Biography:
Rainer Maria is an emo band formed in Madison, Wisconsin in 1995. Bassist Caithlin De Marrais, guitarist Kaia Fischer, and drummer William Kuehn formed the band in the late summer of 1995 and named the band after the German poet Rainer Maria Rilke. They're known for their poetic lyrics and resounding metaphors. The lineup never changed during their eleven-year career.
In its earlier days, the band had duel vocals performed by De Marrais and Fischer; later, De Marrais would become the lead vocalist in the majority of their songs.
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Other songs:
- Ears Ring
- Alchemy
- Already Lost
- Artificial Light
- Atlantic
- Atropine
- Automatic
- Blackbird
- Bottle
- Breakfast For Champions
- Broke Open Love
- Broken Radio
- Burn
- Catastrophe
- Centrifuge
- Ceremony
- Clear And True
- Communicator
- Ct Catholic
- Feeling Neglected
- Floors
- Forest Mattress
- Hell And High Water
- Hellebore
- Ill Make You Mine
- Im Melting
- Life Of Leisure
- Long Knives
- Lost Dropped And Cancelled
- Lower Worlds
- Mystery And Misery
- Ornaments Of Empty
- Planetary
- Possession
- Rise
- Save My Skin
- Situation Relation
- Soul Singer
- Southpaw
- Spit And Fire
- Suicides And Lazy Eyes
- Terrified
- The Awful Truth Of Loving
- The Contents Of Lincolns Pockets
- The Double Life
- The Imperatives
- The Reason The Night Is Long
- The Seven Sisters
- There Will Be No Light
- Thought I Was
- Tinfoil
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Rainer Maria
The Imperatives
Long Knives Drawn
2003
Submitted by: [email protected]
Key: C, Eb
Tuning: Standard EADGBe
Chords used:
C - x32010
G# - 466544
Eb - x68886
Eb/G - 365xxx
Bb - x13331
Fm - 133111
Cm - x35543
Gm - 355333
Intro:
C-G#-Eb/G-Fm- x2
C-G#-Eb-Bb- x2
Verse 1:
C G#
when we can't begin
Eb/G
unless it's with
Fm
an argument we're
C G# Eb/G
losing out on love
Fm
for the sake of it
Refrain:
C
I was thinking we
G#
could go and live
Eb Bb
in a monastery
C
throw away the
G#
imperatives
Eb
and make our
Bb
pockets empty
Chorus 1:
Cm
cause I'm
Eb
feeling bankrupt
G#
and I'm losing
Fm Cm
speed and I
Eb
don't wanna hold
G# Fm
on to anything
Verse 2:
C G#
when I misbehaved
Eb/G
to get what I
Fm
wanted was that
C
wrong when what
G# Eb/G
I wanted was
Fm
love and affection
(Repeat Refrain)
Chorus 2:
Cm
cause I'm
Eb
feeling bankrupt
G#
and I'm losing
Fm Cm
speed and I
Eb
don't wanna hold
G# Fm
on to anything
C G#
I'm feeling bankrupt
Eb
and I'm losing
Bb Cm
speed and I
Eb
don't wanna hold
G# Fm
on to anything
Interlude: Bb-Cm--Cm-Eb--Eb-Gm--Gm-Bb--
Bridge 1:
Bb Cm
but let's get out
Cm Eb
let's get out
Eb Gm
let's get out
Gm Bb
let's get out
Bass Solo: Bb-Cm--Cm-Eb--Eb-Gm--Gm-Fm-- x2
Verse 3:
Bb Cm
