IntroBmEEmBmVerse 1:
BmE
I don’t have to mention that I saw you today
EmBm
I shone the sun into your eyes
BmE
And you don’t always have to question why there’s pleasure in pain
EmBm
Cos there’s no truth for you to find
BmE
I’m drawing perfect circles round the life that we could share
EmBm
And what is ours, is ours to keep
BmE
I know the thing you want the most, you hide it over there
EmBm
Safe at the dark end of the street
ChorusBm
When the devil's waiting
AE
Down by the river calling out
AG
I wanna be the one to light up the dark in you
BmAE
And when the flood is over and all the love is pouring out
AG
I wanna be the one to light up the dark in you
Bm
Light up the dark in you
A
Light up the dark in you
GE
Oh, light up the dark in you
Verse 2:
BmE
There’s so little I’m afraid of when it comes to an end
EmBm
But I can’t leave you on your own
BmE
When the chaos turns to silence and your enemies your friends
EmBm
I will roll away the storm
ChorusBm
When the devil's waiting
AE
Down by the river calling out
AG
I wanna be the one to light up the dark in you
BmAE
And when the flood is over and all the love is pouring out
AG
I wanna be the one to light up the dark in you
Bm
Light up the dark in you
A
Light up the dark in you
GE
Light, light up the dark in you
Bm
Light up the dark in you
A
Light up the dark in you
GE
Light, light up the dark in you
Bm
Ooh... (x8)
Bm
When the devil's waiting
AE
Down by the river calling out
AG
I wanna be the one to light up the dark in you
BmAE
And when the flood is over and all the love is pouring out
AG
I wanna be the one to light up the dark in you
Bm
And when the devil's waiting
AE
Down by the river calling out
AG
I wanna be the one to light up the dark in you
BmAE
And when the flood is over and all the love is pouring out
AG
I wanna be the one to light up the dark in you
Bm
Light up the dark in you
A
Light up the dark in you
GE
Light, light up the dark in you
E
Light up the dark in you
2.Skeleton
Standard tuning
(the transition from Dm to G to Am and from Am to G in the Intro and verses is very fast and played
very briefly, listen to the song to get the timing right but it also sounds okay if you
want to leave out the G)Intro: DmGAmGAmVerse 1:
Dm
What did you just say
GAm
No I heard you right the first time
GAm
I heard you right the first time
Dm
Are you trying to hurt me
GAm
You know you're supposed to lie
GAm
When the truth is so unkind
Chorus:
CF
It's like I'm looking right through you
Am
There's nothing on your skeleton
Your heart is gone
F
You're acting like it doesn't even matter
Dm
Like I don't even matter
Am
The way it was the rush of blood
You gave it all up
F
You're acting like it doesn't even matter
Dm
Like I don't even matter
AmFDmVerse 2:
FGDm
I'm not gonna fight you
GAm
I don't want to win
GAm
And live through this again
Dm
I'm not going to love you
GAm
I don't know where to begin
GAm
I don't know where to begin
Chorus:
CF
It's like I'm looking right through you
Am
There's nothing on your skeleton
Your heart is gone
F
You're acting like it doesn't even matter
Dm
Like I don't even matter
Am
The way it was the rush of blood
You gave it all up
F
You're acting like it doesn't even matter
Dm
Like I don't even matter
AmFDmFGDm
Where will you go
Who will you be
FG
Who will you hurt (doesn't even matter)
Dm
Up in the clouds
You're gonna fall
FG
Down in the dirt (doesn't even matter)
Dm
Take what you want
Take it from me
FG
Give it to her (doesn't even matter)
Dm
There's nothing of us
Nothing at all
Em
It's not gonna work
I'm not gonna love you
Chorus: (x2)
Am
There's nothing on your skeleton
Your heart is gone
F
You're acting like it doesn't even matter
Dm
Like I don't even matter
Am
The way it was the rush of blood
You gave it all up
F
You're acting like it doesn't even matter
DmAm
Like I don't even matter
3.Fools Love
Standard Tuning
(The switch from Em to D back to Em in the Verse is very fast
listen to the song to get the timing, have fun!)
Intro: EmDACDVerse 1:
EmDEm
You know I'm not sleeping
DEm
Black coffee in the evening
DC
Hands ticking past midnight
D
I even miss the fighting
EmDEm
I know you've denied that
DEm
You've done this before and
DC
Why can't you feel guilty?
