Standard Tuning
Capo on the 5th fret
Chords:
F: x33211 or 133211
Am: x02210
G: 320003 or 320033
Dm: xx0231
C: x32010
(To play without a capo replace the chords above by Bb, Dm, C, Am and F)
Intro: F Am G Dm F Am G
F
We're all bored
Am
We're all so tired of everything
G Dm
We wait for trains that just aren't coming
F Am
We show off our different scarlet letters
G
Trust me mine is better
F Am
We're so young that we're on the road to ruin
G
We play dumb
Dm
But we know exactly what we're doin'
F
We cry tears
Am
Of mascara in the bathroom
G
Honey life is just a classroom
Chorus:
Dm F C
Cause baby I could build a castle
G Dm
Out of all the bricks they threw at me
F C
And every day it's like battle
G Dm
But every night with us is like a dream
F
Baby we're the new romantics
C
Come on, come on along with me
G
Heartbreak is the national anthem
Dm
We sing it proudly
F
We are too busy dancing
C
To get knocked off our feet
G
Baby we're the new romantics
Dm
The best people in life are free
Verse:
F
We're all here
Am
The lights and noise are blinding
G
We hang back
Dm
It's all in the timing
F Am
It's poker, he can't see it in my face
G
But I'm about to play my ace
F Am
We need love, but all we want is danger
G Dm
We team up then switch sides like a record changer
F Am
The rumors are terrible and cruel
G
Buy honey most of them are true
Chorus:
Dm F C
Cause baby I could build a castle
G Dm
Out of all the bricks they threw at me
F C
And every day it's like battle
G Dm
But every night with us is like a dream
F
Baby we're the new romantics
C
Come on, come on along with me
G
Heartbreak is the national anthem
Dm
We sing it proudly
F
We are too busy dancing
C
To get knocked off our feet
G
Baby we're the new romantics
Dm G
The best people in life are free
Bridge:
F Am
Please take my hand
G Dm
And please take me dancing
F Am G
Please leave me stranded, it's so romantic
Chorus:
Dm F C
Cause baby I could build a castle
G Dm
Out of all the bricks they threw at me
F C
And every day it's like battle
G Dm
But every night with us is like a dream
Dm F C
Cause baby I could build a castle
G Dm
Out of all the bricks they threw at me
F C
And every day it's like battle
G Dm
But every night with us is like a dream
F
Baby we're the new romantics
C
Come on, come on along with me
G
Heartbreak is the national anthem
Dm
We sing it proudly
F
We are too busy dancing
C
To get knocked off our feet
G
Baby we're the new romantics
Dm
The best people in life are free
