Avril Lavigne
Under My Skin
2004 Arista Records/RCA Records
Submitted by: paramore_fans@yahoo.com
Band Members:
AVRIL LAVIGNE- Lead Vocals, Electric & Acoustic Guitars, Piano
MATT BRANN- Drums & Percussion
CHARLIE MONIZ- Bass
CRAIG WOOD- guitars for segmented parts of the songs, back-up vocals
EVAN TAUBENFIELD- Lead Guitar, Back-up vocals but now he has been already
replaced by ex KELLY CLARKSON's lead guitarist named DEVIN BRUNSON.
Track listing:
1.) Take Me Away
2.) Together
3.) Don't Tell Me
4.) He Wasn't
5.) How Does It Feel
6.) My Happy Ending
7.) Nobody's Home
8.) Forgotten
9.) Who Knows
10.) Fall To Pieces
11.) Freak Out
12.) Slipped Away
Bonus Tracks:
13.) I Always Get What I Want
14.) Take It(Revised Version, the 1st version is unreleased)
15.) Daydream(Incomplete)
In This Album, Avril had written 1/3 of all these songs such as TAKE ME AWAY,
DON'T TELL ME, NOBODY'S HOME and FREAK OUT or simply 4 songs the rest, She had
also contributed lyrics in them while other people work with her for those songs
like her main guitarist EVEN TAUBENFIELD, her drummer MATT BRANN, her Canadian
best friend CHANTAL KREVIAZUK, a member of the band Our Lady Peace named RAINE
MAIDA, The Ex member of Marvelous 3 BUTCH WALKER and an Evanescence ex guitarist
BEN MOODY. How different this album from her 2002 multi-platinum LET GO? This is
a better one because it adds somber, maturity and morbidity that you will notice
on each of the songs unlike in LET GO, all pop, lack of seriousness and immature
one but this time, no more TANK TOP wearing Avril like in her past songs SK8ER BOI
and COMPLICATED and she's more FEMALE here such as wearing skirts and promoting her
red X symbol instead of her past red STAR symbol. Finally she had already revealed
her serious side here and more ROCK than POP. Such as the final song SLIPPED AWAY
which her GRANDPA passed away at the same time she's in a concert in DUBLIN, IRELAND.
NOBODY'S HOME which expresses the solitude and depression of the little girl she knew.
MY HAPPY ENDING which expresses her BREAKUP to her ex boyfriend. DON'T TELL ME which
she promotes ANTI-CONFORMITY especially the guys who just love the girls for SEX and
AVRIL is not that kind of girl who gives it all away. Another morbid TOGETHER which
she expresses that she's better off alone without a guy because if they're together,
she feels like this is not together. A SK8ER BOI reminiscent called HE WASN'T a fast
paced song which she expresses that she likes TRADITIONAL TYPE OF GUY who opens up the
door for her, gives her flowers, pampers her, pays the bills for her. Then a sweet
acoustic intro HOW DOES IT FEEL which expresses her INDEPENDENCE and prepares for
whatever obstacles that she should face but she's not afraid to face them.
Now let's start the song with the accurate guitar chords.
1.) Take Me Away
Tuning: Drop = DADGBe
- 222000
- xx0230
- x02200
- x32000
x355xx
0577xx
777xxx
555xxx
Craig: (To Enter at time 0:02)
I can not find a way to describe it
It's there inside all I do is hide
I wish that it would just go away
What would you do you do if you knew
What would you do?
