Holiday
as performed by Weezer
Words and Music by Rivers Cuomo
12/8 Time
All strings tuned one half step down
(All chords relative to standard tuning)
Intro
(Pickup Measure)
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Eb|-5--5--5--5--5--5--7--7--7--5--7--5--|(Continued In Chords)
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Verse
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Let's go away for a while, you and I, to a strange and distant land,
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where they speak no word of truth, but we don't understand any
Chorus
C#5 E5 G#5 A5 E5/B
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way. Hol - i - day, far away, to
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stay on a hol - i - day, far away, let's go to
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Eb|-5--5--5--5--5--5-----------4--------|-0--0--0--0--0-----------------------|
day in a heart beat, heart beat,
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heart beat.
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Verse
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Don't bother to pack your bags or your map.
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We won't need them where we're goin'.
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We're goin' where the wind is blowin',
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not knowin' where we're gonna stay.
Chorus
E5 G#5 A5 E5/B A5 E5 G#5 A5
Hol-i - day, far away, to stay on a hol-i - day,
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far away, to stay on a hol-i - day,
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far away, let's go today in a heart beat,
E5 B5 C5 B5 E5 B5 C5 B5 E5 B5 C5 B5
heart beat, heart beat, heart beat,
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Bridge
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We will write a
post card to our friends and family in free verse.
We will write a post card to our
On the road with Kerouac, sheltered in his Bivouac.
(friends and family in free verse. We will write a post card to our)
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On this road will never die.
(friends and family in free verse.)
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Heart beat, heart beat.
Verse
E5 F#5 G#5 A5 B5 A5 B5 A5
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Let's go away for a while, you and I , to a strange and distant
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land, where they speak no word of truth, but we don't understand any
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Hol - i - day, far a - way, to stay on a
(way.)
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hol - i - day, far a - way, to stay on a
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hol - i day, far away, to
(Let's go away!
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stay on a hol - i - day, far away, to
Let's go away! Let's go away!
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stay in a heart beat.
Let's go away!)
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