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Pursuit Of Happiness Chords Kid Cudi Ft. MGMT and Ratatat

February 8th, 2010 by 1stChords | No Comments | Filed in guitar chords
Intro: C Am Em x4
       C F  Am x2      

C            Am          Em
Crush a bit, little bit, roll it up, take a hit
C           Am           Em
Feelin' lit feelin' like 2 a.m. summer night
C             F                  Am
I don't care, hand on the wheel, drivin drunk, I’m doin' my thing
C                  F            Am
Rollin the midwest side and out livin' my life gettin' out dreams
C              Am           Em
People told me slow my road I'm screaming out fuck thaat
C             Am          Em
Im'ma do just what I want lookin' ahead no turnin' back
C         F        Am
If I fall if I die know I lived it to the fullest
C         F        Am
If i fall if I die know I lived and missed some bullets

Chorus x2:
C             Am      Em
I’m on the pursuit of happiness and I know
C               Am           Em
Everything that shines ain’t always gonna be gold, hey
C        F    Am
 I’ll be fine    once I get it
C   F            Am
    I’ll be good

C                Am                  Em
Tell me what you know about dreamin' dreamin'
C                Am                 Em
You don’t really know about nothin' nothin'
C                Am              Em
Tell me what you know about them night terrors every night
C      F           Am
5 a.m. cold sweats wakin' up to the skies
C                Am         Em
Tell me what you know about dreams, dreams
C                Am         Em
Tell me what you know about night terrors, nothin'
C                F              Am
You don’t really care about the trials of tomorrow
C           F         Am
Rather lay awake in a path full of sorrow

Chorus x2

C             Am      Em
I'm on the pursuit of happiness and I know
C               Am           Em
Everything that shines ain't always gonna be gold, hey
C        F    Am
 I’ll be fine    once I get it
C   F            Am
    I’ll be good

Solo: C Am Em x2
      C F  Am x2
      C Am Em x2
      C F  Am x2

Chorus

C Am Em x2
C F  Am x2

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Faithful Son Chords Frank Turner

February 4th, 2010 by 1stChords | No Comments | Filed in guitar chords
Capo 1

D G D Dsus2 D
Meet me on the edges of the city,
Bm G D Dsus2 D
Meet me where the underground runs out.
D G D Dsus2 D
Bring a picnic blanket and your pity.
Bm G D Dsus2 D
A pen and paper so I can write things down.

A Asus2 Em Em7
Mother, oh dear mother, I wasn't joking when I said,
Bm G A
That I plan to keep doing this until the day I'm dead.
D Cadd9 G A
And I'm not a mirror for you when you were young.
Em A 					D G D
But I still remain your faithful only son.

D G D Dsus2 D
Lately I've been feeling kind of fragile,
Bm G D Dsus2 D
Lately I've been feeling all worn out.
D G D Dsus2 D
What would any of us do, before the dreams that we had came true,
Bm G D Dsus2 D
What would there be left to dream about.

A Asus2 Em Em7
Father, oh dear father, I'm not trying to reject,
Bm G A
The values that you held like winning cards up to your chest.
D Cadd9 G A
But I can't just do the things that you wish that you'd done,
Em A
Though I still remain your faithful only son.

G Gmaj7 Em Em7
/piano instrumental 

G Gmaj7
The city, seems so still
Em Em7
When you're looking down, from Highgate Hill.

D let ring, G let ring D Dsus2 D
There's nothing left for us to say,
Bm G D Dsus2 D
You taught me everything that I know,
D G D Dsus2 D
YOu wouldn't miss me if I stayed,
Bm G D Dsus2 D
You never see me if I go.

A Asus2 Em Em7
This is no confession no this is who I am
Bm G A
Make me in your image so you have to understand,
D Cadd9 G A
That I did my best as told and so've become,
Em A D 					G D-G-D
Your loving and your faithful only son.

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Savior Chords Rise Against

February 4th, 2010 by 1stChords | No Comments | Filed in guitar chords
   Fm                                 G#
It kills me not to know this but I've all but just forgotten
         C#                             G#               G#maj7
What the color of her eyes were and her scars or how she got them
       Fm                               G#
As the telling signs of age rain down a single tear is dropping
            C#                            G#             G#maj7
Through the valleys of an aging face that this world has forgotten

Fm    G#    C#    G# G#maj7   x2

            Fm                       G#
there is no reconciliation that will put me in my place
            C#                       G#                   G#maj7
there is no time like the present to drink these draining seconds
    Fm                                   G#
but seldom do these words ring true when I'm constantly failing you
C#                                     G#          G#maj7
walls that we just can't break through until we disappear

