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
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Boys Like Girls - The Great Escape chords
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[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] .
Key:  
E
2311
A
1231
C#m
13421114
B
12341112
F#
134211112
E
2311
A
1231
C#m
13421114
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To jam and learn Boys Like Girls - The Great Escape chords, your primary focus should be mastering these chords sequence: B, C#m, A, E, B and A. A good strategy is to initiate at 37 BPM and then accelerate to the track's regular speed of 75 BPM. Align the capo with your vocal depth and chord choice, bearing in mind the song's original key: E Major.

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[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] _ _ _ _ _ .
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ .

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