D
You find it all too easy
pre Chorus:
AC
How do you make it believable
Em
You're not so wonderful
D
It's like you know
A
I can't let go
Chorus:
Em
It's a fools love
D
Such a cruel love
ACD
Loving you [x2
EmDACDVerse 2:
EmDEm
Silence in the hallway
DEm
Theres nothing you can say
DC
All false information
D
We've lost communication
EmDEm
There's something you've hidden
DEm
You've quietly taken
DC
I'm forever caught up
D
You hold me under you thumb
pre Chorus:
AC
How do you make it believable
Em
You're not so wonderful
D
It's like you know
A
I can't let go
Chorus:
Em
It's a fools love
D
Such a cruel love
ACD
Loving you [x4
(end on)
Em
4. Slip Away
Intro:CmD#GmFVerse 1:
CmD#GmF
Locked inside my mind, passing time
CmD#GmF
With nothing to lose
CmD#GmF
Tryna to find a reason to fight
CmD#GmF
With nothing to prove
CmD#
I’ve been waiting for the light to glow
GmF
Waiting for the love to show
CmD#GmF
Waiting for you
CmD#
I’m just laying in the fading light
GmF
Waiting for the chance to strike
CmD#GmF
Waiting for you
pre Chorus:
C
But, it’s never right
D#
It’s never good enough for you
Gm
Can’t speak my mind
F
‘Cause you don’t wanna hear the truth
C
You only tell me,
D#
What you want me to say
Gm
You’ve made your point
F
but I can do this myself
CCmChorus:
A#FCCm
How could you do this to me?
A#FCCm
It’s getting harder to breathe
A#F
Can’t hold me down, can’t drown me out
D#
Cause I’ll slip away slowly
FD#
The closer you hold me
CmD#GmFVerse 2:
Cm EBGmF
Temporary moments of flight
CmD#GmF
Distorting the view
CmD#GmF
Visionaries chasing you hide
CmD#GmF
For something to do
CmD#
When everthing's been done before
GmFD#GmF
You’re still knocking at my door, begging for more
CmD#
When you spinning me another line
GmF
Thinking I'll just take them blind
CmD#GmF
Is that all I’m for?
pre Chorus:
C
But, it’s never right
D#
It’s never good enough for you
Gm
Can’t speak my mind
F
‘Cause you don’t wanna hear the truth
C
You only tell me,
D#
What you want me to say
Gm
You’ve made your point
F
but I can do this myself
CCmChorus: (x2)
A#FCCm
How could you do this to me?
A#FCCm
It’s getting harder to breathe
A#F
Can’t hold me down, can’t drown me out
D#
Cause I’ll slip away slowly
FD#
The closer you hold me
CmD#GmF
5.Sweet Nothing
Standard Tuning
Intro: EG#mAE (x2)
Verse 1:
AE
The rain starts falling when you're calling me
Why can't you see?
AE
I'm diving under water just to breathe
Pre-Chorus:
BE
And I'm feeling lonely
B
I'm feeling blue
ECE
Won't you please give me something
AGE
I don't believe in your sweet nothing
Chorus:
E
I feel your arms around me
You say you feel the love
G#mAE
And oh I feel alone
You think you understand me
G#mA
But I don't even understand me at all
E
I feel alone
Verse 2:
AE
London living, nothing comes for free
Why can't you see?
