The Freshmen — The Verve Pipe
Chords and lyrics for The Freshmen by The Verve Pipe (key of F).
Verse 1
Basic strumming version that doesn't require a lot of bar chords. Use a
simple
4/4 time strum pattern and it sounds pretty good.
The first half of the verses and the chorus play exactly the same as the
intro.
For the second half of the verse play the Am and G each with 2 beats then 4
on
the F.
Intro
C F Am (3 beats) G (1 beat) F
Verse 1
[C]when I was young I knew [F]everything
and [Am]she a punk who rarely ever [G]took [F]advice
now I'm [C]guilt stricken sobbing with my [F]head on the floor
[Am]stop a baby's breath [G]and a [F]shoe full of rice (no)
[Am] [G] [F]I can't be held responsible
[Am] [G] 'cause [F]she was touching her face
[Am] [G] [F]I won't be held responsible
[Am] [G] she fell in[F] love in the first place
Chorus 1
[C]for the life of me, [F]I cannot remember
[Am]what made us think that[G] we were[F] wise and we'd never [C]compro-mise
for the life of me,[F] I cannot believe
we'd [Am]ever die [G]for these [F]sins we were merely freshmen
Bridge
(each note is 2 beats):
[Em]G [F][C](hold[G] 5 beats)
Verse 2
[C]my best friend took a week's [F]vacation to forget her
his [Am]girl took a week's [G]worth of [F]valium and slept
and now he's [C]guilt stricken sobbing with his [F]head on the floor
[Am]thinks about her now and [G]how he [F]never really wept, he says...
[Am] [G] [F]I can't be held responsible
[Am] [G] 'cause [F]she was touching her face
[Am] [G] [F]I won't be held responsible
[Am] [G] she fell in[F] love in the first place
Chorus 2
[C]for the life of me, [F]I cannot remember
[Am]what made us think that[G] we were[F] wise and we'd never [C]compro-mise
for the life of me,[F] I cannot believe
we'd [Am]ever die for these [G][F]sins we were merely freshmen
Bridge
(sing 'Hey yeah!' bit over this)
Em F C G (x3) G (hold 5 beats)
Verse 3
[C]we've tried to wash our hands of [F]all of this
[Am]we never talk of our [G]lacking [F]relationships
and how we're [C]guilt stricken sobbing with our[F] heads on the floor
[Am]we fell through the ice, [G]when we [F]tried not to slip, we'd say it...
[Am] [G] [F]I can't be held responsible
[Am] [G] 'cause [F]she was touching her face
[Am] [G] [F]I won't be held responsible
[Am] [G] she fell in[F] love in the first place
[Chorus 3] (x2)
[C]for the life of me, [F]I cannot remember
[Am]what made us think that[G] we were[F] wise and we'd never [C]compro-mise
for the life of me,[F] I cannot believe
we'd [Am]ever die for [G]these[F] sins we were merely freshmen
Outro
[C] [F]We were merely freshmen
[Am] [G] [F] We were only freshmen
[C] [F]
[Am] [G] [F]
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