• Song:

    Eyes Open Album

  • Artist:

    Snow Patrol

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Intro:

E, Aadd9 (x4)

Verse 1:

E           Aadd9               E      Aadd9
Train this chaos turn it into light
E           Aadd9             E     Aadd9
I've got to see you one last night
E          Aadd9             E      Aadd9
Before the lions take their share
E           Aadd9                 E         Aadd9
Leave us in pieces, scattered everywhere

Pre Chorus:

     B
Just give me a chance to hold on
A
Give me a chance to hold on
B
Give me a chance to hold on
     A
Just give me something to hold on to

Chorus:

E                                       Aadd9
It's so clear now that you are all that I have
E                                   Aadd9
I have no fear cos you are all that I have
E                                       Aadd9
It's so clear now that you are all that I have
E                                   Aadd9
I have no fear cos you are all that I have

Verse 2:

E           Aadd9        E     Aadd9
You're cinematic razor sharp
E         Aadd9              E     Aadd9
A welcome arrow through the heart
E     Aadd9                 E     Aadd9
Under your skin feels like home
E        Aadd9             E        Aadd9
Electric shocks on aching bones

Pre Chorus:

     B
Just give me a chance to hold on
A
Give me a chance to hold on
B
Give me a chance to hold on
     A
Just give me something to hold on to

(Chorus)

Bridge:

E          Aadd9             E    Aadd9
There is a darkness deep in you
E             Aadd9          E     Aadd9
A frightening magic I cling to

(Pre Chorus)

(Chorus)

Ending: ("Ooooooo Ooo")

E, A, B, A (x4)

2. Hands Open

Intro/Verse (Main Riff)
It's hard to argue when..
e|----------------------|
B|----------------------|
G|------------8-8-------|
D|--5-5--3-3--8-8--8-8--|  (x6)
A|--5-5--3-3--6-6--8-8--|
D|--5-5--3-3-------8-8--|

Chorus
Hands open, and my eyes open...
e|-----------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------|
G|------------------8-8-8-8----------|
D|--5-5-5-5-3-3-3-3-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8--|  (x4)
A|--5-5-5-5-3-3-3-3-6-6-6-6-8-8-8-8--|
D|--5-5-5-5-3-3-3-3---------8-8-8-8--|

Main Riff
Why would I sabotage...
e|----------------------|
B|----------------------|
G|------------8-8-------|
D|--5-5--3-3--8-8--8-8--|  (x4)
A|--5-5--3-3--6-6--8-8--|
D|--5-5--3-3-------8-8--|

Chorus
Hands open and my eyes open...
e|-----------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------|
G|------------------8-8-8-8----------|
D|--5-5-5-5-3-3-3-3-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8--|  (x4)
A|--5-5-5-5-3-3-3-3-6-6-6-6-8-8-8-8--|
D|--5-5-5-5-3-3-3-3---------8-8-8-8--|

Bridge 
It's not as easy as willing it all to be right...
e|------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--8-8-8-8-8-8-x-10-10-x-13-13-13-13--5-5-5-5-5-5-x-6-6-6-x-6-6-6--|
A|--8-8-8-8-8-8-x-10-10-x-13-13-13-13--5-5-5-5-5-5-x-6-6-6-x-6-6-6--| (x4)
D|--8-8-8-8-8-8-x-10-10-x-13-13-13-13--5-5-5-5-5-5-x-6-6-6-x-6-6-6--|

Break
Put Sufjan Stevens on...
e|---------------------------|
B|---------------------------|
G|---------------------------|
D|---------------------------|  (x4)
A|---------------------------|
D|--5-5-5-5-7-7-7-7-8-8-8-8--|

Chorus
Hands open and my eyes open...
e|-----------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------|
G|------------------8-8-8-8----------|
D|--5-5-5-5-7-7-7-7-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8--|  (x4)
A|--5-5-5-5-7-7-7-7-6-6-6-6-8-8-8-8--|
D|--5-5-5-5-7-7-7-7---------8-8-8-8--|

Bridge 
It's not as easy as willing it all to be right...
e|------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--8-8-8-8-8-8-x-10-10-x-13-13-13-13--5-5-5-5-5-5-x-6-6-6-x-6-6-6--|
A|--8-8-8-8-8-8-x-10-10-x-13-13-13-13--5-5-5-5-5-5-x-6-6-6-x-6-6-6--| (x8)
D|--8-8-8-8-8-8-x-10-10-x-13-13-13-13--5-5-5-5-5-5-x-6-6-6-x-6-6-6--|

