and make peace with an empty [Em] town.
[A] We can make [C#m] it right.
.
[A] Forget yesterday, [E] make the [B] greatest game.
We [C#m] won't [A] expect, they [E] don't know us anyway.
[F#] Watch it burn, [G#m] let it die.
[A] Cause we are [B] finally free, [A] tonight.
[E] [A] .
Tonight we'll change [E] our lives, it's so good to be by your [C#m] side.
We'll cry, [A] we won't give up the [E] fight.
We'll scream loud, it's not about us.
And they'll [B] think it's just [E] cause we're [A] young.
But boy, it'll feel so right.
[D#] [C#m] .
[A] Yesterday, [E] [B] we escaped.
We [C#m] won't [A] expect, they [E] don't know us anyway.
[F#] Watch it burn, [G#m] let it die.
[A] Cause we are [B] finally free, [E] tonight.
I'll be the rest inside me.
I'll push that world up [F#] behind me.
Answers [B] that we'll never find.
So you'll make a thing [C#m] tonight.
[A] [E] [B] .
[C#m] [A] [E] [B] Throw [C#m] it away, forget yesterday.
[E] We'll make the greatest game.
We [C#m] won't hear a word they say.
They [E] don't know us [B] anyway.
[C#m] I'll be the one [A] [E] to escape.
We [C#m] won't hear a word [A] they say.
They [E] don't know us anyway.
[C#m] [A] Yet yesterday, [E] we'll [B] be scared.
We [C#m] won't hear [A] a word they say.
They [E] don't know us anyway.
[F#] Watch it burn, [G#m] let it die.
[A] Cause we are [B] finally [E] free, tonight.
.
[Em] .
[A].
Paper bags and plastic [E] hearts, our belongings and shopping [C#m] carts.
It's goodbye, [A] but we got one more [E] night.
Let's get drunk and ride around, [B] and make peace with an empty [Em] town.
[A] We can make [C#m] it right.
.
[A] Forget yesterday, [E] make the [B] greatest game.
We [C#m] won't [A] expect, they [E] don't know us anyway.
[F#] Watch it burn, [G#m] let it die.
[A] Cause we are [B] finally free, [A] tonight.
[E] [A] .
Tonight we'll change [E] our lives, it's so good to be by your [C#m] side.
We'll cry, [A] we won't give up the [E] fight.
We'll scream loud, it's not about us.
And they'll [B] think it's just [E] cause we're [A] young.
But boy, it'll feel so right.
[D#] [C#m] .
[A] Yesterday, [E] [B] we escaped.
We [C#m] won't [A] expect, they [E] don't know us anyway.
[F#] Watch it burn, [G#m] let it die.
[A] Cause we are [B] finally free, [E] tonight.
I'll be the rest inside me.
I'll push that world up [F#] behind me.
Answers [B] that we'll never find.
So you'll make a thing [C#m] tonight.
[A] [E] [B] .
[C#m] [A] [E] [B] Throw [C#m] it away, forget yesterday.
[E] We'll make the greatest game.
We [C#m] won't hear a word they say.
They [E] don't know us [B] anyway.
[C#m] I'll be the one [A] [E] to escape.
We [C#m] won't hear a word [A] they say.
They [E] don't know us anyway.
[C#m] [A] Yet yesterday, [E] we'll [B] be scared.
We [C#m] won't hear [A] a word they say.
They [E] don't know us anyway.
[F#] Watch it burn, [G#m] let it die.
[A] Cause we are [B] finally [E] free, tonight.
.
[Em] .
Key:
E
A
C#m
B
F#
E
A
C#m
[E] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ .
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [A].
Paper bags and plastic [E] hearts, our belongings and shopping [C#m] carts.
It's goodbye, _ [A] but we got one more [E] night.
Let's get drunk and ride around, [B] and make peace with an empty [Em] town.
[A] We can make [C#m] it right.