           C#
so tell me now
              D#
if this ain't love then how
          C#
do we get out?
              D#
cause I don't know 

                             Fm
that's when she said I don't hate you boy
               G#
I just want to save you
                              C#            G#
while there's still something left to save
              G#maj7
that's when I told her
  Fm
I love you girl
                G#
but I'm not the answer for
                   C#              G#      G#maj7
the questions that you still have

Fm    G#    C#    G# G#maj7   x2

        Fm
and the day pressed on like crushing weights
    G#
for no man does it ever wait
     C#
like memories of dying days
     G#              G#maj7
that deafen us like hurricanes
Fm
bathed in flames we held the brand
  G#
uncurled the fingers in your hand
C#
pressed into the flesh like sand
    G#          G#maj7
now do you understand?

           C#
so tell me now
              D#
if this ain't love then how
          C#
do we get out?
              D#
cause I don't know 

                             Fm
that's when she said I don't hate you boy
               G#
I just want to save you
                              C#            G#
while there's still something left to save
              G#maj7
that's when I told her
  Fm
I love you girl
                G#
but I'm not the answer for
                   C#              G#      G#maj7
the questions that you still have

Fm

Fm                 D#
one thousand miles away
                        C#
there's nothing left to say
                      D#
but so much left that I don't know
Fm             D#
we never had a choice
                       C#
this world is too much noise
it takes me under
D#
it takes me under once again

Fm

           C#
so tell me now
              D#
if this ain't love then how
          C#
do we get out?
              D#
cause I don't know 

                             Fm
that's when she said I don't hate you boy
               G#
I just want to save you
                              C#           G#
while there's still something left to save
              G#maj7
that's when I told her
  Fm
I love you girl
                G#
but I'm not the answer for
                   C#              G#      G#maj7
the questions that you still have

Fm    G#    C#    G# G#maj7   x2

end on Fm

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Heartkiller Chords Him

February 4th, 2010 by 1stChords | No Comments | Filed in guitar chords
Intro:
[Guitar 1]
Palm mute:     Fm  G#           Eb
               Fm  G#           Eb\Cm/Eb

Main riff: (Cm-Eb)-Fm--(G#)--Eb (2x for G1; 4x for G2)
           [Or you may just play Fm-Eb as main riff if
            you cannot slide your hand that fast ;) ]

[Guitar 1] play Solo

Verse 1:
Fm(PM)               Eb
  Farewell heartless world,
Fm                    Eb
  I'll send you a postcard burnt,
     C#                    G#                           Eb--Cm
  In flames You've tried so hard to extinguish with the fear of failing,
Fm                                  Eb
  I'll write down everything I have learned,
Fm                           Eb
  And edit it down to a single word,
C#---G#
  Lo---ve
    Cm
  For you I'm waiting, anticipating

Chorus:
Fm                          G#
Sparks will fly beneath the luna alight,
           C#
Lazarus at Frankenstein's, babe I'll be a,
G#(break)        Cm--Eb
  Flatliner for a... Heartkiller
  Fm                      G#
A little we die above the lesser light,
            C#
For you I'm open wide, babe I'll be a,
G#(break)      C#--Eb
  Flatliner for a... Heartkiller

Post chorus:
(Play main riff chords once with solo)
Heartkiller

Verse 2:
Fm                      Eb
  Top hats off to the return,
Fm                      Eb
  Of the beat to lick a wound to,
C#            G#                    Eb--Cm
  Cursed for some and blessed for a few,
Fm                              Eb
  It doesn't have to make any sense at all,
Fm                 Eb
  Come hither and we'll fall,
C#---G#      C#---G#
  In lo---ve, for lo---ve
      Cm
  I'm crawling out of patience baby

(Repeat chorus)

Bridge:
C#             Eb
Paint all your sorrows for me to sing
Cm---Fm
Heartkiller
C#                 Eb             G#
Draw your pain and hear me hum it out

Interlude:
G3 ]3x
G1 and G2: (same solo from the intro...)
Eb-------------
Cm-------------

Chorus:
Fm                          G#
Sparks will fly beneath the luna alight,
           C#
Lazarus at Frankenstein's, babe I'll be a,
G#(break)        Cm--Eb
  Flatliner for a... Heartkiller
  Fm                      G#
A little we die above the lesser light,
            C#
For you I'm open wide, babe I'll be a,
G#(break)      Cm--Eb            Eb       Eb
  Flatliner for a... Heartkiller...killer...killer

Outro:
(keep playing those chorus chords...)
Fm  G#      C#
  whoa... whoa... babe I'll be a,
G#               Cm--Eb
  Flatliner for a... Heartkiller
Fm  G#      C#
  whoa... whoa... babe I'll be a,
G#               Cm(break)
  Flatliner for a... Heartkiller