3. Chasing Cars

Intro/Verse:
e|------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--(b9)(b9)(b9)(b9)(b9)(b9)(b9)(b9)(b9)(b9)(b9)(b9)(b9)(b9)(b9)(b9)(b9)(b9)(b9)(b9)(b9)(b9)(b9)(b9)(b9)(b9)(b9)(b9)(b9)(b9)(b9)(b9)|
D|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--|
A|------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------------------------|

Chorus:
e|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7---------------------|
D|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--|
A|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--|
E|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4--------------------5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--|

Piano bit:
e|--(b9)--------(b9)--------(b9)---------|
B|----(b9)-10-----(b9)-9/7-----(b9)-10---|
G|---------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------|

Chorus Riff 1:
e|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-|
G|-(b9)-(b9)-(b9)-(b9)-(b9)-(b9)-(b9)-(b9)-(b9)-(b9)-(b9)-(b9)-(b9)-(b9)-(b9)-(b9)-(b9)-(b9)-(b9)-(b9)-(b9)-(b9)-(b9)-(b9)-(b9)-(b9)-(b9)-(b9)-(b9)-|
D|-7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--6--6--6--6--6--6--6--6--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--|
A|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

End Of Chorus Riff:
e|---------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------|
D|--7-7-7-7--(b9)(b9)(b9)(b9)11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11---|
A|--x-x-x-x--x-x-x-x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x---|
E|--5-5-5-5--7-7-7-7--(b9)-(b9)-(b9)-(b9)-(b9)-(b9)-(b9)-(b9)--|

Outro:
e|------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--(b9)(b9)(b9)(b9)(b9)(b9)(b9)(b9)(b9)(b9)(b9)(b9)(b9)(b9)(b9)(b9)(b9)(b9)(b9)(b9)(b9)(b9)(b9)(b9)(b9)(b9)(b9)(b9)(b9)(b9)(b9)(b9)|
D|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--|
A|------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------------------------|

4. Shut Your Eyes

VERSE
e|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
b|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
g|--8-8-8---8-8-8----6-6-6----5-5-5--------8-8-8----8-8-8----6-6-6----5-5-5-|
d|--8-8-8---6-6-6----4-4-4----6-6-6--------8-8-8----6-6-6----4-4-4----6-6-6-|
a|--6-6-6---8-8-8----6-6-6----6-6-6--------6-6-6----8-8-8----6-6-6----6-6-6-|
e|----------------------------4-4-4-----------------------------------4-4-4-|

     CHORUS
       e|----------------------------------------------------|
       b|----------------------------------------------------|
       g|--8-8---8-8-8---8-------5-5----5-5-5---5------------|
       d|--(b9)(b9)--(b9)(b9)(b9)--(b9)------6-6----6-6-6---6------------|
       a|--(b9)(b9)--(b9)(b9)(b9)--(b9)------6-6----6-6-6---6------------|
       e|--7-7---7-7-7---7-------4-4----4-4-4---4------------|

       e|-----------------------------------------------------|
       b|-----------------------------------------------------|
       g|--6-6---6-6-6---6-------------8-8----8-8-8---8-------|
       d|--6-6---6-6-6---6-------------(b9)(b9)---(b9)(b9)(b9)--(b9)------|
       a|--4-4---4-4-4---4-------------(b9)(b9)---(b9)(b9)(b9)--(b9)------|
       e|------------------------------7-7----7-7-7---7-------|

       e|----------------------------------------------------|
       b|----------------------------------------------------|
       g|--8-8----8-8-8---8-------5-5---5-5-5---5------------|
       d|--(b9)(b9)---(b9)(b9)(b9)--(b9)------6-6---6-6-6---6------------|
       a|--(b9)(b9)---(b9)(b9)(b9)--(b9)------6-6---6-6-6---6------------|
       e|--7-7----7-7-7---7-------4-4---4-4-4---4------------|

       e|----------------------------------------------------|
       b|----------------------------------------------------|
       g|--6-6---6-6-6---6-------6-6----6-6-6---6------------|
       d|--6-6---6-6-6---6-------6-6----6-6-6---6------------|
       a|--4-4---4-4-4---4-------4-4----4-4-4---4------------|
       e|----------------------------------------------------|