I was thinking
Cm Eb Eb Gm Gm Fm
we could go and live
Bb Cm
I was thinking
Cm Eb Eb Gm Gm Fm
we could go and live
Bb Cm
I was thinking
Cm Eb Eb Gm
we could go and live
Gm Bb
in a monaste-ry
Bb Cm
I was thinking
Cm Eb Eb Gm
we could go and live
Gm Bb
in a monaste-ry
Bridge 2:
Bb Cm
but let's get out
Cm Eb
let's get out
Eb Gm
let's get out
Gm Bb Bb Cm
let's get out
Cm Eb
let's get out
Eb Gm
let's get out
Gm Bb
let's get out
Chorus 3:
Cm
cause I'm
Eb
feeling bankrupt
G#
and I'm losing
Fm Cm
speed and I
Eb
don't wanna hold
G# Fm
on to anything
C
I was thinking we
G#
could go and live
Eb Bb
in a monastery
C
I was thinking we
G#
could go and live
Eb Bb
in a monastery
Outro:
Bb-Cm--Cm-Eb--Eb-Gm--Gm-Bb--
Bb-Cm--Cm-Eb--Eb-Gm--Bb(hold)
The Imperatives
Long Knives Drawn
2003
Submitted by: [email protected]
Key: C, Eb
Tuning: Standard EADGBe
Chords used:
C - x32010
G# - 466544
Eb - x68886
Eb/G - 365xxx
Bb - x13331
Fm - 133111
Cm - x35543
Gm - 355333
Intro:
C-G#-Eb/G-Fm- x2
C-G#-Eb-Bb- x2
Verse 1:
C G#
when we can't begin
Eb/G
unless it's with
Fm
an argument we're
C G# Eb/G
losing out on love
Fm
for the sake of it
Refrain:
C
I was thinking we
G#
could go and live
Eb Bb
in a monastery
C
throw away the
G#
imperatives
Eb
and make our
Bb
pockets empty
Chorus 1:
Cm
cause I'm
Eb
feeling bankrupt
G#
and I'm losing
Fm Cm
speed and I
Eb
don't wanna hold
G# Fm
on to anything
Verse 2:
C G#
when I misbehaved
Eb/G
to get what I
Fm
wanted was that
C
wrong when what
G# Eb/G
I wanted was
Fm
love and affection
(Repeat Refrain)
Chorus 2:
Cm
cause I'm
Eb
feeling bankrupt
G#
and I'm losing
Fm Cm
speed and I
Eb
don't wanna hold
G# Fm
on to anything
C G#
I'm feeling bankrupt
Eb
and I'm losing
Bb Cm
speed and I
Eb
don't wanna hold
G# Fm
on to anything
Interlude: Bb-Cm--Cm-Eb--Eb-Gm--Gm-Bb--
Bridge 1:
Bb Cm
but let's get out
Cm Eb
let's get out
Eb Gm
let's get out
Gm Bb
let's get out
Bass Solo: Bb-Cm--Cm-Eb--Eb-Gm--Gm-Fm-- x2
Verse 3:
Bb Cm
I was thinking
Cm Eb Eb Gm Gm Fm
we could go and live
Bb Cm
I was thinking
Cm Eb Eb Gm Gm Fm
we could go and live
Bb Cm
I was thinking
Cm Eb Eb Gm
we could go and live
Gm Bb
in a monaste-ry
Bb Cm
I was thinking
Cm Eb Eb Gm
we could go and live
Gm Bb
in a monaste-ry
Bridge 2:
Bb Cm
but let's get out
Cm Eb
let's get out
Eb Gm
let's get out
Gm Bb Bb Cm
let's get out
Cm Eb
let's get out
Eb Gm
let's get out
Gm Bb
let's get out
Chorus 3:
Cm
cause I'm
Eb
feeling bankrupt
G#
and I'm losing
Fm Cm
speed and I
Eb
don't wanna hold
G# Fm
on to anything
C
I was thinking we
G#
could go and live
Eb Bb
in a monastery
C
I was thinking we
G#
could go and live
Eb Bb
in a monastery
Outro:
Bb-Cm--Cm-Eb--Eb-Gm--Gm-Bb--
Bb-Cm--Cm-Eb--Eb-Gm--Bb(hold)
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