Biography:
The Academy Is... was a rock band which formed in 2003 in Chicago, Illinois, United States. The band's longest lasting lineup consisted of William Beckett (vocals, guitar), Mike Carden (guitar, vocals), Michael Chislett (guitar, keyboards), Adam Siska (bass) and Andy Mrotek (drums). The band released three albums - "Almost Here" (2005), "Santi" (2007) and "Fast Times at Barrington High" (2008) - before disbanding in 2011, several months after Chislett and Mrotek left the band.
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Other songs:
- About A Girl
- After The Last Midtown Show
- Almost Here
- Attention
- Automatic Eyes
- Beware Cougar
- Black Mamba Three In The Morning Party Mix
- Checkmarks
- Chicago
- Classifieds
- Coppertone
- Everything We Had
- Fever Acoustic
- His Girl Friday
- Im Yours Tonight
- Lax To Ohare
- Neighbors
- New York Saint In The City
- One More Weekend
- Paper Chase
- Phrase That Pays
- Pour Yourself A Drink
- Rumored Nights
- Seed
- Skeptics And True Believers
- Sleeping With Giants
- Slow Down
- Sputter
- Summer Hair Forever Young
- The Test
- Winter Passing
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!
I believe all the chords are correct. Listen for the strumming patterns.
C(viii) F C Csus4 Am C5 F5 A5 G5
e| 8 1 0 0 5 x x x x
b| 8 1 1 1 5 x x x x
g| 9 2 0 0 5 x x x x
D| 10 3 2 3 7 10 3 7 5
A| 10 3 3 3 7 10 3 7 5
E| 8 1 x x 5 8 1 5 3
VERSE 1:
C(viii)
My life reads like the classifieds.
Pages of what's for sale; whats on the auction block.
F
Attention bidders! Its line 45.
He's got a decent voice, he's got that crooked smile.
C(viii)
Hold on, you havent heard the best yet.
He writes good storylines, he's got those honest eyes.
F
So take him home for just $9.95.
He'll sing the songs you like, he'll keep you warm at night...
PRE-CHORUS:
C
Csus4
C
Csus4
CHORUS:
C(viii)
Back down, cash out, that's the city for you.
C(viii)
Break down and back out, and get what's coming to you.
Am
When you said you were falling apart
Am
I thought you meant that you were falling apart.
During the whoa, whoa, whoas
|---5-5---------5-5---------------|
|---5-5---------5-5------5--------|
|---5-5------5--5-5--------5------| x2
|---7-7--5h7----7-7--5h7-----7-5--|
|---7-7---------7-7---------------|
|---5-5---------5-5---------------|
end on C(viii)
VERSE 2 (palm mute power chords, listen carefully for transition points):
C5
I'm not the type to forget about nights
F5
like this, where every single move that I make
A5
is documented and scored for style points.
G5
The once ambitious one now holds the smoking gun.
C Csus4
And if I die in my sleep, are you still willing to be
C Csus4
everything you promised you would be?
CHORUS
C(viii)
Back down, cash out, that's the city for you.
C(viii)
Break down and back out, and get what's coming to you.
Am
When you said you were falling apart
Am
I thought you meant that you were falling apart.
During the whoa, whoa, whoas
|---5-5---------5-5---------------|
|---5-5---------5-5------5--------|
|---5-5------5--5-5--------5------| x2
|---7-7--5h7----7-7--5h7-----7-5--|
|---7-7---------7-7---------------|
|---5-5---------5-5---------------|
end on C(viii)
BRIDGE:
F5 G5
Will you be the first one to tell the neighborhood paper
A5 C5
and all my family and friends that still care?
F5 G5 G5
Did you buy what I sold and did you feel what I told you?
C5
I hope you still do.
F5
Will you promise yourself, that this isn't all we've got?
CHORUS (go through twice)
C(viii)
Back down, cash out, that's the city for you.
C(viii)
Break down and back out, and get what's coming to you.
Am
When you said you were falling apart
Am
I thought you meant that you were falling apart.
Am
oh oh oh
C(viii) F C Csus4 Am C5 F5 A5 G5
e| 8 1 0 0 5 x x x x
b| 8 1 1 1 5 x x x x
g| 9 2 0 0 5 x x x x
D| 10 3 2 3 7 10 3 7 5
A| 10 3 3 3 7 10 3 7 5
E| 8 1 x x 5 8 1 5 3
VERSE 1:
C(viii)
My life reads like the classifieds.
Pages of what's for sale; whats on the auction block.
F
Attention bidders! Its line 45.
He's got a decent voice, he's got that crooked smile.
C(viii)
Hold on, you havent heard the best yet.
He writes good storylines, he's got those honest eyes.
F
So take him home for just $9.95.
He'll sing the songs you like, he'll keep you warm at night...
PRE-CHORUS:
C
Csus4
C
Csus4
CHORUS:
C(viii)
Back down, cash out, that's the city for you.
C(viii)
Break down and back out, and get what's coming to you.
Am
When you said you were falling apart
Am
I thought you meant that you were falling apart.
During the whoa, whoa, whoas
|---5-5---------5-5---------------|
|---5-5---------5-5------5--------|
|---5-5------5--5-5--------5------| x2
|---7-7--5h7----7-7--5h7-----7-5--|
|---7-7---------7-7---------------|
|---5-5---------5-5---------------|
end on C(viii)
VERSE 2 (palm mute power chords, listen carefully for transition points):
C5
I'm not the type to forget about nights
F5
like this, where every single move that I make
A5
is documented and scored for style points.
G5
The once ambitious one now holds the smoking gun.
C Csus4
And if I die in my sleep, are you still willing to be
C Csus4
everything you promised you would be?
CHORUS
C(viii)
Back down, cash out, that's the city for you.
C(viii)
Break down and back out, and get what's coming to you.
Am
When you said you were falling apart
Am
I thought you meant that you were falling apart.
During the whoa, whoa, whoas
|---5-5---------5-5---------------|
|---5-5---------5-5------5--------|
|---5-5------5--5-5--------5------| x2
|---7-7--5h7----7-7--5h7-----7-5--|
|---7-7---------7-7---------------|
|---5-5---------5-5---------------|
end on C(viii)
BRIDGE:
F5 G5
Will you be the first one to tell the neighborhood paper
A5 C5
and all my family and friends that still care?
F5 G5 G5
Did you buy what I sold and did you feel what I told you?
C5
I hope you still do.
F5
Will you promise yourself, that this isn't all we've got?
CHORUS (go through twice)
C(viii)
Back down, cash out, that's the city for you.
C(viii)
Break down and back out, and get what's coming to you.
Am
When you said you were falling apart
Am
I thought you meant that you were falling apart.
Am
oh oh oh
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