Biography:
Hoobastank (sometimes stylized as "h8bastank") is an American (formed in 1994 in Agoura Hills, California) rock band best known for their crossover hit "The Reason" (2003) and by their continued success in the modern rock market.
Vocalist Doug Robb met with guitarist Dan Estrin in a high school battle of the bands competition and decided to form a band. They recruited Markku Lappalainen and Chris Hesse to form Hoobastank. In an interview with Yahoo's Launch, Doug Robb said the name had no particular meaning.
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Other songs:
- If I Were You
- La Razon
- The Reason
- en-US
- Born To Lead
- Can You Save Me
- Crawling In The Dark
- Disappear
- Divine
- Dont Tell Me
- Gone Gone Gone
- Good Enough
- I Dont Think I Love You
- Is This The Day
- Look At Where We Are
- Moving Forward
- My Turn
- Out Of Control
- Ready For You
- Remember Me
- Running Away
- Same Direction
- Say The Same
- Sick Of Hanging On
- Sing What You Cant Say
- So Close So Far
- Stay With Me
- Tears Of Yesterday
- The First Of Me
- The Letter
- Unaffected
- What Happened To Us
- What I Meant To Say
- Youre The One
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Intro: A2-C#m; 2x
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Verse 1 | One strum each
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A2 C#m
You seem to find the dark, when everything is bright
A2 C G
You look for all that's wrong, instead of all that's right
A2 C#m
Does it feel good to you, to rain on my parade
A2 C G
You never say a word, unless it's to complain
C D
It's driving me insane
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Chorus: | Strum here
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D A
If I were you
C G D
Holding the world right in my hands
D A
The first thing I'd do
C G D
Is thank the stars for all that I am
A - C#m- C - G
If I were you
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Verse 2 |
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A2
Look at what's around you now
C#m
More than you ever dreamed
A2 C G
Have you forgotten just, how hard it used to be?
A2 C#m
So what's it going to take, for you to realize
A2 C G
That all could go away, in one blink of an eye
C D (keep playing D)
It happens all the time
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Chorus: |
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D A
If I were you
C G D
Holding the world right in my hands
D A
The first thing I'd do
C G
Is thank the stars above
C G
tell the ones I love
D
that i do
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Bridge:|
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F
Yeah if I were you
G A
Wohoo, yeah if I were you
F
If I were you
G A - C#m ;4x
Wohoo, If I were you
# Coda:
A2 C#m
So what's it going to take, for you to realize
A2 C G
It all could go away, in one blink of an eye
C D (keep playing D)
It happens all the time
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Chorus: |
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D A
If I were you
C G D
Holding the world right in my hands
D A
The first thing I'd do
C G
Is thank the stars above
C G
For the words I love
G# Bb C
Take a breath and enjoy the view
G# Bb C
Live the life that I wanna do
G#
If I were you
Bb
If I were you
C
If I were you
Hop Along
Hope
Hope For Agolden (...)
Hora De Aventura
Horacio Guarany
Hotdog
Hothouse Flowers
Houndmouth
House Of Fools
House Of Heroes