THE ACADEMY IS...
ALMOST HERE
BLACK MAMBA

this band went to my freakin' high school. i knew the guitarist, mike carden. well, that's my two cents. this is, in my opinion, the best song on "Almost Here," their debut album on Fueled by Ramen.


intro/verse
e-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
b-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
g-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
d-1-1-1-0-0-0-1-1-1-0-0-0-5-5-5-3-3-3-5-5-5-3-3-3-----------------------------------
a-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-5-5-5-6-6-6-5-5-5-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-
e-------------------------------------------------6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-4-4-4-4-4-

prechorus ("oh, mr. magazine")
e----------------------------------
b----------------------------------
d-11/12-----11/12-----11/12--------
g--x--x-6-6--x--x-5-5--x--x-6-6-5~-
a--9/10-6-6--9/10-5-5--9/10-6-6-5~-
e-------4-4-------3-3-------4-4-3~-

chorus ("pick it up")
e------------
b------------
g------------
d-10-6-6-6-8-
a-10-6-6-6-8-
e--8-4-4-4-6-

bridge ("so afraid of anything")
e-------
b-------
g-------
d-5-6-8-
a-5-6-8-
e-3-4-6-

that's basically the gist of everything. there might be other slight variations of the above progressions, but i'm sure you can figure 'em out if they're even there.

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