Hostage Calm
The M Word
Please Remain Calm
2012
Submitted by: jeremyunderground41@yahoo.com

Key: E, B

Tuning: Standard EADGBe

Chords used:
E -     022100
B -     x24442
C#m -   x46654
A -     x02220
F#m -   244222
D -     xx0232
Am -    x02210
F# -    244322
BM7 -   x24342
B7 -    x24242
G#m -   466444
F#7 -   244352
[ch]G#/C[/ch] -  x365xx
[ch]B7/Eb[/ch] - x678xx
E/G# -  476xxx


Chorus 1:
      E
Is it true? That he?ll
            C#m
never put a ring
           A
on you? oh no
        E
You?re abused but
is that the worst
     C#m             A
He?s done to you? oh no
          F#m
Oh It?s a sad time 
      B
to be young
            C#m
Knowing the worst 
    D      A  Am
has just begun


Post Chorus 1: 
E B F#m  F#  A B  x3
E B F#m  F#  


Verse 1:
B       BM7
Meridith   do you really
        B7        E
want to marry him?
This could end up
     C#m
an embarrassment
           G#m
and You?ll have to 
         F#
keep his name
B       BM7
Meridith   do you think 
              B7           E
that he?ll be fair with it?
Cause all I?ve heard 
          C#m
is his disparagement
        G#m
Towards you and him
    A
But time isn?t
        B7
on your side


Chorus 2:
      E
Is it true? That he?ll
            C#m
never put a ring
           A
on you? oh no
        E    [ch]G#/C[/ch]
You?re abused    but
is that the worst
     C#m             A
He?s done to you? oh no
          F#m
Oh It?s a sad time 
      B
to be young
            C#m
Knowing the worst 
    D      A  Am
has just begun


Post Chorus 2: 
E B F#m  F#  A B 
E B F#m  F#  


Verse 2:
B       BM7
Meridith  I know you feel 
            B7       E
the options narrowing
With no proposals
         C#m
twenty?s harrowing
    G#m                 F#  F#7
You hear their whispers grow
       B       BM7
Oh but Meridith   it?s apparent 
           B7         E
that he?s scared of it
And only seconds from 
    C#m
The hell with it!
      G#m
Don?t be remiss
A                      B7
Hanging with guys like him


Bridge:
               C#m
Please bear in mind
   [ch]B7/Eb[/ch]
To him  that word
               E
brings back to life
F#m                 A
Decades of unending fights
  E/G#        F#
Oh    he?s prepared for


Verse 3:
   C#m
as Cold a War as
    F#
His parents endured
      B
So be careful when you
put yourself out there
        B7
You?ll say I do He?ll 
             E   E(hold)
say I do not know


Interlude: Acoustic and saxophone solo
C#m  A  E  G#  C#m  A  


Outro:
       F#m
It?s a sad time
      B
to be young
            C#m
Knowing the worst
    D      A
has just begun
         C#m
yeah the worst
    D      A
has just begun
            C#m
Knowing the worst
    D   F#m(hold)
has just   begun