AE
Time won't heal it, just stand still for me
BE
And I'm feeling lonely
B
I'm feeling blue
ECE
Won't you please give me something
AGE
I don't believe in your sweet nothing
Chorus:
E
I feel your arms around me
You say you feel the love
G#mAE
And oh I feel alone
You think you understand me
G#mA
But I don't even understand me at all
I feel alone
I feel alone
E
I feel your arms around me
You say you feel the love
G#mAE
And oh I feel alone
You think you understand me
G#mA
But I don't even understand me at all
E
I feel alone
6.Heavy Heart
CAPO 4
BmAEm
I saw you staring into nothing
In the silence something screaming
BmAEm
I know you're trying but there's nothing you can say
Bm. AEm
I feel better in the morning,
When all my troubles lose their meaning
BmAEm
Let go there's nothing you can change
BmA
I know it hurts to watch me bleeding
E
Can't tell you what I need and
BmAEm
We can't stop the river rising
Chorus:
BmAE
I've got a heavy heart
BmAE
Too much for you to hold
BmAE
We always come apart
BmAE
And then I treat you so cold
BmAEm
We can't pretend there's nothing wrong but
I was telling you it's not your fault
BmAEm
You wanted hope but it's hopeless every time
BmAEm
We're bittersweet in the Sunlight
We can't believe every story we're sold
BmAEm
There is truth in the darkness we find
BmA
I know it hurts to watch me bleeding
E
Can't tell you what I need and
BmAEm
We can't stop the river rising
Chorus:
BmAE
I've got a heavy heart
BmAE
Too much for you to hold
BmAE
We always come apart
BmAE
And then I treat you so cold
Bridge:
BmA
The chemicals that we are breathing
Em
Lock you out and I keep looking it
BmA
I am running out of reasons
Em
Don't help myself by looking in
BmAE
I know I'm standing in the way
BmAEm
I know I'm standing in the way
Chorus:
BmAE
I've got a heavy heart
BmAE
Too much for you to hold
BmAE
We always come apart
BmAE
And then I treat you so cold
7.Shallow Love
Standard Tuning
Intro: D#D#
I think I think too much
FmCm
I think we know to much
G#
Everytime I’m pushing past
D#
I'm let right in
I’m in a photograph,
FmCm
while different people pass
G#
I’m looking out
D#
and they just stare right in
A#G#
I’ve been looking for a moment to set alight
A#G# -single strum-
But I just end up with nothing
D#FmCm
Give me a reason to let you go
G#D#
Cause I am drowning in your shallow love
FmCm
Give me a reason, won’t you let me know
G#D#
This heart of mine is sinking like a stone
Chorus:
FmCm
Shallow love, let me go
G#D#
Shallow love, let me go
(D#)
I try to wind it up
FmCm
I think I said enough
G#D#
Don’t you think it’s time that you go take your turn
Maybe i’m wasting time
FmCm
My emotions are paralyse
G#D#
I don’t even hear you when you are crying out loud
A#G#
I’m always waiting for someone to start a fight
A#G#
But I just end up with nothing
D#FmCm
Give me a reason to let you go
G#D#
Cause I am drowning in your shallow love
FmCm
Give me a reason, won’t you let me know
G#D#
This heart of mine is sinking like a stone
Chorus: (x2)
FmCm
Shallow love, let me go
G#D#
Shallow love, let me go
Bridge:
C#
I never felt the wanting
G#
I never felt the needing
FmD#Gm
Give me a reason to follow, follow
C#
I’m staring right into you
G#D#
I’m tired of asking again and again,
again and again
D#FmCm
Give me a reason to let you go
G#D#
Cause I am drowning in your shallow love
FmCm
Give me a reason, won’t you let me know
G#D#
This heart of mine is sinking like a stone
Chorus: (x2)
FmCm
Shallow love, let me go
G#D#
Shallow love, let me go
8. Anybody Out There
Standard Tuning
Intro: EDBVerse 1:
EmG
You never told me why you had to leave
CD
I always thought that you'd come back for me
EmG
I'm tired of getting people's sympathy
CD
I knew I'd make it back eventually
Pre-Chorus:
EmC
But I was spinning in the void
G
I was lost and paranoid
D
And I'm missing you now
Chorus:
Em
There might as well be space
G
Right outside my window
D
Is there anybody out there?
Am
Anybody out there?
Em
I'm followed by your ghost
G
I'm stepping on your shadow
D
Is there anybody out there?
Am
Anybody out there?
EmG
I need you now, now, now ,now, now
DAm
I need you now, now, now, now, now
Verse 2:
EmG
I'm not saying it's for you to hear
CD
I'm just tryna clear my atmosphere
EmG
Taking off to try to work it out
CD
The trouble's smaller when you're looking down
Pre-Chorus:
EmC
There's always silence in the void
G
And I kinda miss the noise
D
Of having you around
Chorus:
Em
There might as well be space
G
Right outside my window
D
Is there anybody out there?
Am
Anybody out there?
Em
I'm followed by your ghost
G
I'm stepping on your shadow
D
Is there anybody out there?
Am
Anybody out there?
