Cauterize
So Far From Real
2003
Submitted by: paramore_fans@yahoo.com
Tuning: All Songs are in Standard EADGBe
Tracklist:
01. Choke
02. Killing Me
03. Something Beautiful
04. If You Go
05. My Everything
06. Taste Of Tears
07. Still Breathing
08. I'll Cry Tomorrow
09. Promise Me
10. Shooting Stars
11. Shine
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1.) Choke
Key: F
Tuning: Standard EADGBe
Chords used:
Bb - x13331
C - x32010
Dm - xx0231
F - 133211
C/E - 032xxx
Intro:
Part 1: palm muted
e|-----1-1-0-1-0---|
B|-1-1-----------1-|
G|-----------------|
D|----------------- repeat many times
A|-----------------|
E|-----------------|
Part 2:Bb--C--Dm--F x3, Bb--C--F--C
Verse 1:
Dm C
Theres nothing that I can say
Dm
To make you want to stay
C
here with me forever
Dm C
Theres nothing that I can do
Dm
To make you want me like
C
I need you to I need you to
Chorus:
Bb C
Just give me one last
Dm F
chance to say this
Bb C
Just give me one last chance
Dm F Bb
to say whats on my mind
C F
And I will get it right
Bb C
If I could only get my head above
F
the water for a moment of your time
Bb C
But you seem so strong and I
cant hold my breath for long
F(hold)
Have you ever tried
C/E(hold) Dm(hold) C(hold)
to scream underwater?
Post Chorus 1:
Bb C Dm F
Youll choke
Bb C Dm F
Youll choke
Interlude: Bb--C--F--C
Verse 2:
Dm
You said I always sang too
C
loud to sing you a love song
Dm
Well, I save my soft voice for
C
the things I really mean
Dm C
You always said I had a hard
Dm
time saying whats on my mind
Well here it goes
C
I hate you for what
youve done to me
(Repeat Chorus)
Post Chorus 2:
Dm Bb C
Youll choke
Dm Bb C
Youll choke
Interlude: Dm--Bb-C x2
Bass Lines: Dm--Bb-C x2
Interlude: Dm--Bb-C x2
Outro:
F C
When the last words been said
Bb Dm
and the last tears been shed
C Bb Dm C F
I will miss you, miss you my friend
C
And I cant tell you lies
Bb Dm C
Even after all these years
Bb Dm C F(hold) C Bb, F--C--Bb--- repeat until fade
I still cry
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2.) Killing Me
Key: Eb
Tuning: Standard EADGBe
Chords used:
Eb - x68886
Cm - x35543
Bb - x13331
Fm - 133111
G# - 466544
Eb/G - 365xxx
Intro:
Eb
I wonder where you are
G#
Please dont come
around tonight
Eb
cause I cant stand to see
G#
you and I dont want to fight
Eb
Gimme one more
drink and I swear
G#
I think I'll be ready to make
Eb
the same mistakes again with you
Riff: Cm-G#-Eb-Bb-Fm-Bb x4
Verse 1:
Cm G# Eb Bb Fm Bb
I finally fi-gured out that
Cm G# Eb Bb Fm Bb
youre not coming back
Cm G# Eb Bb Fm Bb Cm G# Eb Bb Fm Bb
and I'm not go-ing anywhere
Cm
You were the one with all the
Bb
faith how did you let it slip away?
