Translating The Name

artist : saosin album : translating the name this is the original version ( not the acoustic version ) . best played using power chords . if you would be using a guitar in standard D tuning ( dgcfad from 6th to 1st string ) , you can transpose the following one step higher . enjoy = ) Intro : Gm - - D# - - Verse : - - note! for this part , listen very closely to anthony’s lines , not that of the back - up’s ( those lines in parentheses ) since that may confuse you . . . - - Gm D# oh , start saving green and before breathing ( i have your voice on tape in a southern accent screaming at me ) Gm D# i was only one and we weren’t prepared for one before dreaming ( i have your voice on tape in a southern accent screaming at me ) Chorus : Gm Fm know things look lovely to you holding back , now and forever D# sweetheart , things look lovely Fm hoping for midnight and i deny Gm Fm you were walking so peculiar like ( still so deadly ) D# you were lost in somebody else Fm you were walking so peculiar like ( still so deadly ) you were lost in somebody else Bridge : Gm sweet penance for a sound D# it might explode in our hands Gm i’m falling in a brown pigmentation of D# where the element guards cut short , turned in , and stopped Gm i’ve been watching rose give in and D# i wish that i could taper away so Gm i’ve been watching rose give in to it severing the ties between mother and son D# i’ve been watching rose give in to it severing the ties between mother and son ( repeat Chorus ) ( repeat Bridge 2x ) instrumental : Gm - - - Outro : Gm D# Cm oh , i once saw many place the end D# Fm i promised the world and a dozen roses Gm D# Cm oh , i once saw many place the end D# Fm Gm ( end ) i promised the world and a dozen roses