EmG
I need you now, now, now ,now, now
DAm
I need you now, now, now, now, now
Bridge:
Em
Oh... Oh...
G
Oh... Oh...
D
Oh... oh oh, Oh oh oh oh...
Am
Oh... oh oh, Oh
Chorus (strum once):
Em
There might as well be space
G
Right outside my window
D
Is there anybody out there?
AmChorus (normal):
Em
There might as well be space
G
Right outside my window
D
Is there anybody out there?
Am
Anybody out there?
Em
I'm followed by your ghost
G
I'm stepping on your shadow
D
Is there anybody out there?
Am
Anybody out there?
Em
There might as well be space
G
Right outside my window
D
Is there anybody out there?
Am
Anybody out there?
Em
I'm followed by your ghost
G
I'm stepping on your shadow
D
Is there anybody out there?
Am
Anybody out there?
Em
I need you now, now, now ,now, now
9.Hurt
Standard Tuning
CF
I shiver when you touch my skin,
CF
and I know without asking
CF
You’re right there where you wanna be
G
You’re right here in front of me
CF
And you talk about travelling
CF
Where we’ll go and where we’ve been
CF
But the scene you’re building out
G
All I see is it coming down
Chorus:
CGAm
Oh, you are so good,
FG
I know that this is gonna hurt
CGAm
I don’t think we should,
FG
you know it’s never gonna work
CF
There’s things that you can’t see
CF
You’re way too close to me
GC
This one is gonna hurt
GAmFGC
Oh-oh-oh-oh-oh, this one is gonna hurt
GAmFG
Oh-oh-oh-oh-oh
CF
You feel cold in the summer sun,
CF
Leaves fall and the winter comes
CF
Why does it take us by surprise?
G
It’s been the story all our lives, oh
CF
the more you know the less you learn
CF
What goes unsaid, doesn’t go unheard
CF
If only I could help us both
G
cant run away from where we’re going
Chorus:
CGAm
Oh, you are so good,
FG
I know that this is gonna hurt
CGAm
I don’t think we should,
FG
you know it’s never gonna work
CF
There’s things that you can’t see
CF
You’re way too close to me
GC
This one is gonna hurt
GAmFGC
Oh-oh-oh-oh-oh, this one is gonna hurt
GAmFG
Oh-oh-oh-oh-oh
Chorus:
CGAm
Oh, you are so good,
FG
I know that this is gonna hurt
CGAm
I don’t think we should,
FG
you know it’s never gonna work
CF
There’s things that you can’t see
CF
You’re way too close to me
GC
This one is gonna hurt
GAmFGC
Oh-oh-oh-oh-oh, this one is gonna hurt
GAmFGC
Oh-oh-oh-oh-oh, this one is gonna hurt
10.Together
Standard Tuning
F
We fit together, together so well
Dm
But when we fall apart
F
There's something missing I can tell
We fit together, together so well
Dm
But when we fall apart
F
There's something missing I can tell
A#C
You call the sea the ocean
A#
You say the kings alive
C
You live your life in motion
A#
I like to take my time
C
And you don't like to talk about it
A#
Why do we fight
C -strum once-
Why do we fight every night when
F
We fit together, together so well
Dm
But when we fall apart
F
There's something missing I can tell
We fit together, together so well
Dm
But when we fall apart
F
There's something missing I can tell
F
I'm not looking for redemption
I don't wanna see the light
All I want is your attention
Dm
All I want, all I want is love
F
I don't think you can deny me
Let's go smoke and make a fire
A#CA#CA#C
And you don't like to talk about it
A#
Why do we fight
C -strum once-
Why do we fight every night when
F
We fit together, together so well
Dm
But when we fall apart
F
There's something missing I can tell
We fit together, together so well
Dm
But when we fall apart
F
There's something missing I can tell
11.What Did You Do?
Standard Tuning
Intro: AVerse 1:
F#m
Hiding behind all of the walls
DA
Running inside and locking your door
F#m
Nothing ahead no one to hurt
DA
You know you cant fall off the floor
Pre.Chorus:
E
I didn't look for you
Bm
Didn't ask for this
EBm
Didn't need you to pull me apart
AChorus:
A
I've been falling out of control
I think of you wherever I go
F#m
Oh What did you do?
DAE
Oh what did you do to me?
