The Academy Is... – The Phrase That Pays (Guitar)

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[Intro] Am [Verse 1]
Am
My eyes can't believe what they have seen

Am
In the corner of your room you've stockpiled millions of my memories

Am
Oh doctor, doctor

Am
I must have gotten this sick somehow

Am
I'm going to ask you a series of questions

Am
And I want them answered on the spot

Am
Right now

Am
"Is it serious?"

Am   Dsus2
"I'm afraid it is"

            F
"Am I gonna die?"

C    Dsus2
"Well son

               FM7         C      Dsus2
Death is gonna catch up to all one day

Am                  F            C         Dsus2
But yours is coming quicker than ours, than ours"
G [Pre-Chorus 1]
Am
Hold your head high, heavy heart
[Chorus]
          C
So take a chance and make it big

C
'Cause it's the last you'll ever get

Am
If we don't take it

Am
When will we make it

C
I make plans to break plans

              Am
And I've been planning something big
Am [Verse 2]
Am
I never tried to make the best of my time

Am
When I thought that I had plenty of it

Am
Is this serious?

Am
I don't know what to think

Am      F
Is it all a lie?

C    Dsus2
Well one thing is for sure

Dsus2     F           C        Dsus2
I'm taken back to the glory days when

Dsus2       FM7             C               Dsus2    G
When we were kids without a brash or bitter thing to say
G [Pre-Chorus 2]
Am
Hold your head high, heavy heart
[Chorus]
          C
So take a chance and make it big

C
'Cause it's the last you'll ever get

Am
If we don't take it

Am
When will we make it

C
 I make plans to break plans

              Am
And I've been planning something big

Am
Planning something big

          C
So take a chance and make it big

C
'Cause it's the last you'll ever get

Am
 If we don't take it

Am
When will we make it

C
 I make plans to break plans

C             Am
And I've been planning something big

Am
Planning something big

Am       FM7
Planning
[Instrumental Bridge] FM7
Am               FM7
 Oh, I’m planning

FM7
Planning

Am
Oh

Am      FM7
Planning
G [Pre-Chorus 2]
Am
Hold your head high, heavy heart
[Chorus]
Am        C
So take a chance and make it big

C
'Cause it's the last you'll ever get

Am
If we don't take it

Am                  C
When will we make it

C
 I make plans to break plans

C                      Am
 And I've been planning something big

Am
Planning something big

Am        C
So take a chance and make it big

C
'Cause it's the last you'll ever get

Am
 If we don't take it

Am
When will we make it

C
  I make plans to break plans

              Am
And I've been planning something big

Am
Planning something big

FM7
Planning

Am              FM7
Oh, I’m planning

FM7   G
      Oh
[Outro] Am