Eyes Open-Snow Patrol
1. You Are All I Have
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|--9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-|
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|--9---------9---------9----------|
B|----9--10-----9--9/7-----9--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|-9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--|
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--9-9-9-9-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11---|
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--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9---|
Outro:
e|------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-|
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|--9-9---9-9-9---9-------6-6----6-6-6---6------------|
a|--9-9---9-9-9---9-------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-------------9-9----9-9-9---9-------|
a|--4-4---4-4-4---4-------------9-9----9-9-9---9-------|
e|------------------------------7-7----7-7-7---7-------|
e|----------------------------------------------------|
b|----------------------------------------------------|
g|--8-8----8-8-8---8-------5-5---5-5-5---5------------|
d|--9-9----9-9-9---9-------6-6---6-6-6---6------------|
a|--9-9----9-9-9---9-------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
Tab Discussion, Comments, and Critiques
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Ryan Sutherland Rhythm Player |
#1 by Ryan Sutherland at Oct 3, 2007 at 8:23 PM EST |
| It's about accepting other people's faults and accepting that there will be problems but understanding it's important to acknowledge them. "And we'll walk through this dark room for the last time." That, Gary, is beautiful. | |
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Basstard Professional |
#2 by Basstard at Oct 11, 2007 at 12:34 PM EST |
| "Take my hand knot your fingers through mine" thats a great line | |
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DUMBASS Average |
#3 by DUMBASS Thomas at Oct 12, 2007 at 10:49 AM EST |
| THHHHHHE OC | |
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Erin Rhythm Player |
#4 by Erin at Oct 13, 2007 at 2:09 AM EST |
| I First Heard This Song On ER... And Its Beautiful... I Agree With All the Above Meanings So I Wont Bother Retyping Only Thing Is.. When I Listen To The Song I Hear... "The anger swells in my guts And I won't feel these slices and cuts" Not "The anger swells in my guts And I won't heal these slices and cuts" But Maybe Thats Just Me =) | |
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Master Shaïtan Wanna Be |
#5 by Master Shaïtan at Oct 13, 2007 at 8:58 PM EST |
| A lot of what you said makes sense. I think overall it's about two people who are clearly in love but not accepted. One isn't happy, I think that's a fair assumption to make, and the other cares so much that he/she is will to do anything to help the other, even running away and leaving everything behind, but first the person needs to open their eyes and realize things can be better, and that they deserve better. Also, this is definitely my favorite song on the new album. | |
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Quinn Rhythm Player |
#6 by Quinn I killed my last name at Oct 15, 2007 at 10:35 PM EST |
| I think that the song is about someone in a coma and the person waiting beside him/her waiting for him/her to wake up. "My bones ache, my skin feels cold and I'm getting so tired and so old The anger swells in my guts And I won't heal these slices and cuts" -I think it's something like he and the person he loves were in some kind of accident. He came out concious, but the person he loves has not. "Get up get out get away from these liars 'cause they don't get your soul or your fire." -I think he's refering to the doctors who tell him that he/she may not wake up. The person who is concious is telling himself that they're not right and he/she's telling the person who is in the coma to wake up and prove them all wrong. "Take my hand knot your fingers through mine And we'll walk through this dark room for the last time." -The awake person is asking her to wake up so they can leave the hospital room. "Tell me that you'll open your eyes. Tell me that you'll open your eyes. Tell me that you'll open your eyes. Tell me that you'll open your eyes. All this feels strange and untrue And I won't waste a minute without you." -Contrasted with the begining, I think at this point, the person has awakened and he's telling her that he'll never leave her again. | |
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Kubota35 Professional |
#7 by Kubota35 at Oct 16, 2007 at 3:45 AM EST |
| The line, "I won't waste a minute without you" is clever because it could mean 'I won't waste a minute of my life, by spending it without you with me' or, in contrast 'i wont waste a minute of life without you, because life without you is so good.' | |
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