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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Intro: F C G C - repeated -
F C G C
All the girls pose the same for pictures
F C G C
All the boys got the same girls' hair
F C G C
I am bored 'cos I feel much older
F C G C F
I mean, as if I've got a reason to stare
F C G
But you talk so loud
F C G
That it calms me down
F G
You're crying "let's make a toast"
C
She says she's leaving on a Sunday
Dm
Oh, that leaves me one more night
F C F G
Can I take you home? I know it's wrong but I know your type
C
She says she's leaving on a Sunday
Dm
I don't care, I need to know where to turn
F C
I tried it one, it never caught on
F G
I was the only one who got burned
- F C G C -
F C G C
I've read every word you said
F C G C
From a poster of a cat
F C G C
Four books look across your sofa
F C G/stop/
I thought your coffee table was more clever than that
F C G C
It gets worse when we get to her room
F C G C
She stops and she sings "doot doo doo doo do doo doot doo"
F C G C
I claim 'New Religion' is my song
F C G C F
Oh, she doesn't get it: it's all before she was born
F C G
And you lock your door
F C G
Like I've been here before
F G
I feel like I've seen a ghost
C
She says she's leaving...
Am
Suddenly between sheets and eyelids I
F
am reminded why I don't do this
Am
I fall in love far too quickly I
F
never want her to forget me
Am
When you're gone
F G
Will you call? Will you write?
C
She says she's leaving...
F C G C
All the girls pose the same for pictures
F C G C
All the boys got the same girls' hair
F C G C
I am bored 'cos I feel much older
F C G C F
I mean, as if I've got a reason to stare
F C G
But you talk so loud
F C G
That it calms me down
F G
You're crying "let's make a toast"
C
She says she's leaving on a Sunday
Dm
Oh, that leaves me one more night
F C F G
Can I take you home? I know it's wrong but I know your type
C
She says she's leaving on a Sunday
Dm
I don't care, I need to know where to turn
F C
I tried it one, it never caught on
F G
I was the only one who got burned
- F C G C -
F C G C
I've read every word you said
F C G C
From a poster of a cat
F C G C
Four books look across your sofa
F C G/stop/
I thought your coffee table was more clever than that
F C G C
It gets worse when we get to her room
F C G C
She stops and she sings "doot doo doo doo do doo doot doo"
F C G C
I claim 'New Religion' is my song
F C G C F
Oh, she doesn't get it: it's all before she was born
F C G
And you lock your door
F C G
Like I've been here before
F G
I feel like I've seen a ghost
C
She says she's leaving...
Am
Suddenly between sheets and eyelids I
F
am reminded why I don't do this
Am
I fall in love far too quickly I
F
never want her to forget me
Am
When you're gone
F G
Will you call? Will you write?
C
She says she's leaving...
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