Biography:
The Hard Aches are an Australian melodic punk/alternative rock band from Adelaide, South Australia. The band consists of vocalist/guitarist Ben Clennett (aka Ben David) and drummer Alex Upton. The band formed in 2012, originally born out of a backing band for Clennett's solo work under the moniker Ben David and the Banned. The group played the Adelaide leg of the Big Day Out in 2012, before extensively touring for the rest of the year. Three new original songs
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[Verse 1]
D G D G
Sitting there with your head in your hands
D G Em G D
I'm trying hard not to say anything stupid
G D G D G
You're just as selfish as I am
Em G
And we're both just as useless
[Pre-Chorus]
D G D G
And there's no one home but I can see a light on
D G Em G
I don't know, don't know where you're lying
D G D G
I'm drunk and I know that I'm not supposed to
D G
Get this close, but I'm all out of luck
[Chorus]
D G D G
And I plan to be dead and buried
D G Em G
By my mid, my mid-to-late twenties
D G D G D G
But I guess not, I've lived longer than I thought I could
Em G
And I've done better than I thought I would
[Instrumental]
D G D G D G Em G x2
[Verse 2]
D G D G
Sitting here with my head in my hands
D G Em G D
I'm trying hard not to do anything stupid
G D G D G
No one's as selfish as I am
Em G
But we're all just as useless
[Pre-Chorus]
D G D G
And I know you're home 'cause I can see a light on
D G Em G D
From the road, the road, where I'm lying dead drunk
G D G
And I know that I'm not supposed to
D G
Get this close, but I'm lonely as fuck
[Chorus]
D G D G
And I plan to be dead and buried
D G Em G
By my mid, my mid-to-late twenties
D G D G D G
But I guess not, I've lived longer than I thought I could
Em G D (hold chord)
And I've done better than I thought I would
[Interlude]
Bm D Em G x2
[Bridge]
Bm D
I'm glad that you're gone (I'm glad that you're gone)
Em G
I'm glad that you're gone (I'm glad that you're gone)
Bm D Em G Em G
So glad (I'm glad that you're gone)
[Verse 3]
Bm A D G
And for the first time in so long, I'm glad that I'm gone
Bm A D G
I'm glad that I'm gone from your shady life
Bm A D G Bm A Em G
For the first time in so long, I'm glad that you're gone
[Chorus]
D G D G
And I plan to be dead and buried
D G Em G
By my mid, my mid-to-late twenties
D G D G D G
But I guess not, I've lived longer than I thought I could
Em G
And I've done better than I thought I would
D G D G
And I plan to be dead and buried
D G Em G
By the end, the end of my twenties
D G D G D G
But I guess not, I've lived longer than I thought I could
Em
And I've done better than I thought I would
D G D G
Sitting there with your head in your hands
D G Em G D
I'm trying hard not to say anything stupid
G D G D G
You're just as selfish as I am
Em G
And we're both just as useless
[Pre-Chorus]
D G D G
And there's no one home but I can see a light on
D G Em G
I don't know, don't know where you're lying
D G D G
I'm drunk and I know that I'm not supposed to
D G
Get this close, but I'm all out of luck
[Chorus]
D G D G
And I plan to be dead and buried
D G Em G
By my mid, my mid-to-late twenties
D G D G D G
But I guess not, I've lived longer than I thought I could
Em G
And I've done better than I thought I would
[Instrumental]
D G D G D G Em G x2
[Verse 2]
D G D G
Sitting here with my head in my hands
D G Em G D
I'm trying hard not to do anything stupid
G D G D G
No one's as selfish as I am
Em G
But we're all just as useless
[Pre-Chorus]
D G D G
And I know you're home 'cause I can see a light on
D G Em G D
From the road, the road, where I'm lying dead drunk
G D G
And I know that I'm not supposed to
D G
Get this close, but I'm lonely as fuck
[Chorus]
D G D G
And I plan to be dead and buried
D G Em G
By my mid, my mid-to-late twenties
D G D G D G
But I guess not, I've lived longer than I thought I could
Em G D (hold chord)
And I've done better than I thought I would
[Interlude]
Bm D Em G x2
[Bridge]
Bm D
I'm glad that you're gone (I'm glad that you're gone)
Em G
I'm glad that you're gone (I'm glad that you're gone)
Bm D Em G Em G
So glad (I'm glad that you're gone)
[Verse 3]
Bm A D G
And for the first time in so long, I'm glad that I'm gone
Bm A D G
I'm glad that I'm gone from your shady life
Bm A D G Bm A Em G
For the first time in so long, I'm glad that you're gone
[Chorus]
D G D G
And I plan to be dead and buried
D G Em G
By my mid, my mid-to-late twenties
D G D G D G
But I guess not, I've lived longer than I thought I could
Em G
And I've done better than I thought I would
D G D G
And I plan to be dead and buried
D G Em G
By the end, the end of my twenties
D G D G D G
But I guess not, I've lived longer than I thought I could
Em
And I've done better than I thought I would
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