Thats right, I'm
blaming this all on you
and the little
G#
things you didnt do
We both knew that
you were stronger
could have fought
a little longer
Bb
You didnt hold
it tight enough
You lost your grip and I slipped
right through your fingers
Chorus:
Eb Cm Bb
No more sleepless nights alone
This bed is better without you
Eb Cm Bb
No more waiting up for calls
I've got nothing left to say to you
G#(hold)
Verse 2:
Cm G# Eb Bb Fm
Tell me again a--bout
Bb Cm G# Eb Bb Fm Bb
those better days
Cm G# Eb Bb Fm
This silence hurts me more
Bb Cm G# Eb Bb Fm Bb
than anything you could say
Cm
Broken knuckles broken heart
Bb
I fell in love then fell apart
You tried to run I tried to
G#
hide still we managed to collide
Fell so hard matching scars
Bb
Held you close felt so far
Hearts beating out of time
Youre screaming with
no reason and no rhyme
(Repeat Chorus)
Post chorus:
G# Cm Bb G#
So I will save this last breath
Cm Bb G#
for words that I wont scream
Cm Bb G#(hold)
I dont feel like dying
(Repeat Intro Riff)
but youre killing me
Bridge:
Fm
Just when the wounds start healing
Eb/G
youre there to break me open
Bb
Watch the blood spill
Im getting used to this
I'll clean it in the morning
(Repeat Chorus and Post chorus)
Outro:
Eb
I wonder where you are
G#
Please dont come
around tonight
Eb
cause I cant stand to see
G#
you and I dont want to fight
Eb
Gimme one more
drink and I swear
G#
I think I'll be ready to make
Eb G#
the same mistakes again without you
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3.) Something Beautiful
Key: G#
Tuning: Standard EADGBe
Chords used:
G# - 466544
Eb - x68886
Fm - 133111
C# - x46664
Bbm - x13321
F# - 244322
Interlude: Bbm-F#-- x6,
Verse 1:
Fm
faded away like
C#
the color in a blue sky
G# Eb
at the end of the day
Fm
night falls
and the search begins
C#
for something
G# Bbm
something better than this
Refrain:
Fm
scream or a cry
the truth or a lie
C#
i'm not sure they will
G# Eb
save us this time
Fm
i don't wanna be around
C#
when it all comes down
G#
to watch something
Eb
beautiful die
Chorus:
G# C#
you said the only way is to run away
Fm
you're sick of me so you just can't
stick around to hear
C#
me pleading i'm pleading
G# C#
does it show, i'm pathetic i know
i just cant stand
Fm
here watch you go
C#
i'm running after you
i'm running after you
Verse 2:
Fm
helpless cuz my
hands are tied
C#
eyelids pinned back so
G# Eb
they're opened wide
Fm
in a theater all alone
C#
in the front row
G#
to watch something
Bbm
beautiful die
(Repeat Refrain adn chorus)
Interlude: G#--C#--Bbm--C#
Bridge:
G#
what happened to
the things that we used to do
C#
you said its all the same
and that you needed a change
Bbm
you left without good-bye
C#
and now i'm wonderin why...
i dont think i wanna know...
G#
all the things he does better
C#
how the past just doesnt matter
Bbm
you left me once this
C#
time will be the last time
(Repeat Chorus)
Outro:
Bbm C# G#
look for the feeling that we lost
Bbm
where'd you have it last
C# G#
maybe if we retrace our steps
Bbm
but we cant find the path
C#
that led us here to
G#
where we stand
Bbm C#
face to face to watch
G#
this bitter end
now something
Fm Fm Fm Fm(hold)
beautiful is dead
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4.) If You Go
Key: C
Tuning: Standard EADGBe
Chords used:
C - x32010
Dm - xx0231
G - 320003
Am - x02210
Em - 022000
F - 133211
Intro: C--Dm--F x4
Guitar 2:
e|---3---0---0-----
B|-1---1---3---3-1-
G|-----------------
D|----------------- x16
A|-----------------
E|-----------------
Verse 1:
G F G
Its kinda sad that I have learned
F G
to deal with things like this
F G F
Being strong means being heartless
C
Tell me how do the scars
feel after the wounds heal?
Dm
Did it burn when they cauterized?
Am
Did it show that you
were hiding the hurt inside?
Do your eyes still
shine as bright as
F
they did the days when
you were at your best?
Refrain:
Em F G
If you run away from me
Am F G
Im not running after you
(Cause Im so tired)
Em F G
If you turn away from
Am F G
this dont look back
(Cause Ill be gone)
Chorus:
C
If you go then I'll forget you
G
When youre gone I wont miss you
Am
Im sorry thats just the way
F
Ive learned to deal
with a broken heart
(Repeat)
Post Chorus: G-Am-F
G Em F
And broken promises
G-Am-F--G-Em-F
Verse 2:
C
Its been a long time since Ive
Dm
seen you and longer since weve talked
And the last thing that
Am
I said was I had nothing to say
Now Im choking on my words
F
All the things I didnt say
that could have made it all ok
Refrain 2:
G
Now that youre all alone
and feeling sorry for yourself
F C
Did it make sense to lie to me
G F
and deceive me like you did?
