Biography:
Boys Like Girls is a pop rock/power pop band that formed in Andover, Massachusetts, United States in 2005. Influenced by contemporary emo and pop punk groups, they're perhaps best known for their hit song "The Great Escape". Currently on hiatus, the band consists of Martin Johnson (vocals, guitar), Paul DiGiovanni (guitar, vocals), Morgan Dorr (bass), and John Keefe (drums). The group's original bassist, Bryan Donahue, left the band in 2011.
As of February 2011, the band announced they would be going on an indefinite hiatus.
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Other songs:
- Dance Hall Drug
- Go
- Hero/heroine
- Love Drunk
- The Great Escape
- Thunder
- Two Is Better Than One
- Be Your Everything
- Heels Over Head
- Two Is Better Than One (feat. Taylor Swift)
- 5 Minutes To Midnight
- Boys Like Girls
- Broken Man
- Chemicals Collide
- Contagious
- Crazy World
- Five Minutes To Midnight
- Five Minutes To Midnight Live Acoustic
- Free
- Great Escape
- Heart Heart Heartbreak
- Heroheroine
- Hey You
- Holiday
- I Told You So
- If You Could See Me Now
- Learning To Fall
- Leaving California
- Let Go
- Life Of The Party Acoustic
- Me You And My Medication
- On The Top Of The World
- On Top Of The World
- Real Thing
- Red Cup Hands Up Long Brown Hair
- Shes Got A Boyfriend Now
- Shoot
- Someone Like You
- Stuck In The Middle
- Take Me Home
- The First One
- The First Time
- The Only Way That I Know How To Feel
- The Shot Heard Round The World
- Thunder Live Acoustic
- Up Against The Wall
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Real Thing by Boys Like Girls
from their second album Love Drunk (2009)
Transcribed by JellieChase
Dm Bb G C
Jamie's in love
C Dm Bb G C
She's got the summer blowing through her hair
C Dm Bb C
She turns it up
C Dm Bb G C
She says tonight you take me anywhere
C Dm Bb G C
Bobby's in luck
C Dm Bb G C
He got a fire burning in his eyes
C Dm Bb G C
He turns it up
C Dm Bb G
And he says girl you better hold on tight
G D
'Cause this is the real thing
A
Love changes everything
G
This is the night when every heart's exploding
D
The real thing
A
Slow down it's happening
G
'Cause you got time to burn in the heat of the moment
D
That summer radio
A
Fireworks off the patio
G G
A 3 AM string of green lights in a row
D
And the real thing
A
Love can change anything
D A G
If you can just let go (let's go!)
Dm Bb G C x2
Dm Bb G C
Jamie's alive
C Dm Bb C
She's got him rushing through her veins tonight
C Dm Bb C
So hit the lights
C Dm Bb C
It feels too good to ever say goodbye
G D
'Cause this is the real thing
A
Love changes everything
G
This is the night when every heart's exploding
D
The real thing
A
Slow down it's happening
G
'Cause you got time to burn in the heat of the moment
D
That summer radio
A
Fireworks off the patio
G G
A 3 AM string of green lights in a row
D
And the real thing
A
Love can change anything
D A G
If you can just let go
A D
Whoa
D D A
Can't pull the brakes on this runaway train
A D
'Cause whoa
D D A G
This is the heartache that won't go away
Dm Bb G C
Jamie's in love
C Dm Bb G C
She's got the summer blowing through her hair
G D
'Cause this is the real thing
A
Love changes everything
G
This is the night when every heart's exploding
D
The real thing
A
Slow down it's happening
G
'Cause you got time to burn in the heat of the moment
D
That summer radio
A
Fireworks off the patio
G G
A 3 AM string of green lights in a row
D
And the real thing
A
Love can change anything
D A G
If you can just let go
D A G
Just let go
D A G
Jamie just let go
from their second album Love Drunk (2009)
Transcribed by JellieChase
Dm Bb G C
Jamie's in love
C Dm Bb G C
She's got the summer blowing through her hair
C Dm Bb C
She turns it up
C Dm Bb G C
She says tonight you take me anywhere
C Dm Bb G C
Bobby's in luck
C Dm Bb G C
He got a fire burning in his eyes
C Dm Bb G C
He turns it up
C Dm Bb G
And he says girl you better hold on tight
G D
'Cause this is the real thing
A
Love changes everything
G
This is the night when every heart's exploding
D
The real thing
A
Slow down it's happening
G
'Cause you got time to burn in the heat of the moment
D
That summer radio
A
Fireworks off the patio
G G
A 3 AM string of green lights in a row
D
And the real thing
A
Love can change anything
D A G
If you can just let go (let's go!)
Dm Bb G C x2
Dm Bb G C
Jamie's alive
C Dm Bb C
She's got him rushing through her veins tonight
C Dm Bb C
So hit the lights
C Dm Bb C
It feels too good to ever say goodbye
G D
'Cause this is the real thing
A
Love changes everything
G
This is the night when every heart's exploding
D
The real thing
A
Slow down it's happening
G
'Cause you got time to burn in the heat of the moment
D
That summer radio
A
Fireworks off the patio
G G
A 3 AM string of green lights in a row
D
And the real thing
A
Love can change anything
D A G
If you can just let go
A D
Whoa
D D A
Can't pull the brakes on this runaway train
A D
'Cause whoa
D D A G
This is the heartache that won't go away
Dm Bb G C
Jamie's in love
C Dm Bb G C
She's got the summer blowing through her hair
G D
'Cause this is the real thing
A
Love changes everything
G
This is the night when every heart's exploding
D
The real thing
A
Slow down it's happening
G
'Cause you got time to burn in the heat of the moment
D
That summer radio
A
Fireworks off the patio
G G
A 3 AM string of green lights in a row
D
And the real thing
A
Love can change anything
D A G
If you can just let go
D A G
Just let go
D A G
Jamie just let go
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