Yellowcard
Ocean Avenue
2003 Capitol Records
Submitted by: paramore_fans@yahoo.com
Tuning: Standard EADGBe
Tracklist:
1. Way Away
2. Breathing
3. Ocean Avenue
4. Empty Apartment
5. Life Of A Salesman
6. Only One
7. Miles Apart
8. 23
9. View From Heaven
10. Inside Out
11. Believe
12. 1 Year 6 Months
13. Back Home
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1.) Way Away
Key: F
Chords used:
Dm - xx0231
Bb - x13331
F - 133211
C - x32010
C/E - 032xxx
Gm - 355333
Am - x02210
Intro: x4
Verse 1:
I think I'm breaking out
I'm gonna leave you now
Theres nothing for me
here it's all the same
And even though I know
That everything might go
Go downhill from
here I'm not afraid
Chorus:
Way away away
from here I'll be
Way away away
so you can see
How it feels to be
alone and not believe
(Feels to be alone
and not believe)
Feels to be alone
and not believe
anything
Interlude: x2
Verse 2:
You can't stop me now
You can't hold me down
You can't keep me
here I'm on my way
I've made it this far now
And I'm not burning out
No matter what you
say I'm not afraid
(Repeat Chorus)
Interlude: x2
Bridge:
Letting out the
noise inside of me
(Letting out the
noise inside of me)
Every window pane
is shattering
(Every window pane
is shattering)
Cutting up my words
before I speak
(Cutting up my words)
This is how it feels
to not believe
(Repeat)
Interlude: Bb
(Repeat Chorus)
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2.) Breathing
Key: G
Chords used:
C - x32010
D - xx0232
Em - 022000
G - 320033
Bm - x24432
Am - x02210
D/F# - 2x023x
Intro:
Part 1:
Em-C-D/F#-G x4
Part 2: x2
Verse 1:
Eyes are feeling heavy
But they never seem to close
The fan blades on
the ceiling spin
But the air is never cold
And even though
you're next to me
I still feel so alone
I just can't
give you anything
For you to call your own
Chorus 1:
And I can feel you breathing
And it's keeping me awake
Can you feel it beating
My heart's sinking
like a weight
Interlude: x2
Verse 2:
Something I've been keeping
Locked away behind my lips
I can feel it breaking free
With each and every kiss
I couldn't bear to hurt you
But it's all so different now
Things that I was sure of
They have filled
me up with doubt
(Repeat Chorus 1)
Chorus 2:
And I can feel you breathing
And its keeping me awake
Could you stop my heart
It's always beating
Sinking like a weight
Interlude: Em-C-D/F#-G x8
Bridge:
How am I supposed to feel
About the things I've done
I don't know if I should stay
Or turn around and run
I know that I hurt you
Things will never be the same
The only love I ever knew
I threw it all away
(Repeat Chorus 1 and Chorus 2)
Outro: Em-C-D/F#-G x2
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3.) Ocean Avenue
Key: A
Chords used:
E - 022100
F#m - 244222
D - xx0232
A - x02220
Intro:
Verse 1:
There's a place off Ocean Avenue
Where I used to sit and talk with you
We were both 16 And it felt so right
Sleeping all day, staying up all
Night, Staying up all night
Guitar 2: While singing "Night"
e|------------------|
B|------------------|
G|-1-----2----------|
D|----2-----4--2--4-| (x2)
A|------------------|
E|------------------|
Verse 2:
There's a place on the corner of Cherry Street
We would walk on the beach in our bare feet
We were both 18 And it felt so right
Sleeping all day, staying up all
Night, Staying up all night
Guitar 2: While singing "Night"
e|------------------|
B|------------------|
G|-1-----2----------|
D|----2-----4--2--4-| (x2)
A|------------------|
E|------------------|
Chorus 1:
If I could find you now Things would get better