5. It's Beginning to Get to Me

Its Beginning To Get To Me Chords by Snow Patrol, www.Ultimate-Guitar.Com

Tabbed by Ben McConnell
Standard Tuning
I tabbed this for Acoustic Guitar. I may be off on a few chords. It's hard to tell what 
band was doing, since this song they use a lot of bass.
Chords Used: E A D

E
I want something
E
That's purer than the water
E
Like we were
E		A
It's not there now
A		   E
Ineloquence and anger
E
Are all we have
E	A
Like Saturn's rings
A                   E
An icy loop around me
E
Too hard to hold
E	A
Lash out first
A                        E
At all the things we don't like
E
Or understand
E
And it's beginning to get to me
E			A
That I know more of the stars and sea
A
Than I do of what's in your head
E
Barely touching in our cold bed
E
Are you beginning to get my point
E
They're always fighting with aching joints
E			A
It's doing nothing but tire us out
A		E
No one knows what this fight's about
E
The answer phone
A		E
The lonely sound of your voice
E
Frozen in time
E
I only need
A			E
The compass that you gave me
E
To guide me on
E
And it's beginning to get to me
D
That I know more of the stars and sea
A
Than I do of what's in your head
            E
Barely touching in our cold bed
            D
Are you beginning to get my point
A
They're always fighting with aching joints
A
It's doing nothing but tire us out
            E
No one knows what this fight's about
            D
It's so thrilling but also wrong
A
Don't have to prove that you are so strong
A
Cos I can carry you on my back
            E
After our enemies attack
            D
I tried to tell you before I left
            A
But I was screaming under my breath
E
You are the only thing that makes sense
E
Just ignore all this present tense
Strum E chord loudly

E
We need to feel breathless with love
E
And not collapse under its weight
E
I'm gasping for the air to fill
E
My lungs with everything I've lost
E
We need to feel breathless with love
E
And not collapse under its weight
E
I'm gasping for the air to fill
E
My lungs with everything I've lost

END ON E

6. You Could Be Happy

Capo 3

D 1 bar  A 1 bar  G 2bars x4

             D         A       G
You could be happy and I won't know
                          D     A           G
But you weren't happy the day I watched you go
                          D      A       G
And all the things that I wish I had not said
                             D       A     G
Are played on lips 'til it's madness in my head

                  Em         D     G     
Is it too late to remind you how we were?
                         Em      D        G
But not our last days of silent, screaming blur
               Em       D        G
Most of what I remember makes me sure
                               D       A       G
I should have stopped you from walking out the door

             D        A        G
You could be happy, I hope you are
            D            A           G
You made me happier than I'd been by far
                   D     A         G
Somehow everything I own smells of you
                   D            A       G
And for the tiniest moment it's all not true

                       Em     D      G
Do the things that you always wanted to
                         Em        D            G
Without me there to hold you back, don't think, just do
                     Em      D      G
More than anything I want to see you go
                D           A         G
Take a glorious bite out of the whole world 

7. Make This Go On Forever

Capo 4

Verse 1

A                                   C
Please don't let this turn into something it's not
G                       F
I can only give you everything I've got
A                          C
I can't be as sorry as you think I should
G                                 F
but I still love you more than anyone else could

A                                   C
All that I keep thinking throughout this whole flight
G                                       F
Is 'it could take my whole damn life to make this right'
A                                         C
This splintered mast I'm holding on won't save me long
G                                    F
Because I know fine well that what I did was wrong

Chorus
Am                   C              F                         
   G
The last girl in the last reason to make this last for as long as I could
Am                 C               F                   G
First kiss and the first time that I felt connected to anything
Am                       C                    F
The weight of water, the way you taught me to look past everything I had
G
ever learned
Am                    C              F                   G
The final word in the final sentence you ever uttered to me was love

Verse 2
A                                      C
We have got through so much worse than this before
G                                      F
What's so different this time that you can't ignore?
A                                    C
You say it is much more than just my last mistake
G                                       F
And we should spend some time apart for both our sakes

Chorus
 x2

Piano Solo

A

Outro
A
And I don't know where to look
A
My words just break and melt
A
Please just save me from this darkness
A
Please just save me from this darkness

8. Set Fire to the Third Bar

Bm	A	G x2

Bm		A		G
I find the map and draw a straight line
Bm		A		G
Over rivers, farms, and state lines
Bm		A		G
The distance from me to where you'd be
Bm		A		G
It's only finger-lengths that I see
Bm		A		G
I touch the place where I'd find your face
Bm		A		G
My fingers in creases of distant dark places

