The Tension and the Terror
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Pretty simple song, but really a neat chord progression
Here are all the chords in the song and how to play them
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E 0 2 2 1 0 0
Emaj7 0 2 1 1 0 0
A2 0 0 2 2 0 0
A 0 0 2 2 2 0
Bsus X 2 4 4 0 0
Bsus/A 0 0 4 4 0 0
Bsus/G# 4 0 4 4 0 0
C#m X 4 6 6 5 4
F#2 4 4 2 2 2
B X 2 4 4 4 2
Intro
E Emaj7 Bsus/G# A2 (2X)
VERSE 1:
E Emaj7
All the boys voices cracking
Bsus/G#
Oh, the moaning half tones
A2 E Emaj7 BsusA2#
Come summertime, we're all the same age here
E Emaj7
All the tension and the terror
Bsus/G# A2
Thin-limbed gorgeous green eyes smiling
E Emaj7 Bsus/G# A2
And I'm going straight to hell
Channel
Bsus Bsus/A Bsus/GBsus/A Bsus Bsus/A Bsus/G# Bsus/A
All the possibility and promise just weighs on me so heav----ily
CHORUS
E
And I try but I'm not convincing
C#m
Your lips, they pout and twist and
F#m A B
I die trying just to keep myself from kissing you
E
You take in everything with
B
a subtlety I envy
F#m A B
It's somehow all I need just keep me guessing please
Interlude
EEBA2s/G#
E Emaj7 Bsus/G# A2
Darling, all of these awkward jumpstart-stalling conversations
EEBA2s/G#
Mean much more to me than any-------thing
E Emaj7
It comes down to me and you
Bsus/G# A2
And whether we're supposed to or not,
E Emaj7 Bsus/G#A2
we still will we're so much better off than them
CHANNEL
CHORUS
BRIDGE
C#m
A look, A laugh, A smile, A second
A
passes by and I regret it
B A B
words just aren't right
C#m
Sometimes I just can't explain
A
All the ways you devastate me
B A B
Always on my mind
CHORUS x2