We would leave this town And run forever
Let your waves crash down on me and take me away, yeah
Interlude:
Guitar 2:
e|------------------|
B|------------------|
G|-1-----2----------|
D|----2-----4--2--4-| (x2)
A|------------------|
E|------------------|
Verse 3:
Theres a piece of you that's here with me
Its everywhere I go It's everything I see
When I sleep I dream and it gets me by
I can make believe that you're here
tonight, That you're here tonight
Guitar 2: While singing "Tonight"
e|------------------|
B|------------------|
G|-1-----2----------|
D|----2-----4--2--4-| (x2)
A|------------------|
E|------------------|
Chorus 2:
If I could find you now Things would get better
We would leave this town And run forever
I know somewhere, somehow We'll be together
Let your waves crash down on me and take me away, yeah
Interlude: A-- then A-F#m-E-D
Guitar 2:
e|---------0---|
B|-----0-----0-|
G|-1h2---2-----|
D|-------------| (Repeat many times)
A|-------------|
E|-------------|
Bridge:
I remember that look in your eyes
When I told you this was good bye
You were begging me not tonight
Not here Not now
When looking up at the same night sky
And keep pretending the sun will not rise
We'll be together for one more night
Somewhere somehow
(Repeat Chorus 2)
Outro: (x2)
Guitar 2:
e|-5-------|-5---7---|-5-------|-5--4-------|
B|---5-----|---5---5-|---5-----|-------5----|
G|-----6h7-|---------|-----6h7-|----------6-|
D|---------|---------|---------|------------|
A|---------|---------|---------|------------|
E|---------|---------|---------|------------|
x8 x4
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4.) Empty Apartment
Key: C
Tuning (Standard) (EADGBe)
B*
e|-0-|-0-|-3-|-0-|-1-|-1-|-0-|
B|-1-|-1-|-3-|-3-|-1-|-1-|-1-|
G|-2-|-0-|-0-|-2-|-2-|-1-|-0-|
D|-2-|-2-|-0-|-0-|-3-|-3-|-0-|
A|-0-|-3-|-2-|-0-|-3-|-3-|-2-|
E|-0-|-0-|-3-|-2-|-1-|-1-|-0-|
(Verse 1)
Call me out
You stayed inside
One you love
Is where you hide
Shot me down as I flew by
Crash and burn
I think sometimes you forget where the heart is
Answer no to these questions
Let her go, learn a lesson
It's not me, you're not listening now
Can't you see something's missing?
You forget where the heart is
(chorus)
C B*
Take you away from that empty apartment
You stay and forget where the heart is
B*
Someday if ever you love me you'd say it's okay
(verse 2)
Waking up from this nightmare
How's your life, what's it like there?
Is it all what you want it to be?
Does it hurt when you think about me?
And how broken my heart is
(Chorus)
(Bridge)
C B*
It's okay to be angry and never let go
It only gets harder the more that you know
C B*
When you get lonely if no one's around
You know that I'll catch you when you're falling down
C B*
We came together but you left alone
And I know how it feels to walk out on your own
C B*
Maybe someday I will see you again
And you'll look me in my eyes and call me your friend
(Chorus)
B*
It's okay
B*
It's okay
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5.) Life Of A Salesman
Key: B
Chords used:
B - x24442
F# - 244322
G#m - 466444
E - 022100
G - 320033
F#/Bb - x143xx
C#m - x46654
Intro: B, G#m--F#--E--B-E x2, B(hold)
Verse 1:
What's a Dad for Dad?
Tell me why I'm here Dad
Whisper in my ear
That I'm growing up to
be a better man Dad
Everything is fine Dad
Proud that you are my Dad
Cause I know Im growing
up to be a better man
Chorus 1:
Father I will always be
That same boy that
stood by the sea
And watched you
tower over me
Now I'm older I want
to be the same as you
Interlude: G#m--F#--E--B-E, B(hold)
Verse 2:
Whats a dad for Dad?