And all the pain
I thought I knew
All the thoughts lead back to you
Back to what
Was never said
Back and forth inside my head
I can't handle this confusion
(break)
I'm unable come and take me away
Post Chorus:
I feel like I'm all alone
All by myself I need to get around this
My words are cold I don't want them to hurt you
If I show you I don't think you'd understand
'Cause no one understands
(Repeat Chorus except last line)
I'm unable come and take me away
Bridge:
I'm going nowhere on and on and
I'm getting nowhere on and Take me away
Craig backups (on and on)
I'm going nowhere on and on and off and on and off and on
(Repeat chorus except last line)
C5-D5
I'm unable come and Take me away
C5-D5
Take Me away
C5-D5
Take Me away
Break me awa--a-a-ay
G5-D5
Take me away
(Break)
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2.) Together
Tuning: Drop = DADGBe
111xxx
x355xx
x133xx or 888xxx
555xxx
333xxx
(Piano Part and hey!! Avril's hands are very fast so I can't figure
out what key she's pressing and If you know to convert the piano to tab,
just e-mail me but here are the equivalent chords that she used)
Eb5-C5 (x3) Bb5-F5
Something just isn't right
I can feel it inside
The truth isn't far behind me
You can't deny
When I turn the lights out
When I close my eyes
Reality overcomes me
I'm living a lie
Refrain:
When I'm alone I
Feel so much better
And when I'm around you
I don't feel
Together
It doesn't feel right at all
Together
Together we've built a wall
Together
Holding hands we'll fall
Hands we'll fall
Post Chorus: (Piano intro) Eb5-C5 (x2)
This has gone on too long
I realize that I need
Something good to rely on
Something for me
(Repeat Refrain and Chorus)
Bridge:
My heart is broken
I'm ly--ing here
My thoughts are choking
on you my dear
On you my dear
On you my dear
(Repeat Refrain)
(Repeat Chorus twice)
When I'm around you
When I'm around you
I don't feel together
I don't feel together
When I'm around you
When I'm around you
I don't feel together, no
(Hold)
I don't feel together
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3.) Don't Tell Me
Tuning: Standard EADGBe
Chords used:
!- x799xx
!- 9x99xx
!- 7799xx
!- x09977
- 022100
- x46654
- x24422
- x02200
- 244222
- 2x2200
- 4xx45x
!-!-!-! (x2)
This is the piano part but I tabbed it anyway
! ! ! !
You held my hand and walked me home, I know.
! ! !
While you gave me the kiss it was something like this
!
You made me go oh-oh
! ! ! !
You wiped my tears, got rid of all my fears, why did you have to go?
! ! !
Guess it wasn't enough to take up some of my love,
!
Guys are so hard to trust.
Refrain 1:
Did I not tell you that I'm not like that?
Girl the one who gives it all away-yay-oh
Did you think that I was going to give it up to you, this ti-i-ime?
Did you think that I was something I was going to do and cr-y-y?
Don't try to tell me what to do; don't try to tell me what to say
Your better off that way.
Riff:
! !
Don't think that your charm and the fact that your
! !
Arm is now around my neck.
! !
Will get you in my pants I'll have to kick your
! !
Ass and make you never forget.
! !
I'm gonna ask you to stop, thought I liked you a
! !
Lot but I'm really upset.
! ! ! !
So Get out of my head, get off of my bed yeah that's what I said.
Refrain 2: (The play the piano part for the other guitar)
Did I not tell you that I'm not like that?
Girl the one who throws it all away.
(Repeat Chorus and Riff)
Bridge:
This guilt trip that you put me on won't, mess me up I've done no wrong.
Any thoughts of you and me have gone away-yay-yay-yay-yay.
Did you think that I was gonna give it up to you, this ti-i-ime?
Did you think that I was something I was gonna do and cry-y-y?
Don't try to tell me what to do; don't try to tell me what to say
Your better off that way. I'm better off that way
(Hold)
I'm better off alone anyway.
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4.) He Wasn't
Tuning: Standard EADGBe
Chords used:
x577xx
x355xx
688xxx
577xxx
- 133211
- 022000
355xxx
- xx0232
- x32010
- 320033
-
Avril: (Her power chords skills are getting improved)
|--7p5h7-7(x3)--7-7p5h7-7(x3)--5|--5p3h5-5(x3)--5-5p3h5-5(x3)--7--|
There's not much goin' on today
I'm really bored it's getting late
What happened to my saturday?
