• Song:

    Return The Favor

  • Artist:

    All Time Low

  • Album:

    Dirty Work

This is strictly the chord progression version of the song. This will take you
through the verses and bridges using the song's chord progression.
More useful for acoustic covers and beginners.
Chords are of course debatable, mattering where you want to put your capo.
I tried placing them in the exact spot they are strummed in the song.
I suggest using these chords with a capo on the 5th fret

Below this I provided a detailed description of the strumming.
It may look complicated but read them as you listen to the
song and it will make much more sense.
If its too complicated, just ignore it and play however you want to
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Key: D (downstrum) U (upstrum) d/u (soft strum)

Intro/verse:
Em, Am, D (DD UU DU x2 per chord)
one downstrum G, (half rest), one downstrum D
Repeat once

Bridge:
C (D d d d d d d du) D (DDD) 

Chorus:
Em, Am, D (D D U, DUDUD U, DU x1 per chord)
G (DDDdu) D (DDDdu)

Back to the verse. Verse is same as chorus, but the
G and D at the end of the measures follow the same
(DD UU DU x1) pattern.
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That's it. You can find the intro riff on this site too. Enjoy

Em
  Oh no. Look what you've done,
Am
  That's me, the victim of a hit-and-run,
D
  Picked up and let down,
            G            D
  You were never as you led on,
Em
  You said just friends and no strings,
Am
  But that leaves loose ends for all flings,
D
  Get back to old days and old flames,
   G                  D
  You never let burn out

Bridge:

C                 D
Won't you let me know?

Chorus:

                Em
How do I get away,
                          Am
when you're beggin' me to stay?
                       D
What do you need me to say?
                    G    D     Em
You're anything but ordinary.
                       Am
What do you want me to do?
                     D
I've given it all to you,
                      G     D
I wish you would return the favor.


Em
  Did you forget what I said?
Am
  Train wreck - Here we here we go again,
D
  Derailed and I failed to mention-
  G               D
  I put it on the line.
Em
  Whether you and me could
Am
  ever be we'll never see, no.
D
  Cause you keep the lights off,
  G                     D
  We only do it in the dark.

Bridge:
C                  D
Won't you let me know?

Chorus

Verse- (If you really wanna get fancy you can follow the band
by drumming against the guitar until the word "again")

Em                           Am
  Are you gonna throw it all away? (Do, do, do me a favor)
Em                         Am
  Are we gonna do this all again? (All)
Em                                 Am
  Maybe it's all pretend, and the game should end,
               D
I guess nobody wins.
                    G   D
Won't you let me know?


Chorus x2, but skip the word "favor" and the corresponding D chord the first time
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