[Introduction]
CAmDm7G x 2
Verse 1CAmDm7
This is for those who were lucky enough to fall in love
GC
When they were young
CAm
Not just that usual teenage stuff
Dm7GA fumble of feelings all fingers and tongues
FGFG
Intertwining breath touch like trembling leaves
Verse 2CAm
This is for those who were really free
Dm7G
Though locked in a mutual field of vision
CAm
Each others eyes are all they see
Dm7GA jail without walls an open prison
FGFG
Even when apart in earshot of the heart
Verse 3CAm
And this is for those who knowing the risk
Dm7G
Threw caution to the wind of chance
CAm
Abandoned in the singing mist
Dm7G
As on the precipice they danced
FGFG
Seeds of sycamore spinning to the floor
Verse 4CAm
This is for those who without complaint
Dm7G
Lay on a bed of their own making
CAm
Their sated hunger left them faint
Dm7G
Through fitful sleep to cruel awakening
FGFG
For their pities sake the cradling bough must break
Verse 5]
CAm
But this is for those who loved so strong
Dm7G
That it shattered the rocks and left them aching
CAm
Stunned into silence both deafened and dumb
Dm7G
By the terrible sound of one heart breaking
FGFG
Charred and acrid breeze lightening blackened trees
OutroCAm
But this is for those who were lucky enough
Dm7
To fall in love
GC
When they were young
OutroCFCGC
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