(Repeat Refrain 1 and Chorus and Post chorus)
(Repeat Intro but only twice)
Bridge:
C Dm
Tell me, how do the scars
F
feel after the wounds heal?
C Dm F
Did it burn when they cauterized?
C
Did it show that you
Dm
were hiding the hurt inside?
F
Do your eyes still shine as
C
bright as they did the
Dm F
days when you were at your best?
Outro:
G F
How do the scars feel
G F
after the wounds heal?
G
Did it burn when
F G
they cauterized?
(Repeat to fade)
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5.) My Everything
Key: E
Tuning: Standard EADGBe
Chords used:
E - 022100
B - x24442
C#m - x46654
A - x02220
G#m - 466444
Intro: C#m--A-G#m x6
Verse 1:
C#m A
I still miss you I still care
B
sometimes I swear you're still here
C#m A
Do you miss me? Do you care?
B
Does it hurt that I'm not there?
C#m A B
Told me you need something better
What is better than love?
C#m A B
Told me you need something new
But all I need is
Refrain 1:
A C#m
you to feel the
A C#m
way you make me feel
Chorus:
E C#m
I never meant to hurt you
B
never meant to say those things
A
never meant to write them down
E C#m
in a song about the way it used to be
B
It used to be so good
A
You used to be my everything
Post Chorus 1: C#m---A-G#m x2
Verse 2:
C#m A
I just want you to know
B
that I'm just fine on my own
C#m A
Do you want me to know
B
that you hate being alone?
C#m A B
Did you think I would fall for
this over again we're repeating
C#m A B
Did you think I would crawl back
crawl back one more
Refrain 2:
A C#m A C#m
time to feel the way I feel
(Repeat Chorus)
Post chorus 2: A----
Bass lines: C#m---A-G#m x2
Bridge:
C#m
How's your hand?
My eyes healed nicely
A
How's the time
B
pass by without me?
C#m
I hope this hurts like hell
cause why should you be fine?
C#m
How's your hand?
My eyes healed nicely
How's the time
pass by without me?
I hope this hurts like hell
A
cause why should you be fine?
(Repeat)
Verse 3:
C#m A B
Told me you need something better
What is better than love?
C#m A B
Told me you need something new
But all I need is you
C#m A B
Did you think I would fall for
this over again we're repeating
C#m A B
Did you think I would crawl back
crawl back one more time to feel
(Repeat Chorus)
Outro: C#m--A--B(hold)
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6.) Taste Of Tears
Key: G#
Tuning: Standard EADGBe
Chords used:
Fm - 133111
C# - x46664
G# - 466544
Eb - x68886
Bbm - x13321
Intro:
e|---------
B|-4-------
G|----3--5-
D|---------
A|---------
E|---------
Then Fm--C#-- x3 Eb--, Fm--Eb-- x2
Verse 1:
Fm C#
Standing on my doorstep in the rain
Fm C#
Make-up running down your face
Fm C#
You look so good right now
Eb
Its bittersweet that you run to me
Fm C#
I need you I bleed you
Fm C#
I would give up breathing for you
Fm C#
If you would take my
Eb
breath and hold it in
I need to be
Chorus 1:
G#
Inside of you
Bbm
Show me where it hurts
Fm
Show me what loves done to you
Eb
Dont try to move youll only
G#
make it worse than it is already
Bbm
You had to be so strong
Fm
and I had to be so useless
Eb
Im always f*****g useless
useless without you
Verse 2:
Fm C#
Tears ran down your face
Fm C#
Like rain on the window
Fm C#
you were looking out
Eb
What were you looking for?
