Biography:
Ted Leo and the Pharmacists are an indie/punk band, with roots in traditional rock. They formed while Leo was living in Washington, DC, but now have members based around the northeast United States. Leo came from Bloomfield, New Jersey.
The band consists of singer-songwriter and guitarist Ted Leo, guitarist James Canty, bassist Marty 'Violence' Key, and drummer Chris Wilson. After his previous band, Chisel, broke up in the late 1990s, Ted recorded the Tej Leo(?) Rx Pharmacists [sic] album in 1999, followed by the Treble in Trouble EP in 2000.
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First verse chords (palm-muted):
C: x32010
D7sus2/C: x30210
Am: x02210
Dm: xx0231
Remaining chords:
G: 355433
Dm7: x57565
Dm: x57765
Am: 577555
D7sus4: x57585
C/G: 335553
F: x87565
F/E: x77565
F/D: x57565
[Verse]
(Palm muted)
C
As I was walking through a life one morning
D7sus2/C Am
The sun was out, the air was warm but oh-ee-oh-ee-oh,
Dm
I was cold,
C
And though I must have looked a half a person,
D7sus2/C
To tell the tale in my own version,
Am Dm
It was oh-ee-oooh-nly then that I felt whole.
[CHORUS]
(Full chords, barred)
G Dm7
Do you believe in something beautiful?
Dm7 Dm
Then, get up and be it
C/G
Fighting for the smallest goal:
D7sus4
To get a little self-control.
Am
I know how hard you try.
Dm
I see it in your eyes.
C/G
Call your friends, 'cause we've forgotten
D7sus4
What it's like to eat what's rotten,
Am
And what's eating you alive,
Dm
Might help you to survive.
[VERSE]
(Bass note + palm mute)
C5
We went on, as we were on a mission,
D5
Latest in a Grand Tradition.
A5 D5
Oh-ee-oh-ee-oh, what did we find?
A5
It was Ego who was flying the banner,
D5 A5
Me and Mia, Ann and Ana, oh-oh-oh-oh-oh,
D5
We'd been unkind.
[CHORUS]
(full intensity)
G Dm7
Do you believe in something beautiful?
Dm
Then, get up and be it
C/G
Fighting for the smallest goal:
D7sus4
To get a little self-control.
Am
I see it in your eyes.
Dm
I see it in your spine.
C/G
Call your friends, 'cause we've forgotten
D7sus4
What it's like to eat what's rotten,
Am
And what's eating you alive,
Dm
Might help you to survive.
[BRIDGE]
F F/E F/D Am
Even the nights that could get better.
F F/E F/D Am
And even the days aren't all that bad.
F F/E F/D
And after a week of fighting,
Am
As more and more it seems the right thing
[CHORUS]
G Dm7
Do you believe in something beautiful?
Dm
Then, get up and be it
(less intense)
C/G
Fighting for the smallest goal:
D7sus4
To get a little self-control.
Am Dm
Won't anybody here just let you disappear?
C/G
Not doctors, nor your mom nor dad,
Dm7
But me and Mia, Ann and Ana
Am
Know how hard you try,
Dm
Don't you see it in my eyes?
[VERSE]
(full intensity)
C/G
Sick to death of my dependence,
Dm7
Fighting food to find transcendence.
Am
Fighting to survive.
Dm
More dead, but more alive.
C/G
Cigarettes and speed to live,
Dm7
And sleeping pills to feel forgiven.
Am
All that you contrive,
Dm
And all that you're deprived.
C
All the bourgeois social angels
D5
Telling you you've got to change.
Am
Don't have any idea.
D5
They'll never see so clear.
[OUTRO]
C
But don't forget what it really means to
D5
Hunger strike, when you don't really need to
Am D5
Some are dying for the cause, but that don't make it yours.
F F/E F/D Am
And even the nights, they could get better
C: x32010
D7sus2/C: x30210
Am: x02210
Dm: xx0231
Remaining chords:
G: 355433
Dm7: x57565
Dm: x57765
Am: 577555
D7sus4: x57585
C/G: 335553
F: x87565
F/E: x77565
F/D: x57565
[Verse]
(Palm muted)
C
As I was walking through a life one morning
D7sus2/C Am
The sun was out, the air was warm but oh-ee-oh-ee-oh,
Dm
I was cold,
C
And though I must have looked a half a person,
D7sus2/C
To tell the tale in my own version,
Am Dm
It was oh-ee-oooh-nly then that I felt whole.
[CHORUS]
(Full chords, barred)
G Dm7
Do you believe in something beautiful?
Dm7 Dm
Then, get up and be it
C/G
Fighting for the smallest goal:
D7sus4
To get a little self-control.
Am
I know how hard you try.
Dm
I see it in your eyes.
C/G
Call your friends, 'cause we've forgotten
D7sus4
What it's like to eat what's rotten,
Am
And what's eating you alive,
Dm
Might help you to survive.
[VERSE]
(Bass note + palm mute)
C5
We went on, as we were on a mission,
D5
Latest in a Grand Tradition.
A5 D5
Oh-ee-oh-ee-oh, what did we find?
A5
It was Ego who was flying the banner,
D5 A5
Me and Mia, Ann and Ana, oh-oh-oh-oh-oh,
D5
We'd been unkind.
[CHORUS]
(full intensity)
G Dm7
Do you believe in something beautiful?
Dm
Then, get up and be it
C/G
Fighting for the smallest goal:
D7sus4
To get a little self-control.
Am
I see it in your eyes.
Dm
I see it in your spine.
C/G
Call your friends, 'cause we've forgotten
D7sus4
What it's like to eat what's rotten,
Am
And what's eating you alive,
Dm
Might help you to survive.
[BRIDGE]
F F/E F/D Am
Even the nights that could get better.
F F/E F/D Am
And even the days aren't all that bad.
F F/E F/D
And after a week of fighting,
Am
As more and more it seems the right thing
[CHORUS]
G Dm7
Do you believe in something beautiful?
Dm
Then, get up and be it
(less intense)
C/G
Fighting for the smallest goal:
D7sus4
To get a little self-control.
Am Dm
Won't anybody here just let you disappear?
C/G
Not doctors, nor your mom nor dad,
Dm7
But me and Mia, Ann and Ana
Am
Know how hard you try,
Dm
Don't you see it in my eyes?
[VERSE]
(full intensity)
C/G
Sick to death of my dependence,
Dm7
Fighting food to find transcendence.
Am
Fighting to survive.
Dm
More dead, but more alive.
C/G
Cigarettes and speed to live,
Dm7
And sleeping pills to feel forgiven.
Am
All that you contrive,
Dm
And all that you're deprived.
C
All the bourgeois social angels
D5
Telling you you've got to change.
Am
Don't have any idea.
D5
They'll never see so clear.
[OUTRO]
C
But don't forget what it really means to
D5
Hunger strike, when you don't really need to
Am D5
Some are dying for the cause, but that don't make it yours.
F F/E F/D Am
And even the nights, they could get better
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