Verse 1
N.C.
And it's hard to write about being happy
N.C.
'Cause the older I get
N.C.
I find that happiness is an extremely uneventful subject
[Refrain 1
N.C.
And there would be no grand choirs to sing
N.C.
No Chorus could come in
N.C.
About two people sitting doing nothing
Verse 2Dm
But I must confess
EmF
I did it all for myself
FGCDm
I gathered you here to hide from some vast unnameable fear
Dm
But the loneliness never left me
Em
I always took it with me
FEm
But I can put it down in the pleasure of your company
[Refrain 2
Dm
And there will be no grand choirs to sing
Em
No Chorus will come in
Am
No ballad will be written
F
It will be entirely forgotten
Verse 3Dm
And if tomorrow it's all over
Em
At least we had it for a moment
F
Oh, darling, things seem so unstable
GC
But for a moment we were able to be still
InterludeFCFCFCF
[Refrain 2
Dm
And there will be no grand choirs to sing
Em
No Chorus will come in
F
No ballad will be written
Em
This will be entirely forgotten
OutroDmEmAmFDmEmFGC
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