Allister
Before The Blackout
2005
Key: C
Tuning: Standard EADGBe
Chords used:
C - x32010
G - 320003
Bb - x13331
[F] [-] [133211]
[F#] [-] [244322]
[G#]Am [-]- [466544]x02210
Intro: C-G-F-G- x2
Verse 1:
[C] She sits at [G]home and [Bb]tries
to re[F]member all the [C]days
when every[G]body said no[Bb]thing
could bring her [F]down
[C] Now she's [G]found that
she [Bb]can't stand the
[F]site of her ref[C]lection
in the [G]windows of
this [Bb]beat up old [F]town[F#]
[G] She's packing all her
problems[C] [G] Into a carry on bag
[C] [G] She's packing all of her
sorrow into [F]one less silver
[G]box labeled memories
Chorus 1:
[C] And every [G]night
that she's a[F]live
Is a po[G]tential sui[C]cide
And all the [G]teardrops
that she [F]cries
wont [G]help her
Post Chorus: C-G-F-G-
Verse 2:
[C] she goes to [G]bed at [Bb]night just
to [F]wake up to a [C]nightmare
and a [G]headache that
will [Bb]never go a[F]way
[C] She's doing [G]time and [Bb]hating
every [F]minute of it [C]blaming
every[G]thing on some[Bb]thing
she can't es[F]cape
She [C]cries and she [G]cries
But [Bb]no one ever [F]listens and
She [C]doesn't unders[G]tand
why she [Bb]can't slow [F]down[F#][G]
[G] She's packing all her
problems[C] [G] Into a carry on bag
[C] [G] She's packing all of her
sorrow into [F]one less silver
[G]box labeled memories
Chorus 2:
[C] And every [G]night
that she's a[F]live
Is a po[G]tential sui[C]cide
And all the [G]teardrops
that she [F]cries
wont [G]help her
[C] And all the [G]pain
she's kept in[F]side
Doesn't [G]help to
cleanse her [C]mind
[G]
and the [F]frustra[G]tion
Bridge:
to[Am]night And now it [G]feels like
she's been [F]dealt a shtty hand[F#-G-G#-]
[Am] She said "it [G]is mine" but
she [F]doesn't unders[G/B]tand[G]
Chorus 3:
[C] And every [G]night
that she's a[F]live
Is a po[G]tential sui[C]cide
And all the [G]teardrops
that she [F]cries
wont [G]help her
[C] And all the [G]pain
she's kept in[F]side
Doesn't [G]help to
cleanse her [C]mind
And all the [G]teardrops
that she [F--]crie[G--]s
Chorus 4:
[C] And every [G]night
that she's a[F]live
Is a po[G]tential sui[C]cide
And all the [G]teardrops
that she [F]cries
wont [G]help her
[C] And all the [G]pain
she's kept in[F]side
Doesn't [G]help to
cleanse her [C]mind
F [G] G C-G-F(Hold)
and the frustration tonight
Before The Blackout
2005
Key: C
Tuning: Standard EADGBe
Chords used:
C - x32010
G - 320003
Bb - x13331
[F] [-] [133211]
[F#] [-] [244322]
[G#]Am [-]- [466544]x02210
Intro: C-G-F-G- x2
Verse 1:
[C] She sits at [G]home and [Bb]tries
to re[F]member all the [C]days
when every[G]body said no[Bb]thing
could bring her [F]down
[C] Now she's [G]found that
she [Bb]can't stand the
[F]site of her ref[C]lection
in the [G]windows of
this [Bb]beat up old [F]town[F#]
[G] She's packing all her
problems[C] [G] Into a carry on bag
[C] [G] She's packing all of her
sorrow into [F]one less silver
[G]box labeled memories
Chorus 1:
[C] And every [G]night
that she's a[F]live
Is a po[G]tential sui[C]cide
And all the [G]teardrops
that she [F]cries
wont [G]help her
Post Chorus: C-G-F-G-
Verse 2:
[C] she goes to [G]bed at [Bb]night just
to [F]wake up to a [C]nightmare
and a [G]headache that
will [Bb]never go a[F]way
[C] She's doing [G]time and [Bb]hating
every [F]minute of it [C]blaming
every[G]thing on some[Bb]thing
she can't es[F]cape
She [C]cries and she [G]cries
But [Bb]no one ever [F]listens and
She [C]doesn't unders[G]tand
why she [Bb]can't slow [F]down[F#][G]
[G] She's packing all her
problems[C] [G] Into a carry on bag
[C] [G] She's packing all of her
sorrow into [F]one less silver
[G]box labeled memories
Chorus 2:
[C] And every [G]night
that she's a[F]live
Is a po[G]tential sui[C]cide
And all the [G]teardrops
that she [F]cries
wont [G]help her
[C] And all the [G]pain
she's kept in[F]side
Doesn't [G]help to
cleanse her [C]mind
[G]
and the [F]frustra[G]tion
Bridge:
to[Am]night And now it [G]feels like
she's been [F]dealt a shtty hand[F#-G-G#-]
[Am] She said "it [G]is mine" but
she [F]doesn't unders[G/B]tand[G]
Chorus 3:
[C] And every [G]night
that she's a[F]live
Is a po[G]tential sui[C]cide
And all the [G]teardrops
that she [F]cries
wont [G]help her
[C] And all the [G]pain
she's kept in[F]side
Doesn't [G]help to
cleanse her [C]mind
And all the [G]teardrops
that she [F--]crie[G--]s
Chorus 4:
[C] And every [G]night
that she's a[F]live
Is a po[G]tential sui[C]cide
And all the [G]teardrops
that she [F]cries
wont [G]help her
[C] And all the [G]pain
she's kept in[F]side
Doesn't [G]help to
cleanse her [C]mind
F [G] G C-G-F(Hold)
and the frustration tonight
