Chords with lyrics
Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)
Difficulty: Intermediate
Verse 1:
C majorC FF C majorC G+G
I never could admit when I was wrong then
G7G7 C majorC
Even when I felt it in my bones
C majorC FF C majorC G+G
I always thought it meant I was a strong man
FF C majorC
I wondered why I was alone
Verse 2:
C majorC FF C majorC G+G
That's when she stepped out of the ether
G7G7 C majorC
Right when I was ready for a dance
C majorC FF C majorC G+G
She said "I don't know what I am doin' either
FF C majorC
"But I know when to take a chance"
Pre-Chorus 1:
DmDm A minorAm G7G7
I never knew how to be scared
C majorC C/BC/B A minorAm C/BC/B FF
'Til I found somethin' I knew I couldn't lose
G+G
And then the revelation trembled
G7G7
From the tip of my own tongue
Chorus 1:
C majorC FF C majorC G+G
Like the last few boys at the Alamo
C majorC FF C majorC G+G
Like Cusack holdin' that stereo
A minorAm E MajorE C majorC F minorFm
What Juliet hears from Romeo:
C majorC G+G C majorC
"I'm never gonna say goodbye"
Verse 3:
C majorC FF C majorC G+G
There's not a way to someone's heart that she can't see
G7G7 C majorC
She lives and loves with everything she's got
C majorC FF C majorC G+G
My dark days showed me how to ask, "Why me?"
G7G7 C majorC
She's shown me how to ask, "Why not?"
Verse 4:
C majorC FF C majorC G+G
She keeps a hopeful eye upon the future
G7G7 C majorC
She finds a way to share that hope with me
C majorC FF C majorC G+G
And the few times that she's met some sort of failure
G7G7 C majorC
She wins a little back by laughin' at defeat
Pre-Chorus 2:
DmDm A minorAm G7G7
I never knew what life could be
C majorC C/BC/B A minorAm C/BC/B FF
So it stands to reason why I can't go back
G+G
And now a revelation trembles
G7G7
From the bottom of my heart
Chorus 2:
C majorC FF C majorC G+G
And like the stock exchange for the billionaires
C majorC FF C majorC G+G
Like a convert singin' his morning prayers
A minorAm E MajorE C majorC F minorFm
From the scientist to the polar bears:
C majorC G+G C majorC
"I'm never gonna say goodbye"
Chorus 1:
C majorC FF C majorC G+G
Like those last few boys at the Alamo
C majorC FF C majorC G+G
Like Cusack holdin' that stereo
A minorAm E MajorE C majorC F minorFm
What Juliet hears from Romeo:
C majorC G7G7
"I'm never gonna say
C majorC G7G7
"Don't make me say
C majorC G+G C majorC
"I'm never gonna say goodbye"