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Stand Too Close by Motion City Soundtrack
Stand Too Close
A E D
If I stand too close I might fall in
A E D
But if I’m too far gone I’ll never win
A E D
If you believe in me I might just want
F#m E D
to spend some time with you again
A E D
I’m afraid I tend to disappear
A E D
Into an anxious state when you draw near
A E D
There is no reasoning it’s quite a silly thing
F#m E D
But it’s the way I’ve been for years
A E D
So I will understand if you don’t stay
A E D
They say I’m great at first but then the magic fades
A E D
Into an awful you of dismal views
F#m E D
and pessimistic attitude
D A D E D
All this distance years of sweet resistance
D A G D
Swirling over head like angry clouds of discontent
A,E,D 3x
F#m,E,D
A E D
I have apologised a billion times
A E D
When I’ve gone off the wall like Busta Rhymes
A E D
And pulled a stupid stunt that left you thinking
F#m E D
there was something wrong with me
A E D
you’ve thrown a few choice phrases at my way
A E D
And I’ve ignored them all as best I could
A E D
Except that tiny bit how I just can’t commit
F#m E D
There is some truth in what you say
D A D E D
All this distance years of sweet resistance
D A G D
Swirling over head like angry clouds of discontent
A E D
If I stand too close I might fall in
A E D
But if I’m too far gone I’ll never win
A E D
If you believe in me I might just want
F#m E D
To spend some time with you again
F#m E D
I spent some time with you again
A,E,D 3x
F#m,E,D
A E D
If I stand too close I might fall in
A E D
But if I’m too far gone I’ll never win
A E D
If you believe in me I might just want
F#m E A
To spend some time with you again
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version 2
[Chorus]
A E D
If I stand too close, I might fall in
A E D
But if I'm too far gone I'll never win
A E D
If you believe in me, I might just want
F#m E D
To spend some time with you again
[Verse]
A E D
I'm afraid I tend to disappear
A E D
Into an anxious state when you draw near
A E D
There is no reasoning, it's quite a silly thing
F#m E D
But it's the way I've been for years
A E D
So I will understand if you don't stay
A E D
They say I'm great at first, but then the magic fades
A E D
Into an awful hue of dismal views
F#m E D
And pessimistic attitudes
[Pre-Chorus]
D A D E D
All this distance, years of sweet resistance
D A G D
Swirling overhead like angry clouds of discontent
[Interlude]
A E D
A E D
A E D
F#m E D
[Verse]
A E D
I have apologized a billion times
A E D
When I've gone off the wall like Busta Rhymes
A E D
And pulled a stupid stunt that left you thinking
F#m E D
There was something wrong with me
A E D
You've thrown a few choice phrases at my way
A E D
And I've ignored them all as best I could
A E D
Except that tiny bit how I just can't commit
F#m E D
There is some truth in what you say
[Pre-Chorus]
D A D E D
All this distance, years of sweet resistance
D A G D
Swirling overhead like angry clouds of discontent
[Chorus]
A E D
If I stand too close, I might fall in
A E D
But if I'm too far gone I'll never win
A E D
If you believe in me, I might just want
F#m E D
To spend some time with you again
F#m E D
I'll spend some time with you again
[Interlude]
A E D
A E D
A E D
F#m E D
[Chorus]
A E D
If I stand too close, I might fall in
A E D
But if I'm too far gone I'll never win
A E D
If you believe in me, I might just want
F#m E D
To spend some time with you again
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version 3
Tuning: Standard
Guitar 1: acoustic guitar
Verse 1
3x
e||-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------||
B||-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------||
G||-----------9-9-9-x-7-7-7-x-7-7-7-x---|-------------------7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7---||
D||---7-7-7-x-9-9-9-x-7-7-7-x-7-7-7-x---|---4-4-4-x-2-2-2-x-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7---||
A||---7-7-7-x-7-7-7-x-5-5-5-x-5-5-5-x---|---4-4-4-x-2-2-2-x-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5---||
E||---5-5-5-x---------------------------|---2-2-2-x-0-0-0-x-------------------||
Verse 2
3x
e||-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------||
B||-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------||
G||-----------9-9-9-x-7-7-7-x-7-7-7-x---|-------------------7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7---||
D||---7-7-7-x-9-9-9-x-7-7-7-x-7-7-7-x---|---4-4-4-x-2-2-2-x-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7---||
A||---7-7-7-x-7-7-7-x-5-5-5-x-5-5-5-x---|---4-4-4-x-2-2-2-x-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5---||
E||---5-5-5-x---------------------------|---2-2-2-x-0-0-0-x-------------------||
Verse 3
3x
e||-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------||
B||-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------||
G||-----------9-9-9-x-7-7-7-x-7-7-7-x---|-------------------7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7---||
D||---7-7-7-x-9-9-9-x-7-7-7-x-7-7-7-x---|---4-4-4-x-2-2-2-x-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7---||
A||---7-7-7-x-7-7-7-x-5-5-5-x-5-5-5-x---|---4-4-4-x-2-2-2-x-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5---||
E||---5-5-5-x---------------------------|---2-2-2-x-0-0-0-x-------------------||
Breakdown
