Boyce Avenue - Chasing Cars Chords & Tabs

 

Chasing Cars Chords & Tabs

Boyce Avenue Chords & Tabs

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Chasing Cars Tab

   
This is a really nice cover of the song chasing cars by snow patrol, and is actually 
fairly easy to play and doesnt require re-tuning (like most of their covers), which is 
useful. It may not be fully correct, and they miss out parts of the original song, 
but it goes something like this:

Standard Tuning, Capo 2, tabs and chords relative to capo

Intro
e--------------------------------------------------------------------|
b---3---3---3---3----------------------------------------------------|
g-0---0---0---0------------------------------------------------------|
d--------------------------------------------------------------------|
a--------------------------------------------------------------------|
E--------------------------------------------------------------------|

Verse
e--------------------------------------------------------------------     }
b---3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3----     }
g-0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0--------------------------------------     }
d---------------------------------4---4---4---4---4---4---4---4------     }
a--------------------------------------------------------------------     }
E-3-------------------------------2----------------------------------     }
                                                                          X2
e--------------------------------------------------------------------     }
b---3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3----     }
g---------------------------------0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0------     }
d-2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2--------------------------------------     }
a-3------------------------------------------------------------------     }
E---------------------------------3----------------------------------     }
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Bridge (the quiet chorus, the 'if i lay here' part)
e--------------------------------------------------------------------|
b-------3-------3--------3--------3--------3-------3-----3------3----|
g-----0-------0--------2--------2--------0-------0------0-----0------|
d---0-------0--------0--------0--------2-------2-------0-----0-------|
a------------------------------------3--------3----------------------|
E-3-------3--------2--------2-------------------------3-----3--------|
  G       G       D/F#     D/F#      C        C      G      G

Verse repeat:
e--------------------------------------------------------------------     }
b---3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3----     }
g-0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0--------------------------------------     }
d---------------------------------4---4---4---4---4---4---4---4------     }
a--------------------------------------------------------------------     }
E-3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2------     }
                                                                          X2
e--------------------------------------------------------------------     }
b---3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3----     }
g---------------------------------0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0------     }
d-2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2--------------------------------------     }
a-3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3--------------------------------------     }
E---------------------------------3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3------     }


Main Chorus - Strum: G - G - D/F# - D/F# - C - C - G - G
each bar stresses the strum on the third beat

Bridge 2 (the 'lets waste time' part)
just palm-mute the bass notes G, F# and C. It's not quite what they do, but sounds alright.

Main chorus repeat, same strumming

Last part, strum once: G - D/F# - C



Here are the lyrics:

We'll do it all,
Everything,
On our own.

We don't need
Anything
Or anyone.

If I lay here,
If I just lay here,
Would you lay with me and just forget the world?

I don't quite know
How to say
How I feel.

Those three words
Are said too much.
They're not enough.

If I lay here,
If I just lay here,
Would you lay with me and just forget the world?

Forget what we're told
Before we get too old.
Show me a garden that's bursting into life.

Let's waste time
Chasing cars
Around our heads.

If I lay here,
If I just lay here,
Would you lay with me and just forget the world?

Forget what we're told
Before we get too old.
Show me a garden that's bursting into life.

If I lay here,
If I just lay here,
Would you lay with me and just forget the world?


hope thats ok, and any mistakes in my tab are easy to figure out. enjoy :)