CHORDS USED:
GAmBm Bm7M CEmEm7 E'7 FD [ AB ] Riff
e]---3---5--7---7----8----7---7---x-----x----x---- | ------- | --3h5p3------------ |
B]---3---5--7---7----8----8---8---8-----10---7---- | ------- | -------5-3h5p3----- |
G]---4---5--7---7----(b9)---(b9)--7---6-----10---7---- | ------- | --------------4---- |
D]---5---7--(b9)--8----10---(b9)--(b9)--8-----10---7---- | ------- | ----------------5-- |
A]---5---7--(b9)--(b9)---10---7---7---7-----8----5---- | ------- | ------------------- |
E]---3---5--7---7----8----x-------------x--------- | -5--7-- | ------------------- |
Intro: GVerse 1:
GAm [ AB ]
You can only push away at me for so long
CG riff
before I get the clue
GAm [ AB ]
I only wonder why we waited
CG riff
if just to say adieu
GAm [ AB ]
Your letters used to end love always
CG riff
but now just always will do
GAm [ AB ]
I guess the answer to my question
CG riff
distance is stronger than youth
Chorus 1:
Am [ AB ]CDEm E'7
You kept us together so well
Am [ AB ]CDEm E'7
but now that I try it's farewell
Am [ AB ]CDEm E'7
I kept us apart for so long
Am [ AB ]CDEm E'7
but I still won't say that was wrong
CFG riff
I still won't say that was wrong
Verse 2:
GAm [ AB ]
We had a chance to be the first ones
CG riff
to survive miles apart
GAm [ AB ]
but now that distance is EndingCG riff
you'd rather stay apart
GAm [ AB ]
I still love you in my own way
CG riff
although I don't think I should
GAm [ AB ]
I'll put a wall between us
CG riff
if that will make it good
Chorus 2:
Am [ AB ]CDEm E'7
You kept us together so well
Am [ AB ]CDEm E'7
but now that I try it's farewell
Am [ AB ]CDEm E'7
I kept us apart for so long
Am [ AB ]CDEm E'7
but I still won't say that was wrong
CFG riff
I still won't say that was wrong
Transition 1:
GAmBm
e]---3----5----8---- |
B]---3----5----(b9)--- |
G]---4----5----(b9)--- |
D]---5----7----10--- |
A]---5----7----10--- |
E]---3----5----8---- |
Bridge:
DCGGAmBm
Maybe I don't need you, but I miss you anyway
Em7BmCGAmBm
I guess we never got around to taking pictures that day
GEm7Bm
It seems a shame there's nothing to hold to, we never got our
Bm7M
fair shake
CFGAmBm
cause the long distance kept us away
Transition 2:
DCGGAmBmEm7BmCGAmBmOutro:
GEm7Bm
It seems a shame there's nothing to hold to, we never got our
Bm7M
fair shake
CFG
cause the long distance kept us away
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.