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Snow Patrol – Headlights On Dark Roads, from album
Eyes Open
Standard Tuning EADG
Intro
G|-------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------|
E|-00000000-11111111-33333333-11111111-|
Verse
G|------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------| X3
A|-000000000000-3333-7777777777777777-|
E|------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------|
A|-000000000000-3333-------------------|
E|-------------------00000000-11111111-|
Pre Chorus
G|-------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------| X2
A|-------------------------------------|
E|-00000000-11111111-33333333-11111111-|
Chorus
G|--------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------|
A|-33333333-00000000--------------------|
E|-------------------11111111-0000-3333-|
X2
G|--------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------|
A|----------00000000--------------------|
E|-00000000----------11111111-0000-3333-|
Verse
G|------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------| X3
A|-000000000000-3333-7777777777777777-|
E|------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------|
A|-000000000000-3333-------------------|
E|-------------------000000000-11111111|
Pre Chorus
G|-------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------| X2
A|-------------------------------------|
E|-00000000-11111111-33333333-11111111-|
Chorus
G|--------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------|
A|-33333333-00000000--------------------|
E|-------------------11111111-0000-3333-|
X4
G|--------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------|
A|----------00000000--------------------|
E|-00000000----------11111111-0000-3333-|
End
G|-------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------| X4
A|-------------------------------------|
E|-00000000-11111111-33333333-11111111-|
That’s what I think it goes like.
Please rate it and email me if you have any problems, paddyulsterman@hotmail.co.uk
Adam Vaughan
Tab Discussion, Comments, and Critiques
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Shay Average |
#1 by Shay at Aug 16, 2006 at 9:20 AM EST |
| I agree with Grego, but also, considering that this song is right after Set The Fire To The Third Bar, in which he realized that he really does need her so badly that he's tracing the route on a map with his finger to where he knows she is, this is where he's driving back to her, in the middle of the night. Sets up perfectly for the reunion in Open Your Eyes/The Finish Line. Perfect album. | |
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Galen Wanna Be |
#2 by Galen at Aug 17, 2006 at 3:27 PM EST |
| When you're driving on a very dark road, so dark that if you're headlights were to just go out, you wouldn't be able to see anything at all, let alone drive anymore. I think this is a metaphor for meeting someone so perfect that if you lost them you wouldn't find anyone better. She is his headlights on the dark road, but if she were to leave, he wouldn't be able to go on without her. | |
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stone Average |
#3 by stone sucks, at Sep 20, 2006 at 10:47 AM EST |
| I'm with scar_eire, this song sounds more hopeful than contemplating death. Definately my favourite song on the album. | |
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KETcH Average |
#4 by KETcH UP at Oct 8, 2006 at 11:02 PM EST |
| I agree more with Mklyrics, but Grego's explanation is appealing too. But in the booklet of the limited edition, Lightbody wrote : "The verses are as dark as i've ever written" and "... the chorus delivered such a release" So i guess suicide is a possible explanation | |
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AfroMan Average |
#5 by AfroMan at Nov 26, 2006 at 6:48 PM EST |
| Also, forgot to put this, the headlights are beautiful because he knows that with each pair that he passes, he's getting closer to his girlfriend. | |
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Jona_Red.Hot Wanna Be |
#6 by Jona_Red.Hot Olavaria at Dec 29, 2006 at 1:42 PM EST |
| Its about suicide. The idea that when life is too painful, too hard, it becomes very tempting to turn into oncoming traffic. The lights of the approaching car seem beautiful because they can take away the pain of life once and for all ("I'm so tired of all this fear"). The reason for this pain could also be lack of control in the writer's life, shown in that they want to be the proactive, rather than reactive force for once ("For once I want to be the car crash / Not always just the traffic jam"). The song also explains the often nightmarish quality that life can become, and expresses the desire to 'wake up' to something better ("Hit me hard enough to wake me"). The idea of submission to death is conveyed by the way in which the persona can't speak the pain, but it can only be seen through his/her eyes, whilst the redemptory quality of death is also expressed in the way the blood from the ripped bodies is falling into the character's mouth. | |
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StreetwiseProfe Wanna Be |
#7 by StreetwiseProfessor at Jan 8, 2007 at 1:51 AM EST |
| it seems that a lot of people see this song as someone about to give up on life. i think its the complete oppostie. basically, the dark roads are the bad times in your life, the headlights are all the little joys, all the reasons to keep going, and hes saying you should ''reach out and take'' them, to cherish these little moments. | |
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Brad Average |
#8 by Brad Cooke at Jan 12, 2007 at 12:42 PM EST |
| I think that this song emphasises his desire for something exciting to happen in his life. "for once i want to be the car crash not always just the traffic jam" is a clear example, saying that instead of the same old boring traffic jam, he wants a car crash | |
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Minkin Rhythm Player |
#9 by Minkin MQ at Jan 22, 2007 at 8:36 AM EST |
| I don't think it's as simple as suicide. 'For once I want to be the car crash Not always just the traffic jam' The feeling after you have been in a situation for so long, one that wouldn't normally be so unbearable but the constant monotony of an unfulfilling life leads you to want anything exciting, different, however devastating the outcome may be. Even in the context of a relationship, the song doesn't need to be taken like that. It's about desperation, to escape, to get out into the unknown. That's where the headlights come in- aye, they're beautiful, mesmerizing, but dangerous. | |
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GENT BENT Wanna Be |
#10 by GENT BENT at Jan 23, 2007 at 7:27 AM EST |
| I don't necessarily agree with the suicide idea purely because both greg and mklyrics's suggestions make sense when you read the lyrics but greg's idea of not being able to see would fit with the theme of the album more; Open, Shut your Eyes, Chasing Cars, and a couple of other references to what you choose to or want to see in a relationship make me think it;s probably about someone lighting the way. | |
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Average |
#11 by nirvana at Feb 17, 2007 at 7:41 AM EST |
| Waking up to life - the risk and pain of love, contrasted with the doldrums of apathy. | |
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no more mohawk Average |
#12 by no more mohawk :( at Feb 20, 2007 at 3:59 PM EST |
| Both the suicide and Grego's explanation fits. But I like Grego's a bit better... as 3lancer said, it fits the theme of the album better. [The album is even better than Final Straw!] Snow Patrol = amazing. | |
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Jeremy Wanna Be |
#13 by Jeremy Lehman at Mar 20, 2007 at 8:48 PM EST |
| for once I want to be the CAR CRASH not always just the traffics jam So beautiful, an amaziing line!!!! i | |
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jake Wanna Be |
#14 by jake fugate at Aug 13, 2007 at 4:06 AM EST |
| whoops. change the word movie to song in the first sentence. damn my not going back to read what i wrote. | |
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Moctezum@ Average |
#15 by Moctezum@ The Great at Sep 16, 2007 at 12:16 PM EST |
| I.Love.This.Song | |
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James Wanna Be |
#16 by James Wareing at Oct 5, 2007 at 3:03 PM EST |
| Best song on the Eyes Open album...in my opinion | |
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