Biography:
The Arrogant Sons of Bitches (ASOB for short) were a 6 piece ska punk band from Long Island, NY. In 1995, Joe Werfleman and Jeff Rosenstock thought it would be a good idea to start a band to try and pick up girls and, as Rosenstock said, “we followed through on that, unlike many of us following through on education.” He went on to say that the goal of the band “is to make music real people can relate to and possibly learn from mistakes that we make…and to prove that ska music doesn’t suck, it just needs a kick in the ass.
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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!
Chords used:
F# G Em D C# C G5 G/F# E5 A5 A#5 B5 C5 D5
e|--2--|--3--|--7--|--5--|--4--|--3--|-----|-----|-----|-----|-----|-----|-----|-----|
b|--2--|--3--|--8--|--7--|--6--|--5--|-----|-----|-----|-----|-----|-----|-----|-----|
g|--3--|--4--|--9--|--7--|--6--|--5--|-----|-----|-----|-----|-----|-----|--5--|--7--|
D|--4--|--5--|--9--|-----|-----|-----|--5--|--5--|--2--|--7--|--8--|--9--|--5--|--7--|
A|--4--|--5--|-----|-----|-----|-----|--5--|--5--|--2--|--7--|--8--|--9--|--3--|--5--|
E|-----|-----|-----|-----|-----|-----|--3--|--2--|--0--|--5--|--6--|--7--|-----|-----|
************************************
| < > Harmonics
| ~ Let Ring
|
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[Verse]
F# G Em
I wish I could be mad and break something
F# G D
I wish they took me instead, you were nothing
C# C
Short of all the things I'll never be
C# D G5
You would never be bitter like me
[Interlude 1]
(Played on bass in the original)
e|------------|
b|------------|
g|------------|
D|------------|
A|------------|
E|---0--1--2--|
[Verse]
G Em
You solved my problems like it was your job
F# G D
I never thought that one day you'd be gone
C# C
Or I'd tell you how much late night talks
C# D G5
Really did mean everything to me
[Pre-Chorus]
G5 A5 B5 C5 D5
Bad times for everyone today
[Interlude 2]
(harmonics)
e|---------------|
b|-< 7 >---------|
g|--------< 7 >--|
D|---------------|
A|---------------|
E|---------------|
[Chorus]
G5 G/F# E5
I only wish this could be your pen across the page
B5 B5 A#5 A5
And I only wish this could be a song for you sing
G5 G/F# E5
And I only wish that it was me in the car that day
B5 B5 A#5 A5
And I only wish that I said goodbye before you went away
G5 D5
Then you could tell me how
G
To get through these days
[Verse]
G Em
Miniature golf cannot be played
F# G D
Once the seasons change, end this summer holiday
C# C
Knew the sun would shine again
C# D G
Didn't know that this one was your last
[Interlude 3]
G G G G
e|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
b|-12~-12-12-12-12~-|-12~-12-12-12-12~-|-12~-12-12-12-12~-|-12~-12-12-12-12~-|
g|-12~-12-12-12-12~-|-12~-12-12-12-12~-|-12~-12-12-12-12~-|-12~-12-12-12-12~-|
D|-12~-12-12-12-12~-|-12~-12-12-12-12~-|-12~-12-12-12-12~-|-12~-12-12-12-12~-|
A|-10~-10-10-10-10~-|-10~-10-10-10-10~-|-10~-10-10-10-10~-|-10~-10-10-10-10~-|
E|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
[Verse]
G Em
Summer started off me pacing in a room
F# G
Feeling comfort only seconds long
D
Hoping passersby were you
C# C
Not-so-distant memories
C# D G5
Cried that night cause they took you too soon
[Pre-Chorus]
G5 A5 B5 C5 D5
Bad times for everyone today
[Chorus]
G5 G/F# E5
Only wish this could be your pen across the page
B5 B5 A#5 A5
And I only wish this could be a song for you sing
G5 G/F# E5
And I only wish that it was me in the car that day
B5 B5 A#5 A5
And I only wish that I said goodbye before you went away
[Bridge 1]
D
Like everybody else
G5
I have my own shit list and
D
I want to you to know that
G5
You were at the bottom of it
D5
Little technicalities and indescribabilities and
G5
I can't put my finger on it
D5
Now I'm in this fucking van
C5
5000 things I won't forget:
G5
Your face
G5
Move on
G5
Again
G5
Goodbye
[Bridge 2]
(THIS ENTIRE PART IS PLAYED ALONG WITH THE VOCALS. Bass plays alone first time. Palm-mute first two bars)
G5 E5 B5 A5
e|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|
b|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|
g|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|
D|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|
A|-----------------|-----------------|---9---9---9-------|---7---7-7-5---5-|
E|-3-3-3-3-3-3-5-3-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-7---7---7---7-9-7-|-5---5-------5---|
G5 E5
How I long to share eternal life with you
B5
And how I long to share eternal life with you
A5
And how I long to share eternal life with you
G5
And how I long to share eternal life with you
E5
And how I long to share eternal life with you
B5
And how I long to share eternal life with you
A5
And how I long to share eternal life with you
And how I long to share eternal life
G5 E5
I only wish this could be your hand across the page
B5 A5
And I only wish this could be a song for you sing
G5
Only wish that it-
(Switch to chords)
E5
Was me in the car that day!
