Biography:
?????? (The Seatbelts) is a Japanese blues/jazz band led by composer and instrumentalist ????? (Yoko Kanno). Their style is very diverse and ranges from straightforward big-band jazz to more refined rock 'n roll and blues ballads.
Since most of the band's prolific output revolves around instrumental work, The Seatbelts have no de facto lead singer but Steve Conte (from The Contes and Crown Jewels) and ???? (Mai Yamane) have contributed to and sung for several tracks.
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[Intro]
G A7 F C/G G Gsus4 G x4
[Verse 1]
G
Happiness is just a word to me,
Bb F
And it might have meant a thing or two
C/G Csus4/G C/G
if I'd known the difference.
G
Emptiness, a lonely parody,
Bb F
And my life, another smokin’ gun
C/G Csus4/G C/G
A sign of my indifference.
Eb
Always keepin’ safe inside
F
Where no one ever had a chance
C/G Csus4/G C/G
To penetrate or break in.
Eb
Let me tell you some have tried,
F
but I slam the door so tight
C/G Csus4/G C/G
That they could never get in.
[Verse 2]
G
Kept my cool under lock and key
Bb
And I never shed a tear
F C/G Csus4/G C/G
Another sign of my condidtion
G
Fear of love or bitter vanity
Bb
That kept me on the run
F C/G Csus4/G C/G
The main events at my confession
Eb
I kept a chain upon my door
F
That would shake the shame of Cain
C/G Csus4/G C/G
Into a blind submission
Eb
The burning ghost without a name
F
Was calling all the same
C/G Csus4/G C/G
But I wouldn't listen
[Chorus 1]
G
The longer I'd stall
The further I'd crawl
A7
The further I'd crawl
The harder I'd fall
F C/G G
I was crawlin' into the fire
G
The more that I saw
The further I'd fall
A
The further I'd fall
The lower I'd crawl
F C/G G
I kept fallin' into the fire
[Guitar Solo]
(repeat chorus chords)
[Verse 3] (key change)
A
Suddenly it occurred to me
C G
The reason for the run and hide
D Dsus4 D
Had totaled my existence
A
Everything left on the other side
C G
Could never be much worse that this
D Dsus4 D
But could I go the distance
F
I faced the door and all my shame
D
Tearin' off each piece of chain
A Asus4 A
Until they were broken
F
But no matter how I tried
D
The other side was locked so tight
A Asus4 A
The door it wouldn't open
[Chorus 2]
A
Gave it all that I got
And started to knock
B
Shouted for someone
To open the lock
G D A Asus4 A
I just gotta get through the door
A
And the more that I knocked
The hotter I got
B
The hotter I got
The harder I'd knock
G D A Asus4 A
I just gotta break through the door
[Outro]
A
Gotta knock a little harder
B
Gotta knock a little harder
G D
Gotta knock a little harder
A Asus4 A
Break through the door
G A7 F C/G G Gsus4 G x4
[Verse 1]
G
Happiness is just a word to me,
Bb F
And it might have meant a thing or two
C/G Csus4/G C/G
if I'd known the difference.
G
Emptiness, a lonely parody,
Bb F
And my life, another smokin’ gun
C/G Csus4/G C/G
A sign of my indifference.
Eb
Always keepin’ safe inside
F
Where no one ever had a chance
C/G Csus4/G C/G
To penetrate or break in.
Eb
Let me tell you some have tried,
F
but I slam the door so tight
C/G Csus4/G C/G
That they could never get in.
[Verse 2]
G
Kept my cool under lock and key
Bb
And I never shed a tear
F C/G Csus4/G C/G
Another sign of my condidtion
G
Fear of love or bitter vanity
Bb
That kept me on the run
F C/G Csus4/G C/G
The main events at my confession
Eb
I kept a chain upon my door
F
That would shake the shame of Cain
C/G Csus4/G C/G
Into a blind submission
Eb
The burning ghost without a name
F
Was calling all the same
C/G Csus4/G C/G
But I wouldn't listen
[Chorus 1]
G
The longer I'd stall
The further I'd crawl
A7
The further I'd crawl
The harder I'd fall
F C/G G
I was crawlin' into the fire
G
The more that I saw
The further I'd fall
A
The further I'd fall
The lower I'd crawl
F C/G G
I kept fallin' into the fire
[Guitar Solo]
(repeat chorus chords)
[Verse 3] (key change)
A
Suddenly it occurred to me
C G
The reason for the run and hide
D Dsus4 D
Had totaled my existence
A
Everything left on the other side
C G
Could never be much worse that this
D Dsus4 D
But could I go the distance
F
I faced the door and all my shame
D
Tearin' off each piece of chain
A Asus4 A
Until they were broken
F
But no matter how I tried
D
The other side was locked so tight
A Asus4 A
The door it wouldn't open
[Chorus 2]
A
Gave it all that I got
And started to knock
B
Shouted for someone
To open the lock
G D A Asus4 A
I just gotta get through the door
A
And the more that I knocked
The hotter I got
B
The hotter I got
The harder I'd knock
G D A Asus4 A
I just gotta break through the door
[Outro]
A
Gotta knock a little harder
B
Gotta knock a little harder
G D
Gotta knock a little harder
A Asus4 A
Break through the door
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