Chords for Bowling For Soup - Almost (Live at SXSW)
Tempo:
74.15 bpm
Chords used:
E
B
F#
G#
G#m
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[Gm] [E]
Ladies and Gentlemen, I want to see everybody singing this song with us.
This song is called Almost, and it requires you all to jump up and down if you don't risk
spilling your drink.
[D] [Em] Almost [B] [F#] [B]
[G#] [E] [B] [F#]
[G#m] [E] [B] got [F#] drunk at school at [G#] 14, where I almost [E] made out with the homecoming queen.
Almost went on [F#] to be Miss Texas, [G#] lost to a slut [E] with much bigger breasts.
[B] Almost dropped [F#] out, moved to LA [G#] where I was almost [E] famous for almost [B] saying I
[F#]
[G#] almost had you.
[E] Miss Texas [B] got it, [F#] almost [G#m] loved you.
[E] I was too smooth and [B] hungry too.
[F#] [G#m] [E] [B] Almost had [F#] a crush on Rich [G#] Galwell.
I almost stayed [E] five years in Senator.
[B] Cause I almost got [F#] popped by Michael Phelps.
[G#] Cause he almost [E] made out with a London [B] front.
That I almost got hooked on, [F#] she went [G#] away.
That I wish I would [E] have been there to ask you to stay.
And [B] I [F#m]
almost [G#] had you.
[E] Yes, Miss Texas [B] got it, [F#] almost [G#] had you.
[E] And I didn't even [G#] know, and you got me [F#] guessing.
And now I'm [E] dancing, it's time for time to say adieu.
[Em] I almost used you to [B] love Rachel.
[F#] [G#m] [E] [F#]
You don't think [E] about all the things I [B] couldn't have [F#] done.
You're going to need a forklift [E] bus, on the back is where you'd start.
[D#m]
I [G#m] wish we [E] had a [Em] bunker horn.
This is the big, this is the big emo breakdown.
[B] Everybody look down and [E] think about [F] something very, very sad.
And take a MySpace picture of yourself too, while you're at it.
[B] I almost [F#m] forgot to say something [G#] else.
And if I can't fit [E] it in, I'll keep it all to [B] myself.
I almost wrote [F#] a song about you [Am] today.
But [G#] I thought it all [E] was over, and I knew it was over.
And I [B] [F#] almost [G#] had you.
[E] Yes, Miss Texas [B] got it, [F#] almost [G#] had you.
[E] And I [Em] didn't even [G#] know, and you got me [F#] guessing.
And now I'm [E] dancing, it's time for time to say adieu.
[B] And I [F#] almost [G#] had you.
[E] Almost [B] had you.
[F#] Almost [G#] had you.
[E] Almost, [B] [F#]
almost [G#] had you.
[E] This is more than love, baby, more than [B] love, it's you.
[F#] [G#m] [E] [B] [F#] [E]
Ladies and Gentlemen, I want to see everybody singing this song with us.
This song is called Almost, and it requires you all to jump up and down if you don't risk
spilling your drink.
[D] [Em] Almost [B] [F#] [B]
[G#] [E] [B] [F#]
[G#m] [E] [B] got [F#] drunk at school at [G#] 14, where I almost [E] made out with the homecoming queen.
Almost went on [F#] to be Miss Texas, [G#] lost to a slut [E] with much bigger breasts.
[B] Almost dropped [F#] out, moved to LA [G#] where I was almost [E] famous for almost [B] saying I
[F#]
[G#] almost had you.
[E] Miss Texas [B] got it, [F#] almost [G#m] loved you.
[E] I was too smooth and [B] hungry too.
[F#] [G#m] [E] [B] Almost had [F#] a crush on Rich [G#] Galwell.
I almost stayed [E] five years in Senator.
[B] Cause I almost got [F#] popped by Michael Phelps.
[G#] Cause he almost [E] made out with a London [B] front.
That I almost got hooked on, [F#] she went [G#] away.
That I wish I would [E] have been there to ask you to stay.
And [B] I [F#m]
almost [G#] had you.
[E] Yes, Miss Texas [B] got it, [F#] almost [G#] had you.
[E] And I didn't even [G#] know, and you got me [F#] guessing.
And now I'm [E] dancing, it's time for time to say adieu.
[Em] I almost used you to [B] love Rachel.
[F#] [G#m] [E] [F#]
You don't think [E] about all the things I [B] couldn't have [F#] done.
You're going to need a forklift [E] bus, on the back is where you'd start.
[D#m]
I [G#m] wish we [E] had a [Em] bunker horn.
This is the big, this is the big emo breakdown.
[B] Everybody look down and [E] think about [F] something very, very sad.
And take a MySpace picture of yourself too, while you're at it.
[B] I almost [F#m] forgot to say something [G#] else.
And if I can't fit [E] it in, I'll keep it all to [B] myself.
I almost wrote [F#] a song about you [Am] today.
But [G#] I thought it all [E] was over, and I knew it was over.
And I [B] [F#] almost [G#] had you.
[E] Yes, Miss Texas [B] got it, [F#] almost [G#] had you.
[E] And I [Em] didn't even [G#] know, and you got me [F#] guessing.
And now I'm [E] dancing, it's time for time to say adieu.
[B] And I [F#] almost [G#] had you.
[E] Almost [B] had you.
[F#] Almost [G#] had you.
[E] Almost, [B] [F#]
almost [G#] had you.
[E] This is more than love, baby, more than [B] love, it's you.
[F#] [G#m] [E] [B] [F#] [E]
Key:
E
B
F#
G#
G#m
E
B
F#
[Gm] _ _ [E] _ _ _ _ _
Ladies and Gentlemen, I want to see everybody singing this song with us.
