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Alternative, maybe easier, version:
  • Transpose the chords mix half steps down [ -mix ]
  • Put a capo on fret mix to stay in the same key

Some pretty stretchy fingers are needed for the riff part. Feel free to simply skip it and play verse chords over it.

UKULELE CHORDS

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Intro -x4-:                                       
xA|----5---5-2-5---5-0-5---5---5---5---|
xE|------3-------3-------3-------3-----|
xC|--0---------------------------------|
xG|--------------------------0---------|

Verse:
E    
Paper bags and plastic hearts
B
All are belongings in shopping carts
Abm7
It's goodbye
E    
But we got one more night
B
Let's get drunk and ride around
Gb    
And make peace with an empty town
E    
We can make it right

Chorus:
         Abm7
Throw it away
             E    
Forget yesterday
               B        Gb    
We'll make the great escape
                Abm7        E    
We won't hear a word they say
                    B  Gb    
They don't know us anyway
Db7    
Watch it burn
B
Let it die
E                    Gb    
Cause we are finally free tonight

Interlude -x2-:
xA|----5---5-2-5---5-0-5---5---5---5---|
xE|------3-------3-------3-------3-----|
xC|--0---------------------------------|
xG|--------------------------0---------|

Verse:
E    
Tonight will change our lives
B
It's so good to be by your side
Abm7
But we'll cry
E    
We won't give up the fight
B
We'll scream loud at the top of our lungs
Gb    
And they'll think it's just cause we're young
E    
And we'll feel so alive

Chorus:
         Abm7
Throw it away
             E    
Forget yesterday
               B        Gb    
We'll make the great escape
                Abm7        E    
We won't hear a word they say
                    B  Gb    
They don't know us anyway
Db7    
Watch it burn
B
Let it die
E                    Gb    
Cause we are finally free tonight

Bridge:
E    
All of the wasted time
B
The hours that were left behind
Gb    
The answers that we'll never find
Db7    
They don't mean a thing tonight

Interlude -x2-: Abm7  E  B  Gb

Chorus:
         Abm7
Throw it away
             E    
Forget yesterday
               B        Gb    
We'll make the great escape
                Abm7        E    
We won't hear a word they say
                    B  Gb    
They don't know us anyway

Chorus:
         Abm7
Throw it away
             E    
Forget yesterday
               B        Gb    
We'll make the great escape
                Abm7        E    
We won't hear a word they say
                    B  Gb    
They don't know us anyway
         Abm7
Throw it away
             E    
Forget yesterday
               B        Gb    
We'll make the great escape
                Abm7        E    
We won't hear a word they say
                    B  Gb    
They don't know us anyway
Db7    
Watch it burn
B
Let it die
E                    Gb    
Cause we are finally free tonight


Outro -x6-:
xA|----5---5-2-5---5-0-5---5---5---5---|
xE|------3-------3-------3-------3-----|
xC|--0---------------------------------|
xG|--------------------------0---------|
This arrangement for the song is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the song. You may only use this for private study, scholarship, or research. UkuTabs does not own any songs, lyrics or arrangements posted and/or printed. This arrangement was downloaded for free on UkuTabs.com.
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Album: Boys Like Girls

From the same album
  1. Heels Over Head
  2. Hero/Heroine
  3. The Great Escape
  4. Thunder
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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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