Biography:
William Beckett is the ex-vocalist of Chicago band The Academy Is..., which formed in 2004. Prior to joining The Academy Is..., William worked on a solo-project called Remember Maine, releasing the album 'The Last Place You Look' in 2002.
The Academy Is... disbanded on 8th October 2011, and on March 20th 2012, William released his debut solo single, Compromising Me, featured on debut EP 'Walk The Talk', due to be released on 17th April 2012.
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C x32010
G 355433
F 133211
C *81010988
Am 577555
D7/F# 2545xx
Tuning: half-step down
I figured this out by watching this video of him playing it, so I'm 99% sure these are the right chords:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m52TvlhU_50
The D7/F# is a little funky so if you can't play that it should sound fine if you just play another F instead
C G F
Hey!
C G F
Hey!
F C *
Spreading rumors in the hallways, like telephone,
C *
Watered down with white noise, overblown,
C * Am G F
Are they ever gonna just leave us alone?
F C *
Take a look at all the white coats in the room,
C *
Staring at us sideways, like we’re Benny and Joon,
C * Am G D7/F#
Yeah we saw that movie, too.
F G Am C *
We know what they don’t know, o-o-o-o-o-oh,
F G Am C *
We see what they can’t see, o-o-o-o-o-oh.
F G
They say we’re crazy
Am C * F
I say well maybe that’s true,
F G
But we know who we are now,
G C G F
Just leave us alone. Hey!
F C G F
Just leave us alone. Hey!
F C *
When I met you from the voices in my head,
C *
It felt like a reaction from all the meds.
C * Am G F
Now I don’t feel that depressed.
F C *
Well now they got me strapped down in the chair,
C *
But as long as you’re beside me, babe, I don’t care.
C * Am G D7/F#
Well I guess it’s been a really fucked-up year.
F G Am C *
No, No, we know what they don’t know, o-o-o-o-o-oh,
F G Am C *
We see what they can’t see, o-o-o-o-o-oh.
F G
They say we’re crazy
Am C * F
Okay, well maybe that’s true,
F G Am C * F
But we know who we are now, in spite of all the flaws,
F G Am C * F
In spite of all the poison, chemicals and all.
F G Am C * F G
We know who we are nooooow, we know who we are now.
C G F
just leave us alone. Hey!
F C G F
Just leave us alone. Hey!
F C *
Take a look at all the white coats in the room,
C *
Staring at us sideways, like we’re Benny and Joon,
F G Am C *
We know what they don’t know, o-o-o-o-o-oh,
F G Am C *
We see what they can’t see, o-o-o-o-o-oh.
F G
They say we’re crazy
Am C * F
Okay, well maybe that’s true,
F G Am C *
But we know who we are nooooow,
F G
We know who we are now
C G F
Just leave us alone. Hey!
F C G F
Just leave us alone. Hey!
F C G F C G F
Just leave us alooooooooone, just leave us alone, just leave us alone.
F
Yeah we saw that movie, too.
G 355433
F 133211
C *81010988
Am 577555
D7/F# 2545xx
Tuning: half-step down
I figured this out by watching this video of him playing it, so I'm 99% sure these are the right chords:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m52TvlhU_50
The D7/F# is a little funky so if you can't play that it should sound fine if you just play another F instead
C G F
Hey!
C G F
Hey!
F C *
Spreading rumors in the hallways, like telephone,
C *
Watered down with white noise, overblown,
C * Am G F
Are they ever gonna just leave us alone?
F C *
Take a look at all the white coats in the room,
C *
Staring at us sideways, like we’re Benny and Joon,
C * Am G D7/F#
Yeah we saw that movie, too.
F G Am C *
We know what they don’t know, o-o-o-o-o-oh,
F G Am C *
We see what they can’t see, o-o-o-o-o-oh.
F G
They say we’re crazy
Am C * F
I say well maybe that’s true,
F G
But we know who we are now,
G C G F
Just leave us alone. Hey!
F C G F
Just leave us alone. Hey!
F C *
When I met you from the voices in my head,
C *
It felt like a reaction from all the meds.
C * Am G F
Now I don’t feel that depressed.
F C *
Well now they got me strapped down in the chair,
C *
But as long as you’re beside me, babe, I don’t care.
C * Am G D7/F#
Well I guess it’s been a really fucked-up year.
F G Am C *
No, No, we know what they don’t know, o-o-o-o-o-oh,
F G Am C *
We see what they can’t see, o-o-o-o-o-oh.
F G
They say we’re crazy
Am C * F
Okay, well maybe that’s true,
F G Am C * F
But we know who we are now, in spite of all the flaws,
F G Am C * F
In spite of all the poison, chemicals and all.
F G Am C * F G
We know who we are nooooow, we know who we are now.
C G F
just leave us alone. Hey!
F C G F
Just leave us alone. Hey!
F C *
Take a look at all the white coats in the room,
C *
Staring at us sideways, like we’re Benny and Joon,
F G Am C *
We know what they don’t know, o-o-o-o-o-oh,
F G Am C *
We see what they can’t see, o-o-o-o-o-oh.
F G
They say we’re crazy
Am C * F
Okay, well maybe that’s true,
F G Am C *
But we know who we are nooooow,
F G
We know who we are now
C G F
Just leave us alone. Hey!
F C G F
Just leave us alone. Hey!
F C G F C G F
Just leave us alooooooooone, just leave us alone, just leave us alone.
F
Yeah we saw that movie, too.
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