Am
Picture me counting cards, dear
Pick any kind you like
G
Picture them colored red, dear
Black will hold back the light
F
From the stars in our eyes are just diamonds, broke
Am
Jokes we tell to laugh, dear
Laugh to hold back the pain
G
Pain is in the mind, dear
Stars are much the same
F
Gone in the time it takes the light to reach
Dm
In time you'll find
GFAm
We're blind to the things we don't believe
Verse 2Am
Picture us out in Vegas counting bills before the show
G
Spendin' em from New Orleans where we spent the week before
F
And the stars in our eyes are the lights from the flash
Am
Pictures of us in black, dear
G
Rolling on the red carpets laid on concrete
Counting billboards where we read
F
That the stars of our minds shine bright in the dark
DmG
Like diamonds, diamonds
Pre-ChorusAmG
And hearts in our cards and our silver strung guitars
F
Say hear me when I call
DmAm
Hear me when I come in late
You're wide awake
GF
"I'm sorry" is not enough
Dm
I'm sorry I'm not enough to stay
ChorusAmG
Faded by
In time with the back of your bed
FDmAm I that levy you take, that levy you hold
FG
Faded by in time
With the back of your bed
FDmAm I that levy you break, that levy you hold
BridgeAm
Paint me red, paint me red
Picture that, picture that
G
Picture us and God shaking hands just because we can
F
Like DMC we run this shit, Run DMC
What's tricky to get we got
Dm*
Watch me murder this
Dm*
Watch me murder this
BridgeAmGFDm 2x
Verse 3Am
Planes fly due west, and
GFDm
Plain in my view is the blame for the fault in our stars
Am
Counting cards in the dark
G
We sit and talk, bleeding it out
FDm
Believing that all our cries are just diamonds
Pre-ChorusAmG
Hearts in our cards and our silver strung guitars
F
Say hear me when I call
DmAm
Hear me when I come in late
G
You're wide awake
F
"I'm sorry" is not enough
Dm
I'm sorry I'm not enough to stay
ChorusAmG
Faded by in time
With the back of your bed
FDmAm I that levy you take, that levy you hold
AmG
Faded by in time
With the back of your bed
FDm
Aam I that levy you break, that levy you hold
AmG
Faded by in time
With the back of your bed
FDmAm I that levy you take, that levy you hold
OutroAm
Picture me counting cards, dear, picture me counting cards
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.