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The Tension And The Terror by Straylight Run
The Tension And The Terror
Here are all the chords in the song and how to play them
6 5 4 3 2 1
E 0 2 2 1 0 0
Emaj7 0 2 1 1 0 0
A2 0 0 2 2 0 0
A 0 0 2 2 2 0
Bsus X 2 4 4 0 0
Bsus/A 0 0 4 4 0 0
Bsus/G# 4 0 4 4 0 0
C#m X 4 6 6 5 4
F#m 2 4 4 2 2 2
B X 2 4 4 4 2
[Intro]
E Emaj7 Bsus/G# A2 (2X)
[VERSE 1:]
E Emaj7
All the boys voices cracking
Bsus/G#
Oh, the moaning half tones
A2 E Emaj7 Bsus/G# A2
Come summertime, we're all the same age here
E Emaj7
All the tension and the terror
Bsus/G# A2
Thin-limbed gorgeous green eyes smiling
E Emaj7 Bsus/G# A2
And I'm going straight to hell
[Channel]
Bsus Bsus/A Bsus/G# Bsus/A Bsus Bsus/A Bsus/G# Bsus/A
All the possibility and promise just weighs on me so heav----ily
[CHORUS]
E
And I try but I'm not convincing
C#m
Your lips, they pout and twist and
F#m A B
I die trying just to keep myself from kissing you
E
You take in everything with
B
a subtlety I envy
F#m A B
It's somehow all I need just keep me guessing please
[Interlude]
E Emaj7 Bsus/G# A2
E Emaj7 Bsus/G# A2
Darling, all of these awkward jumpstart-stalling conversations
E Emaj7 Bsus/G# A2
Mean much more to me than any-------thing
E Emaj7
It comes down to me and you
Bsus/G# A2
And whether we're supposed to or not,
E Emaj7 Bsus/G# A2
we still will we're so much better off than them
[CHANNEL]
[CHORUS]
[BRIDGE]
C#m
A look, A laugh, A smile, A second
A
passes by and I regret it
B A B
words just aren't right
C#m
Sometimes I just can't explain
A
All the ways you devastate me
B A B
Always on my mind
[CHORUS x2]
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version 2
Key: E
Tuning: Standard EADGBe
Chords used:
E - 022100
EM7 - 021100
G#m - 466444
A - x02220
B - x24442
C#m - x46654
F#m - 244222
Intro: E-EM7-G#m-A- x2
Verse 1:
E EM7
All the boys voices cracking
G#m A
Oh the moaning half tones
E
Come summertime we're
EM7 G#m A
all the same age here
E
All the tension and the
EM7 G#m
terror Thin limbed gorgeous
A
green eyes smiling
E EM7 G#m A
And I'm going straight to hell
Refrain 1:
B A G#m A
All the possibility and promise
B A G#m A
just weighs on me so heavily and
Chorus:
E
I try but I'm
not convincing
C#m
Your lips they
pout and twist and
F#m
I die trying just to keep
A B
myself from kissing you
E
You take in everything
C#m
with a certainty I envy
F#m
It's somehow all I need
A B
Just keep me guessing please
Interloude: E-EM7-G#m-A- x2
Verse 2:
E
Darling All of these
EM7 G#m A
awkwardjumpstartstalling conversations
E EM7 G#m A
Mean much more to me than any-thing
E EM7
It comes down to me and you
G#m A
And whether we're supposed to or
E EM7
not We still will We're so
G#m A
much better off than them
(Repeat Refrain and Chorus)
Interlude: C#m--A--G#m-A-B--
Bridge:
C#m
A look A laugh A smile A second
A
Passes by and I regret it
G#m A B
Words just aren't right
C#m
Sometimes I just can't explain
A
All the ways you devastate
G#m A B
me Always on my mind
(Repeat Chorus twice)
Outro: E
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version 3
Standard Tuning
Intro:
E|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|
B|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|
G|--1---1---1---|--1---1---1---|--4---4---4---|--2---2---2---|
D|---2---2---2--|---2---2---2--|---2---2---2--|---2---2---2--|
A|----2---2-----|----2---2-----|----2---2-----|----2---2-----|
E|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|
E|--------------|--------------|--------------|---------------|
B|--------------|--------------|--------------|---------------|
G|--1---1---1---|--1---1---1---|--4---4---4---|--2------------|
D|---2---2---2--|---2---2---2--|---2---2---2--|---------------|
A|----2---2-----|----2---2-----|----2---2-----|---------------|
E|--------------|--------------|--------------|---------------|
Verse (First half of verse no guitar, 2nd half all harmonics):
E---12~---------12~-12~---------12~--|
B-------12~-------------12~----------|
G------------------------------------|
D------------------------------------|
A------------------------------------|
E------------------------------------|
Pre-Chorus (2X):
E|------------|------------|------------|------------|
B|------------|------------|------------|------2-----|
G|------4-----|------4-----|------4-----|------------|
D|----4---4---|----4---4---|----4---4---|----4---4---|
A|--2---------|--0---------|------------|--0---------|
E|------------|------------|--4---------|------------|
Chorus (2X):
E|-----------------------------------------|
B|----0------------------------------------|
G|----1-----6------------------------------|
D|----2-----6----4-----7-----9-------------|
A|----2-----4----4-----7-----9-------------|
E|----0----------2-----5-----7-------------|
Repeat Intro.
Repeat Verse.
Repeat Pre-Chorus (2X).
Chorus (2X).
Bridge (3X):
E|---------------|--------------|---------------|---------------|
B|---------------|--------------|---------------|---------------|
G|-----6---------|--------------|---------------|---------------|
D|-----6--(X8)---|-----7--(X8)--|--6------7-(X4)|------9--(X8)--|
A|-----4---------|-----7--------|--6-(X4)-7-----|------9--------|
E|---------------|-----5--------|--4------5-----|------7--------|
Chorus (2X).
Chorus Variation (2X):
E|-------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------|
G|---9--------/--8--------/--13--------|
D|---X--(8X)--/--X--(4X)--/--X--(4X)---|
A|---7--------/--6--------/--11--------|
E|-------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------|
G|---9--------/--8--------/--13--------|
D|---X--(8X)--/--X--(4X)--/--X--(4X)---|
A|---7--------/--6--------/--11--------|
E|-------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---9--------/--8--------/--13-------/--14-------/--16--------|
D|---X--(8X)--/--X--(4X)--/--X--(4X)--/--X--(8X)--/--X--(8X)---|
A|---7--------/--6--------/--11-------/--12-------/--14--------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------|
End on:
E|----------------|
B|----------------|
G|---9--------/---|
D|---X--(8X)--/---|
A|---7--------/---|
E|----------------|
All the boys voices cracking
Oh, the moaning half tones
Come summertime, we're all the same age here
All the tension and the terror
Thin-limbed gorgeous green eyes smiling
And I'm going straight to hell
All the possibility and promise just weighs on me so heavily
[CHORUS]
And I try but I'm not convincing
Your lips, they pout and twist
And I die trying just to keep myself from kissing you
You take in everything with a certainty I envy
It's somehow all I need
Just keep me guessing please
Darling, all of these awkward jumpstart-stalling conversations
Mean much more to me than anything
It comes down to me and you
And whether we're supposed to or not, we still will
We're so much better off than them
All the possibility and promise just weighs on me so heavily
[CHORUS]
A look
A laugh
A smile
A second passes by and I regret it
words just aren't right
Sometimes I just can't explain
All the ways you devastate me
Always on my mind
[CHORUS x2]
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