This song is called Almost, and it requires you all to jump up and down if you don't risk
spilling your drink.
[D] [Em] Almost [B] _ _ [F#] _ [B] _
[G#] _ [E] _ _ _ _ [B] _ [F#] _ _
[G#m] _ _ [E] _ _ [B] got [F#] drunk at school at [G#] 14, where I almost [E] made out with the homecoming queen.
Almost went on [F#] to be Miss Texas, [G#] lost to a slut [E] with much bigger breasts.
[B] Almost dropped [F#] out, moved to LA [G#] where I was almost [E] famous for almost [B] saying I
_ [F#] _
[G#] almost had you.
[E] Miss Texas [B] got it, [F#] almost [G#m] loved you.
[E] I was too smooth and [B] hungry too. _
[F#] _ [G#m] _ _ _ [E] _ [B] Almost had [F#] a crush on Rich [G#] Galwell.
I almost stayed [E] five years in Senator.
[B] Cause I almost got [F#] popped by Michael Phelps.
[G#] Cause he almost [E] made out with a London [B] front.
That I almost got hooked on, [F#] she went [G#] away.
That I wish I would [E] have been there to ask you to stay.
And [B] I [F#m]
almost [G#] had you.
[E] Yes, Miss Texas [B] got it, [F#] almost [G#] had you.
[E] And I didn't even [G#] know, and you got me [F#] guessing.
And now I'm [E] dancing, it's time for time to say adieu.
[Em] I almost used you to [B] love Rachel.
_ [F#] _ _ [G#m] _ _ [E] _ _ [F#] _
You don't think [E] about all the things I [B] couldn't have [F#] done.
You're going to need a forklift [E] bus, on the back is where you'd start.
[D#m]
I [G#m] wish we [E] had a _ [Em] bunker horn. _
_ _ _ This is the big, this is the big emo breakdown.
[B] Everybody look down and [E] think about [F] something very, very sad.
And take a MySpace picture of yourself too, while you're at it.
[B] I almost [F#m] forgot to say something [G#] else.
And if I can't fit [E] it in, I'll keep it all to [B] myself.
I almost wrote [F#] a song about you [Am] today.
But [G#] I thought it all [E] was over, and I knew it was over.
And I [B] [F#] almost [G#] had you.
[E] Yes, Miss Texas [B] got it, [F#] almost [G#] had you.
[E] And I [Em] didn't even [G#] know, and you got me [F#] guessing.
And now I'm [E] dancing, it's time for time to say adieu.
[B] And I [F#] almost [G#] had you.
[E] Almost [B] had you.
[F#] Almost [G#] had you.
[E] Almost, _ [B] _ _ [F#]
almost [G#] had you.
[E] This is more than love, baby, more than [B] love, it's you.
[F#] _ [G#m] _ _ _ [E] _ _ [B] _ _ [F#] _ _ [E] _ _ _ _ _
Ladies and Gentlemen, I want to see everybody singing this song with us.
This song is called Almost, and it requires you all to jump up and down if you don't risk
spilling your drink.
[D] [Em] Almost [B] _ _ [F#] _ [B] _
[G#] _ [E] _ _ _ _ [B] _ [F#] _ _
[G#m] _ _ [E] _ _ [B] got [F#] drunk at school at [G#] 14, where I almost [E] made out with the homecoming queen.
Almost went on [F#] to be Miss Texas, [G#] lost to a slut [E] with much bigger breasts.
[B] Almost dropped [F#] out, moved to LA [G#] where I was almost [E] famous for almost [B] saying I
_ [F#] _
[G#] almost had you.
[E] Miss Texas [B] got it, [F#] almost [G#m] loved you.
[E] I was too smooth and [B] hungry too. _
[F#] _ [G#m] _ _ _ [E] _ [B] Almost had [F#] a crush on Rich [G#] Galwell.
I almost stayed [E] five years in Senator.
[B] Cause I almost got [F#] popped by Michael Phelps.
[G#] Cause he almost [E] made out with a London [B] front.
That I almost got hooked on, [F#] she went [G#] away.
That I wish I would [E] have been there to ask you to stay.
And [B] I [F#m]
almost [G#] had you.
[E] Yes, Miss Texas [B] got it, [F#] almost [G#] had you.
[E] And I didn't even [G#] know, and you got me [F#] guessing.
And now I'm [E] dancing, it's time for time to say adieu.
[Em] I almost used you to [B] love Rachel.
_ [F#] _ _ [G#m] _ _ [E] _ _ [F#] _
You don't think [E] about all the things I [B] couldn't have [F#] done.
You're going to need a forklift [E] bus, on the back is where you'd start.
[D#m]
I [G#m] wish we [E] had a _ [Em] bunker horn. _
_ _ _ This is the big, this is the big emo breakdown.
[B] Everybody look down and [E] think about [F] something very, very sad.
And take a MySpace picture of yourself too, while you're at it.
[B] I almost [F#m] forgot to say something [G#] else.
And if I can't fit [E] it in, I'll keep it all to [B] myself.
I almost wrote [F#] a song about you [Am] today.
But [G#] I thought it all [E] was over, and I knew it was over.
And I [B] [F#] almost [G#] had you.
[E] Yes, Miss Texas [B] got it, [F#] almost [G#] had you.
[E] And I [Em] didn't even [G#] know, and you got me [F#] guessing.
And now I'm [E] dancing, it's time for time to say adieu.
[B] And I [F#] almost [G#] had you.
[E] Almost [B] had you.
[F#] Almost [G#] had you.
[E] Almost, _ [B] _ _ [F#]
almost [G#] had you.
[E] This is more than love, baby, more than [B] love, it's you.
[F#] _ [G#m] _ _ _ [E] _ _ [B] _ _ [F#] _ _ [E] _ _ _ _ _