The Phrase That Pays Uke tab by The Academy Is

5 Chords used in the song: Am, C, D, F, G

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Year:  2005
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2.9
(Beginner)
Key: C, G, Am, EmChords
Am Am           C C D D  Am Am                       C C D D
My eyes can't believe what they have seen.
Am Am C C D D Am Am C C D D
In the corner of your room you've stockpiled millions of my memories.
Am Am C C D D Am Am C C D D
Oh Doctor, Doctor, I must have gotten this sick somehow.
Am Am
I'm going to ask you a series of questions,
C C D D Am Am C C D D
And I want them answered on the spot, right now.


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


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

well here's what was said then


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

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


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


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


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


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

end on Am Am

Uke tab by , 02 May 2016

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