Monday's commin' the day I hate-aate
Refrain:
I sit on my bed alone
Staring at the phone
He wasn't what wanted what I thought no!
He wouldn't even open up the door
He never made me feel like I was special
He isn't really what I'm lookin for uh uh
This is when I start to bite my nails
Or clean my room when all else fails
I think it's time for me to bail
This point of view is getting stale-aale
(Repeat Refrain and Chorus)
Uh-uh uh-uh-uh uh-uh uh (2x)
Bridge:
Nah nah nah-nah-nah we've all got choices
Nah nah nah-nah we've all got voices
Nah nah nah-nah-nah stand up make some noise
Nah nah nah-nah stand up make some noise
(Repeat Refrain just a palm mute)
(Repat Chorus but chordless at first line; chords will start on "He wouldn't...")
He wasn't what I wanted what I thought no!
He wouldnt even open up the door
He never made me feel like I was special
Like I was special 'cause I was special
uh-uh uh-uh-uh uh-uh
uh-uh uh-uh-uh uh-uh
Nah nah nah-nah-nah
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5.) How Does It Feel
Tuning: Standard EADGBe
Chords used:
- x02210
- x32010
- 133211
- 320033
- xx0232
Im not afraid of anything
I just need to know that I can breathe
And I don't need much of anything
but suddenly, suddenly
I am small and the world is big
all around me is fast moving
Surrounded by so many things
but suddenly, suddenly
How does it feel to be
different from me are we the same
How does it feel to be
different from me are we the same
How does it feel?
Other guitar sounds like this
I'm young and I'm free
but I get tired and I get weak
I get lost and I can't sleep
but suddenly and suddenly
(Repeat Chorus except last line)
How does it feel?
Bridge:
would you comfort me-yeah
would you cry with me yeah
ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah
ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah
I am small and the world is big
but I'm not afraid of anything
(Repeat Chorus)
oh oh oooh ooooh oooh
oh oh oooh ooooh oooh
Then you will hear a sound like this
How does it feel?
How does it feel?
Different from me
Different
How does it feel?
How does it feel?
Different from me
Different
How does it feel?
How does it feel?
different from me
Different
How does it feel?
How does it feel?
(Hold)
Different from me
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6.) My Happy Ending
Tuning: Standard EADGBe
Chords used:
- x24432
- 320033 or 320003 both are applicable to the song
- xx0232
- x4222x 0r x477xx
- x02220
- 022000
9-11-11-x-x-x
(Turntable part)
So much for my happy ending
Oh-Oh Oh-Oh Oh-Oh Oh-Oh
(Hold)
Oh-Oh Oh-Oh Oh-Oh
Let's talk this over; it's not like we're dead.
Was it something i did? Was it something you said?
Don't leave me hanging in a city so dead.
Held up so high on such a breakable thread.
Refrain:
And you were all the things I thought I knew.
And I thought we could be.
You were everything, everything that I wanted.
And we were meant to be, supposed to be, but we lost it.
And all of the memories so close to me just fade away.
(hold)
All this time you were pretending, so much for my happy ending.
Post Chorus:
Oh-Oh Oh-Oh Oh-Oh Oh-Oh
(Hold)
Oh-Oh Oh-Oh Oh-Oh
You've got your dumb friends, I know what they say.
They tell you I'm difficult, but so are they.
But they don't know me, do they even know you?
All the things you hide from me, all the shit that you do.
(Repeat Refrain)
(Repeat Chorus 1 except last line)
All this time you were pretending, so much for my happy ending.
Bridge:
It's nice to know that you were there,
Thanks for acting like you cared,
And making me feel like I was the only one.
It's nice to know we had it all, thanks for watching as I fall,
And letting me know we were done.
-ring -ring -ring Harmonics @ Fret 7
He was everything, everything that I wanted.
