Biography:
The Academy Is... was a rock band which formed in 2003 in Chicago, Illinois, United States. The band's longest lasting lineup consisted of William Beckett (vocals, guitar), Mike Carden (guitar, vocals), Michael Chislett (guitar, keyboards), Adam Siska (bass) and Andy Mrotek (drums). The band released three albums - "Almost Here" (2005), "Santi" (2007) and "Fast Times at Barrington High" (2008) - before disbanding in 2011, several months after Chislett and Mrotek left the band.
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Other songs:
- About A Girl
- After The Last Midtown Show
- Almost Here
- Attention
- Automatic Eyes
- Beware Cougar
- Black Mamba Three In The Morning Party Mix
- Checkmarks
- Chicago
- Classifieds
- Coppertone
- Everything We Had
- Fever Acoustic
- His Girl Friday
- Im Yours Tonight
- Lax To Ohare
- Neighbors
- New York Saint In The City
- One More Weekend
- Paper Chase
- Phrase That Pays
- Pour Yourself A Drink
- Rumored Nights
- Seed
- Skeptics And True Believers
- Sleeping With Giants
- Slow Down
- Sputter
- Summer Hair Forever Young
- The Test
- Winter Passing
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Slow Down
by The Academy Is....
Tabbed by: Joe G
Tuning: Capo on 2
Chords (relative to capo)
C A Em G D D/F#
e| 0 0 0 3 2 2
b| 1 1 0 0 3 3
g| 0 2 0 0 2 2
D| 2 2 2 0 0 0
A| 3 0 2 2 X X
E| X X 0 3 X 2
An asterisk means add third fret on the high e string with your little
finger. For example, C* would be X32013 rather than X32010. Basically it's
making the chord and AddG chord.
VERSE 1:
Am*
Close the door and take the stairs.
C* Em
Up or down? Upside down,
Em*
Well don't pretend you've never been there.
Am* C*
You kiss me like an overdramatic actor
Em*
who's starving for work,
Em*
with one last shot to make it happen.
Am*
You've won the role, you've played your part,
C*
you've been cordially invited.
Em Em*
But I'm not impressed, and I'm definitely not excited,
Am*
because the film runs a shallow budget,
C
and the writer's subject script isn't any
Em Em*
deeper. So dive right in...
PRE-CHORUS
Am
Hollywood hills and suburban thrills,
C
hey you, who are you kidding?
G
I'm not like them.
D/F#
I won't buy in.
Am
Hollywood hills and suburban thrills,
C
hey you, who are you kidding?
G
Don't quit 'til 47,
D/F#
then we'll turn it up, and we'll play a little faster.
CHORUS:
Am
Take back everything you ever
C
said, you never meant a
G
word of it.
D/F#
You never did.
Am
Take back everything you ever
C
said, you never meant a
G
word of it.
D
You never did. She said
VERSE 2:
Am*
'Alright, Alright, slow down!"
C*
"Oh no, oh no, we won't"
Em*
'cause I regret every word that I said
C*
to ever make her feel like
Am*
she was something special,
Em Em*
or that she ever really mattered. Did she ever really matter?
PRE-CHORUS
Am
Hollywood hills and suburban thrills,
C
hey you, who are you kidding?
G
I'm not like them.
D/F#
I won't buy in.
Am
Hollywood hills and suburban thrills,
C
just don't count on this summer.
G
Don't quit 'til 47.
D
Then we'll turn it up and we'll play a little faster.
CHORUS:
Am
Take back everything you ever
C
said, you never meant a
G
word of it.
D/F#
You never did.
Am
Take back everything you ever
C
said, you never meant a
G
word of it.
D
You never did.
BRIDGE:
C
I'm not saying that
Em
I'm not breaking some
G
hearts tonight, girl.
C
I'm not saying that
Em
I'm not breaking some
G
hearts tonight, girl.
F C
Alright, alright, slow down...
SOLO:
Em* C* G* D* Am* C* G* D*
CHORUS:
Am
Take back everything you ever
C
said, you never meant a
G
word of it.
D
You never did.
Am
Take back everything you ever
C
said, you never meant a
G
word of it.
D
You never did.
OUTRO (3x):
Am
Hollywood hills and suburban thrills,
C
hey you, who are you kidding?
G
I'm not like them.
D
I won't buy in.
by The Academy Is....
Tabbed by: Joe G
Tuning: Capo on 2
Chords (relative to capo)
C A Em G D D/F#
e| 0 0 0 3 2 2
b| 1 1 0 0 3 3
g| 0 2 0 0 2 2
D| 2 2 2 0 0 0
A| 3 0 2 2 X X
E| X X 0 3 X 2
An asterisk means add third fret on the high e string with your little
finger. For example, C* would be X32013 rather than X32010. Basically it's
making the chord and AddG chord.
VERSE 1:
Am*
Close the door and take the stairs.
C* Em
Up or down? Upside down,
Em*
Well don't pretend you've never been there.
Am* C*
You kiss me like an overdramatic actor
Em*
who's starving for work,
Em*
with one last shot to make it happen.
Am*
You've won the role, you've played your part,
C*
you've been cordially invited.
Em Em*
But I'm not impressed, and I'm definitely not excited,
Am*
because the film runs a shallow budget,
C
and the writer's subject script isn't any
Em Em*
deeper. So dive right in...
PRE-CHORUS
Am
Hollywood hills and suburban thrills,
C
hey you, who are you kidding?
G
I'm not like them.
D/F#
I won't buy in.
Am
Hollywood hills and suburban thrills,
C
hey you, who are you kidding?
G
Don't quit 'til 47,
D/F#
then we'll turn it up, and we'll play a little faster.
CHORUS:
Am
Take back everything you ever
C
said, you never meant a
G
word of it.
D/F#
You never did.
Am
Take back everything you ever
C
said, you never meant a
G
word of it.
D
You never did. She said
VERSE 2:
Am*
'Alright, Alright, slow down!"
C*
"Oh no, oh no, we won't"
Em*
'cause I regret every word that I said
C*
to ever make her feel like
Am*
she was something special,
Em Em*
or that she ever really mattered. Did she ever really matter?
PRE-CHORUS
Am
Hollywood hills and suburban thrills,
C
hey you, who are you kidding?
G
I'm not like them.
D/F#
I won't buy in.
Am
Hollywood hills and suburban thrills,
C
just don't count on this summer.
G
Don't quit 'til 47.
D
Then we'll turn it up and we'll play a little faster.
CHORUS:
Am
Take back everything you ever
C
said, you never meant a
G
word of it.
D/F#
You never did.
Am
Take back everything you ever
C
said, you never meant a
G
word of it.
D
You never did.
BRIDGE:
C
I'm not saying that
Em
I'm not breaking some
G
hearts tonight, girl.
C
I'm not saying that
Em
I'm not breaking some
G
hearts tonight, girl.
F C
Alright, alright, slow down...
SOLO:
Em* C* G* D* Am* C* G* D*
CHORUS:
Am
Take back everything you ever
C
said, you never meant a
G
word of it.
D
You never did.
Am
Take back everything you ever
C
said, you never meant a
G
word of it.
D
You never did.
OUTRO (3x):
Am
Hollywood hills and suburban thrills,
C
hey you, who are you kidding?
G
I'm not like them.
D
I won't buy in.
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