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Black Hearts (On Fire) Chords Jet

February 4th, 2010 by 1stChords | No Comments | Filed in guitar chords
VERSE

C
When I make it, I’ll be on time
G				Bb		C
Gonna take what I want and give you a piece of my mind

C
Your black hearts waited too long,
		G		Bb 			C
Just to see me fall down, fall down, fall down
	G		Bb		D
Your black hearts won’t be around, just to see me fall down

PRE CHORUS 

Your hearts on fire, so come on, burn brighter
Your hearts on fire, so come on, burn brighter

CHORUS

G				Bb
Your hearts on fire, but your cold to the touch
C				G
I know you want it but you love yourself too much
G				Bb
Your hearts on fire but your head is a rut
C					D#    	G (0 10 12 12 xx) Bb-C-Bb-C-Bb	F	G
You best believe it, I ain't ever giving up

VERSE

C
When I make it, I’ll be on time yeah
G			Bb			C
Well you might say I’m crazy, but oh I’m out of my mind
		C				G
Well excuse me black hearts, will you tell me who is up and who is down?
Bb			D
Are you waiting for me to fall down?

PRE CHORUS

Your hearts on fire, so come on, burn brighter
Your hearts on fire, so come on, burn brighter

CHORUS

G				Bb
Your hearts on fire, but your cold to the touch
C				G
I know you want it but you love yourself too much
G				Bb
Your hearts on fire but your head is a rut

C				D#
You best believe it, i ain't ever giving up
G		Bb		D
So come on, come on, come on, hey yeah!

SOLO

G				Bb
Your hearts on fire, but your cold to the touch
C				G
I know you want it but you love yourself too much
G				Bb
Your hearts on fire but your head is a rut
C				D#		G
You best believe it, i ain't ever give'n' up

Bb-C-Bb-C-Bb	F	G
Hey hey hey

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A Thousand Faces Chords Creed

February 4th, 2010 by 1stChords | No Comments | Filed in guitar chords
Intro (Acoustic), Chords Shown
    B add2          D/B            D/G 

Verse :
Play Intro 2x

I stand surrounded by the walls that once confined me.
 Knowing I'll be underneath them when they crumble, when they fall
 With clarity my scars remind me
 Ask yourself what's just under my skin

Pre-Chorus (strumming varies):

  D/F#              D/G               D/F#              D(maj7)
A different smile again, So much I hide. How is stepping back a
                                                      move forward?

Chorus (Heavy Dist Electric):
    G5               D/F#              D2               D2/C#
Now I'm forced to look behind I'm forced to look at you
You wear a thousand faces Tell me, tell me which is you

Smoke and mirrors paint the floor, But still reflect the truth
You wear a thousand faces, Tell me, tell me which is you

Repeat Intro & Verse
Repeat Pre-Chorus
Repeat Chorus

Bridge Part 1:
Guitar 1 (turn distortion on at end of line)
Guitar 2  (repeated)

Bridge Part 2 (repeated 3x, One Guitar):
I Bleed Inside
Just let it out
Just let it out

Play 'Bridge Part 1' again
Repeat Chorus

Solo (Chorus plays behind Solo on Rhythm Guitar)
Rhythm: G5          F#5

Play intro again to end song.

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A Message 2010 Chords Coldplay

February 2nd, 2010 by 1stChords | No Comments | Filed in guitar chords
C           Am  G
My song is love
C            Am        G
Love to the loveless shown
C           Am  G
And it goes on
           Dm     C    G
You don't have to be alone

C           Am  G
Your heavy heart
C           Am  G F C
Is made of stone
C            Am      G
And it's so hard to see clearly
          Dm       C          G
You don't have to be on your own
           F        C         G
You don't have to be on your own

Dm                 C       G
And I'm not gonna take it back
Dm                       C          G
And I'm not gonna say I don't mean that
Dm                          C      G
You're the target that I'm aiming at
          F        C        G
And I'll get that message home

C          Am  G
My song is love
C           Am       G   F C
My song is love, unknown
C           Am        G
But I'm on fire for you, clearly
           Dm     C    G
You don't have to be alone
           F         C        G
You don't have to be on your own

Dm                 C       G
And I'm not gonna take it back
Dm                      C           G
And I'm not gonna say I don't mean that
Dm                          C     G
You're the target that I'm aiming at
        F       C      G
But I'm nothing on my own
        F       C       G
Got to get that message home

| Dm | C | G |    2x

Dm                 C         G
And I'm not gonna stand and wait
Dm                            C        G
Not gonna leave it until it's much too late
Dm                       C         G
On a platform I'm gonna stand and say
          F      C      G
That I'm nothing on my own
       F          C          G
That I love you, please come home

| F | C | G | Am |	   2x   ---- These are quick and quiet

   F        C        G    Am
My song is love, is love unknown
         F       C        G      C
And I've got to get that message home

