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History Lesson by Motion City Soundtrack
History Lesson
Capo: 1st fret
built off 4 chords:
G: 320033
Cadd9: x32033
Em7: x22033
D:xx0232
The entire song you use a Capo on the 1st fret, all up until the solo/bridge section
where there is a pause for a beat and you go up a step to Capo on the 3rd fret. You've
gotta be speedy with the transition, but its easier than playing barre E's and stuff
Capo 1
Intro: G (listen to the song, its literally a slow strum then a fast one)
What are you asking me for?
It's not my *** history
What do you hope to find here?
There's nothing left as you can see
With the beatings held again
We begin to scream and run
But the current pulls us down
And the smallest ones were drawn
Now we sit and drink all day
And sing their songs of praise
What are you asking me for?
It's not my *** history
What do you hope to find here?
There's nothing left as you can see
There was something in the waves
That arrived to take our place
We were broken one by one
By the angels in the sun
Now we sit and drink all day
Telling tales of yesterday
And it always ends the same
What are you asking me for?
It's not my *** history
What do you hope to find here?
I thought I made it crystal clear
We learned a lot about the art of contradiction
We learned a lot about the company we keep
We learned a lot about what keeps us all together
I'm with you until the end
What are you asking me for?
What are you asking me for?
What are you asking me for?
(It's just my *** history)
What are you asking me for?
(It's just my *** history)
What are you asking me for?
(It's just my *** history)
What are you asking me
Let the beatings now begin
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version 2
Capo 1.
ORDER: I C1 V1 C2 V2 C3 B FC O
[INTRO]
G
[CHORUS 1]
G
What are you asking me for?
Em7 Cadd9 Dsus4
It's not my ... his - tory
G
What do you hope to find here?
Em7 Cadd9 Dsus4
There's nothing left, as you can see
[VERSE 1]
With the beatings held again,
Cadd9
We begin to scream and run
Dsus4
But the current pulls us down
Cadd9
And the smallest ones were drawn
Dsus4
Now we sit and drink all day
Cadd9 Dsus4
And sing their songs of praise
[CHORUS 2]
n.c. G
What are you asking me for?
Em7 Cadd9 Dsus4
It's not my ... his - tory
n.c. G
What do you hope to find here?
Em7 Cadd9 Dsus4
There's nothing left, as you can see
[VERSE 2]
There was something in the waves
Cadd9
that arrived to take our place
Dsus4
We were broken one by one
Cadd9
by the angels in the sun
D C
Now we sit and drink all day
D C
Telling tales of yesterday
D C D
And it al - ways ends the same
[CHORUS 3]
n.c. G
What are you asking me for?
Em7 Cadd9 Dsus4
It's not my ... his - tory
n.c. G
What do you hope to find here?
Em7 Cadd9 Dsus4
I thought I made it crystal clear
[BRIDGE]
Em7 Dsus4 Cadd9
We learned a lot about the art of contradiction
Em7 Dsus4 Cadd9
We learned a lot about the com - pany we keep
Em7 Dsus4 Cadd9
We learned a lot about what keeps us all together
D n.c.
I'm with you until the end
[FINAL CHORUS]
A | F#m7 D | A | F#m7
What are you asking me for?
D A | F#m7 D | A | F#m7
What are you asking me for?
[OUTRO]
D A
What are you asking me for?
F#m7
(It's just my ...
D A
What are you asking me for?
his - tory)
F#m7
(It's just my ...
D A
What are you asking me for?
his - tory)
F#m7
F#m7
(It's just my ...
D E
What are you asking me for?
his - tory)
A
Let the beatings now begin
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version 3
Tuning: Half-Step Up or Capo on the first fret
Intro/Chorus
e|-3----3----3---2-----|
B|-3----3----3---3-----|
G|-0----0----0---2-----|
D|-0----2----2---0-----| x2
A|-2----2----3---0-----|
E|-3----0----x---x-----|
Verse
e|-3---2-----------|
B|-3---3-----------|
G|-0---2-----------|
D|-2---0-----------| x3
A|-3---0-----------|
E|-x---x-----------|
Chorus x2
Verse x5
Chorus x2
Bridge
e|-3---2---3--------|
B|-3---3---3--------|
G|-0---2---0--------|
D|-2---0---2--------| x3
A|-2---0---3--------|
E|-0---x---x--------|
Bridge ends with the build-up of this chord:
e|-2-|
B|-3-|
G|-2-|
D|-0-|
A|-0-|
E|-x-|
The rest of the songs is transposed a whole step up, or a capo on the 3rd fret.
e|-3---3---3-----|
B|-3---3---3-----|
G|-0---0---0-----|
D|-0---2---2-----| x7
A|-2---2---3-----|
E|-3---0---x-----|
Then:
e|-2---|
B|-3---|
G|-2---|
D|-0---| x16
A|-0---|
E|-x---|
Ending on:
e|-3---|
B|-3---|
G|-0---|
D|-0---|
A|-2---|
E|-3---|
What are you asking me for?
It's not my *** history
What do you hope to find here?
There's nothing left as you can see
With the beatings held again
We begin to scream and run
But the current pulls us down
And the smallest ones were drawn
Now we sit and drink all day
And sing their songs of praise
What are you asking me for?
It's not my *** history
What do you hope to find here?
There's nothing left as you can see
There was something in the waves
That arrived to take our place
We were broken one by one
By the angels in the sun
Now we sit and drink all day
Telling tales of yesterday
And it always ends the same
What are you asking me for?
It's not my *** history
What do you hope to find here?
I thought I made it crystal clear
We learned a lot about the art of contradiction
We learned a lot about the company we keep
We learned a lot about what keeps us all together
I'm with you until the end
What are you asking me for?
What are you asking me for?
What are you asking me for?
(It's just my *** history)
What are you asking me for?
(It's just my *** history)
What are you asking me for?
(It's just my *** history)
What are you asking me
Let the beatings now begin
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