The Test Chords & Lyrics by The Academy Is...
The Test
guitar chords lyrics
This is my first tab, I tabbed it from the video of Michael Guy Chislett and William
doing an acoustic version. This video can be found on fbrplus.com. I do not own this
in any way, and these chords are simply my enterpretation of the song. Also, I know I
some of the chord names wrong, sorry about that.
Hope it helps.
G Cadd9 Em7 D/F#
eb|-3----3----3----3------|
bb|-3----3----3----3------|
gb|-0----0----0----2------|
db|-0----2----2----0------|
ab|-2----3----2----0------|
eb|-3----x----0----2------|
First Filler:
|-3-3-2-2-----|
|-3-3-3-3-----|
|-0-0-0-0-----|
|-2-2-0-0-----|
|-3-3-3-3-----|
|-x-x-x-x-----|
Intro:
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
Eb:|3-3-3-2-2-2-2-2-|3-3-3-2-2-2-2-2-|3-3-3-2-2-2-2-2-|2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|
Bb:|3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|
Gb:|0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
Db:|0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|2-2-2-0-0-0-0-0-|2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
Ab:|2-2-2-0-0-0-0-0-|3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|2-2-2-0-0-0-0-0-|3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|
Eb:|3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-|0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-|
Verse 1:
Palm mute, slightly accentuate 2&4
G Cadd9
Look like a lush, Talk like a tease,
Em7 D/F# Cadd9
The way you like it.
G Cadd9
In front of your house, alone on the street,
Em7 D/F# Cadd9
you ask me to come in-side.
No Palm Mute
Cadd9 (one strum) (See First Filler)
Asleep through all our classes,
Cadd9 (one strum)
you hang me out to dry.
Chorus Chords: (no palm-mute)
G Cadd9
If this is a test, I�m losing my shit
Em7 D/F# Cadd9
Would it kill you to care as much as I did,
G Cadd9
If this is a test, I�m wasting my breath
Em7 D/F# Cadd9
You�re a stranger I know well, and not at all.
(While playing intro you can sing the do do do do do part that william sings)
Verse 1 Chords
Heart on a hook,
thrown out to the sea,
your basement busy.
Sitting in the dark,
I turn the radio off for a
phone call you�ll likely miss.
Wake me when it�s over.
The last sound of goodbye.
Chorus:
If this is a test, I�m losing my shit
Would it kill you to care as much as I did?
If this is a test, I�m wasting my breath
You�re a stranger I know well, and not at all.
Intro again
First filler twice (in between each filler, chislett taps his guitar three times on the
then plays again.)
Bridge:
Palm mute similar to verse.
Em7 D/F# Cadd9 Em7 D/F# Cadd9
"Let�s imagine the end before we even begin," you said.
"Let's imagine the end before we even begin," you said. (you said, you said)
Chorus:
If this is a test, I�m losing my shit
Would it kill you to care, as much as I did
If this is a test, I�m wasting my breath
You�re a stranger I know well, and not at all.
If this is a test, I'm losing my shit
Would it kill you to care, as much as i did
If this is a test, I'm wasting my breath
You'res a stranger I know well, and not at all.
OUTRO
G* Cadd9* Em7 D/F# Cadd9 G*
|You�re a stranger I know well, and not at all.
Cadd9* {Em7 D/F# Cadd9(Strum once)}
|And not at all. You�re a stranger I know well...
**Play G and Cadd9 like how you played it in the intro
The End.
