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 noticed that there were no versions of one of my favorite songs by the academy
is for free, so here it is, The Academy Is's Paper Chase from Fast times at Barrington High
Main Riff (used somewhat throughout the song, usually in the chorus, you know where)
e|----------------3-3-3-----|
B|---------------------5-5-5|
G|-5-5-4-4-5-5-4-4----------|
D G Bm A
Please stand by, we've come so far
D G Bm A
These years we've survived the ride that turned us inside out
D G Bm A
Repeat after me, just scream and shout
D G Bm A
It was the best of times from broken homes and battle scars
G
To where we are
D G Bm
Graduate, paper chase, we'll get out of this place
A D G
Don't turn around, hit the highway
Bm A
Pour some liquor out for this town
A G A D G
Now that's all for us, it's last call to go
D G Bm A
Roll it out, it's over now
D G Bm A
We're the cast outs with messed up friends who never did fit in
D G Bm A
Don't care where it ends, doesn't matter now
D G Bm A
Long as we're as one we'll take the next bus destination
G
Setting sun
D G Bm
Graduate, paper chase, we'll get out of this place
A D G
Don't turn around, hit the highway
Bm A
Pour some liquor out for this town
G A D Bm
Now that's all for us, it's last call to go
REPEAT CHORUS
BRIDGE HAS NO CHORDS
REPEAT CHORUS TWICE
is for free, so here it is, The Academy Is's Paper Chase from Fast times at Barrington High
Main Riff (used somewhat throughout the song, usually in the chorus, you know where)
e|----------------3-3-3-----|
B|---------------------5-5-5|
G|-5-5-4-4-5-5-4-4----------|
D G Bm A
Please stand by, we've come so far
D G Bm A
These years we've survived the ride that turned us inside out
D G Bm A
Repeat after me, just scream and shout
D G Bm A
It was the best of times from broken homes and battle scars
G
To where we are
D G Bm
Graduate, paper chase, we'll get out of this place
A D G
Don't turn around, hit the highway
Bm A
Pour some liquor out for this town
A G A D G
Now that's all for us, it's last call to go
D G Bm A
Roll it out, it's over now
D G Bm A
We're the cast outs with messed up friends who never did fit in
D G Bm A
Don't care where it ends, doesn't matter now
D G Bm A
Long as we're as one we'll take the next bus destination
G
Setting sun
D G Bm
Graduate, paper chase, we'll get out of this place
A D G
Don't turn around, hit the highway
Bm A
Pour some liquor out for this town
G A D Bm
Now that's all for us, it's last call to go
REPEAT CHORUS
BRIDGE HAS NO CHORDS
REPEAT CHORUS TWICE
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