Taught me how to stand Dad
Took me by the hand Dad
And showed me how to
be a bigger man Dad
Listened when you talked Dad
Followed where you walked Dad
And you know that I will always
do the best I can I can
Chorus 2:
Father I will always be
That same boy that
stood by the sea
And watched you
tower over me
Now I'm older I want
to be the same as you
Bridge:
The Same as you
Solo:
(Repeat Chorus 1)
Chorus 3:
Father I will always be
That same boy that
stood by the sea
And watched you
tower over me
Now I'm older I want
E(hold)
to be the same as you
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6.) Only One
Key: E
Chords used:
E - 022100
A - x02220
B - x24442
C#m - x46654
E/G# - 476xxx or 4xx45x
C - x32010
Intro:
Guitar 2:
e|-----0-|-----0-|-----0-|-----0-|-----0-----0-----4--2--0-|
B|---0---|---0---|---0---|---0---|---0-----0-----0---------|
G|-1-----|-2-----|-4-----|-6-----|-4-----4-----4-----------|
D|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------------------------|
A|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------------------------|
E|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------------------------|
x5 x5 x5 x5
Verse 1 (strum):
Broken, this fragile thing now
and I can't, I can't pick up the pieces
And I've thrown my words all around
but I can't, I can't get you a reason
Pre-chorus (palm muted, distortion)
I feel so broken up (so broken up)
and I give up (I give up)
I just wanna tell you so you know
Chorus (distortion):
Here I go
scream my lungs out and try to get to you
you are my only one
I let go
there's just no one that gets me like you do
you are my only
my only one
After 1st Chorus, the violin plays this little riff
Post-chorus violin riff:
e|--------------------------------------------|
B|---------14~----12~-------------------------|
G|-13~------x------x-------13~----------------|
D|--x------11~-----9~-------x---------11-\-9~-|
A|-11~---------------------11~---------x---x--|
E|-------------------------------------9-\-7~-|
Verse 2 (strum):
Made my mistakes, let you down
and I can't, I can't hold on for too long
Ran my whole life in the ground
and I can't, I can't get up when you're gone
Pre-chorus (palm muted, distortion):
And something's breaking up (breaking up)
I feel like giving up (like giving up)
I won't walk out until you know..
(Repeat Chorus) then C#m
Solo:
the violin has this solo.
Solo violin riff:
e|------16~|------19-19-17--------------------16~|-------16-16-----
B|17-19----|17-17------------17-17--14-17-19-----|-17-17-------19--
G|---------|-------------------------------------|-----------------
D|---------|-------------------------------------|-----------------
A|---------|-------------------------------------|-----------------
E|---------|-------------------------------------|-----------------
While the guitar playing: (x2)
Bridge (strum):
Here i go
so dishonestly
Leave a note
for you my only one
And i know
you can see right through me
So let me go
and you will find someone
Repeat Chorus a few times
End On C#m
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7.) Miles Apart
Key: D
Tuning: Standard EADGBe
Chords used:
D - xx0232
A - x02220
Bm - x24432
G - 320033
C - x32010
Bb - x13331
Em - 022000
E - 022100
A/C# - x476xx
F#/Bb - x143xx
E/G# - 476xxx
Intro: x2
Verse:
If I could I would do
all of this again
Travel back in time with you
to where this all began
We could hide inside ourselves
and leave the world behind
And make believe there's
something left to find
Chorus 1:
We'll be miles apart
I'll keep you deep inside
You're always in my heart
A new life to start
I may be leaving but you're
Always in my heart
Verse 2:
Now we've all grown up
gone on and moved away
Nothing I can do about
it nothing I can say
To bring us back
to where we
were when life was
not this hard
Looking back it all just
G D---
seem so far so far away
(Repeat Chorus 1)
Interlude:
Bridge:
Give it up with just
one more day with you
Give it up with
just one more day
I'd give it up with
just one more day with you
Give it up with just
one more day with you
Give it up with
just one more day
I'd give it up with
just one more day with you
Give it up with just
one more day with you
Give it up give it all away
I'd give it up with just
one more day with you
