Biography:
State Champs is a pop-punk/pop rock band from Albany, New York. The band is signed to Pure Noise Records and is led by vocalist Derek Discanio. Their debut EP "Overslept" was recorded in Haverhill, MA with Jay Maas of Defeater and was released on 9/11/12. They released their debut album called "The Finer Things" on Pure Noise Records on October 8, 2013.
Check out their facebook at www.facebook.com/statechampsny
The State Champs is also the name of a rock band from Duluth, Minnesota comprised of many veterans of the Duluth music scene.
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Other songs:
- Lightning
- Our Time To Go
- All Or Nothing
- All You Are Is History
- Around The World And Back
- Back And Forth
- Criminal
- Critical
- Dead And Gone
- Deadly Conversation
- Deadly Conversation Acoustic
- Easy Enough
- Elevated
- If Im Lucky
- Leave You In The Dark
- Losing Myself
- Mine Is Gold
- Over The Line
- Perfect Score
- Remedy
- Secrets
- Shape Up
- Simple Exsistence Acoustic
- Slow Burn
- Stick Around
- The Fix Up
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Chords- Powerchords-
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[Intro]
D G
Oh-Oh-Oh Oh-Oh-Oh
A
(When you're dead and gone)
D G
Oh-Oh-Oh Oh-Oh-Oh
A
(When you're dead and gone)
[Verse 1]
D G
One year ago with a flower in hand
D G
One year ago we wrote our names in the sand
D G D
The wind would blow your summer hair
G
(One year ago)
D G
Once easy love, now you're making it rough
D G
You know I try and say it's never enough
D G D
You left with ease and didn't care
G
(One year ago)
[Pre-Chorus]
Bm D
What used to seem like heaven
G
Feels like hell
[Chorus]
D
I wanna breathe with ease again
G A
I wanna get some fucking sleep again
D G A
You only ask forgiveness after it's gone wrong
D
I need to get upstate again
G A
I need to get my head on straight again
Bm A G
You only get redemption when you're dead and gone
N.C.
(When you're dead and gone)
D G
Oh-Oh-Oh Oh-Oh-Oh
A
(When you're dead and gone)
D G
Oh-Oh-Oh Oh-Oh-Oh
A
(When you're dead and gone)
[Verse 2]
D G
Ten years from now we'll be tired and old
D G
Ten years from now we won't ever leave home
D G D
Singing "I'll be there for you"
G
(Ten years from now)
D G
Give me the one and only reason that could make me believe
D G
You were everything I want, but not the thing that I need
D G D G
It's hard to say, it's sad but true
[Pre-Chorus]
Bm D
What used to seem like heaven
G
Feels like hell
[Chorus]
D
I wanna breathe with ease again
G A
I wanna get some fucking sleep again
D G A
You only ask forgiveness after it's gone wrong
D
I need to get upstate again
G A
I need to get my head on straight again
Bm A G
You only get redemption when you're dead and gone
N.C.
(When you're dead and gone)
[Bridge]
Em G D A
Nothing left here to say
Em G D A
Nothing to celebrate
Em G D A
Nothing left here to say
Em G D A
Nothing to celebrate
[Chorus]
D
I wanna breathe with ease again
G A
I wanna get some fucking sleep again
D G A
You only ask forgiveness after it's gone wrong
D
I need to get upstate again
G A
I need to get my head on straight again
Bm A G
You only get redemption when you're dead and gone
Bm A G
You only get redemption when you're dead and gone
Oh
D G
Oh-Oh-Oh Oh-Oh-Oh
A
(When you're dead and gone)
D G
Oh-Oh-Oh Oh-Oh-Oh
A D
(When you're dead and gone)
D- xx0232 D- x577xx
G- 320033 G- 355xxx
A- x02220 A- 577xxx
Bm-x24432 Bm-x244xx
Em-022000 Em-022xxx
[Intro]
D G
Oh-Oh-Oh Oh-Oh-Oh
A
(When you're dead and gone)
D G
Oh-Oh-Oh Oh-Oh-Oh
A
(When you're dead and gone)
[Verse 1]
D G
One year ago with a flower in hand
D G
One year ago we wrote our names in the sand
D G D
The wind would blow your summer hair
G
(One year ago)
D G
Once easy love, now you're making it rough
D G
You know I try and say it's never enough
D G D
You left with ease and didn't care
G
(One year ago)
[Pre-Chorus]
Bm D
What used to seem like heaven
G
Feels like hell
[Chorus]
D
I wanna breathe with ease again
G A
I wanna get some fucking sleep again
D G A
You only ask forgiveness after it's gone wrong
D
I need to get upstate again
G A
I need to get my head on straight again
Bm A G
You only get redemption when you're dead and gone
N.C.
(When you're dead and gone)
D G
Oh-Oh-Oh Oh-Oh-Oh
A
(When you're dead and gone)
D G
Oh-Oh-Oh Oh-Oh-Oh
A
(When you're dead and gone)
[Verse 2]
D G
Ten years from now we'll be tired and old
D G
Ten years from now we won't ever leave home
D G D
Singing "I'll be there for you"
G
(Ten years from now)
D G
Give me the one and only reason that could make me believe
D G
You were everything I want, but not the thing that I need
D G D G
It's hard to say, it's sad but true
[Pre-Chorus]
Bm D
What used to seem like heaven
G
Feels like hell
[Chorus]
D
I wanna breathe with ease again
G A
I wanna get some fucking sleep again
D G A
You only ask forgiveness after it's gone wrong
D
I need to get upstate again
G A
I need to get my head on straight again
Bm A G
You only get redemption when you're dead and gone
N.C.
(When you're dead and gone)
[Bridge]
Em G D A
Nothing left here to say
Em G D A
Nothing to celebrate
Em G D A
Nothing left here to say
Em G D A
Nothing to celebrate
[Chorus]
D
I wanna breathe with ease again
G A
I wanna get some fucking sleep again
D G A
You only ask forgiveness after it's gone wrong
D
I need to get upstate again
G A
I need to get my head on straight again
Bm A G
You only get redemption when you're dead and gone
Bm A G
You only get redemption when you're dead and gone
Oh
D G
Oh-Oh-Oh Oh-Oh-Oh
A
(When you're dead and gone)
D G
Oh-Oh-Oh Oh-Oh-Oh
A D
(When you're dead and gone)
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