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
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[intro rhythm (in 16th notes): Am-12 beats C-2 beats D-2 beats]
Am C D Am C D
My eyes can't believe what they have seen.
Am C D Am C D
In the corner of your room you've stockpiled millions of my memories.
Am C D Am C D
Oh Doctor, Doctor, I must have gotten this sick somehow.
Am
I'm going to ask you a series of questions,
C D Am C D
And I want them answered on the spot, right now.
Am F
Is it serious?
C D
I'm afraid it is.
Am F
Am I gonna die?
C D Am F C D
Well son, death is gonna catch up to all one day,
Am F C D
But yours is coming quicker than ours, than ours.
G
Some things I may have taken for granted again and again,
well here's what was said then
Am C F
Hold your head high heavy heart.
G
So take a chance and make it big,
Am
Cause it’s the last you’ll ever get.
C
If we don’t take it, when will we make it?
G G
I make plans to break plans,
C
And I’ve been planning something big, planning something big, planning.
[same as intro rhythm]
Am C D Am
I’ve never tried to make the best of my time,
C D
When I thought that I had plenty of it.
Am F
Is this serious?
C D
I don’t know what to think.
Am F
Is it all a lie?
C D
Well one thing is for sure
Am F C D
I'm taken back to the glory days when
Am F C D
When we were kids without a brash or bitter thing to say.
G
Now my life is one big make it, or break it.
Am C
Hold your head high heavy heart
F
Save your strength for the morning after.
G
So take a chance and make it big,
Am
Cause it’s the last you’ll ever get.
C
If we don’t take it, when will we make it?
G Am
I make plans to break plans,
C
And I’ve been planning something big, planning something big, planning.
[repeat as many times (from 'so take a chance') as you feel like it. I think it's 4 times]
end on Am
Am C D Am C D
My eyes can't believe what they have seen.
Am C D Am C D
In the corner of your room you've stockpiled millions of my memories.
Am C D Am C D
Oh Doctor, Doctor, I must have gotten this sick somehow.
Am
I'm going to ask you a series of questions,
C D Am C D
And I want them answered on the spot, right now.
Am F
Is it serious?
C D
I'm afraid it is.
Am F
Am I gonna die?
C D Am F C D
Well son, death is gonna catch up to all one day,
Am F C D
But yours is coming quicker than ours, than ours.
G
Some things I may have taken for granted again and again,
well here's what was said then
Am C F
Hold your head high heavy heart.
G
So take a chance and make it big,
Am
Cause it’s the last you’ll ever get.
C
If we don’t take it, when will we make it?
G G
I make plans to break plans,
C
And I’ve been planning something big, planning something big, planning.
[same as intro rhythm]
Am C D Am
I’ve never tried to make the best of my time,
C D
When I thought that I had plenty of it.
Am F
Is this serious?
C D
I don’t know what to think.
Am F
Is it all a lie?
C D
Well one thing is for sure
Am F C D
I'm taken back to the glory days when
Am F C D
When we were kids without a brash or bitter thing to say.
G
Now my life is one big make it, or break it.
Am C
Hold your head high heavy heart
F
Save your strength for the morning after.
G
So take a chance and make it big,
Am
Cause it’s the last you’ll ever get.
C
If we don’t take it, when will we make it?
G Am
I make plans to break plans,
C
And I’ve been planning something big, planning something big, planning.
[repeat as many times (from 'so take a chance') as you feel like it. I think it's 4 times]
end on Am
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