Biography:
Bishop Allen is an American indie rock band which formed in Brooklyn, New York, United States in 2003. The band's core members are Justin Rice and Christian Rudder, who are supported both on stage and in the studio by a rotating cast of musicial collaborators. Currently the band consists of Justin Rice (vocals, guitar), Christian Rudder (guitar), Darbie Nowatka-Rice (keyboards, violin), Keith Poulson (bass) and Michael Tapper (drums). Tapper is a former member of the indie rock band We Are Scientists.
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Other songs:
- Butterfly Nets
- Click Click Click Click
- The News From Your Bed
- Abe Lincoln
- Another Wasted Night
- Bishop Allen Drive
- Chinatown Bus
- Choose Again
- Corazon
- Coupla Easy Things
- Dimmer
- Dirt On Your New Shoes
- Dont Hideaway
- Flight 180
- Like Castanets
- Little Black Ach
- No Show
- Oklahoma
- Penitentiary Bound
- Queen Of The Rummage Sale
- Rain
- Shanghaied
- Shrinking Violet
- Start Again
- Tea For Two
- The Ancient Commonsense Of Things
- The Bullet Big D
- The Monitor
- True Or False
- Why I Had To Go
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Why I Had To Go
Intro/fill (originally on keyboard)
G Em
|--------------------|--------------------|
|--------------------|--------------------|
|--7-------7---------|--9-------9---------|
|----9-7-----9-7-----|----9-7-----9-7-----|
|-------10------10---|-------10------10---|
|--------------------|--------------------|x2
Chords are for two measures each. The fill above basically happens every time there’s
a G-Em progression that isn’t under major vocals.
G Em x2
D C
G Em x2
G Em
It is a narrowing. It is a shrinking and there’s a danger of overthinking
G Em
It was everybody getting tired of drinking every night
D C
There was a little left to believe in, which is how I really knew I should be leaving
G Em
I should be leaving… now
G Em
I should be leaving
G Em
We were clever then. We’d talk forever then, and the night of our invention it would never end
G Em
It was a parting, and there was sorrow, it was impossible to picture a tomorrow
D C
It was necessity and it was instinct and the pattern underneath it kept repeating
D C
kept repeating, kept repeating, which is how I really knew I should be leaving
G Em
I should be leaving… now
G Em
I should be leaving
Am C G Em
Oh and it was everything. Oh and it was just a way to keep from waking up alone
G Em
Which is why I had to go
D C
Which is why I should be leaving
G Em G Em
Which is why I had to go
G Em
Am I belaboring? Am I delivering? Am I offering you a blanket, and you’re shivering?
G Em
Is it a play? Without the passion? Is it an endless repetition of an action?
D C
If there’s a christening, or a crisis, we can get together then and say how nice it is
D C
Is it torment? Well it depends, which is how I really knew I should be leaving
G Em
I should be leaving… now
G Em
I should be leaving
Am C G Em
Oh and it was everything. Oh and it was just a way to keep from waking up alone
G Em
Which is why I had to go
G Em
Which is why I should be leaving
G Em G
Which is why I had to go which you know
Intro/fill (originally on keyboard)
G Em
|--------------------|--------------------|
|--------------------|--------------------|
|--7-------7---------|--9-------9---------|
|----9-7-----9-7-----|----9-7-----9-7-----|
|-------10------10---|-------10------10---|
|--------------------|--------------------|x2
Chords are for two measures each. The fill above basically happens every time there’s
a G-Em progression that isn’t under major vocals.
G Em x2
D C
G Em x2
G Em
It is a narrowing. It is a shrinking and there’s a danger of overthinking
G Em
It was everybody getting tired of drinking every night
D C
There was a little left to believe in, which is how I really knew I should be leaving
G Em
I should be leaving… now
G Em
I should be leaving
G Em
We were clever then. We’d talk forever then, and the night of our invention it would never end
G Em
It was a parting, and there was sorrow, it was impossible to picture a tomorrow
D C
It was necessity and it was instinct and the pattern underneath it kept repeating
D C
kept repeating, kept repeating, which is how I really knew I should be leaving
G Em
I should be leaving… now
G Em
I should be leaving
Am C G Em
Oh and it was everything. Oh and it was just a way to keep from waking up alone
G Em
Which is why I had to go
D C
Which is why I should be leaving
G Em G Em
Which is why I had to go
G Em
Am I belaboring? Am I delivering? Am I offering you a blanket, and you’re shivering?
G Em
Is it a play? Without the passion? Is it an endless repetition of an action?
D C
If there’s a christening, or a crisis, we can get together then and say how nice it is
D C
Is it torment? Well it depends, which is how I really knew I should be leaving
G Em
I should be leaving… now
G Em
I should be leaving
Am C G Em
Oh and it was everything. Oh and it was just a way to keep from waking up alone
G Em
Which is why I had to go
G Em
Which is why I should be leaving
G Em G
Which is why I had to go which you know
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