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Can't Finish What You Started by Motion City Soundtrack
Can't Finish What You Started
note all the chords in the song are open barre chords
[Intro]
D A G x4
[Verse 1]
D A G
Why can't you finish what you've started?
D A G
Why can't you try and understand?
D A
It doesn't make a bit of difference
G
If you start what you can't finish
D A G
Every story needs an ending after all
D A G
I think I've known you for a long time
D A G
Suffice to say, it's been a while
D A
You're too afraid to face the outcome
G
Quite likely, you're a failure
D A
It's a shitty thing to say
G
But hey man, the clock is ticking
[Chorus]
G A D Bm
I thought of all the things I'd like to say
G A D Bm
Cramped up and couldn't write a word all day
G A D F#m Bm
I just waited for my world to fall apart
G A D
That's why I'll never finish anything I start
[Instrumental]
D A G x2
[Verse 2]
D A G
What fills the magic in the meantime?
D A G
I know its hard without a vice
D A
You need to find a new solution
G
Adaptation or retribution
D A
if you truly do believe in something
G
Somehow it all works out
[Chorus]
G A D Bm
I thought of all the things I'd like to say
G A D Bm
Cramped up and couldn't write a word all day
G A D F#m Bm
I just waited for my world to fall apart
G A D
That's why I'll never finish anything I start
[Bridge]
D D G C
D
I'm completely bored
G C
With every single word
D
And nothing ever works
G C
And this juvenile search
D G Bm
Is systematically revealing to me
D A
That I need a new approach
[Chorus]
G A D Bm
I thought of all the things I'd like to say
G A D Bm
Cramped up and couldn't write a word all day
G A D F#m Bm
I just waited for my world to fall apart
G A
That's why I'll never finish anything I...
G A D Bm
So sick of all the things I'm trying to say
G A D Bm
Cramped up and couldn't write a word all day
G A D F#m Bm
I just waited for my world to fall apart
G A
That's why I'll never finish anything I...
[Outro]
D Bm G A x4
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version 2
Standard Tuning
Intro X4
e --------------------------------------------------------------|
B ----------------------5-5-------5-5---------------------------|
G --7-7--x-x--7-7--x-x--6-6--x-x--6-6--x-x--4-4--x-x--4-4--x-x--|
D --x-x--x-x--x-x--x-x--x-x--x-x--x-x--x-x--x-x--x-x--x-x--x-x--|
A --5-5--x-x--5-5--x-x--5-5--x-x--5-5--x-x--5-5--x-x--5-5--x-x--|
E --------------------------------------------------------------|
e --------------------------------------------------------------|
B --------------------------------------------------------------|
G --4-4--x-x--4-4--x-x------------------------------------------|
D --x-x--x-x--x-x--x-x------------------------------------------|
A --5-5--x-x--5-5--x-x------------------------------------------|
E --------------------------------------------------------------|
Keyboard/Moog for Guitar Intro X2
e --------------------------------------------------------------|
B ------7---8-7----------8-7---7------7---8-7----------8-7---7--|
G ----7---7-----7-9--7-9-----7------7---7-----7-9--7-9-----7----|
D --7-----------------------------7-----------------------------|
A --------------------------------------------------------------|
E --------------------------------------------------------------|
Verse X8 (Same as intro)
Chorus
e --------------------------------------------------------------|
B --------------------------------------------------------------|
G ----------7--------------------------7-7-4--------------------|
D --5---7---7---7----X2-then---5---7---7-7-4---5---7------------|
A --5---7---5---7--------------5---7---5-4-2---5---7------------|
E --3---5-------5--------------3---5-----------3---5------------|
Bridge (something something close to this at least)
Clean strumming pattern not included softly palm muted
e --------------------------------------------------------------|
B --------------------------------------------------------------|
G --------------------------------------------------------------|
D --7----11---4----2--------------------------------------------|
A --5----9----2----3--------------------------------------------|
E --------------------------------------------------------------|
End of last chorus (ring out)
e --------------------------------------------------------------|
B -------2------------------------------------------------------|
G --0----2------------------------------------------------------|
D --0----2------------------------------------------------------|
A --2----0------------------------------------------------------|
E --3-----------------------------------------------------------|
Outro first just intro then
e --------------------------------------------------------------|
B --------------------------------------------------------------|
G -------------6/7--------------7~------------------------------|
D --5---9---7--x/x-----end on---7~------------------------------|
A --5---9---7--4/5--------------5~------------------------------|
E --3---7---5---------------------------------------------------|
something like that
Why can't you finish what you've started?