A
I've never felt so lonely alone
I didnt care till you came along
F#m
Oh What did you do?
DA
Oh what did you do to me?
F#m
Oh What did you do?
DA
Oh what did you do to me?
Verse 2:
F#m
I'm in the dark I'm such a mess
DA
Wherever we are we're in this now
F#m
So look what you've done wasn't my fault
DA
You'll see the worst if you stick around
Pre.Chorus:
E
I didn't call for you
Bm
Didn't ask for this
EBm
Didn't need you to pull me apart
AChorus:
A
I've been falling out of control
I think of you wherever I go
F#m
Oh What did you do?
DAE
Oh what did you do to me?
A
I've never felt so lonely alone
I didnt care till you came along
F#m
Oh What did you do?
DA
Oh what did you do to me?
F#m
Oh What did you do?
DA
Oh what did you do to me?
Bridge:
F#mDA
Ooh Ooh Oh (x2)
(quietly/single strum)
E
I didn't look for you
Bm
Didn't ask for this
EBmA
Didn't need you to but I'm coming round to it
Chorus:
(Quietly)
A
I've been falling out of control
I think of you wherever I go
F#m
Oh What did you do?
DAE
Oh what did you do to me?
A
I've never felt so lonely alone
I didnt care till you came along
F#m
Oh What did you do?
DA
Oh what did you do to me?
F#m
Oh What did you do?
DA
Oh what did you do to me?
F#mDA
Ooh Ooh oh (x2)
12.A While
Standard Tuning
CEDmF (x2)
Verse 1:
CE
When it rains, yeah it rains
DmF
we can be so unforgiving, it leaves us unforgiven
CE
we're the same, we never change
DmFA#
it's the reason we're together, just waiting for the weather to pass
Chorus:
FCA#
I've been rolling my days away
FCA#
can't turn out the light that keeps me awake
GF
I've been trying to sleep for a while
DmAm
there'll be nothing left to talk about
A#F
and no one left to hear.
(F)
In a while,
DmAm
We'll pour water on these ashes and
A#F
the walls will disappear
CA
for a while
DmCGA#F
We've been caught in the cold light of day
Verse 2:
CE
Lost our love, you put it down
DmF
somewhere for safekeeping, so safe you don't remember
CE
but it's okay, we'll make some more
DmFA#
it's you that i'll be needing, not these books that we've been reading too long
Chorus:
FCA#
I've been rolling my days away
FCA#
can't turn out the light that keeps me awake
GF
I've been trying to sleep for a while
DmAm
there'll be nothing left to talk about
A#F
and no one left to hear.
(F)
In a while,
DmAm
We'll pour water on these ashes and
A#F
the walls will disappear
CA
for a while
DmCGA#F
We've been caught in the cold light of day
Bridge:
GA#F (x4)
Chorus:
F * C * A# *
I've been rolling my days away
F * C * A# *
can't turn out the light that keeps me awake
GGm
I've been trying to sleep, I've been trying to sleep
F
for a while
DmAm
there'll be nothing left to talk about
A#F
and no one left to hear.
(F)
In a while,
DmAm
We'll pour water on these ashes and
A#F
the walls will disappear
CA
for a while
DmCGA#
We've been caught in the cold light of day
end on F
[*=strum once]
13.Dont Break Your Heart On Me
Standard Tuning
Intro: D#CmBG#Verse 1:
D#
In your eyes I could be anyone
Cm
But I'm no one
BG#
I left you without saying goodbye
D#
You won't remember what we've said and done
Cm
And the storm won't come
BG#Fm
I will put apart so push me aside
Chorus:
We can't always grow
D#
From the seeds we sow
G#D#
But still you watch them from your window
Fm
There's no wounds to heal
D#
No pain to kill
B
Don't you break
-no chord- D#CmBG#
Don't break your heart on me
verse2:
D#
You would've asked why I was leaving
Cm
When I stopped believing
BG#
In the morning rain my courage had run dry
D#
But I'm not weaving in the shadow
Cm
Where the devil goes
BG#Fm
He knows me well but you'll be alright
Chorus:
We can't always grow
D#
From the seeds we sow
G#D#
But still you watch them from your window
Fm
There's no wounds to heal
D#
No pain to kill
B
Don't you break
-no chord- D#
Don't break your heart on me
FmD#CmBFm
hmmm Don't break your heart on me
We can't always grow
D#
From the seeds we sow
G#D#
But still you watch them from your window
Fm
There's no wounds to heal
D#
No pain to kill
B
Don't you break
-no chord- D#CmB
Don't break your heart on me
CmD#CmBG#D#
dont break your heart on me
14.This Side Of The Moon
Standard Tuning
F#
Pays no attention at me
Makes me believe that I’m free
Am I worth nothing at all?