B5 B5 A#5 A5
Only wish that I said goodbye before you went away!
G5 D5
Then you could tell me how...
[Bridge 3]
G5
To get through these days
E5 B5 A5 G5
If we had just a-nother day
E5 B5 A5 G5
We'd have a ball instead of pissing it all a-way
E5 B5 A5 D5
Three cheers for all those summer days
G5 E5 B5 A5
He-heeeeeeeeeeeeeeey-Yeah!
e|------------------------|------------------------|
b|-8~------7-6-5~-----7-6-|------------------------|
g|------------------------|-9~------9-8-7~---------|
D|------------------------|------------------------|
A|------------------------|------------------------|
E|------------------------|------------------------| (x2)
(^This is played on trombone)
[Interlude 4]
(Part is played by bells and trombone, but if you wanna play it on guitar here you go)
G5 E5 B5 A5
e|------------------------|-----------------------------|
b|-8-----8--10--8~--------|-8-----8-----8--10--12--10~--|
g|----7-----------------7-|----7-----7------------------|
D|------------------------|-----------------------------|
A|------------------------|-----------------------------|
E|------------------------|-----------------------------| (x2)
[Ending]
G5
How I long to share eternal life with you and (x7)
G5
How I long to share eternal life with
F# G Em D C# C G5 G/F# E5 A5 A#5 B5 C5 D5
e|--2--|--3--|--7--|--5--|--4--|--3--|-----|-----|-----|-----|-----|-----|-----|-----|
b|--2--|--3--|--8--|--7--|--6--|--5--|-----|-----|-----|-----|-----|-----|-----|-----|
g|--3--|--4--|--9--|--7--|--6--|--5--|-----|-----|-----|-----|-----|-----|--5--|--7--|
D|--4--|--5--|--9--|-----|-----|-----|--5--|--5--|--2--|--7--|--8--|--9--|--5--|--7--|
A|--4--|--5--|-----|-----|-----|-----|--5--|--5--|--2--|--7--|--8--|--9--|--3--|--5--|
E|-----|-----|-----|-----|-----|-----|--3--|--2--|--0--|--5--|--6--|--7--|-----|-----|
************************************
| < > Harmonics
| ~ Let Ring
|
************************************
[Verse]
F# G Em
I wish I could be mad and break something
F# G D
I wish they took me instead, you were nothing
C# C
Short of all the things I'll never be
C# D G5
You would never be bitter like me
[Interlude 1]
(Played on bass in the original)
e|------------|
b|------------|
g|------------|
D|------------|
A|------------|
E|---0--1--2--|
[Verse]
G Em
You solved my problems like it was your job
F# G D
I never thought that one day you'd be gone
C# C
Or I'd tell you how much late night talks
C# D G5
Really did mean everything to me
[Pre-Chorus]
G5 A5 B5 C5 D5
Bad times for everyone today
[Interlude 2]
(harmonics)
e|---------------|
b|-< 7 >---------|
g|--------< 7 >--|
D|---------------|
A|---------------|
E|---------------|
[Chorus]
G5 G/F# E5
I only wish this could be your pen across the page
B5 B5 A#5 A5
And I only wish this could be a song for you sing
G5 G/F# E5
And I only wish that it was me in the car that day
B5 B5 A#5 A5
And I only wish that I said goodbye before you went away
G5 D5
Then you could tell me how
G
To get through these days
[Verse]
G Em
Miniature golf cannot be played
F# G D
Once the seasons change, end this summer holiday
C# C
Knew the sun would shine again
C# D G
Didn't know that this one was your last
[Interlude 3]
G G G G
e|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
b|-12~-12-12-12-12~-|-12~-12-12-12-12~-|-12~-12-12-12-12~-|-12~-12-12-12-12~-|
g|-12~-12-12-12-12~-|-12~-12-12-12-12~-|-12~-12-12-12-12~-|-12~-12-12-12-12~-|