I wont ask tonight
Fm C#
I need this just one kiss
Fm C#
A gentle touch
your sweet caress
Fm C#
My heart would break
Eb
my ribs if I hold this in
I must confess
Refrain:
Fm
I hate myself
for needing this
Eb
I love our
twisted little mess
Fm
I know its wrong
but it just feels right
Eb
The taste of tears
is bittersweet
Chorus 2:
G#
Tonight
Bbm
Show me where it hurts
Fm
Show me what loves done to you
Eb
Dont try to move youll only
G#
make it worse than it is already
Bbm
You had to be so strong
Fm
and I had to be so useless
Eb
Im always f*****g useless
useless without you
Verse 3:
Fm C#
Im scared as hell
Fm C# Fm
Its about time that I tell you all
C# Fm
the things that you should know
C#
All the things Im too scared to show
Fm C#
I need you I bleed you
Fm C#
I would give up breathing for you
Fm C#
If you would take my
Eb
breath and hold it in
(Repeat Refrain)
Chorus 3:
G#
Tonight
Bbm
Show me where it hurts
Fm
Show me what loves done to you
Eb
Dont try to move youll only
G#
make it worse than it is already
Bbm
You had to be so strong
Fm
and I had to be so useless
Eb
Im always f*****g useless
G#(hold)
useless without you
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7.) Still Breathing
Key: Eb
Tuning: Standard EADGBe
Chords used:
G# - 466544
Bb - x13331
Cm - x35543
Eb - x68886
Bb/D - x587xx
Eb/G - 365xxx
Intro:
G# Bb Cm
Tear me open at the seams
G#
Take everything you need
Bb Cm
Take my heart if you like the beat
Take my lungs if its hard
G# Bb Cm
to breathe to breathe
Interlude: Eb-Bb/D-G#--Eb-Bb/D-Bb--Eb-Bb/D-Cm-Bb-G#-
Eb-Bb/D-G#--Eb-Bb/D-Bb--Eb-Bb/D-Cm---
Verse 1:
Eb Bb/D G#
Im not cold she said
Bb
But shes shaking
Cm
As shes lying next to me naked
G# Bb
Pulled the hair back from her face
Cm
To let that smile heat this place
G# Bb
And this feels so far from real
Cm
Im lost and I love it
Refrain:
Eb Bb/D G#
I cant take it
Eb Bb/D Bb
If youre waiting
Eb Bb/D Cm Bb G#
I am ready to tell the world
Eb Bb/D G# Eb Bb/D
About a girl who showed me
Bb Eb Bb/D Cm
Love again for the first time
And its everything I dreamed of
Chorus 1:
Eb Eb/G
Tell me what you thought about
Bb
When you were breathing oh so loud
Eb
Screaming oh so loud
Eb/G
Tell me if this is real
Bb
I need to know before
Eb Bb/D Cm
I get too close
Verse 2:
Eb Bb/D G# Bb
So here we lie in this beautiful mess
Cm
Of tangled sheets and beads of sweat
G#
With my heart in your hand
Bb
My neck in the other
Cm
Should I be scared or
should I come closer?