AAm I worth nothing at all?
C#B
We would be so different
F#
If you could hear what he says, how little he even cares
Like he knows nothing at all
A
He knows nothing at all
C#B
Love can be so distant
F#AC#m
I swear he brings it on himself
B
He’s the reason that you make me melt
I am done with this fighting
I need to burn it down
F#m
Every time we’re dancing
A
I look into his eyes
C#m
I’m daring him to ask me
EB
He might as well be blind
F#m
Take it as a given
A
Like I could never go
EB
I could just tell him I want him to know
F#m
This side of the moon
A
I’m with you
C#m
This side of the moon
EB
I’m with you
F#
What do you feel for me?
Is it nothing but pity
That’s not what I need
A
That is not what I need
C#B
You know what I’m saying
F#
It doesn’t have to be hard
We don’t have to be far
I am running to you
A
I am depending on you
C#B
Will you be there waiting?
F#AC#m
I swear he brings it on himself
B
He’s the reason that you make me melt
I am done with this fighting
I need to burn it down
F#m
Every time we’re dancing
A
I look into his eyes
C#m
I’m daring him to ask me
EB
He might as well be blind
F#m
Take it as a given
A
Like I could never go
EB
I could just tell him I want him to know
F#m
This side of the moon
A
I’m with you
C#m
This side of the moon
EB
I’m with you
F#mAC#mBF#m
This side of the moon
A
I’m with you
C#m
This side of the moon
B (x6)
I’m with you
15.Coming Home
Standard Tuning
A#
I wonder where my friend has gone
D#
I wonder where it all went wrong
A#F
Was there something that I should have known?
A#
I looked for him in Amsterdam
D#
I cried for him in Birmingham
A#FA#
Wondered if he’s ever coming home
Chorus:
D#A#
Coming home, coming home
GmC
Standing underneath the sky
F
With nothing of my own
D#
I'm here picking flowers
A#D#
But all my seeds are left unsown
GmFA#D#
Better off if he was coming ho-oh-ome
A#FA#
Better off if he was coming home
A#
Had a man, tall and fine
D#
I left him by an old road sign
A#F
Told him I was off to Mexico
A#
With my feet on the track
D#
And your shadow on my back
A#FA#
Wondered if I'm ever coming home
Chorus:
D#A#
Coming home, coming home
GmC
Standing underneath the sky
F
With nothing of my own
D#
I'm here picking flowers
A#D#
But all my seeds are left unsown
GmFA#D#
Better off if he was coming ho-oh-ome
A#FA#
Better off if he was coming home
A#D#A#FA#D#A#FA#Chorus:
D#A#
Coming home, coming home
GmC
Standing underneath the sky
F
With nothing of my own
D#
I'm here picking flowers
A#D#
But all my seeds are left unsown
GmFA#D#
Better off if he was coming ho-oh-ome
A#FA#D#
Better off if he was coming home
GmFGmA#D#
Better off if he was coming ho-oh-me
GmFA#
Better off if he was coming home
16.Letting You Go
Standard Tuning
Intro: BmADGBmADG
Sometimes I wake up thinking about you
BmADG
Sometimes I just don’t wake up at all
BmA
I wish you were the one
DG
That I can’t live without
BmADG
But I’m cold, I’m cold
BmADG
I know that you won’t break me to pieces
BmADG
But sometimes that is just what I need
BmA
‘Cause I won’t know I’m wrong
DGBmADG
’Til I’m shown what I’ve done, but that’s me
GABm
The only thing I control is the ache in my soul
I’ve got nothing to say
A
It’s already too late
I’ve got this feeling
EmBm
I really should be leaving now
GBm
But I can’t believe I’m letting you go
D
Maybe there’s no reason at all
A
For everything you never did wrong
G
I can’t believe I’m letting you go
Bm
Was it everything that you never said ?