Why can't you try and understand?
It doesn't make a bit of difference if you start what you can't finish
Every story needs an ending, after all.
I think I've known it for a long time
Suffice to say, it's been a while
You're too afraid to face the outcome
Quite likely, you're a failure
It's a shitty thing to say, but hey man - the clock is ticking
I thought of all the things I'd like to say
Cramped up and couldn't write a word all day
I just waited for my world to fall apart
That's why I'll never finish anything I start
What fills the magic in the meantime?
I know it’s hard without a vice,
You need to find a new solution,
Adaptation or retribution,
If you truly do believe in something,
Somehow it all works out.
I thought of all the things I'd like to say
Cramped up and couldn't write a word all day
I just waited for my world to fall apart
That's why I'll never finish anything I start
I'm completely bored
With every single word
And nothing ever works
And this juvenile search
Is systematically revealing to me
That I need a new approach
I thought of all the things I'd like to say
Cramped up and couldn't write a word all day
I just waited for my world to fall apart
Why I'll never finish anything I...
So sick of all the things I'm trying to say
Cramped up and couldn't write a word all day
I just waited for my world to fall apart
That's why I'll never finish anything I...
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version 3
Tuning: D G C F A D
D Tuning
Intro x4
e --------------------------------------------------------------|
b ----------------------5-5-------5-5---------------------------|
g --7-7--x-x--7-7--x-x--6-6--x-x--6-6--x-x--4-4--x-x--4-4--x-x--|
d --x-x--x-x--x-x--x-x--x-x--x-x--x-x--x-x--x-x--x-x--x-x--x-x--|
A --5-5--x-x--5-5--x-x--5-5--x-x--5-5--x-x--5-5--x-x--5-5--x-x--|
D --------------------------------------------------------------|
e --------------------------------------------------------------|
b --------------------------------------------------------------|
g --4-4--x-x--4-4--x-x------------------------------------------|
d --x-x--x-x--x-x--x-x------------------------------------------|
A --5-5--x-x--5-5--x-x------------------------------------------|
D --------------------------------------------------------------|
Keyboard Intro on Guitar x2
e --------------------------------------------------------------|
b ------7---8-7----------8-7---7------7---8-7----------8-7---7--|
g ----7---7-----7-9--7-9-----7------7---7-----7-9--7-9-----7----|
d --7-----------------------------7-----------------------------|
A --------------------------------------------------------------|
D --------------------------------------------------------------|
Verse x8 (Same as intro)
Chorus
e --------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
b --------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
g --------------7777-----------------------------------77-77-44-22----------------|
d --5555--7777--7777--9999-----X2-then---5555---7777---77-77-44-22--5555---7777---|
A --5555--7777--5555--9999---------------5555---7777---55-44-22-00--5555---7777---|
D --5555--7777--------9999---------------5555---7777----------------5555---7777---|
Verse x6
Chorus
Bridge (Guitar 1, Clean) x3
e ----------------------------------|
b ----------------------------------|
g ----------------------------------|
d --7--x8--11--x8--4--x8--22200022--|
A --5-------9------2------33333333--|
D ----------------------------------|
Then...
