The Phrase That Pays Tabulatur von The Academy Is

Am           C D  Am                       C D
My eyes can't believe what they have seen.
       Am                            C  D    Am                     C D
In the corner of your room you've stockpiled millions of my memories.
Am                      C D      Am                      C D
Oh Doctor, Doctor, I must have gotten this sick somehow.
             Am               
I'm going to ask you a series of questions,
      C D       Am                          C D 
And I want them answered on the spot, right now.


Am      F
Is it serious?
C      D
I'm afraid it is.
Am     F
Am I gonna die?
C      D    Am             F           C       D
Well son, death is gonna catch up to all one day,
      Am              F            C          D
But yours is coming quicker than ours, than ours.


G
Some things I may have taken for granted again and again, 

well here's what was said then


Am        C                     F
Hold your head high heavy heart.
          G
So take a chance and make it big,

               Am
Cause it's the last you'll ever get.
C
If we don't take it, when will we make it?
G                 G
I make plans to break plans,
                C
And I've been planning something big, planning something big, planning.


Am                             C    D  Am
I've never tried to make the best of my time,
                            C      D
When I thought that I had plenty of it.


Am        F
Is this serious?
C         D
I don't know what to think.
Am      F
Is it all a lie?
C      D
Well one thing is for sure
Am          F           C     D
I'm taken back to the glory days when
Am             F               C              D
When we were kids without a brash or bitter thing to say.


G
Now my life is one big make it, or break it.


Am          C
Hold your head high heavy heart
F
Save your strength for the morning after.
            G
So take a chance and make it big, 
                 Am
Cause it's the last you'll ever get.
C
If we don't take it, when will we make it?
G                 Am    
I make plans to break plans,
                C
And I've been planning something big, planning something big, planning.

[repeat as many times (from 'so take a chance') as you feel like it.  I think it's 4 times]

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