Biography:
The Format was an indie pop band formed in Peoria, Arizona, United States in 2001 by Sam Means and Nate Ruess.
Throughout the band's existence, the duo toured and recorded with a revolving door of musicians, and as of 2007, the band consisted of guitarists Mike Schey and Mark Buzard, bassist Don Raymond, drummer Adam Boyd, and its principal members, singer Nate Ruess and multi-instrumentalist Sam Means. The band chose their name to make fun of the music industry's inclination towards a cookie-cutter "format" for a hit.
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Don't you dare Speak someone you don't know
C
They'll feel it in the back of their throat
Am
We know I can't construct a poem
Cause words like girls get bored and run
F
C'est la vie I say I've got so many better things
G
I've got nothing you should see me
G G G
I smoke myself to sleep
C
And blame postmodern things I can't relate
Like summer camp and coastal states
Am
Like alcohol and coffee beans
Dance floors and magazines
F
I think its safe to say I've only got myself to blame
G
But boys in swooping haircuts are bringing me down
Taking pictures of themselves
C Am F G
C
And so I walk the web in search of love
But always seem to end up stuck
Am
I'm finding flaws in everyone
I've reached the point where all I want
F
Is to sleep around in hopes that I will catch back up
G
We are parallel lines we're running in circles
We're never meant to cross
C
I'm at a loss you were my tangerine
My pussycat my trampoline
Am
Now alls I get are wincing cheeks
And dog problems I signed a lease
F
Thinking my heart belonged at 93rd and park
G
Instead I broke a girl's heart
And flew back to Phoenix to finish the year as it started
C Am F
Can you hear me Are you listening This is the sound of my heart breaking
C Am F C
And I hope it's entertaining Cause for me it's a bad word Was it worth it
Am F
When you slept with him Did you get it all out of your system
C Dm Em F G
I am a man Holding it all I couldn't breath Coming across I didn't know
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C C
B is for believing you'd always be here for me
A
E is for everything even when we see it though
F
C c is for seeing through you you are a fake which brings me
G
To A because because you always run away
C
I never finish phrases I misspell
Open arms are prison cells
Am
When I said I hate what I've become
I lied I hated who I was
F
So when you start to wonder 'bout the pain in my throat
C G C
Then don't you ever no never ever speak for someone you don't know
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