e -------------------------------------------|
b -------------------------------------------|
g -------------------------------------------|
d --7--x8--11--x8--4--x8--2222-0000-77777777-|
A --5-------9------2------3333-3333-77777777-|
D ----------------------------------77777777-|
p.m. . . (gradually open palm mute)
Bridge (Guitar 2, Distortion) Happens at the start of the 3rd & 4th repeat of Guitar 1
e --------------------------------------------------------------|
b --------------------------------------------------------------|
g --------------------------------------------------------------|
d --0-0--let ring-----------------------------------------------|
A --0-0---------------------------------------------------------|
D --0-0---------------------------------------------------------|
Chorus x2
After last Chorus (let ring)
e --------------------------------------------------------------|
b -------2------------------------------------------------------|
g --0----2------------------------------------------------------|
d --0----2------------------------------------------------------|
A --2----0------------------------------------------------------|
D --5-----------------------------------------------------------|
Intro x2
Outro
e --------------------------------------------------------------|
b --------------------------------------------------------------|
g ----------2-22-----------------6-------------------------7----|
d -0-00--4--2-22--4--5-55--4--7--6---x3-------------0------7----|
A -0-00--4--4-44--4--5-55--4--7--4----------END ON--0--OR--5----|
D -0-00--4--------4--5-55--4--7---------------------0-----------|
Why can't you finish what you've started?
Why can't you try and understand?
It doesn't make a bit of difference if you start what you can't finish
Every story needs an ending, after all.
I think I've known it for a long time
Suffice to say, it's been a while
You're too afraid to face the outcome
Quite likely, you're a failure
It's a shitty thing to say, but hey man - the clock is ticking
I thought of all the things I'd like to say
Cramped up and couldn't write a word all day
I just waited for my world to fall apart
That's why I'll never finish anything I start
What fills the magic in the meantime?
I know it’s hard without a vice,
You need to find a new solution,
Adaptation or retribution,
If you truly do believe in something,
Somehow it all works out.
I thought of all the things I'd like to say
Cramped up and couldn't write a word all day
I just waited for my world to fall apart
That's why I'll never finish anything I start
I'm completely bored
With every single word
And nothing ever works
And this juvenile search
Is systematically revealing to me
That I need a new approach
I thought of all the things I'd like to say
Cramped up and couldn't write a word all day
I just waited for my world to fall apart
Why I'll never finish anything I...
So sick of all the things I'm trying to say
Cramped up and couldn't write a word all day
I just waited for my world to fall apart
That's why I'll never finish anything I...
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version 4
Intro
e --------------------------------------------------------------|
B ------7---8-7----------8-7---7------7---8-7----------8-7---7--|
G ----7---7-----7-9--7-9-----7------7---7-----7-9--7-9-----7----|
D --7-----------------------------7-----------------------------|
A --------------------------------------------------------------|
E --------------------------------------------------------------|
Why can't you finish what you've started?
Why can't you try and understand?
It doesn't make a bit of difference if you start what you can't finish
Every story needs an ending, after all.
I think I've known it for a long time
Suffice to say, it's been a while
You're too afraid to face the outcome
Quite likely, you're a failure
It's a shitty thing to say, but hey man - the clock is ticking
I thought of all the things I'd like to say
Cramped up and couldn't write a word all day
I just waited for my world to fall apart
That's why I'll never finish anything I start
What fills the magic in the meantime?
I know it’s hard without a vice,
You need to find a new solution,
Adaptation or retribution,
If you truly do believe in something,
Somehow it all works out.
I thought of all the things I'd like to say
Cramped up and couldn't write a word all day
I just waited for my world to fall apart
That's why I'll never finish anything I start
I'm completely bored
With every single word
And nothing ever works
And this juvenile search
Is systematically revealing to me
That I need a new approach
I thought of all the things I'd like to say
Cramped up and couldn't write a word all day
I just waited for my world to fall apart
Why I'll never finish anything I...
So sick of all the things I'm trying to say
Cramped up and couldn't write a word all day
I just waited for my world to fall apart
That's why I'll never finish anything I...
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