And we were meant to be, supposed to be, but we lost it.
And all of the memories so close to me just fade away.
All this time you were pretending, so much for my happy...
(Repeat Chorus 1)
Oh-Oh Oh-Oh Oh-Oh Oh-Oh
Oh-Oh Oh-Oh Oh-Oh Oh-Oh
-
Oh-Oh Oh-Oh Oh-Oh
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7.) Nobody's Home
Tuning: Standard EADGBe and a CAPO on 1st fret
Chords used:
- 022000
- xx0232
- x32010
- 320033
(Ben Moody Plucking Riff at time 0:09)
I couldn't tell you why she felt that way, She felt it everyday.
And I couldn't help her,
I just watched her make the same mistakes again.
Refrain 1:
What's wrong, what's wrong now?
Too many, too many problems.
Don't know where she belongs, where she belongs.
She wants to go home, but nobody's home.
That's Where she lies, broken inside.
There's no place to go, no place to go to dry her eyes.
Broken inside.
Open your eyes and look outside, find a reason why.
You've been rejected, now you can't find what you left behind.
Refrain 2:
Be strong, be strong now.
Too many, too many problems.
dont know where she belongs, where she belongs.
(Repeat Chorus)
Bridge:
Her feelings she hides.
Her dreams she can't find.
She's losing her mind
She's falling behind.
She can't find her place.
She's losing her faith
She's falling from grace.
She's all over the place. Yeah
(Repeat Chorus)
She's lost inside, lost inside...oh oh.
(Hold)
She's lost inside, lost inside...oh oh yeah.
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8.) Forgotten
Tuning: Standard EADGBe
Chords used:
- x35543
- x68886
- 133211
- 133111
- 320033
- 466544
x577xx
(Actually this was played in piano but I tabbed it anyway)
Ah-ha-ha-ha
I'm giving up on everything because you mess me up
Don't know how much you screwed it up you never listened
That's just too bad
Because I'm moving on I wont' forget you were the one that was wrong
I know I need to step up and be strong, don't patronize me
Yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah
Have you forgotten?
Everything that I wanted
Do you forget it now?
You never got it
Do you get it now?
Yeah Yeah Yeah yeah yeah
Post chorus:
Ah-ha-ha-ha (x2)
Gotta get away there's no point in thinking about yesterday
It's too late now it won't ever be the same
We're so different now
Yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah
(Repeat Chorus)
Bridge:
I know I wanna run away I know I wanna run away run away
If only I could run away if only I could run away run away
I told you what I wanted I told you what I wanted what I wanted
But I was forgotten I won't b forgotten never again
(Repeat Chorus twice)
Forgotten (yeah yeah yeah) (x4)
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9.) Who Knows
Tuning: Standard EADGBe
Chords Used:
- 022000
- x32010
- 320033
- xx0232
- x02010
- x20033
Cadd9-x32033
355xxx
!- 535xxx
Craig: (To enter a trembling intro at time 0:04)
(Hold)
Yeah yeah
Yeah yeah yeah
Yeah yeah yeah
Why do you look so familiar?
I could swear that I have seen your face before
I think I like that you seem sincere
I think I'd like to get to know you a little bit more
Refrain:
(Hold)
I think there's something more
Life's worth living for
Who knows what could happen
Do what you do just keep on laughing
One thing's true
There's always a brand new day
Post Chorus:
I'm gonna live today like it's my last day
Yeah yeah
Yeah yeah yeah
Yeah yeah yeah
How do you always have an opinion?
And how do you always find the best way to compromise
We don't need to have a reason
We don't need anything we're just wasting time
(Repeat Refrain)
(Repeat Refrain)
(Repeat Chorus 1 twice)
(Repeat Post chorus)
Bridge:
Find yourself Cause I can't find you
Be yourself who are you?
Who are you?