e||-------------------------------------------------------------------------------||
B||-------------------------------------------------------------------------------||
G||-------2~-----------6~-----------2~-----------6~-----6-------2~-----------6~---||
D||-----4------------7------------4------------7------7---7---4------------7------||
A||---2--------2-/-5--------5-\-2--------2-/-5--------------2--------2-/-5--------||
E||-------------------------------------------------------------------------------||
e||-------------------------------------||
B||-------------------------------------||
G||-------------------------------------||
D||---5-5-5-5-5-5-5-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4---||
A||---5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5---||
E||---3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2---||
Riff
3x
e||-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------||
B||-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------||
G||-----------9-9-9-x-7-7-7-x-7-7-7-x---|-------------------7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7---||
D||---7-7-7-x-9-9-9-x-7-7-7-x-7-7-7-x---|---4-4-4-x-2-2-2-x-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7---||
A||---7-7-7-x-7-7-7-x-5-5-5-x-5-5-5-x---|---4-4-4-x-2-2-2-x-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5---||
E||---5-5-5-x---------------------------|---2-2-2-x-0-0-0-x-------------------||
Verse 4
3x
e||-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------||
B||-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------||
G||-----------9-9-9-x-7-7-7-x-7-7-7-x---|-------------------7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7---||
D||---7-7-7-x-9-9-9-x-7-7-7-x-7-7-7-x---|---4-4-4-x-2-2-2-x-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7---||
A||---7-7-7-x-7-7-7-x-5-5-5-x-5-5-5-x---|---4-4-4-x-2-2-2-x-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5---||
E||---5-5-5-x---------------------------|---2-2-2-x-0-0-0-x-------------------||
Verse 5
3x
e||-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------||
B||-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------||
G||-----------9-9-9-x-7-7-7-x-7-7-7-x---|-------------------7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7---||
D||---7-7-7-x-9-9-9-x-7-7-7-x-7-7-7-x---|---4-4-4-x-2-2-2-x-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7---||
A||---7-7-7-x-7-7-7-x-5-5-5-x-5-5-5-x---|---4-4-4-x-2-2-2-x-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5---||
E||---5-5-5-x---------------------------|---2-2-2-x-0-0-0-x-------------------||
Breakdown
e||-------------------------------------------------------------------------------||
B||-------------------------------------------------------------------------------||
G||-------2~-----------6~-----------2~-----------6~-----6-------2~-----------6~---||
D||-----4------------7------------4------------7------7---7---4------------7------||
A||---2--------2-/-5--------5-\-2--------2-/-5--------------2--------2-/-5--------||
E||-------------------------------------------------------------------------------||
e||-------------------------------------||
B||-------------------------------------||
G||-------------------------------------||
D||---5-5-5-5-5-5-5-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4---||
A||---5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5---||
E||---3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2---||
Verse 6
3x
e||-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------||
B||-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------||
G||-----------9-9-9-x-7-7-7-x-7-7-7-x---|-------------------7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7---||
D||---7-7-7-x-9-9-9-x-7-7-7-x-7-7-7-x---|---4-4-4-x-2-2-2-x-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7---||
A||---7-7-7-x-7-7-7-x-5-5-5-x-5-5-5-x---|---4-4-4-x-2-2-2-x-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5---||
E||---5-5-5-x---------------------------|---2-2-2-x-0-0-0-x-------------------||
e||------------------------||
B||------------------------||
G||------------------------||
D||---4-4-4-x-2-2-2-x-5~---||
A||---4-4-4-x-2-2-2-x-5~---||
E||---2-2-2-x-0-0-0-x-3~---||
Riff
3x
e||-------------------------------------|------------------------||
B||-------------------------------------|------------------------||
G||-----------9-9-9-x-7-7-7-x-7-7-7-x---|------------------------||
D||---7-7-7-x-9-9-9-x-7-7-7-x-7-7-7-x---|---4-4-4-4-2-2-2-2-7~---||
A||---7-7-7-x-7-7-7-x-5-5-5-x-5-5-5-x---|---4-4-4-4-2-2-2-2-7~---||
E||---5-5-5-x---------------------------|---2-2-2-2-0-0-0-0-5~---||
Verse 6
3x
e||-------------------------------------|-------------------------||
B||-------------------------------------|-------------------------||
G||-----------9-9-9-x-7-7-7-x-7-7-7-x---|--------------------------||
D||---7-7-7-x-9-9-9-x-7-7-7-x-7-7-7-x---|---4-4-4-x-2-2-2-x-7-7~---||
A||---7-7-7-x-7-7-7-x-5-5-5-x-5-5-5-x---|---4-4-4-x-2-2-2-x-7-7~---||
E||---5-5-5-x---------------------------|---2-2-2-x-0-0-0-x-5-5~---||
Guitar 2: electric guitar lead
(Starts at 0:14) Verse 2
3x
e||--------------------------------------|------------------------------------||
B||--------------------------------------|------------------------------------||
