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artist in the ambulance
artist in the ambulance
2003 epitaph records
submitted by : paramore_fans@yahoo . com

tuning : standard eadgbe

key : G#

chords used :
Fm – 133111
C# – x46664
G# – 466544
D# – x68886
Cm – x35543

verse 1 :
Fm
late night brakes lock
C#
hear the tires squeal
red light can’t stop
G#
so i spin the wheel
my world goes black before
D#
i feel an angel lift me up
Fm
and i open bloodshot
C#
eyes into fluorescent white
G#
they flip the siren hit the lights
D#
close the doors and i Am gone

guitar solo : Fm – – C# – – G# – – D# – –

verse 2 :
Fm
now i lay here owing my
C#
life to a stranger
G#
and i realize that empty
words are not enough
D#
i’m left here with
the question of just
Fm
what have i to show except
C#
the promises i never kept?
G#
i lie here shaking on this bed
D#
under the weight of my regrets

chorus 1 :
C#
i hope that i will
Fm D# Cm
never let you down
C#
i know that this can be more
Fm
than just flashing
D# C#
lights and sound

guitar solo : Fm – – C# – – G# – – D# – –

verse 2 :
Fm ( hold )
look around and
you’ll see that at
C#
times it feels like
no one really cares
G# ( hold )
it gets me down
but i’m still
D#
gonna try to do
what’s right i know that
Fm
there’s a difference between sleight
C#
of hand and giving everything you have
G#
there’s a line drawn in the sand
D#
i’m working up the will to cross it and

chorus 2 :
C#
i hope that i will
Fm D# Cm
never let you down
C#
i know that this can be more
Fm
than just flashing
D# C# – – –
lights and sound

bridge :
Fm
rhetoric can’t raise the dead
C#
i’m sick of always talking
when there’s no change
Fm
rhetoric can’t raise the dead
D#
i’m sick of empty words
Cm
let’s lead and not follow

verse 3 :
Fm
late night brakes lock
C#
hear the tires squeal
red light can’t stop
G#
so i spin the wheel
my world goes black before i
D#
feel an angel steal me from the
Fm
greedy jaws of death and chance
C#
and pull me in with steady hands
G#
they’ve given me a second chance
D#
the artist in the ambulance

chorus 3 :
C#
i hope that i will
Fm D# Cm
never let you down
C#
i know that this can be more
Fm
than just flashing
D# C#
lights and sound
Fm D# C#
can we pick you off the ground
Fm D# C# – – – C# ( hold )
more than flashing lights and sound