(Repeat)
(Repeat Chorus 1 without chords)
So you go and make it happen
Do your best just keep on laughing
I'm telling you
There's always a brand new day
(Repeat Chorus 1)
(Repeat Post Chorus)
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10.) Fall to Pieces
Tuning: Standard EADGBe
Chords used:
- x02210
- x32010
- x20033
- 320033
- 133211
- xx0231
- 022000
Avril: (Simple Strumming)
-- (x2)
Craig:
Evan: (To be enter at time 0:08)
I Looked Away Then I Look Back At You
You Tried To Say, Things that You Can't Undo
If I Had My Way, I'd never get over you
Today's the day; I pray that we make it through
Make it through the fall, make it through it all
And I don't want to fall to pieces
I just want to sit and stare at you
I don't want to talk about it
And I don't want a conversation
I just want to cry in front of you
I don't want to talk about it
Cause I'm in love with you
You're the only one; I'd be with till the end
When I come undone, you bring me back again
Back under the stars, back to your arms
(Repeat Chorus 1)
Bridge:
Want to know who you are
Want to know where to start
I want to know what this means
Want know how you feel
Want to know what is real
I want to know ev-ery-thing, ev-ery-thing
(Repeat Chorus 1 except last line instead proceed below to Chorus 2)
And I don't want to fall to pieces
I just want to sit and stare at you
I don't want to talk about it
And I don't want a conversation
I just want to cry in front of you
I don't want to talk about it
Cause I'm in love with you
I'm in love with you
I'm in love with you
I'm in love with you
(Hold)
I'm in Love with you
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11.) Freak Out
Tuning: Standard EADGBe and a Capo on 1st fret
Chords used:
- xx0232
- 022000
- 320033
244xxx
- x02220
- x4222x
- x24432
Part 1:
Craig:
(x3)
Evan:
Part 2:
Craig:
|--7(x2)--|--9(x2)--|--12(x2)--|--12(x2)--|
|--7(x2)--|--9(x2)--|--12(x2)-|--12(x2)--| (x2)
|--5(x2)--|--7(x2)--|--10(x2)--|--10(x2)--|
Evan:
Avril:
Try to tell me what I shouldn't do
You should know by now
I won't listen to you
Walk around with my hands up in the air
Cause I don't care
Refrain:
Cause I'm alright, I'm fine
Just freak out, let it go
I'm gonna live my life
I can't ever run and hide
I won't compromise
Cause I'll never know
I'm gonna close my eyes
I can't watch the time go by
I won't keep it inside
-
Freak out, let it go
--
Just freak out, let it go
You don't always have to do everything right
Stand up for yourself
And put up a fight
Walk around with your hands up in the air
Like you don't care
(Repeat Refrain and Chorus)
Bridge:
-
On my own
-
Let it go
Yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah-heh
just let me live my life
I can't ever run and hide
I won't compromise
Cause I'll never know
I'm gonna close my eyes
I can't watch the time go by
I won't keep it inside
-
Freak out, let it go
--
Just freak out, let it go
--
Gonna freak out, let it go
--
Gonna freak out, let it go
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12.) Slipped Away
Tuning: Standard EADGBe
Chords used:
- 320033
- x24432
- x32010
- x02010
- 022000
- 2x023x
- x32000
(Avril plays piano in the in this song)
Na Na Na Na Na Na Na
I miss you
I miss you so bad
I don't forget you
Oh it's so sad
Refrain:
I hope you can hear me
I remember it clearly
The day you slipped away
Was the day that I found
It won't be the same Oh
Post Chorus:
Na Na Na Na Na Na Na
I didn't get around to kiss you
Goodbye on the hand
I wish that I could see you again
I know that I can't Oh
(Repeat Refrain)
(Repeat Chorus)
Bridge:
I've had my wake up
Won't you wake up
I keep asking why
And I can't take it
It wasn't fake
It happened you passed by
Now you're gone, now you're gone
There you go, there you go
Somewhere I can't bring you back
Now you're gone, now you're gone
There you go, there you go
