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HOW I SPENT MY SUMMER VACATION – The Ataris

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Tuning: Standard

Chords used: F# G A D B

e-------------------------------|
B-------------------------------|
G-----------------------7-----4-|
D-----4-----5-----7-----7-----4-|
A-----4-----5-----7-----5-----2-|
E-----2-----3-----5-------------|

INTRO: 2X, Strum

e-----------------------------|
B-----------------------------|
G-77777777--------------------|

D-77777777-44444444-5555-7777-|
A-55555555-44444444-5555-7777-|

E----------22222222-3333-5555-|

VERSE 1: 2X, Strum

e-------------------------------------|
B-------------------------------------|
G-77777777----------------------------|

D-77777777-44444444-55555555-77777777-|
A-55555555-44444444-55555555-77777777-|

E----------22222222-33333333-55555555-|

“Got out of bed today…”

PRE-CHOURS: 2X, palm mute 2x on first hit then, hit and let ring on the B, F#, and G. Then strum the A

e----------------------|
B----------------------|
G-44-------------------|
D-44----44----55----77-|
A-22----44----55----77-|
E-------22----33----55-|

P.M/ring……. Strum

“I was sick of feeling down…”

CHOURS: 1X, Strum

e------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G-----------4444----------------7777----------------44-------------------|
D-5555-7777-4444-7777-5555-7777-7777-7777-5555-7777-44-55-7777-5555-7777-|
A-5555-7777-2222-7777-5555-7777-5555-7777-5555-7777-22-55-7777-5555-7777-|
E-3333-5555------5555-3333-5555------5555-3333-5555----33-5555-3333-5555-|

“And I’m still waiting for the world to come crashing down again…”

INTRO: 2X, Strum

e-----------------------------|
B-----------------------------|
G-77777777--------------------|

D-77777777-44444444-5555-7777-|
A-55555555-44444444-5555-7777-|

E----------22222222-3333-5555-|

VERSE 2: 2X, Strum

e-------------------------------------|
B-------------------------------------|
G-77777777----------------------------|

D-77777777-44444444-55555555-77777777-|
A-55555555-44444444-55555555-77777777-|

E----------22222222-33333333-55555555-|

“You make me smile so wide when I look into your eyes…”

REPEAT PRE-CHOURS & CHOURS

OUTRO: 4X, Strum

e-------------------------------------|
B-------------------------------------|
G-77777777----------------------------|

D-77777777-44444444-55555555-77777777-|
A-55555555-44444444-55555555-77777777-|

E----------22222222-33333333-55555555-|

END ON:
e—
[B—]
[G-7-]
[D-7-]
[A-5-]
[E—]

Key: F

Tuning: Standard EADGBe

Chords used:
Dm – xx0231
Bb – x13331
C [-]- x32010

Intro:

Piano: Dm

Distortion: Dm-Bb-F-C- x2

Verse 1:
stars are out tonight
and you’re the brightest
one shining in my sky
it’s like every wish I
ever made came true
the day I woke up
lying next to you

Chorus 1:
will you be my best friend
if I offer you my heart?
cause it’s already yours
we could hang out every night
and watch the sun go down
as long as we could
watch it rise again

Verse 2:
gave me a valentine
it’s these little things
that stand the test of time
I’ve saved the tickets from
the shows that we’ve been to
and a thousand other memories of you

Chorus 2:
will you be my best friend
if I offer you my heart?
cause it’s already yours

Outro:
gave you this i.o.u. today
it said good for one galaxy
once I build my rocket to the stars
C Bb(hold)
we’ll fly away just you and me

Key: A

Tuning: Standard EADBe

Chords used:
A – x02220 or 577655
E/G# – 476xxx
Dm -[-] xx0231
D – xx0232
Bm – x24432

Intro:
A(hold) E/G#(hold) F#m(hold)
If I died tomorrow would this song live on forever?
Dm(hold)
Here is my…
A(hold) E/G#(hold)
unopened letter to a world
that never shall rep[F#m-D]ly

