Biography:
Nate Ruess (born February 26, 1982 in Iowa City, Iowa, United States) is an American singer-songwriter and musician.
In 2001, at the age of 19, he launched the band The Format with his longtime best friend, Sam Means. The Format was his first musical endeavor to gain widespread attention. The Format lasted until 2008.
In 2008, Ruess started a new band with Jack Antonoff of Steel Train and Andrew Dost of Anathallo. The band was called fun.. With fun.
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INTRO
G D/F# Em D A
D D Dsus4 D Dsus4 D Dsus4 D
D F#m D
Someone sucked the life out of the room
E|------------------|
B|------------------|
G|---------2--4--2--|
D|--0---4-----------|
A|------------------|
E|------------------|
G D Em
When that someone said goodbye much too soon
I’d hate for you to love me
A D Bm
‘Cause you saw me out with someone who you read about in the news
G D/F# Em D A
But I guess that’s what this world
E|------------------|
B|----3----5--------|
G|------------------|
D|--4----5----------|
A|------------------|
E|------------------| (this riff is played during the other choruses as well)
D D Dsus4 D Dsus4 D Dsus4 D
is coming to
D F#m D
I watched as your wrists began to bruise
G F#m Em
Threading ribbons, weaving patterns, beautiful and blue
A
All your late nights came to life and then died upon just one dislike
D Bm
Never mind all the people that you moved
G D/F# Em D A D D Dsus4 D Dsus4 D Dsus4 D
But I guess that’s what this world is coming to
D G
So let’s get high here in the moonlight
Em A
Even the stars go right over our heads
D G
I think I’m gonna shine in the afterlife
Em A
Leaving the fight for peace of mind instead
D G
So let’s get high in the moonlight
Em A
Even the stars go right over our heads
D G
I know I’m gonna shine here in the afterlife
Em A
Leaving the fight for peace of mind instead
D F#m
You know that I can’t stop thinking about you
G D Em
You’re the source of everything I do
Em
You brought faith to songs I sing
A
So I went and bought a diamond ring
D Bm D
I wanna spend each night here with you
Em
Yeah you took everything I was
A Bm
And you turned it into something I’ve become
D Bm D
Good god, what’s a boy to do?
G D/F# Em D A
But I guess that’s what this world
G D/F# Em D A
Oh I guess that’s what this world
G D/F# Em D A Bm A E
No I guess that’s what this world is, is coming to
G D/F# Em D A D D Dsus4 D Dsus4 D Dsus4 D
No I guess that’s what my life is, is coming to
G D/F# Em D A
D D Dsus4 D Dsus4 D Dsus4 D
D F#m D
Someone sucked the life out of the room
E|------------------|
B|------------------|
G|---------2--4--2--|
D|--0---4-----------|
A|------------------|
E|------------------|
G D Em
When that someone said goodbye much too soon
I’d hate for you to love me
A D Bm
‘Cause you saw me out with someone who you read about in the news
G D/F# Em D A
But I guess that’s what this world
E|------------------|
B|----3----5--------|
G|------------------|
D|--4----5----------|
A|------------------|
E|------------------| (this riff is played during the other choruses as well)
D D Dsus4 D Dsus4 D Dsus4 D
is coming to
D F#m D
I watched as your wrists began to bruise
G F#m Em
Threading ribbons, weaving patterns, beautiful and blue
A
All your late nights came to life and then died upon just one dislike
D Bm
Never mind all the people that you moved
G D/F# Em D A D D Dsus4 D Dsus4 D Dsus4 D
But I guess that’s what this world is coming to
D G
So let’s get high here in the moonlight
Em A
Even the stars go right over our heads
D G
I think I’m gonna shine in the afterlife
Em A
Leaving the fight for peace of mind instead
D G
So let’s get high in the moonlight
Em A
Even the stars go right over our heads
D G
I know I’m gonna shine here in the afterlife
Em A
Leaving the fight for peace of mind instead
D F#m
You know that I can’t stop thinking about you
G D Em
You’re the source of everything I do
Em
You brought faith to songs I sing
A
So I went and bought a diamond ring
D Bm D
I wanna spend each night here with you
Em
Yeah you took everything I was
A Bm
And you turned it into something I’ve become
D Bm D
Good god, what’s a boy to do?
G D/F# Em D A
But I guess that’s what this world
G D/F# Em D A
Oh I guess that’s what this world
G D/F# Em D A Bm A E
No I guess that’s what this world is, is coming to
G D/F# Em D A D D Dsus4 D Dsus4 D Dsus4 D
No I guess that’s what my life is, is coming to
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