G#
But its still beating
Bb
and I'm still breathing
Cm
You havent hurt me yet
(Repeat Refrain)
Chorus 2:
Eb Eb/G
Tell me what you thought about
Bb
When you were breathing oh so loud
Eb
Screaming oh so loud
Eb/G
Tell me if this is real
Bb
I need to know before
I get too close
Bridge:
G#
Morning always
Bb
comes too quick
Cm
When youre around
When youre around
G# Bb
You leave me lying here
Cm
So they dont find us out
Theyll find us out
G# Bb Cm
Tear me open at the seams
G#
Take everything you need
Bb
Take my heart if
Cm
you like the beat
Take my lungs if
G# Bb
its hard to breathe
Cm
to breathe
(Repeat Refrain 1)
Refrain 2:
Eb Bb/D G#
I cant take it
Eb Bb/D Bb
If youre waiting
Eb Bb/D Cm Bb G#
I am ready to tell the world
Eb Bb/D G# Eb Bb/D
About a girl who showed me
Bb Eb Bb/D Eb(hold)
Love again for the first time
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8.) I'll Cry Tomorrow
Key: F#
Tuning: Standard EADGBe
Chords used:
F# - 244322
G#m - 466444
Ebm - x68876
B - x24442
C# - x46664
Intro: F#, F#--G#m--Ebm--B--F#--G#m--Ebm(hold)
Verse 1:
F# G#m
Wake me when its over
Ebm
I dont feel much
like crying tonight
F#
Please tell me that
G#m
youre leaving
Ebm
I dont feel much like
holding you tight
Refrain:
F# G#m Ebm
I love you even though I hate
this thing that we've become
F# G#m
I need you even though
Ebm
I can live without this
Chorus:
B F#
I know that I should
C#
probably hurt so bad
Ebm B
But I cant feel a thing
F#
I know that I should
C#
probably say something
Ebm B
But I can barely breathe
F#
And I am sorry if Im
C# Ebm
giving up too easy
B
I just dont have the
F# C#
strength to fight no more
Verse 2:
F#
My throat is sore
G#m
from pleading
Ebm
I dont feel much
like singing tonight
F#
If I can stop
G#m
the bleeding
Ebm
I know that I
will be alright
(Repeat Refrain and Chorus)
Bridge:
Ebm B
I'll forget your bitter taste
when you pull your lips away
Ebm B
I'll forget the way you feel
and the chill of your embrace
Ebm B
I'll forget the way you look
dont wanna remember your face
Ebm C#
Lets just cut this clean tonight
and maybe I'll cry
Verse 3:
F#
tomorrow "Explain
G#m
the way you feel"
Ebm
you said to me
F# G#m
I simply feel nothing and
Ebm
honestly I'd like to leave
(Repeat Refrain and Chorus)
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9.) Promise Me
I think All American Rejects ripped this
song to their song MOVE ALONG
The intro is very similar or it's just me??? hahaha
Key: Eb
Tuning: Standard EADGBe
Chords used:
Eb - x68886
Bb - x13331
Cm - x35543
G# - 466544
Fm - 133111
Gm - 355333
Intro: Eb--, Eb--Bb--Cm--G# x2
Chorus:
Eb
And if this is a game
Bb
well I don't wanna play
Cm
It means too much to me
G#
and you're so far away
Eb Bb
Well I will wait for you
Cm
we could see this through
G#
Now it's up to you please tell
(hold)
me you feel the same way too
Interlude: Eb--Bb--Cm--G# x2
Verse 1:
Eb Fm Gm
Simple touch a look in you're eye
G#
Sound and voice they do
Eb Fm
something to me I've never felt
Gm G#
But I don't ever want to leave
Eb Fm
It's like this happened
Gm G#
to me once again
Bb Eb
Things were rumbling
Fm
before it started
Gm
Another goodbye
G#
unless you wanna
Refrain:
Eb Bb Cm G#
Try
Eb Bb Cm G#
And I promise you I'll try
(Repeat Chorus and Interlude but only once)
Verse 2:
Eb Fm Gm
Warm embrace it's been a while
G#
since I've seen your pretty
Eb Fm
face If you'd let me don't
Gm G#
think I'd ever leave this place
Eb Fm
Every shared night
Gm G#
just feels so right
Bb Eb
When I wake up with you
Fm Gm G#
in my arms staring into my eyes
(Repeat Refrain)
(Repeat Chorus except last 2 words)
Bridge:
Bb Cm G#
Same way
(Repeat x4)
Eb Bb Cm G# x2
Same way too
(Repeat Refrain)
(Repeat Chorus)
end on Eb
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10.) Shooting Stars
Key: C#
Tuning: Standard EADGBe
Chords used:
C# - x46664
Ebm - x68876
F# - 244322
Bbm - x13321
G# - 466544
G#/C - x365xx
B - x24442
Intro:
Bass Lines: C#--F#--Ebm--F# x3
Guitar Riff:
e|-------4---------
B|-2-1-2---2-1-2-4-
G|-----------------
D|----------------- Do many times
A|-----------------
E|-----------------
Verse 1:
C#
I know its been a long time
F#
Youve lost that look in your eye
Ebm
The one that told me
F# B
everything was fine without a word
C# F#
But now were standing face to face
with nothing left to
Ebm F# (hold)
say but goodbye to yesterday
Refrain:
Bbm
I dont know if I can make it
G#
I dont know if Im that strong
F#
I dont know where we
G#
went wrong but somehow its over
Bbm
In my mind I see you clearly
G#
In my dreams I feel you near me
F#
I want to know does
G#
this feeling go away?
