IntroCmaj7EmD 2x
Verse 1Cmaj7EmD
When I was younger I was certain that I'd be fine without a queen
Cmaj7EmD
Just a king inside his castle, with an ocean in between
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Now all I do is sit and count the miles from you to me. Oh, Calamity...
Cmaj7EmD
We get older by the hour, watch the changes from afar
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Keep forgetting to remember, where we've been is who we are
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Now all I do is wonder why we ever set the scene. Oh, Calamity...
ChorusCGD
It's such a shame that we play strangers,
CGD
No act to change what we've become
CGBEm
Damn, it's such a shame that we built a wreck out of me,
A7Cmaj7D
Oh, Calamity... Oh, Calamity...
Verse 2Cmaj7EmD
I'll remember nights alone, and waking up to dial tones
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Always found my greatest moments, in the sound of your hello's
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Now I struggle to recall the reasons you would come to leave. Oh, Calamity...
ChorusCGD
It's such a shame that we play strangers,
CGD
No act to change what we've become
CGBEm
Damn, it's such a shame that we built a wreck out of me,
A7Cmaj7
Oh, Calamity... Oh, Calamity...
InstrumentalCmaj7EmD 2x
Verse 3Cmaj7EmD
If I catch you on the corner, will you even know it's me?
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Will I look familiar to you? Do you offer me a seat?
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Can we find a new beginning? Do you turn the other cheek? Oh, Calamity...
ChorusCGD
It's such a shame that we play strangers,
CGD
No act to change what we've become
CGD
Damn, it's such a shame that we play strangers,
CGD
No act to change what we've become
CGBEm
Damn, it's such a shame that we built a wreck out of me,
A7Cmaj7
Oh, Calamity... Oh, Calamity...
OutroCmaj7EmDCmaj7G
Oh, Calamity, come back to me...
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