Somewhere you're not coming back
(Repeat Chorus twice)
Na Na Na Na Na Na Na
I miss you
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13.) I Always Get What I Want
Tuning: Standard EADGBe
Chords used:
- 799xxx or x244xx
- 0799xx
- 022xxx
- 244xxx
- 577xxx or x022xx
- x577xx
- x466xx
- x688xx
B5-E5-A5-D5 (x4)
Every now and then we all want something
Even if there's no way of gettin' it
If I stomp my feet quick that maybe
(hold)
Be the way around it,
(hold)
could I get myself around it
Get me what I want
Everything I don't got
So get me what I want
Cause I'm a big shot
Interlude: B5-A5-- (x2)
Don't wanna always have to be so nice
Don't wanna hear you say well that's just life
I'll drown you out when I open my mouth
(hold)
And make my way around it,
(hold)
I always make my way around it
(Repeat Chorus)
Post Chorus:
So give me what I want
I always get what I want
You don't want to see me when
(hold)
If I don't get what I want
It's not what you want
Interlude: B5-E5-A5-D5 (x2)
I'm not about to take no for an answer, no
If I tell you I can't I'm still gonna go
I did it all by myself and I found
(hold)
I found my way around it
(Repeat chorus and Post Chorus)
Bridge:
It's not to lovely
It could start to get ugly
It really bugs me
If I don't get my way!!!
(Repeat Chorus and Post Chorus)
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14.) Take It
Tuning: Standard EADGBe
Chords used:
- 355433 or 320033
- 244322
- x35533 or x32033
- 022000
- xx0232
- 3x023x
- x20033
- x02210
Just take it take it.
--
Can't take it take it.
I know what you do, flash me.
The way it's done, impolitely.
Just tying to find, some alone time.
No room to compromise.
Just take it take it.
--
Can't take it take it.
--
So sell your picture to a magazine,
Invasions aren't true photography.
Is that what you always wanted to be,
En
Well I'd be worried for you.
Sometimes,
Gotta try,
Run and hide,
Get away from this.
I'll get by,
In this life,
This time.
Take your best shot and press me.
Write a fictional story, for your fee.
Try to get the world, to believe.
So fucking headline surprise.
Just take it take it.
--
Can't take it take it.
--
(Repeat Chorus)
Bridge:
You see me,
I see you.
You're over there.
You see me,
I see you.
So sell your picture to a magazine,
Invasions aren't true photography.
Is that what you always wanted to be,
En
Well I'd be worried for you.
--
Sometimes,
--
Gotta try,
--
Run and hide,
-
Get away from shit.
Coda:
Sometimes,
Gotta try,
Run and hide,
Get away from this.
--
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16.) Daydream
Tuning: Standard EADGBe
Chords used:
- x32010
- x2x010
- x02210
- 133211
- 320033
- xx0231
- x20033
-
Lalala- (lalala-a)
Yea
- -
Lalala- (lalala-a)
I coulda been the one you noticed
I coulda been all over you
I coulda been like all the others
Is that what I'm supposed to do?
It woulda been really stupid,
If I woulda went home with you
To give you everything you wanted
It woulda been way too soon
Refrain:
I try to be sensetive I try to be tough I try to walk away
I try to be innocent I try to be rough but I just wanna play
You're my daydream, you know that I've been thinking about you
lately And everytime I look at you
I can't explain I feel insane, I can't get away
-
You're my daydream yeah
If I tell you what I'm thinking
If I let myself trust you
Can you give me what I'm missing
Can you make my dreams come true
(Repeat Refrain)
(Repeat Chorus)
And you know, and you know, and you know, and you know
You're making me insane
And you know, and you know, and you know, and you know
You're doing it again
(Repeat Outro)
*****************************HAVE FUN PLAYING**********************
********************************AVRIL ROCKS************************
************TO THE DUDES OUT THERE, SHE'S MINE!!!!*****************
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