Angels And Airwaves Rite Of Spring I-Empire 2007 Geffen Records Submitted by: paramore_fans@yahoo.com Key: E Tuning: Standard EADGBe Chords used: E - 022100 A - x02220 C#m - x46654 B - x24442 Intro: E----A (x2) Verse 1: E5 I was locked all day in the summer heat A5 In a small brown house in Suburban Streets My skateboard and my shit guitar E5 I'd dream all day that they would get me far My dad would ask me about my grades A5 The asshole sports that I never played And then I'd ask about the girls he'd date E5 Behind our backs when mom would stay up late It was near when I turned sixteen A5 got kicked out of school And so it seemed things were closing in And ready to blow E5 My dad moved out about that year or so It took an hour to start a punk rock band A5 To offset my fucked up family land And as I held my mom would start to cry I swore ourselves a better life Chorus: C#5 B5 A5 If I had a chance for another try C#5 I wouldn?t change a thing B5 A5 It's made me all on who I am inside C#5 And if I could thank God B5 A5 That I am here, and that I am alive C#5 And everyday I wake B5 A5 (hold) I tell myself a little harmless lie The whole wide world is mine Interlude: E5 ---- A5 (x2) Verse 2: E5 The summers gone, the years have passed A5 My friends have changed, a few did last The smallest dreams got pushed aside E5 for the largest ones that changed my life And all I wish for was come to pass A5 From rock and roll, to love and cash It?s all success if it?s what you need Do what you like and do it honestly (Repeat Chorus) Bridge: E5 Hey yo oh oh oh A5 Hey yo oh oh Hey yo oh oh oh (Repeat) (Repeat Chorus twice)