(Repeat Chorus 1)
Chorus 2:
I need you now
with miles apart
I'll keep you deep inside
You're always in my heart
I need you now
with miles apart
I may be leaving but you're
Always in my heart
Outro: D
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8.) 23
Key: B
Tuning: Standard EADGBe
Chords used:
E - 022100
B - x24442
F# - 244322
C#m - x46654
B/D# - x698xx
G#m - 466444
A - x02220
Intro: x2
Verse 1:
I gotta tell you that he
waited all his life
For someone like you to come
make the wrong things right
I know he didn't have
the answers all the time
But you can't tell me
that you never told a lie
Refrain:
ohhhh
ohhhh
Chorus:
We're almost twenty three
and you're still mad at me
So much that I said to you
and I want to take
it back now
Twenty three and
it's so sad to me
You tell the world
I'm dead to you but I
know you want me back now
Interlude:
Verse 2:
Was it fun for you to
watch him fall apart
And suffocate him while
you held him in your arms
I swear to god I wish
he never let you in
I just hope we never
hear from you again
(Repeat Chorus)
Bridge:
Wasted on you
Wasted on you
Wasted on you
Wasted on you
(Repeat Refrain)
(Repeat Chorus)
Outro: x2
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9.) View From Heaven
Key: G
Chords used:
G - 320033
Am - x02220
C - x32010
C9 - x32033
D/F# - 2x023x
Em - 022000
G/B - x2x003
Intro: x3,
Verse 1:
im just so tired
won't you sing me to sleep
and fly through my dreams
so I can hitch a ride
from you tonight
and get away from this place
have a new name and face
I just ain't the same
without you in my life
Verse 2:
late night drives
all alone in my car
I can't help but start
singing lines from all
our favorite songs
and melodies in the air
singing life just ain't fair
Sometimes I still just
can't believe you're gone
Chorus 1:
and im sure the view from heaven
beats the hell out of mine here
and if we all believe in heaven
maybe we'll make it through
one more year down here
Interlude: G-C9-G/B-Am-C9-G/B-G-C-G/B-Am
Verse 3:
feel your fire
when its cold in my heart
and things sort of start
reminding me of my
last night with you
I only need one more day
just one more chance to say
I wish that I had
gone up with you too
(Repeat Chorus)
Bridge:
Em-D/F#-C
you won't be coming back
yea yea I didn't
get to say goodbye
I really wish I got
to say goodbye
(Repeat Chorus 1)
Chorus 2:
I hope that all is well in heaven
cuz its all shot to hell down here
I hope that I find you in heaven
cuz im so lost without you down here
Outro:
Em-D/F#-C
you won't be coming back
yea yea I didn't
get to say goodbye
I really wish I got
to say goodbye
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10.) Inside Out
Key: D
Chords used:
D - xx0232
A - x02220
Bm - x24432
G - 320033
A/C# - x476xx
D/F# - 2x023x
Intro: D--,
Verse 1:
Here. A little sympathy
for you to waste on me
I know you're faking
it but that's okay
And I don't want
to drag it out
Don't want to
bring you down
I never wanted it
to end this way
Chorus:
Even if I wanted to
I don't think that
I'd get to you
There's nothing
I can say to you
to make you feel
alive again
Verse 2:
Here A little jealousy
I hope you think of me
Hope you wonder
where I sleep at night
Cause I feel like
I'm inside out
You got me upside down
Maybe I was holding
on too tight
(Repeat Chorus 1)
Chorus 2:
So don't just say
goodbye to me
Just turn your
back away and leave
And if you're lucky
I will be your
last regret
your only friend
Interlude: D--
Bridge:
The two of us we
dream like one
The two of us
the two of us
(Repeat)
The two of us we
dream like one
The two of us
the two of us
(Repeat)
Chorus 3:
I guess that this
is over now
I guess it's called
the falling out
But everyday I'm
learning how to
make it through
this life I'm in
(Repeat Chorus 1 and Chorus 2)
Outro: D--, D--Em--Bm--G--G-D(hold)
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11.) Believe
Key: A
Chords used:
A/C# - x476xx
D - xx0232
A - x02220
Es - 022200
E - 022100
F#m - 244222
E/G# - 476xxx
D/F# - 2x023x
Intro: A--(violin), A/C#--D--A--E-- x2
Verse 1:
Think about the love inside
Es E
the strength of heart
Think about the heroes
Es E
saving life in the dark
Climbing higher through
the fire Time was running out
Never knowing you weren't
Es E
going to be coming down alive
Refrain:
But you still
came back for me
You were strong
and you believed
Chorus:
Everything is
gonna be alright
Everything is
gonna be alright
Everything is
gonna be alright
Be strong believe
Interlude: A/C#--D--A--E-- x2
Be Strong believe
Verse 2:
Think about the chance
I never had to say
Thank you for giving up
your life that day
Never fearing only
Es
hearing voices
calling out
Let it all go the
Es
life that you
know Just to bring
them down alive
(Repeat Refrain and Chorus twice)
Interlude: F#m--, x2
Bridge:
Wanna hold my wife
when i get home
Wanna tell the kids
they'll never know
How much i love
to see them smile
Wanna make a change
right here right now
Wanna live a life
like you somehow
Wanna make your
sacrifice worthwhile
Interlude: A(violin)
(Repeat Chorus twice)
Outro:
Think about the love inside
the strength of heart
Think about the heros
saving life in the dark
Think about the chance
I never had to say
Thank you for giving up
your life that day
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12.) 1 Year 6 Months
Key: G
Intro: Guitar 1
e|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-15-15-15-13-12-x-10-10-10—-x-13-13-13-12-10-8-8-8-/15-15-15-13--|
G|--0--0--0--0--0-x--0--0—-0--x—-0—-0-—0-—0-—0-0-0-0---0—-0-—0—-0-n|
A|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
e|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
e|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-12-10-10-10-12-10-8-8-8-7---------------------------------------|
G|--0-—0-—0—-0—-0-—0-0-0-0-0---------------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
e|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
2x
G = 320033
D = X00232
Em = X22033
C9 = X32033
Intro: Guitar 2
G-D-Em-G(2x)-D
Verse 1:
Sew this up with threads of reason and regret
So, I will not forget. I will not forget
How this felt one year six months ago I know
I cannot forget I cannot forget
Chorus:
I'm falling into memories of you and things we used to do
Follow me there
A beautiful somewhere
A place that I can share with you
Intro:
Do verse 1 chords:
I can tell that you don't know me anymore
It's easy to forget, sometimes we just forget
And being on this road is anything but sure
Maybe we'll forget, I hope we don't forget
(Repeat Chorus)
Intro:
Do: Guitar 1 Intro
So many nights, legs tangled tight
Wrap me up in a dream with you
Close up these eyes, try not to cry
All that I've got to pull me through is memories of you
Memories of you
Memories of you
Memories of you
(Repeat Chorus)
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13.) Back Home
Key: D
Chords used:
Bm - x24432
A - x02220
D - xx0232
G - 320033
D/F# - 2x023x
A/C# - x476xx
C - x32010
F#m - 244222
Intro:
Verse 1:
Don't know
What I was looking for
when I went home
I found me alone
Sometimes
I need someone to
say "You'll be alright!"
"What's on your mind?"
Refrain 1:
But the water's shallow here
And I am full of fear
And empty-handed
after two long years
Chorus 1:
Another sunny day
in California
I'm sure back home
they'd love to see it
But they don't know that
what you love is ripped away
Before you get a
chance to feel it
Interlude: Bm--A-D-G--G-D/F#-D
Verse 2:
Back home
I always thought I
wanted so much more
Now I'm not too sure
Cause sometimes
I miss knowing someone's
there for me
And feeling free
Refrain 2:
Free to stand beside
The ocean in moonlight
And light myself
a smoke beneath
The dark Atlantic sky
Chorus 2:
Another sunny day
in California
I'm sure back home
they'd love to see it
But they don't know that
what you love is ripped away
Before you get a
chance before you
get a chance to feel it
Bridge:
Everybody here is living life
in fear of falling out of line
Tearing lives apart breaking lots
of hearts just to pass the time
And the eyes get red
in the back of your head
This place will make you blind
Put it all behind me
and I'll be just fine
Chorus 3:
Another sunny day beneath
this cloudless sky
Sometimes I wish that
it would rain here
And wash away the West Coast
dreaming from my eyes
There's nothing real
for them to see here
Chorus 4:
Another sunny night
in California
I'm sure back home
they'd love to see it
But they don't know that
what you love is ripped away
Before you get a
chance before you
get a chance to feel it
Outro: Bm--A-D-G--G-D/F#-D