D|-12~-12-12-12-12~-|-12~-12-12-12-12~-|-12~-12-12-12-12~-|-12~-12-12-12-12~-|
A|-10~-10-10-10-10~-|-10~-10-10-10-10~-|-10~-10-10-10-10~-|-10~-10-10-10-10~-|
E|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
[Verse]
G Em
Summer started off me pacing in a room
F# G
Feeling comfort only seconds long
D
Hoping passersby were you
C# C
Not-so-distant memories
C# D G5
Cried that night cause they took you too soon
[Pre-Chorus]
G5 A5 B5 C5 D5
Bad times for everyone today
[Chorus]
G5 G/F# E5
Only wish this could be your pen across the page
B5 B5 A#5 A5
And I only wish this could be a song for you sing
G5 G/F# E5
And I only wish that it was me in the car that day
B5 B5 A#5 A5
And I only wish that I said goodbye before you went away
[Bridge 1]
D
Like everybody else
G5
I have my own shit list and
D
I want to you to know that
G5
You were at the bottom of it
D5
Little technicalities and indescribabilities and
G5
I can't put my finger on it
D5
Now I'm in this fucking van
C5
5000 things I won't forget:
G5
Your face
G5
Move on
G5
Again
G5
Goodbye
[Bridge 2]
(THIS ENTIRE PART IS PLAYED ALONG WITH THE VOCALS. Bass plays alone first time. Palm-mute first two bars)
G5 E5 B5 A5
e|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|
b|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|
g|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|
D|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|
A|-----------------|-----------------|---9---9---9-------|---7---7-7-5---5-|
E|-3-3-3-3-3-3-5-3-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-7---7---7---7-9-7-|-5---5-------5---|
G5 E5
How I long to share eternal life with you
B5
And how I long to share eternal life with you
A5
And how I long to share eternal life with you
G5
And how I long to share eternal life with you
E5
And how I long to share eternal life with you
B5
And how I long to share eternal life with you
A5
And how I long to share eternal life with you
And how I long to share eternal life
G5 E5
I only wish this could be your hand across the page
B5 A5
And I only wish this could be a song for you sing
G5
Only wish that it-
(Switch to chords)
E5
Was me in the car that day!
B5 B5 A#5 A5
Only wish that I said goodbye before you went away!
G5 D5
Then you could tell me how...
[Bridge 3]
G5
To get through these days
E5 B5 A5 G5
If we had just a-nother day
E5 B5 A5 G5
We'd have a ball instead of pissing it all a-way
E5 B5 A5 D5
Three cheers for all those summer days
G5 E5 B5 A5
He-heeeeeeeeeeeeeeey-Yeah!
e|------------------------|------------------------|
b|-8~------7-6-5~-----7-6-|------------------------|
g|------------------------|-9~------9-8-7~---------|
D|------------------------|------------------------|
A|------------------------|------------------------|
E|------------------------|------------------------| (x2)
(^This is played on trombone)
[Interlude 4]
(Part is played by bells and trombone, but if you wanna play it on guitar here you go)
G5 E5 B5 A5
e|------------------------|-----------------------------|
b|-8-----8--10--8~--------|-8-----8-----8--10--12--10~--|
g|----7-----------------7-|----7-----7------------------|
D|------------------------|-----------------------------|
A|------------------------|-----------------------------|
E|------------------------|-----------------------------| (x2)
[Ending]
G5
How I long to share eternal life with you and (x7)
G5
How I long to share eternal life with
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