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Strawberry Swing Chords Coldplay

February 2nd, 2010 by 1stChords | No Comments | Filed in guitar chords
INTRO: G#

          C#                 G#                        D#
They were sitting, they were sitting in the strawberry swing
                        C#         G#       D#
And every moment was so precious
          C#                 G#                        D#
They were sitting, they were talking in the strawberry swing
                      C#          G#
And everybody was for fighting
                       D#
Wouldn't wanna waste a thing
           C#               G#
Cold, cold water bring me 'round
       D#                   (Fm)
Now my feet won't touch the ground
C#
Cold, cold water
         G#
What you say?
     Cm                        C#
It's such, it's such a perfect day
     (A#m)          G#
It's such a perfect day
  C#               G#                       D#
I remember we were walking up to strawberry swing
                       C#        G#
I can't wait until the morning
                           D#
Wouldn't wanna change a thing
       C#              G#
People moving all the time
         D#               (Fm)
Inside a perfect straight line
          C#            G#
Don't you wanna scurve away
      Cm                      C#
It's such it's such a perfect day
     (G#)           A#m
It's such a perfect day

A#m - Fm
A#m - C#
      Ahhhh....

        G#            Cm
Now the sky could be blue
        G#7
I don't mind
   C#                       G#
Without you its a waste of time
            Cm           G#7       C#                       G#
...could be blue I don't mind, without you it's a waste of time
                 Cm             G#7     C#                       G#
The sky could be blue, could be gray without you I just slide away
                 Cm            G#7      C#                       G#
The sky could be blue, I don't mind, without you it's a waste of time

G# - Cm - G#7- C# and fades

End on G#5 for a few bars

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Set The Fire To The Third Bar Chords Snow Patrol Ft. Martha Wainwright

January 25th, 2010 by 1stChords | No Comments | Filed in guitar chords
Chords used:
Bm    A     G     D     Cadd9 

Bm	A	G x2

Bm		A		G
I find the map and draw a straight line
Bm		A		G
Over rivers, farms, and state lines
Bm		A		G
The distance from me to where you'd be
Bm		A		G
It's only finger-lengths that I see
Bm		A		G
I touch the place where I'd find your face
Bm		A		G
My fingers in creases of distant dark places

Bm		A		G
I hang my coat up in the first bar
Bm		A		G
There is no peace that I've felt so far
Bm		A		G
The laughter penetrates my silence
Bm		A		G
As drunken men find flaws in science

Bm		A		G
Their words mostly noises
Bm		A		G
Ghosts with just voices
Bm		A		G
Your words in my memory
Bm		A		G
Are like music to me

Bm			D
I'm miles from where you are,
A			G
I lay down on the cold ground
Bm			D
I pray that something picks me up
A			Cadd9
And sets me down in your warm arms

Bm		A		G
After I have travelled so far
Bm		A		G
We'd set the fire to the third bar
Bm		A		G
We'd share each other like an island
Bm		A		G
Until exhausted, close our eyelids
Bm		A		G
And dreaming pink wildfire
Bm		A		G
The last place we left off
Bm		A		G
Your soft skin is weeping
Bm		A		G
A joy you can't keep it

Bm			D
I'm miles from where you are,
A			G
I lay down on the cold ground
Bm			D
And I pray that something picks me up
A			Cadd9
and sets me down in your warm arms

Bm			D
I'm miles from where you are,
A			G
I lay down on the cold ground
Bm			D
I pray that something picks me up
A			Cadd9
and sets me down in your warm arms

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An Olive Grove Facing The Sea Chords Snow Patrol

January 23rd, 2010 by 1stChords | No Comments | Filed in guitar chords
Verse: Bb5    D5   C5
Sworn to secrecy I might go after school
She was an angel I saw her swimming there
I am in such a mess I can't cope without this
She just teases me pretends she can't see me here

Pre-Chorus:  D#5    G5
So let me go out there
I can breathe fresh air
Stay with you all night
Just let me love you
Just for a while want to
Be with you all night
Be with you all night

Chorus:  C5    B5
Until I fall asleep
Just let me be here
I won't tell anyone

Don't want to wake up

Verse: Bb5    D5   C5
The blind lead the blind so why can't I find my way
This could be heaven but I don't know where I am
I am too scared to come out from behind here
My body is aching it feels like it's wearing me

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