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
Four years of hard work!This month of May we celebrated four years on the air. We continue working on the dissemination of this wonderful instrument, thank you for participating in our story!
This is my first tab and I learned it mostly by watching William Beckett play it in
different videos. Please feel free to contact me with any corrections!
* Indicates to strum once
I dont know the exact names for the chords so Ill just call them accordingly.
G:
E------3--------|
A------2--------|
D------x--------|
G------x--------|
B------3--------|
e------3--------|
G2:
E------2--------|
A------x--------|
D------x--------|
G------2--------|
B------3--------|
e------x--------|
Em2:
E------x--------|
A------2--------|
D------2--------|
G------x--------|
B------3--------|
e------3--------|
G3:
E------x--------|
A------3--------|
D------2--------|
G------x--------|
B------3--------|
e------3--------|
G G2
Wake up, try on your new disguise
Em2
Would they recognize you anyway? Would they?
G G2
Dead leaves fall down beneath your feet
Em2
As you step into the street
notice the distance between hearts and homes but still
G3
you know its alright
D Em2
youre not looking back this time
G3
you know its alright
D
youre stepping on the cracks and you feel fine
G G2 G3
Dont waste your breath
Em2* D* G3
You wouldnt want this anyway
G D G3
And if you did I think Id let you
G G2 G3 Em2* D*
G3
Talk this to death, or in circles like were aeroplanes
Em2* D* G3
When all along I knew that we would sputter out
G, G2, Em2
We would sputter
Repeat the rest of the song using those chords!
different videos. Please feel free to contact me with any corrections!
* Indicates to strum once
I dont know the exact names for the chords so Ill just call them accordingly.
G:
E------3--------|
A------2--------|
D------x--------|
G------x--------|
B------3--------|
e------3--------|
G2:
E------2--------|
A------x--------|
D------x--------|
G------2--------|
B------3--------|
e------x--------|
Em2:
E------x--------|
A------2--------|
D------2--------|
G------x--------|
B------3--------|
e------3--------|
G3:
E------x--------|
A------3--------|
D------2--------|
G------x--------|
B------3--------|
e------3--------|
G G2
Wake up, try on your new disguise
Em2
Would they recognize you anyway? Would they?
G G2
Dead leaves fall down beneath your feet
Em2
As you step into the street
notice the distance between hearts and homes but still
G3
you know its alright
D Em2
youre not looking back this time
G3
you know its alright
D
youre stepping on the cracks and you feel fine
G G2 G3
Dont waste your breath
Em2* D* G3
You wouldnt want this anyway
G D G3
And if you did I think Id let you
G G2 G3 Em2* D*
G3
Talk this to death, or in circles like were aeroplanes
Em2* D* G3
When all along I knew that we would sputter out
G, G2, Em2
We would sputter
Repeat the rest of the song using those chords!
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The Adicts
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The Adventures
The Alarm
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