D
I swear I had it right in my head
A
I can’t believe I’m letting you go
G
I can’t believe I’m letting you go
GBmDA (x2)
Bm
The harder you hold
The higher you go
G
The further you fall
Breaking your bones
It’s time to let go
D
The harder you try to follow the light
A
The brighter it shines
Burning your eyes
It’s time to let go (x3)
(single strum)
GBm
But I can’t believe I’m letting you go
D
Maybe there’s no reason at all
A
For everything you never did wrong
G
I can’t believe I’m letting you go
17.The House We Never Built
Standard Tuning
Intro: AmCGm (x2)
Verse 1:
Am
I broke another glass
CGm
In the house we never built
Am
The winter is always cold enough
CGm
Cold enough to kill
Am
Just a little jasmine
CGm
Just a little salt in my wounds
Am
What happens if I tell you
To tell the truth?
Chorus:
A#
Tell me you love her
DmC
And I'll be gone
A#
Tell me you love her
DmC
And my heart was simply wrong
Am
Just say the words and I'll turn around
D#Gm
I'll be gone without a sound
DmCFA#
And bu-u-u-u-urn this house to the ground
Verse 2:
Am
It's like I never left
CGm
The house we never built
Am
I broke another mirror
CGm
Now it's 21 years left
Am
Just a little bad luck
CGm
Just a little salt in my wounds
CAm
Break it to me gently, gently!
Chorus:
A#
Tell me you love her
DmC
And I'll be gone
A#
Tell me you love her
DmC
And my heart was simply wrong
Am
Just say the words and I'll turn around
D#Gm
I'll be gone without a sound
DmCFA#
And bu-u-u-u-urn this house to the ground
Bridge:
DmCFGm
I'll bu-u-u-u-urn it down
Am
Feel the heat of my face
A#
See it go up in flames
DmCFGm
I'll bu-u-u-u-urn it down
Am
Burn it in to the ground
Chorus: (played quietly)
A#
Tell me you love her
DmC
And I'll be gone
A#
Tell me you love her
DmC
And my heart was simply wrong
Am
Just say the words and I'll turn around
D#Gm
I'll be gone without a sound
DmCFA#
And bu-u-u-u-urn this house to the ground
18.You Don't Like Dancing
Standard Tuning
Intro: G#FmD#C#Verse 1:
G#
Follow me
Fm
Carelessly
D#C#
Leave our plans on the backseat
G#
Chase the lines
Fm
Two at a time
D#
Open your eyes
C#
Do you remember me?
Chorus:
G#
You don't like dancing
D#
But don't you ever say
We're going nowhere
There's always somewhere we can
C#
Be you and me we can
Be you and me
G#
So why aren't you dancing?
Why aren't you dancing?
What ever happened?
D#
I thought we had it all
You think there's nothing
There's always something
C#
We can be you and me we can
Be you and me
G#
So why aren't you dancing?
Why aren't you dancing?
G#D#C#AVerse 2:
G#
Close the night down
Fm
You've made your point now
D#
There's nothing here
C#
When you're way over there
G#
Don't be like that
Fm
I'll pull you back
D#
You're swimming deep
C#
But you'll come up for air
Chorus:
G#
You don't like dancing
D#
But don't you ever say
We're going nowhere
There's always somewhere we can
C#
Be you and me we can
Be you and me
G#
So why aren't you dancing?
Why aren't you dancing?
What ever happened?
D#
I thought we had it all
You think there's nothing
There's always something
C#
We can be you and me we can
Be you and me
G#
So why aren't you dancing?
Why aren't you dancing?
Bridge:
D#C#G#
I won't be giving up this way-ay-ay-ay-ay
D#C#G#
I'l make you happy that you ca-a-a-a-ame
D#C#G#
How do you know if you don't feel it
D#C#G#
Oh.. Oh...Oh
Chorus:
G#
You don't like dancing
D#
But don't you ever say
We're going nowhere
There's always somewhere we can
C#
Be you and me we can
Be you and me
G#
So why aren't you dancing?
Why aren't you dancing?
What ever happened?
D#
I thought we had it all
You think there's nothing
There's always something
C#
We can be you and me we can
Be you and me
G#
So why aren't you dancing?
Why aren't you dancing?
This arrangement for the song is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the song. You may only use this for private study, scholarship, or research.