Be My Escape Acoustic Chords (ver 4) by Relient K + --------------------------------------------------------------------- + | Ultimate Guitar Tabs Archive - your #1 source for tabs! | | http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/ | | | | Over 300,000 guitar, guitar pro and bass tabs! Also lessons, news, | | columns and guitar forums! | + --------------------------------------------------------------------- + Artist: Relient K Song: Be My Escape Acoustic Standard tuning, CAPO 2nd fret I kno there are certain specific names for these chords but then wen chucked in with the lyrics it wud be too crammed to fit the whole names in so lets just stick with simple names yis? and btw for ceratin parts u dont hav to strum the e and B string.. wateva floats ya boat i guess. So just use these chords for the song: GACEG/Bs E---3 E---3 E---3 E---3 E---3 E---3 B---3 B---3 B---3 B---3 B---3 B---3 G---0 G---0 G---0 G---0 G---2 G---0 D---0 D---2 D---2 D---2 D---0 D---x A---2 A---0 A---3 A---2 A---x A---2 E---3 E---x E---x E---0 E---x E---x Verse 1: G A7sus4 I've given up on giving up slowly Cadd9 I'm blending in so you won't even know me Em7 Dsus A7sus4 G/BCadd9 Apart from this whole world that shares my fate G A7sus4 This one last bullet you mention Cadd9 Is this my one last shot at redemption Em7 Dsus A7sus4 Cadd9 Coz I know to live you must give your life away Pre-Chorus: Em7 Cadd9 G Dsus And I've been housing all this doubt and insecurity Em7 Cadd9 G Dsus And I've been locked inside that house all the while you hold the key Em7 Cadd9 G Dsus And I've been dying to get out and that might be the death of me A7sus4 Cadd9 And even though there's no way of knowing where to go Dsus (chucka-chucka) I promise I'm going because... Chorus: G Dsus Cadd9 Dsus I gotta get out of here G Dsus Cadd9 Dsus I'm stuck inside this rut that I fell into by mistake G Dsus Cadd9 Dsus I gotta get out of here Em7 Dsus A7sus4 Dsus And I'm begging you, I'm begging you, I'm begging you to be my escape Verse 2: G A7sus4 I've given up on doing this alone now Cadd9 Cause I failed and I'm ready to be shown how Em7 Dsus A7sus4 G/Cadd9 You've told me the way, and I'm trying to get there G A7sus4 And this life sentence that I'm serving Cadd9 I admit that I'm every bit deserving Em7 Dsus A7sus4 Cadd9 But the beauty of grace is that it makes life not fair Pre-Chorus: Em7 Cadd9 G Dsus And I've been housing all this doubt and insecurity Em7 Cadd9 G Dsus And I've been locked inside that house all the while you hold the key Em7 Cadd9 G Dsus And I've been dying to get out and that might be the death of me A7sus4 Cadd9 And even though there's no way of knowing where to go Dsus (chucka-chucka) I promise I'm going because... Chorus: G Dsus Cadd9 Dsus I gotta get out of here G Dsus Cadd9 Dsus Coz I'm afraid that this complacency is something I can't shake, yeah G Dsus Cadd9 Dsus I gotta get out of here Em7 Dsus Cadd9 Dsus And I'm begging you, I'm begging you, I'm begging you to be my escape Bridge: I've split the bridge into two parts, The lead riff: e|-------------------------------------------------------------------------| B|-------------------------------------------------------------------------| G|-------------------------------------------------------------------------| D|---------2-2---------------------------------------------------2---------| A|-------------2-2-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-----------------0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---------| E|-0-0-0-3-------------------------3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-------------------------| And the chords: Em7 Cadd9 I am a hostage to my own humanity G A7sus4 Self-detained and forced to live in this mess I've made Em7 Cadd9 And all I'm asking is for you to do what you can with me G A7sus4 But I can't ask you to give what you already gave Pre-Chorus: Em7 Cadd9 G Dsus And I've been housing all this doubt and insecurity Em7 Cadd9 G Dsus And I've been locked inside that house all the while you hold the key Em7 Cadd9 G Dsus And I've been dying to get out and that might be the death of me A7sus4 Cadd9 And even though there's no way of knowing where to go Dsus (chucka-chucka) I promise I'm going because... Chorus: G Dsus Cadd9 Dsus I gotta get out of here G Dsus Cadd9 Dsus I'm stuck inside this rut that I fell into by mistake G Dsus Cadd9 Dsus I gotta get out of here Em7 Dsus A7sus4 Dsus And I'm begging you, I'm begging you, I'm begging you to be my escape Outro: The outro is optional coz its played by piano, but I'll tab the chords out anyway: Em7 Dsus Cadd9 only once for the acoustic version, but they do this twice for the original version G A7sus4 Cadd9 I fought you for so long, I should have let you win Em7 Dsus Cadd9 Oh how we regret those things we do G A7sus4 Cadd9 Em7 And all I was trying to do was save my own skin Dsus Cadd9 Oh-o, but so were you End with this: (coz its cool) So were you e|--------0~-----3~-------| B|--3~-----------3~-------| G|---------------0~-------| D|---------------0~-------| A|---------------2~-------| E|---------------3~-------| DEG7 lol END +--------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation | | of the song. 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