The Great Escape chords by Boys Like Girls (Official Version)
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Intro 1
(E major) (E major) (E major) (E major)
(Esus4) (Esus4) (E major) (E major)
Verse 1
(Esus4) Paper bags and plastic hearts
(E major) All our belongings in shopping carts
It's goodbye (C sharp minor7)
But (A major) we got one more night (A minoraj7)
(E major) Let's get drunk and ride around
(Badd4) And make peace with an empty town
(Asus2) We can make it right (A minoraj7)
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Chorus 1
Throw it a (C sharp minor7) way
Forget yester (A minoraj7) day
We'll make the (E major) great escape (B major)
We won't hear a (C sharp minor7) word they say (A minoraj7)
They don't know us (E major) anyway (B major)
Watch it burn (F sharp minor)
Let it die (E/G#)
'Cause (Asus2) we are finally free (B major) tonight
Interlude 1
(Esus4) (Esus4) (E major) (E major)
Verse 2
(Esus4) Tonight will change our lives
(E major) It's so good to be by your side
But we'll cry (C sharp minor7)
We (A major) won't give up the fight (A minoraj7)
(E major) We'll scream loud at the top of our lungs
(Badd4) And they'll think it's just 'cause we're young
And (Asus2) we'll feel so alive (A minoraj7)
Chorus 2
Throw it a (C sharp minor7) way
Forget yester (A minoraj7) day
We'll make the (E major) great escape (B major)
We won't hear a (C sharp minor7) word they say (A minoraj7)
They don't know us (E major) anyway (B major)
Watch it burn (F sharp minor)
Let it die (E/G#)
'Cause (Asus2) we are finally free (B major) tonight
Bridge 1
(Asus2) All of the wasted time
The (E/G#) hours that were left behind
The (F sharp minor7) answers that we'll never find
(Bsus4) They don't mean a thing (B major) tonight
Interlude 2
(C sharp minor7) (A minoraj7) (E major) (Badd4)
(C sharp minor7) (A minoraj7) (E major) (B major)
Chorus 3
Throw it a (C sharp minor7) way
Forget yester (A minoraj7) day
We'll make the (E major) great escape (B major)
We won't hear a (C sharp minor7) word they say (A minoraj7)
They don't know us (E major) anyway (B major)
Throw it a (C sharp minor7) way
Forget yester (A minoraj7) day
We'll make the (E major) great escape (B major)
We won't hear a (C sharp minor7) word they say (A minoraj7)
They don't know us (E major) anyway (B major)
Throw it a (C sharp minor7) way
Forget yester (A minoraj7) day
We'll make the (E major) great escape (B major)
We won't hear a (C sharp minor7) word they say (A minoraj7)
They don't know us (E major) anyway (B major)
Watch it burn (F sharp minor)
Let it die (E/G#)
'Cause (Asus2) we are finally free (B major) tonight
Outro 1
(Esus4) (Esus4) (E major) (E major)
(Esus4) (Esus4) (E major) (E major)
(E major) (E major) (E major) (E major)
[Fade out]
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