A-E/G#-F#m-D (x2)

Guitar 2:

e|———————————|
B|-2—2—2—2-3-0—0—0—0—|
G|—2—2—2——-2—2—2—2-|
D|———————————|
A|———————————|
E|———————————|

then

e|———————————|
B|-2—2—2—2-3-3—3—3—3—|
G|—2—2—2——-2—2—2—2-|
D|———————————|
A|———————————|
E|———————————|

Verse 1:
If I died to[E/G#]morrow would this song live on forever?
Here is my? unopened letter to [E/G#]a world
that never shall reply, never shall reply

Chorus 1:

calling out my name. This [E/G#]table is set for one
Bm D Dm(hold)
Even angels would be homesick in this forsaken town

Verse 2:
On random notes of [E/G#]parchment I’m scrawling my existence
Dressed in white, This candle radiates throughout the [E/G#]night
And it’s never burning out, Never burning out

Chorus 2:

down on Main Street They’re [E/G#]singing their songs tonight
In the shadows, I will listen to their every movement

Bridge:
Mr. Higginson, Am I not good enough for the world?
Am I destined only to die the same way that I lived…
in seclusion

Chorus 3:

your lonely windowsill, They’ll [E/G#]carry you off tonight
There’s a ghost in your old bedroom
D Dm(hold)
And a candle burning bright

Outro:
A E/G# F#m(hold)
If I died tomorrow Would this song live on forever?

Key: G#

Tuning: Standard EADGBe

Chords used:
Eb [-]- x68886
C# – x46664
Bbm[-] – x13321
Eb/G – 365xx

Intro: G# Eb C#

Verse 1:
Here in this diary I
write you visions of my summer
It was the best I ever had
There were choruses and singalongs
And that unspoken feeling of knowing
That right now is all that matters
All the nights we stayed up
talking Listening to 80’s songs
And quoting lines from all
those movies That we know
It still brings a smile to my face

Refrain 1:
I guess when it
comes down to it

Chorus 1:
Being grown up isn’t half
as fun as growing up
These are the best
days of our lives
The only thing that matters
is just following your heart
And eventually you’ll
Eb G#– x2
finally get it right

Verse 2:
Breaking into hotel swimming pools
And wreaking havoc on our world
Hanging out at truck stops
Just to pass the time
The black tops singing me to sleep
Lighting fireworks in [Eb/G]parking
lots Illuminate the blackest
nights Sharing cokes under
this moonlit summer sky
2015 Riverside it’s
time to say goodbye

Refrain 2:
Get on the bus
it’s time to go

Chorus 2:
Being grown up isn’t half
as fun as growing up
These are the best
days of our lives
The only thing that matters
is just following your heart
And eventually you’ll
finally get it right

Guitar 2: Chorus

e|-8—9—11—8h9p8-|
B|—9—9—-9——-|
G|——————–|
D|——————–|
A|——————–|
E|——————–|

Bridge:
Get it right
Get it right

Chorus 3:
Being grown up isn’t half
as fun as growing up
These are the best
days of our lives
(hold) Fm Eb
The on—–ly thing that matters
is just following your heart
And eventually you’ll
finally get it right
Being grown up isn’t half
as fun as growing up
These are the best
days of our lives
The only thing that matters
is just following your heart
And eventually you’ll
Eb C#(hold)
finally get it right

e|—————— e|——————
B|—————— B|——————
G|——-3—-5—– G|–7—-3—-5—–
D|–3—-3—-5—– D|–7—-3—-5—–
A|–3—-1—-3—– A|–5—-1—-3—–
E|–1————— E|——————

INTERLUDE:

e|———————–
B|———————–
G|–10—15—14—12—-
D|–10—15—14—12—-
A|—8—13—12—10—-
E|———————–

STRUCTURE:
PART1 4x
PART2 4x
PART1 4x
PART2 4x
PART1 4x
INTERLUDE
PART2 4x
PART1 4x