Biography:
The Whigs' 3rd album, In The Dark, was released on March 16th 2010.
The Whigs are a trio based out of Athens, GA. In 2005, The Whigs released the independently recorded Give 'Em All A Big Fat Lip. The band signed to indie label ATO Records, home to Radiohead, My Morning Jacket and Ben Kweller, in 2006.
The band's second album, Mission Control, was released on January 22, 2008. It was produced by Rob Schnapf (Beck, Elliott Smith, Guided By Voices) at Sunset Sound and Sound Factory in Los Angeles, CA.
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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!
This is the acoustic version, check out http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_kHSyt5A7EM and
you can play along!
Verse:
G
free my brain
burn away these chains
Em
theres a light from the sun
C
beggin me to come on up
and try to unleash the person you see
G
breathe just breathe
primitive release
Em
its yourself that you need
C
your unaffected being is gone
a natural machine
do you know what I mean
Chorus:
G
taking back the instinct
C
taken out of me
Am
and I get and I get
C
why you got to break free
G C Am C
I don't know who I was before
G C
any population puts it in a cage
Am
and you get and you get
C
why we got all this rage
G C Am C
I don't know who i was before
Verse:
G
birds and bees
dancin in the breeze
Em
theres a love in the air
C
felt by all who carry on
the simplest things have they gotten away
Chorus:
G
taking back the instinct
C
taken out of me
Am
I forget I forget
C
what its like to be me
G C Am C
I cant ignore who I was before
G C
any population puts it in a cage
Am C
you forget you forget why we got all this rage
G C Am C
were losin more than we can afford
Bridge:
Am C G C
take my mind and erase it please
Am C G C
condition all the hot air I breathe
Am
don’t wanna try me
C G
just want me im happy
Am C G
here riding the world that is spinning around
Chorus:
G
taking back the instinct
C
taken out of me
Am
and I get and I get
C
why you got to break free
G C Am C
I don't know who I was before
G C
any popluation lock it in a cage
Am
and you get and you get
C
why we got all this rage
G C Am C
I don't know who I was before, no no no
you can play along!
Verse:
G
free my brain
burn away these chains
Em
theres a light from the sun
C
beggin me to come on up
and try to unleash the person you see
G
breathe just breathe
primitive release
Em
its yourself that you need
C
your unaffected being is gone
a natural machine
do you know what I mean
Chorus:
G
taking back the instinct
C
taken out of me
Am
and I get and I get
C
why you got to break free
G C Am C
I don't know who I was before
G C
any population puts it in a cage
Am
and you get and you get
C
why we got all this rage
G C Am C
I don't know who i was before
Verse:
G
birds and bees
dancin in the breeze
Em
theres a love in the air
C
felt by all who carry on
the simplest things have they gotten away
Chorus:
G
taking back the instinct
C
taken out of me
Am
I forget I forget
C
what its like to be me
G C Am C
I cant ignore who I was before
G C
any population puts it in a cage
Am C
you forget you forget why we got all this rage
G C Am C
were losin more than we can afford
Bridge:
Am C G C
take my mind and erase it please
Am C G C
condition all the hot air I breathe
Am
don’t wanna try me
C G
just want me im happy
Am C G
here riding the world that is spinning around
Chorus:
G
taking back the instinct
C
taken out of me
Am
and I get and I get
C
why you got to break free
G C Am C
I don't know who I was before
G C
any popluation lock it in a cage
Am
and you get and you get
C
why we got all this rage
G C Am C
I don't know who I was before, no no no
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