Biography:
Dear Landlord are a punk rock band from Carbondale, Illinois. Bordering on super-group status with members of Illinois power-pop masterminds the Copyrights- Adam (bass/vocals) and Brett (guitar/vocals), and Minneapolis Weasel-worshippers Rivethead- Brad (drums/lyrics) and Zack (guitar/vocals) they carry the torch high, burning brightest when they step to the mic together for anthemic choruses cut by snotty leads and broken wrists flying at breakneck speeds.
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Four years of hard work!This month of May we celebrated four years on the air. We continue working on the dissemination of this wonderful instrument, thank you for participating in our story!
[Intro]
B
G# E
B G# E
[Verse 1]
B
Don't fuck with perfection, this really is a masterpiece
G# F# E
The brainchild of assholes with everything to lose
B
Hellbent on forcing the burden from religion
G# F# E F#
That demands if you're fucked, you'll stay fucked forever
[Chorus]
B F# C#m E B
Try to kill the sound of all your hopes and dreams
F# C#m E
It's easy street inside the gears of their machines
B C#m E
Yeah, we do what we can to get by
[Verse 2]
B
Like holding back the urge to walk into traffic
G# F#
And when the worker's rights start cutting into the profits, what's left?
E B
Eleven hour days leave you just enough to forget them
B
It's just a choice between a gun and a bottle
G#
Don't know which one you'll reach for when you punch out tomorrow
G E
So now get busy dying or get busy forgetting
F#
There's no way to win in a world that you never made
[Solo]
B G# E
B G# G
[Bridge]
B D#
It's reliable failure we've all come to know
G# F# E
At the end of the day misery is all alone
B
The American dream is just saltpeter and shame
G# F# E F#
And now we're desperate grabbing a fistful of rain
[Chorus]
B F# C#m E B
Try to kill the sound of all your hopes and dreams
F# C#m E
It's easy street inside the gears of their machines
B C#m
Yeah, we do what we can
G# E F#
Yeah, just do what you can to get by
[Verse 3]
B F#
And stay right where they want you
G#
There to hold onto
F#
Things that will haunt you
B
Night after night after night
F#
Stay right where they want you
G#
You might believe that it's all true
F#
Can you ignore what will haunt you
E
Every single night?
[Interlude]
E D# B
F# G# E
[Bridge]
B F#
All our fears just to keep us down
G# E
There's nothing here on our side of town
B F#
Nothing's saved, it's been replaced
G# E
Now it's buried in the rubble of a world that we never made
B F#
All our fears to keep us down
G# E
There's nothing here on our side of town
B F#
Nothing's saved, it's been replaced
G# E
Now it's buried in the rubble of a world that we never made
[Solo]
B F# G# E
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B|----------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-4-4-3-4-------4-4-3-4------4-4-3-4-----------------------------|
D|---------4-------------4------------4-4-2-1-4-1-4-2-4-2-1-------|
A|----------------------------------------------------------2-----|
E|----------------------------------------------------------------|
[Outro]
E
B
G# E
B G# E
[Verse 1]
B
Don't fuck with perfection, this really is a masterpiece
G# F# E
The brainchild of assholes with everything to lose
B
Hellbent on forcing the burden from religion
G# F# E F#
That demands if you're fucked, you'll stay fucked forever
[Chorus]
B F# C#m E B
Try to kill the sound of all your hopes and dreams
F# C#m E
It's easy street inside the gears of their machines
B C#m E
Yeah, we do what we can to get by
[Verse 2]
B
Like holding back the urge to walk into traffic
G# F#
And when the worker's rights start cutting into the profits, what's left?
E B
Eleven hour days leave you just enough to forget them
B
It's just a choice between a gun and a bottle
G#
Don't know which one you'll reach for when you punch out tomorrow
G E
So now get busy dying or get busy forgetting
F#
There's no way to win in a world that you never made
[Solo]
B G# E
B G# G
[Bridge]
B D#
It's reliable failure we've all come to know
G# F# E
At the end of the day misery is all alone
B
The American dream is just saltpeter and shame
G# F# E F#
And now we're desperate grabbing a fistful of rain
[Chorus]
B F# C#m E B
Try to kill the sound of all your hopes and dreams
F# C#m E
It's easy street inside the gears of their machines
B C#m
Yeah, we do what we can
G# E F#
Yeah, just do what you can to get by
[Verse 3]
B F#
And stay right where they want you
G#
There to hold onto
F#
Things that will haunt you
B
Night after night after night
F#
Stay right where they want you
G#
You might believe that it's all true
F#
Can you ignore what will haunt you
E
Every single night?
[Interlude]
E D# B
F# G# E
[Bridge]
B F#
All our fears just to keep us down
G# E
There's nothing here on our side of town
B F#
Nothing's saved, it's been replaced
G# E
Now it's buried in the rubble of a world that we never made
B F#
All our fears to keep us down
G# E
There's nothing here on our side of town
B F#
Nothing's saved, it's been replaced
G# E
Now it's buried in the rubble of a world that we never made
[Solo]
B F# G# E
e|----------------------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-4-4-3-4-------4-4-3-4------4-4-3-4-----------------------------|
D|---------4-------------4------------4-4-2-1-4-1-4-2-4-2-1-------|
A|----------------------------------------------------------2-----|
E|----------------------------------------------------------------|
[Outro]
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Dear Whoever
DearDream
Dearlie
Death (Protopunk (...)
Death and a Cure