Bm		A		G
I hang my coat up in the first bar
Bm		A		G
There is no peace that I've felt so far
Bm		A		G
The laughter penetrates my silence
Bm		A		G
As drunken men find flaws in science

Bm		A		G
Their words mostly noises
Bm		A		G
Ghosts with just voices
Bm		A		G
Your words in my memory
Bm		A		G
Are like music to me

Bm			D	
I'm miles from where you are,
A			G
I lay down on the cold ground
Bm			D
I pray that something picks me up
A			Cadd9
And sets me down in your warm arms

Bm		A		G
After I have travelled so far
Bm		A		G
We'd set the fire to the third bar
Bm		A		G
We'd share each other like an island
Bm		A		G
Until exhausted, close our eyelids
Bm		A		G
And dreaming pink wildfire
Bm		A		G
The last place we left off
Bm		A		G
Your soft skin is weeping
Bm		A		G
A joy you can't keep it

Bm			D
I'm miles from where you are,
A			G
I lay down on the cold ground
Bm			D
And I pray that something picks me up
A			Cadd9
and sets me down in your warm arms

Bm			D
I'm miles from where you are,
A			G
I lay down on the cold ground
Bm			D
I pray that something picks me up
A			Cadd9
and sets me down in your warm arms

9. Headlights on Dark Roads

INTRO: C8 F8 G8 F8

VERSE:

(bass line)
For once I want to be the car crash
Not always just the traffic jam
A8         B8         G8  ---------------------\
Hit me hard enough to wake me                   \__ Palm Mute optional
A8         B8         G8                        /
And lead me wild to your dark roads------------/

PRE-CHORUS: G5 F5 G5 F5  G5 F5 G5 F5 (listen the song for the strumming pattern)

During the bridge a second guitar do this little riff:

e ------------------------------------------------------------------|
B ------------------------------------------------------------------|
G ---------7-7-7-7-7--7--7------------------------------------------|


C5      A5    F5 E5  G5
Headlights... before me
E5           A5      F5
So beautiful, so clear
C5      A5    F5 E5  G5
Reach out... and take it
E5           A5               F5
Cos I'm so ti-red of all this f-ear

(bass line)
My tongue is lost, oh, I can't tell you
Please just see it in my eyes
A8            B8         G8
I pull up thorns from our ripped bodies
A8            B8         G8
And let the blood fall in my mouth

PRE-CHORUS(same as before)


CHORUS (X2)

OUTRO: same as bridge

10. Open Your Eyes

G			C	
All this feels strange and untrue 
Em			C
And I won't waste a minute without you
G			C	
My bones ache, my skin feels cold 
Em			C
And I'm getting so tired and so old 

G			C
The anger swells in my guts 
Em			C
And I won't feel these slices and cuts 
G			C
I want so much to open your eyes 
Em			C
Cos I need you to look into mine

G			C
Tell me that you'll open your eyes
Em			C
Tell me that you'll open your eyes[x4]

G			C
Get up, get out, get away from these liars 
Em			C
Cos they don't get your soul or your fire
G			C
Take my hand, knot your fingers through mine 
Em			C
And we'll walk from this dark room for the last time 

G			C
Every minute from this minute now 
Em			C
We can do what we like anywhere 
G			C
I want so much to open your eyes 
Em			C
Cos I need you to look into mine 

G			C
Tell me that you'll open your eyes
Em			C
Tell me that you'll open your eyes [x8]

G			C
All this feels strange and untrue 
Em			C
And I won't waste a minute without you

11. Finish Line

Intro/Verse: C, Am, G, F
Chorus: G, Am, F

C          Am       G              F
     The earth is warm next to my ear
C        Am    G                  F
     Insects noise is all that I hear
C          Am          G              F
     A magic trick makes the world disappear
C          Am       G                               F
     The skies are dark, they're dark but they're clear

G                         Am              F
A distant motorcade and suddenly there's joy
G                              Am            F
The snow and tickertape blurs all my senses numb
G                                 Am             F
It's like the finish line where everything just ends
G                           Am             F
The crack of radios seems close enough to touch

C          Am       G              F
      Cold water, cleaning my wounds
C          Am       G              F
      A side parade, with a single balloon
C          Am       G              F
      I'm done with this, I'm counting to ten
C          Am       G              F
      Blue as seas, running to them

G                         Am              F
I feel like I am watching everything from space
G                       Am            F
And in a minute I hear my name and I wake
G                            Am                   F
I think the finish line's a good place we could start
G                            Am                  F
Take a deep breath, take in all that you could want
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