G||---9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9/11-9-9-9---|---9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9--7--9--9---||
D||--------------------------------------|------------------------------------||
A||--------------------------------------|------------------------------------||
E||--------------------------------------|------------------------------------||
Verse 3
3x
e||--------------------------------------|------------------------------------||
B||--------------------------------------|------------------------------------||
G||---9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9/11-9-9-9---|---9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9--7--9--9---||
D||--------------------------------------|------------------------------------||
A||--------------------------------------|------------------------------------||
E||--------------------------------------|------------------------------------||
Breakdown
3x
e||-------------9-10~---|----------------------------------------------------||
B||---9-10~-------------|----------------------------------------------------||
G||---------------------|--12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11---||
D||---------------------|----------------------------------------------------||
A||---------------------|----------------------------------------------------||
E||---------------------|----------------------------------------------------||
Riff
3x
e||-------------------------------------------------|----------------------------||
B||-------------------------------------------------|----------------------------||
G||---9-9-9-9-9-9-9-/-11--\--9--\--6--\--4-\-2--/---|---7-7-7-7-\-6-6-6-6-\-2~---||
D||-------------------------------------------------|----------------------------||
A||-------------------------------------------------|----------------------------||
E||-------------------------------------------------|----------------------------||
Don't play anything during Verse 4
Verse 5
3x
e||--------------------------------------|------------------------------------||
B||--------------------------------------|------------------------------------||
G||---9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9/11-9-9-9---|---9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9--7--9--9---||
D||--------------------------------------|------------------------------------||
A||--------------------------------------|------------------------------------||
E||--------------------------------------|------------------------------------||
Breakdown
3x
e||-------------9-10~---|----------------------------------------------------||
B||---9-10~-------------|----------------------------------------------------||
G||---------------------|--12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11---||
D||---------------------|----------------------------------------------------||
A||---------------------|----------------------------------------------------||
E||---------------------|----------------------------------------------------||
Verse 6
3x
e||-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------||
B||-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------||
G||-----------9-9-9-x-7-7-7-x-7-7-7-x---|-------------------7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7---||
D||---7-7-7-x-9-9-9-x-7-7-7-x-7-7-7-x---|---4-4-4-x-2-2-2-x-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7---||
A||---7-7-7-x-7-7-7-x-5-5-5-x-5-5-5-x---|---4-4-4-x-2-2-2-x-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5---||
E||---5-5-5-x---------------------------|---2-2-2-x-0-0-0-x-------------------||
e||------------------------||
B||------------------------||
G||------------------------||
D||---4-4-4-x-2-2-2-x-5~---||
A||---4-4-4-x-2-2-2-x-5~---||
E||---2-2-2-x-0-0-0-x-3~---||
Riff
3x
e||-------------------------------------------------|----------------------------||
B||-------------------------------------------------|----------------------------||
G||---9-9-9-9-9-9-9-/-11--\--9--\--6--\--4-\-2--/---|---7-7-7-7-\-6-6-6-6-\-2~---||
D||-------------------------------------------------|----------------------------||
A||-------------------------------------------------|----------------------------||
E||-------------------------------------------------|----------------------------||
Guitar 3: electric guitar rhythm
(Starts at 1:55) Verse 6
3x
3x
e||-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------||
B||-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------||
G||-----------9-9-9-x-7-7-7-x-7-7-7-x---|-------------------7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7---||
D||---7-7-7-x-9-9-9-x-7-7-7-x-7-7-7-x---|---4-4-4-x-2-2-2-x-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7---||
A||---7-7-7-x-7-7-7-x-5-5-5-x-5-5-5-x---|---4-4-4-x-2-2-2-x-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5---||
E||---5-5-5-x---------------------------|---2-2-2-x-0-0-0-x-------------------||
e||------------------------||
B||------------------------||
G||------------------------||
D||---4-4-4-x-2-2-2-x-5~---||
A||---4-4-4-x-2-2-2-x-5~---||
E||---2-2-2-x-0-0-0-x-3~---||
Riff
3x
e||-------------------------------------|------------------------||
B||-------------------------------------|------------------------||
G||-----------9-9-9-x-7-7-7-x-7-7-7-x---|------------------------||
