Biography:
The Alarm is an alternative rock band which formed in 1978 in Rhyl, Wales. For most of their career the band consisted of Mike Peters (vocals, guitar), Dave Sharp (guitar), Eddie Macdonald (bass) and Nigel Twist (drums). The band split in 1991, but reunited in 2001.
The band began in 1978 in the North-Wales town of Rhyl, under the name of 'Seventeen'. Its 4 members were Mike Peters, Dave Sharp, Eddie Macdonald and Nigel Twist. They knocked around
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Other songs:
- 68 Guns
- A New South Wales
- Absolute Reality
- Across The Border
- All Seeing
- Blaze Of Glory
- Cenotaph
- Change Ii
- Coming Backwards
- Deeside
- Direct Action
- Heroine
- How The Mighty Fall
- Lie Of The Land
- Marching On
- My Land Your Land
- No Greater Love
- One Guitar
- One Step Closer To Home
- Permanence In Change
- Presence Of Love
- Raindown
- Raw
- Right Back Where I Started From
- Rock And Roll
- Rose Beyond The Wall
- Save Your Crying
- Shelter
- Spirit Of 76
- Strength
- The Deciever
- The Drunk And The Disorderly
- The Stand
- There Must Be A Way
- Tomorrow
- Up For Murder
- Walk Forever By My Side
- We Are The Light
- Where Were You Hiding When The Storm Broke
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Right Back Where I Started From
The Alarm
Capo 1
[Verse 1]
G Em
Sometimes you’ve got to take one step back to go two steps forward
C G
Sometimes you’ve got to stop believing to find the faith
Em
Sometimes you’ve got to face up to defeat to find victory
C G
Sometimes you’ve got to live with a lie to get to the truth
[Chorus]
F C
What’s done is done, now has just begun
G F C
I’m right back where I started from
G F C
Hello, hello my friend
G F G Em C
This is the first day of the rest of your life
[Verse 2]
G
Sometimes you’ve got to listen to what everybody`s been
Em
saying about you
C G
If you want to be what you wanted to be not what you`ve become
G Em
Sometimes you’ve got to stop breathing just to stay alive
C G
Sometimes the impossible seems possible
[Chorus]
F C
What’s done is done, now has just begun
G F C
I'm right back where I started from
G F C
Hello, hello my friend
G F G Em C
This is the first day of the rest of your life
[Outro]
G F G Em C
This is the first day of the rest of your life
The Alarm
Capo 1
[Verse 1]
G Em
Sometimes you’ve got to take one step back to go two steps forward
C G
Sometimes you’ve got to stop believing to find the faith
Em
Sometimes you’ve got to face up to defeat to find victory
C G
Sometimes you’ve got to live with a lie to get to the truth
[Chorus]
F C
What’s done is done, now has just begun
G F C
I’m right back where I started from
G F C
Hello, hello my friend
G F G Em C
This is the first day of the rest of your life
[Verse 2]
G
Sometimes you’ve got to listen to what everybody`s been
Em
saying about you
C G
If you want to be what you wanted to be not what you`ve become
G Em
Sometimes you’ve got to stop breathing just to stay alive
C G
Sometimes the impossible seems possible
[Chorus]
F C
What’s done is done, now has just begun
G F C
I'm right back where I started from
G F C
Hello, hello my friend
G F G Em C
This is the first day of the rest of your life
[Outro]
G F G Em C
This is the first day of the rest of your life
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The Almighty
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