Biography:
Matchbook Romance is an post-hardcore band from Poughkeepsie, New York and were originally known as The Getaway.
The band formed in 1997, constisting of Andrew Jordan (vocals & guitar), Ryan "Judas" DePaolo (backing vocals & guitar), Ryan Kienle (bass) and Aaron Stern (drums).
They have released two albums: Stories and Alibis (2003) and Voices (2006), one EP named West for Wishing (2003) and one split EP with Motion City Soundtrack .
Matchbook Romance headlined the Epitaph Tour in early 2005
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Other songs:
- In Transit For You
- Monsters
- 14 Balloons
- Cream Soda
- Ex Marks The Spot
- Farewell To Friends
- Fiction
- Goody Like Two Shoes
- Hidden Track
- Hollywood And Vine
- I Wish You Were Here
- If All Else Fails
- Lovers And Liars
- My Eyes Burn
- My Mannequin Can Dance
- Portrait
- Promise
- Save Yourself
- Say It Like You Mean It
- Shadows Like Statues
- Shell Never Understand
- Singing Bridges
- Stay Tonight
- Stories And Alibis
- Story Of A Girl Cover
- Surrender
- The Greatest Fall Of All Time
- Tiger Lily
- What A Sight
- You Can Run But Well Find You
- Your Stories My Alibis
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Matchbook Romance
Goody Like Two Shoes
Voices
Submitted by: [email protected]
Key: C#
Tuning: Standard EADGBe
Chords used:
Bbm - x13321
G# - 466544
C# - x46664
Ebm - x68876
F/A - x032xx
Fm - 133111
F# - 244322
G#/C - x365xx
Eb/G - 365xxx
E - 022100
Intro: Bbm--G# x3
Verse 1:
Bbm
They're all asleep
G#/C
they'll never know
We'll escape through
C#
your window
And they're onto us
Ebm F/A
But this time is ours
Bbm
There are reasons
G#/C
for what I did
It wasn't some vile attempt
C#
or accomplishment
Ebm F/A
It was innocent you know
Refrain:
Bbm Ebm G#/C C#
La, ladada, lada, ladada
Ebm G#/C
lada, ladada, lala
Verse 2:
Bbm
Nurse something
Ebm
for the pain
G#/C
Something to make
this guilt go away
Ebm F/A
You're forgetting us
You're forgetting everything
Bbm
And I want to hate you
Ebm
for my mistakes
G#/C C#
I hate you for everything
Ebm
This is goodbye
F/A
this is always
Interlude: Bbm-- x6
Chorus:
C# Ebm G#/C
We're covering up our tracks
C#
And living in secrets
Ebm
We can learn to love life
Eb/G G#
Or learn to love pain
C# Ebm G#/C
And if you still hear my voice
C#
Than give me a sign let me know
Ebm Eb/G G#
You're still here like it or not
Verse 3:
Bbm F/A
But wait what do
Bbm F/A
we have here?
Bbm
Who's that dress for?
Let's keep toasting
F/A
to innocence
Bbm
And drown our regret
F/A
Let's have no recollection
of any of this
Bbm G#/C C# E
Don't wait up for me
Well I'll be taking
Bbm G#/C
swings at a ghost
While you're laying
C#
down playing
dead right in
E
front of me
(Repeat Chorus)
Interlude: Bbm-G#-Bbm-F/A x2
Bbm-G#-Ebm-F#-Ebm-Bbm-F/A
Bbm-G#/C-C#-Fm-F#--F/A--Bbm(hold)
Acoustic plucking: Bbm--Ebm--C#--Ebm-E-F/A x2
Bridge:
Bbm
My heart beat was
F/A
louder than
The sound of my
C# Ebm F/A
steps to your door
Bbm
You're cold but
F/A
you're beautiful
You're a mess but
C#
I like it that way
I'm a fool but only a
Ebm F/A
fool knows a miracle
Bbm
And I won't ask
F/A
for anything
No I won't ask for
C#
anything ever again
Ebm
Just give me this one
F/A
thing that's all I ask
That's all I ask
Interlude: Bbm--F/A-- x2
Verse 4:
Bbm G#/C C# E
Don't wait up for me
Well I'll be taking
Bbm G#/C
swings at a ghost
While you're laying
C#
down playing
dead right in
E
front of me
(Repeat Chorus)
Outro: Bbm(hold)
Goody Like Two Shoes
Voices
Submitted by: [email protected]
Key: C#
Tuning: Standard EADGBe
Chords used:
Bbm - x13321
G# - 466544
C# - x46664
Ebm - x68876
F/A - x032xx
Fm - 133111
F# - 244322
G#/C - x365xx
Eb/G - 365xxx
E - 022100
Intro: Bbm--G# x3
Verse 1:
Bbm
They're all asleep
G#/C
they'll never know
We'll escape through
C#
your window
And they're onto us
Ebm F/A
But this time is ours
Bbm
There are reasons
G#/C
for what I did
It wasn't some vile attempt
C#
or accomplishment
Ebm F/A
It was innocent you know
Refrain:
Bbm Ebm G#/C C#
La, ladada, lada, ladada
Ebm G#/C
lada, ladada, lala
Verse 2:
Bbm
Nurse something
Ebm
for the pain
G#/C
Something to make
this guilt go away
Ebm F/A
You're forgetting us
You're forgetting everything
Bbm
And I want to hate you
Ebm
for my mistakes
G#/C C#
I hate you for everything
Ebm
This is goodbye
F/A
this is always
Interlude: Bbm-- x6
Chorus:
C# Ebm G#/C
We're covering up our tracks
C#
And living in secrets
Ebm
We can learn to love life
Eb/G G#
Or learn to love pain
C# Ebm G#/C
And if you still hear my voice
C#
Than give me a sign let me know
Ebm Eb/G G#
You're still here like it or not
Verse 3:
Bbm F/A
But wait what do
Bbm F/A
we have here?
Bbm
Who's that dress for?
Let's keep toasting
F/A
to innocence
Bbm
And drown our regret
F/A
Let's have no recollection
of any of this
Bbm G#/C C# E
Don't wait up for me
Well I'll be taking
Bbm G#/C
swings at a ghost
While you're laying
C#
down playing
dead right in
E
front of me
(Repeat Chorus)
Interlude: Bbm-G#-Bbm-F/A x2
Bbm-G#-Ebm-F#-Ebm-Bbm-F/A
Bbm-G#/C-C#-Fm-F#--F/A--Bbm(hold)
Acoustic plucking: Bbm--Ebm--C#--Ebm-E-F/A x2
Bridge:
Bbm
My heart beat was
F/A
louder than
The sound of my
C# Ebm F/A
steps to your door
Bbm
You're cold but
F/A
you're beautiful
You're a mess but
C#
I like it that way
I'm a fool but only a
Ebm F/A
fool knows a miracle
Bbm
And I won't ask
F/A
for anything
No I won't ask for
C#
anything ever again
Ebm
Just give me this one
F/A
thing that's all I ask
That's all I ask
Interlude: Bbm--F/A-- x2
Verse 4:
Bbm G#/C C# E
Don't wait up for me
Well I'll be taking
Bbm G#/C
swings at a ghost
While you're laying
C#
down playing
dead right in
E
front of me
(Repeat Chorus)
Outro: Bbm(hold)
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