D||---7-7-7-x-9-9-9-x-7-7-7-x-7-7-7-x---|---4-4-4-4-2-2-2-2-7~---||
A||---7-7-7-x-7-7-7-x-5-5-5-x-5-5-5-x---|---4-4-4-4-2-2-2-2-7~---||
E||---5-5-5-x---------------------------|---2-2-2-2-0-0-0-0-5~---||
Guitar 4: piano arranged for guitar
(Starts at 0:29)Verse 3
3x
e||---5------7------5~------|---2------0------5~---||
B||---5------9------7~------|---2------0------7~---||
G||---6------9------7~------|---2------1------7~---||
D||---7------9------7~------|---4------2------7~---||
A||---7------7------5~------|---4------2------5~---||
E||---5---------------------|---2------0-----------||
Breakdown
3x
e||---2------5---|---3-------2---||
B||---3------7---|---3-------3---||
G||---4------7---|---4-------2---||
D||---4------7---|---5-------4---||
A||---2------5---|---5-------5---||
E||--------------|---3-------2---||
Don't play anything during the riff
Verse 4
3x
e||---5------7------5~------|---2------0------5~---||
B||---5------9------7~------|---2------0------7~---||
G||---6------9------7~------|---2------1------7~---||
D||---7------9------7~------|---4------2------7~---||
A||---7------7------5~------|---4------2------5~---||
E||---5---------------------|---2------0-----------||
Verse 5
3x
e||---5------7------5~------|---2------0------5~---||
B||---5------9------7~------|---2------0------7~---||
G||---6------9------7~------|---2------1------7~---||
D||---7------9------7~------|---4------2------7~---||
A||---7------7------5~------|---4------2------5~---||
E||---5---------------------|---2------0-----------||
Breakdown
3x
e||---2------5---|---3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2---||
B||---3------7---|---3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3---||
G||---4------7---|---4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2---||
D||---4------7---|---5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4---||
A||---2------5---|---5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5---||
E||--------------|---3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2---||
* Lyrics *
If I stand too close, I might fall in
But if I'm too far gone, I'll never win
If you believe in me, I might just want to spend some time with you again
I'm afraid I tend to disappear
Into an anxious state when you draw near
There is no reasoning, it's quite a silly thing, but it's the way I've been for years
So I will understand if you don't stay
They say I'm great at first, but then the magic fades
Into an awful hue of dismal views and pessimistic attitudes
All this distance
Years of sweet resistance
Swirling overhead like angry clouds of discontent
I have apologized a billion times
When I've gone off the wall like Busta Rhymes
And pulled a stupid stunt that left you thinking there was something wrong with me
You've thrown a few choice phrases out my way
And I've ignored them all as best I could
Except that tiny bit how I just can't commit, there is some truth in what you say
All this distance
Years of sweet resistance
Swirling overhead like angry clouds of discontent
If I stand too close, I might fall in
But if I'm too far gone, I'll never win
If you believe in me, I might just want to spend some time with you again
I'd spend some time with you again
If I stand too close, I might fall in
But if I'm too far gone, I'll never win
If you believe in me, I might just want to spend some time with you again
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version 4
|---------------------------|
|---------------------------|
|---------------8-8xx8-8----|
|---8-8---10-10-8-8xx8-8----|
|---8-8---10-10-6-6xx6-6----|
|---6-6---8--8--------------|
Verse1
|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|
|---------------8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-|
|---5-5---3-3---8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-|
|---5-5---3-3---6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|
|---3-3---1-1-------------------|
Verse2
If I stand too close I might fall in
But if I'm too far gone I'll never win
If you believe in me I might just want to spend some time with you again
I'm afraid I tend to disappear into an anxious state when you draw near
There is no reasoning it's quite a silly thing
But it's the way I've been for years
So I will understand if you don't stay
They say I'm great at first but then the magic fades
Into an awful hue of dismal views and pessimistic attitude
All this distance
Years of sweet resistance
Swirling over head
Like angry clouds of discontent
I have apologized a billion times
When I've gone off the wall like Busta Rhymes
And pulled a stupid stunt that left you thinking
There was something wrong with me
You've thrown a few choice phrases at my way
And I've ignored them all as best I could
Except that tiny bit
How I just can't commit
There is some truth in what you say
All this distance
Years of sweet resistance
Swirling over head
Like angry clouds of discontent
If I stand too close I might fall in
But if I'm too far gone I'll never win
If you believe in me I might just want to spend some time with you again
I'll spent some time with you again
If I stand too close I might fall in
But if I'm too far gone I'll never win
If you believe in me I might just want to spend some time with you again
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