Biography:
The Airborne Toxic Event is an alternative rock band that formed in Los Angeles, California, United States in 2006. The band consists of Mikel Jollett (vocals, guitar), Steven Chen (guitar, keyboards), Anna Bulbrook (viola, keyboards), Noah Harmon (bass) and Daren Taylor (drums). The band is best known for their single "Sometime Around Midnight", which was a hit in the U.K. as well on American alternative radio in 2008 and 2009.
Named after a section of the book 'White Noise'
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Other songs:
- Bride and Groom
- Changing
- Gasoline
- Happiness Is Overrated
- Innocence
- Missy
- Papillon
- Sometime Around Midnight
- Strange Girl
- The Graveyard Near The House
- True Love
- Wishing Well
- A Certain Type Of Girl
- All At Once
- All For A Woman
- All I Ever Wanted
- America
- April Is The Cruelest Month
- Bride Groom
- California
- Change And Change And Change And Change
- Cocaine And Abel
- Does This Mean Youre Moving On
- Dublin
- Duet
- Elizabeth
- Goodbye Horses
- Half Of Something Else
- Hell And Back
- It Doesnt Mean A Thing
- Letter To Georgia
- Numb
- One Time Thing
- Parson Red Heads
- Poor Isaac
- Safe
- Something New
- Strangers
- The Fall Of Rome
- The Fifth Day
- The Girls In Their Summer Dresses
- The Kids Are Ready To Die
- The Secret
- The Storm
- The Thing About Dreams
- The Way Home
- The Winning Side
- This Is London
- This Losing
- Timeless
- Whats In A Name
- Why Why Why
- Wishing Song
- Wrong
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!
This song is one of the bonus tracks on 'Such Hot Blood' and it's just lovely!
Capo on 5
FYI, play C/B in the following way:
E|-0-|
B|-1-|
G|-0-|
D|-0-|
A|-2-|
E|-0-|
Or alternatively:
E|-0-|
B|-3-|
G|-0-|
D|-0-|
A|-2-|
E|-0-|
You can play the following variations of the chords instead on verses 1 and 2, or
just play the full chords if you like!
C G Am G C
E|-0-| |-0-| |---| |---| |---|
B|-1-| |-3-| |-1-| |-0-| |---|
G|---| |---| |-2-| |-0-| |---|
D|---| |---| |---| |---| |-2-|
A|---| |---| |---| |---| |-3-|
E|---| |---| |---| |---| |---|
Intro
C G Am G C
VERSE 1
C G Am G F G C
On the quiet banks of the Liffey and lakes, Dublin wrote her name.
C G Am G F
On the broad backs of men, we never met with their pens and their stones,
G C
they did the same,
C G Am G F
In the hours passed in the pubs, all the glasses were full and they were
G C
wet to the sleeve.
C G Am G F G C
And the eyes were so clear on the girl I met there,I swore I’d never leave.
CHORUS
F G
And the young men who longed for these shores in a song,
C C/B Am
All they wanted was a home,
F G C C/B Am
And I wanted one too with a girl eyes as blue as the light of dawn,
F G C
Patiently, she waits there for me to come home.
VERSE 2
C G Am G F G
Was a bleary-eyed night, drunk from the lights and the sounds of a city
C
awake,
C G Am G F G
And she stood in the crowd, her face as a shroud, leaving nothing for my eye
C
to take.
C G Am G F
But a warmth was so clear, it betrayed her as nearly she glowed like those
G C
lights on the bridge,
C G Am G F G
And a pain in my side, as I was drawn to her pride like the rise of the wind
C
to the ridge.
CHORUS
F G
And the young men who longed for these shores in a song,
C C/B Am
All they wanted was a home,
F G C C/B Am
And I wanted one too with a girl eyes as blue as the light of dawn,
F G C
Patiently, she waits there for me to come home.
INSTRUMENTAL - PLAY CHORUS CHORDS
VERSE 3 (stum full chords)
C G Am G F
These waters have run red, these beaches have bled from the wounds at the
G C
dark heart of man,
C G Am G F
Daughters grown sharp, tongues like knives to the heart or a charm for the
G C
curse of the land,
C G Am G F
With prayers in their eyes, how well they've disguised that it's love
G C
they're giving away.
C G Am G F G
But you might believe when your hard heart says leave but this one implores
C
you to stay.
CHORUS
F G
And the young men who longed for these girls with our songs,
C C/B Am
All we wanted was a home.
F G C C/B Am
She wants one too with someone heart as true as this prison made of stone,
F G C
Patiently, she waits there for me to come home,
F G C
Patiently, I wait to be free and be home.
Thanks guys :) x
Capo on 5
FYI, play C/B in the following way:
E|-0-|
B|-1-|
G|-0-|
D|-0-|
A|-2-|
E|-0-|
Or alternatively:
E|-0-|
B|-3-|
G|-0-|
D|-0-|
A|-2-|
E|-0-|
You can play the following variations of the chords instead on verses 1 and 2, or
just play the full chords if you like!
C G Am G C
E|-0-| |-0-| |---| |---| |---|
B|-1-| |-3-| |-1-| |-0-| |---|
G|---| |---| |-2-| |-0-| |---|
D|---| |---| |---| |---| |-2-|
A|---| |---| |---| |---| |-3-|
E|---| |---| |---| |---| |---|
Intro
C G Am G C
VERSE 1
C G Am G F G C
On the quiet banks of the Liffey and lakes, Dublin wrote her name.
C G Am G F
On the broad backs of men, we never met with their pens and their stones,
G C
they did the same,
C G Am G F
In the hours passed in the pubs, all the glasses were full and they were
G C
wet to the sleeve.
C G Am G F G C
And the eyes were so clear on the girl I met there,I swore I’d never leave.
CHORUS
F G
And the young men who longed for these shores in a song,
C C/B Am
All they wanted was a home,
F G C C/B Am
And I wanted one too with a girl eyes as blue as the light of dawn,
F G C
Patiently, she waits there for me to come home.
VERSE 2
C G Am G F G
Was a bleary-eyed night, drunk from the lights and the sounds of a city
C
awake,
C G Am G F G
And she stood in the crowd, her face as a shroud, leaving nothing for my eye
C
to take.
C G Am G F
But a warmth was so clear, it betrayed her as nearly she glowed like those
G C
lights on the bridge,
C G Am G F G
And a pain in my side, as I was drawn to her pride like the rise of the wind
C
to the ridge.
CHORUS
F G
And the young men who longed for these shores in a song,
C C/B Am
All they wanted was a home,
F G C C/B Am
And I wanted one too with a girl eyes as blue as the light of dawn,
F G C
Patiently, she waits there for me to come home.
INSTRUMENTAL - PLAY CHORUS CHORDS
VERSE 3 (stum full chords)
C G Am G F
These waters have run red, these beaches have bled from the wounds at the
G C
dark heart of man,
C G Am G F
Daughters grown sharp, tongues like knives to the heart or a charm for the
G C
curse of the land,
C G Am G F
With prayers in their eyes, how well they've disguised that it's love
G C
they're giving away.
C G Am G F G
But you might believe when your hard heart says leave but this one implores
C
you to stay.
CHORUS
F G
And the young men who longed for these girls with our songs,
C C/B Am
All we wanted was a home.
F G C C/B Am
She wants one too with someone heart as true as this prison made of stone,
F G C
Patiently, she waits there for me to come home,
F G C
Patiently, I wait to be free and be home.
Thanks guys :) x
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