_ _ _ .
[A] Forget yesterday, [E] make the [B] greatest game.
We [C#m] won't [A] expect, they [E] don't know us anyway.
[F#] Watch it burn, [G#m] let it die.
[A] Cause we are [B] finally free, [A] tonight.
_ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _ [A] _ .
Tonight we'll change [E] our lives, it's so good to be by your [C#m] side.
We'll cry, _ [A] we won't give up the [E] fight.
We'll scream loud, it's not about us.
And they'll [B] think it's just [E] cause we're [A] young.
But boy, it'll feel so right.
_ _ [D#] _ [C#m] _ .
_ [A] Yesterday, [E] _ [B] we escaped.
We [C#m] won't _ [A] expect, they [E] don't know us anyway.
[F#] Watch it burn, [G#m] let it die.
[A] Cause we are [B] finally free, [E] tonight.
I'll be the rest inside me.
I'll push that world up [F#] behind me.
Answers [B] that we'll never find.
So you'll make a thing [C#m] tonight.
_ [A] _ _ [E] _ _ _ [B] _ _ .
[C#m] _ [A] _ _ [E] _ _ [B] Throw [C#m] it away, forget yesterday.
[E] We'll make the greatest game.
We [C#m] won't hear a word they say.
They [E] don't know us [B] anyway.
[C#m] I'll be the one [A] _ _ [E] _ to escape.
We [C#m] won't hear a word [A] they say.
They [E] don't know us anyway.
_ [C#m] _ [A] Yet yesterday, [E] we'll [B] be scared.
We [C#m] won't hear [A] a word they say.
They [E] don't know us anyway.
[F#] Watch it burn, [G#m] let it die.
[A] Cause we are [B] finally [E] free, tonight.
_ _ _ _ _ _ .
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ .
_ _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _ _ .
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ .
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [A].
Paper bags and plastic [E] hearts, our belongings and shopping [C#m] carts.
It's goodbye, _ [A] but we got one more [E] night.
Let's get drunk and ride around, [B] and make peace with an empty [Em] town.
[A] We can make [C#m] it right.
_ _ _ .
[A] Forget yesterday, [E] make the [B] greatest game.
We [C#m] won't [A] expect, they [E] don't know us anyway.
[F#] Watch it burn, [G#m] let it die.
[A] Cause we are [B] finally free, [A] tonight.
_ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _ [A] _ .
Tonight we'll change [E] our lives, it's so good to be by your [C#m] side.
We'll cry, _ [A] we won't give up the [E] fight.
We'll scream loud, it's not about us.
And they'll [B] think it's just [E] cause we're [A] young.
But boy, it'll feel so right.
_ _ [D#] _ [C#m] _ .
_ [A] Yesterday, [E] _ [B] we escaped.
We [C#m] won't _ [A] expect, they [E] don't know us anyway.
[F#] Watch it burn, [G#m] let it die.
[A] Cause we are [B] finally free, [E] tonight.
I'll be the rest inside me.
I'll push that world up [F#] behind me.
Answers [B] that we'll never find.
So you'll make a thing [C#m] tonight.
_ [A] _ _ [E] _ _ _ [B] _ _ .
[C#m] _ [A] _ _ [E] _ _ [B] Throw [C#m] it away, forget yesterday.
[E] We'll make the greatest game.
We [C#m] won't hear a word they say.
They [E] don't know us [B] anyway.
[C#m] I'll be the one [A] _ _ [E] _ to escape.
We [C#m] won't hear a word [A] they say.
They [E] don't know us anyway.
_ [C#m] _ [A] Yet yesterday, [E] we'll [B] be scared.
We [C#m] won't hear [A] a word they say.
They [E] don't know us anyway.
[F#] Watch it burn, [G#m] let it die.
[A] Cause we are [B] finally [E] free, tonight.
_ _ _ _ _ _ .
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ .
_ _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _ _ .
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ .