Shoot Down The Stars
Gym Class HeroesVersion1
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Chords in this song
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'81 was the year shit hit the fan in a major way
a sad day for inspiring artists
Almost 20 years after the fact I'm still on my hustle
Diggin' graves for an inspiring artist
Pushing daises up
And never compromise the arts and make a crowd clap
Shit on since the first show
But we turned feces to fertilizer
So when you diss it's just food for the flowers to grow
Sold 15 plus out of backpacks, no trunks
Too young to drive
But live hip hop
And the kids are upstate kids that thought rap was past tense, hence the last name
Got name for playing basements and such and making songs that our friends
loved
And when the fish bowl got too small to hold the goldfish
We filled our gills with water and ripped that mother fucker like
So take a step back
And a breath in
Let it out now
Put your chin up
You can do it tiger
You a man now
And in your dream it's time to do the best you can now
We bring ourselves down
And build ourselves up in disappointment
How fragile we are
So fragile we are, we just don't show it
We'll shake up this town
And shoot down the stars for our enjoyment
So sexy we are
So sexy we are, we just don't know it
This is what you wanted right?
How many nights were spent pouring out your guts dummy?
How many punishments endured for fucking up in school?
How many teachers proved wrong by writing songs instead?
My point exactly
But you knew you had a spark, did you?
Something producin' to the dreams your pop's dreams lent you
Stay focused when nothing seemed to make sense
Stealing verses with that Cassius Clay confidence
Sometimes you stubborn as shit, that's the McCoy in you
You learn to be a man without losing the boy in you
Just do your thing man
So take a step back
And a breath in
Let it out now
Put your chin up
You can do it tiger
You a man now
And in your dream it's time to do the best you can now
So take a step back
And a breath in
Let it out now
Put your chin up
You can do it tiger
You a man now
And in your dream it's time to do the best you can now
We bring ourselves down
And build ourselves up in disappointment
How fragile we are
So fragile we are, we just don't show it
We'll shake up this town
And shoot down the stars for our enjoyment
So sexy we are
So sexy we are, we just don't know it
We break ourselves down
And build ourselves up in disappointment
How fragile we are
So fragile we are, we just don't show it
We shake up this town
And shoot down the stars for our enjoyment
So sexy we are
So sexy we are, we just don't know it
So take a step back
And a breath in
Let it out now
Put your chin up
You can do it tiger
You a man now
And in your dream it's time to do the best you can now
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Readable chord sheet for Shoot Down The Stars by Gym Class Heroes
e|-X-X-X-X-X-X-X-X-| B|-X-X-X-X-X-X-X-X-| G|-X-X-X-X-X-X-X-X-| D|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-| A|-X-X-X-X-X-X-X-X-| E|-X-X-X-X-X-X-X-X-| [Em] [C] [G] [D] ([Bm7], [Em9])x2 end on [A] [Em7] [Bm7] [F#] [Am7] '81 was th[Em]e year shit hit the fan in a m[C]ajor way a sa[G]d day for inspiring arti[D]sts Almost 20[Em] years after the fact I[C]'m still on my hustle Digg[G]in' graves for an inspiring ar[D]tist Pushing daises up And never [Em]compromise the arts and[C] make a crowd clap Shit [G]on since the first show [D] But we[Em] turned feces to fertilizer [C] So when you diss [G]it's just food for the fl[D]owers to grow Sold 15[Em] plus out of ba[C]ckpacks, no trunks To[G]o young to drive [D] But live hip hop And th[Em]e kids are upstate kids[C] that thought rap was p[G]ast tense, hence [D]the last name Got na[Em]me for playing basements and [C]such and making song[G]s that our friends lo[D]ved And w[Em]hen the fish bowl got too small [C]to hold the goldfish We [G]filled our gills with water a[D]nd ripped that mother fucker like So take a s[Bm7]tep back And a breath in Let it o[Em9]ut now Put your chin up You can do[Bm7] it tiger You a man now And [Em9]in your dream it's time to do the best you c[A]an now We bring our[Em7]selves down And build[Bm7] ours[F#]elves up in disappointment How fragile we[Am7] are So fragile we [Am7]are, we just don't show it We'll shake u[Em7]p this town And shoot [Bm7]down t[F#]he stars for our enjoyment So sexy we a[Am7]re So sexy we a[Am7]re, we just don't know it [Em7] [Bm7] [F#] [Am7] Th[Em]is is what you wanted right? [C] How many nights were spent pour[G]ing out your guts dummy? [D] How many punishments end[Em]ured for fucking up in school? [C] How many teachers proved wr[G]ong by writing songs instead? [D] My point exactly But you kn[Em]ew you had a spark, did you? [C] Something producin' to the dr[G]eams your pop's dreams lent you [D] Stay focused when noth[Em]ing seemed to make sense [C] Stealing verses with that C[G]assius Clay confidence [D] Sometimes you st[Em]ubborn as shit, that's the McCoy [C]in you You learn to be a m[G]an without losing the bo[D]y in you Just do your thing man So take a [Bm7]step back And a breath in Let it o[Em9]ut now Put your chin up You can d[Bm7]o it tiger You a man now And in [Em9]your dream it's time to do the best you c[A]an now So take a s[Bm7]tep back And a breath in Let it [Em9]out now Put your chin up You can do[Bm7] it tiger You a man now And in[Em9] your dream it's time to do the best you c[A]an now We bring our[Em7]selves down And build[Bm7] ours[F#]elves up in disappointment How fragile we[Am7] are So fragile we [Am7]are, we just don't show it We'll shake u[Em7]p this town And shoot [Bm7]down t[F#]he stars for our enjoyment So sexy we a[Am7]re So sexy we a[Am7]re, we just don't know it We break our[Em7]selves down And build[Bm7] ours[F#]elves up in disappointment How fragile we[Am7] are So fragile we [Am7]are, we just don't show it We shake up[Em7] this town And shoot [Bm7]down t[F#]he stars for our enjoyment So sexy we a[Am7]re So sexy we a[Am7]re, we just don't know it [Em7] [Bm7] [F#] [Am7] So take a s[Bm7]tep back And a breath in Let it [Em9]out now Put your chin up You can do[Bm7] it tiger You a man now And in[Em9] your dream it's time to do the best you c[A]an now | / slide up | \ slide down | h hammer-on | p pull-off | ~ vibrato | + harmonic | x Mute note