Chorus 1:
C# Ebm
Like shooting stars we
F#
shine and then we fade
G# Bbm B G#/C C# (harmonics) F# Ebm
breaking the pro-mi--ses we made
F# G# C# F# Ebm
What about the promises?
F# G# C# F# Ebm
What about the promises we made?
F# G# C# F#
What about our plans for forever?
Ebm
Did they scare you?
F# G#
Did you need to get away?
(Repeat Intro but only once)
Verse 2:
C#--
You taught me many things
F# Ebm
Like how- it- feels- to miss
someone so-- bad it
F#
feels like, a part
B C#
of you is mis-sing
F#
I can tell you one thing
Ebm
Now that you have gone, I
F#
never will, for-get you
(hold)
You left your mark
(Repeat Refrain)
Interlude: C#---F#--- x2
Bridge:
Bbm G#
When I have gone and youve
F#
moved on will you remember me?
(Repeat)
Interlude: Bbm--G#--F#--G#
Chorus 2:
C# Ebm
Like shooting stars we
F#
shine and then we fade
G# Bbm B G#/C C# (harmonics) F# Ebm
breaking the pro-mi--ses we made
F# G# C# F# Ebm
What about the promises?
F# G# C# F# Ebm
What about the promises we made?
F# G# C# F#
What about our plans for forever?
Ebm
Did they scare you?
F# G# F#(hold)
Did you need to get away?
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11.) Shine
Key: Bb
Tuning: Standard EADGBe
Chords used:
Gm - 355333
Eb - x68886
Bb - x13331
Cm - x35543
F - 133211
G# - 466544
Intro: Gm--F--Eb--F x4
Verse 1:
Gm
Just for that moment
time stood still
Nothing mattered but the
Eb F
thrill of things to come
Eb
And never knowing
F
where youre going
Gm
A little nervous
and out of practice
Sweaty palms and an
awkward silience
Eb
You pulled me
F
closer for a kiss
Eb F
I'm so scared to feel
like, feel like this
Pre Refrain 1:
Gm F Eb F Gm
Cant stop my hands
F
from shaking
(Cant stop my
Eb F
hands from shaking)
Refrain:
Gm
I wont blink
cause I might miss
And I've waited way
too long for this
Eb
The perfect words at
F
the perfect time
Eb
The perfect song with
F
the perfect rhyme
Compose the soundtrack
to our night
Are you listening?
Chorus:
Bb Cm
Tonight the world will wait for
Eb
us to say its ok to move again
Bb Cm
The stars will have to find
Eb
another sky to shed some light
Post Chorus 1:
Gm F Eb
Cause this is our time to shine
Verse 2:
Gm
Is there some place
we could go to be alone?
Eb F
One last thing before you go
Eb F
A little song to let you know
Gm
That I never wanted to be anything
Eb F
but everything, to you my dear
Eb
But I spoke too soft
F
for you to hear me say
Pre Refrain 2:
Gm F Eb F Gm F Eb F
"I wish that I could stay"
(Repeat refrain and Chorus)
Post Chorus 2:
Gm F Eb
Cause this is our time to shine
Gm F Eb
Cause this is our time to shine
Interlude: Gm--Eb-G#-Bb-Cm x2
Bridge:
Gm
And though its our last night
Eb G#
Lets make it a lifetime
Bb Cm Gm
before the sun comes up again
I know this is goodbye
Eb G#
I promise I wont cry
Bb Cm
if you promise you wont forget
Gm
And though its our last night
Eb
Lets make it a lifetime
Bb Cm Gm
before the sun comes up again
I know this is goodbye
Eb
I promise I wont cry
Bb Cm
if you promise you wont forget
(Repeat Chorus till fade)