Turns Out Life Isn't Like Romance Novels chords by Alannah Fordham

• Capo on 3rd

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Verse 1:
       C
Being raised on romance novels

for breakfast lunch and dinner
Em
Taught me that true love will not survive being a quitter
F
So I persevered, through all the tears, the heartbreak
                              Fm
and the endless years, for you


Verse 2:
      C
When you first kissed my hand

like you were an old fashion man
Em
All my carefully made plans unraveled in the sand
             F
And I would not take my eyes off your face
                                     Fm
To watch the waves, wash them all away


Chorus:

Cause you were
     C
The Darcy to my Bennet, the Gilbert to my Anne
     Em
the James to my Lily, why can't you understand?
    F
The reality, that we aren't meant to be
                  Fm                                     C
Is tearing these native romantic dreams off at the seams


Verse 3:
C
Living life through fiction, it taints the world I see
Em
There is no sweet reunion or you serrating me
               F
There's just a mug of tea and comforting
                                          Fm
Arms that can't quite grab with my last heat


Verse 4:
C
But somewhere in the silence, the thought that does provoke
     Em
That maybe this was all my fault for trusting fairytales
             F
I should've burnt the fiction, stuck with facts
                                Fm
But Oh just watch me take you back


Chorus:

Cause you were
     C
The Darcy to my Bennet, the Gilbert to my Anne
     Em
the James to my Lily, why can't you understand?
    F
The reality, that we aren't meant to be
                  Fm                                     C
Is tearing these native romantic dreams off at the seams
              C
You were the Peter to my Wendy, the Gansey to my Blue
Em
Hector to my Andromachie was so in love with you
    F                   Fm
and I, am too lost to cry


Bridge:
C
Living life through fiction gives unrealistic aims
Em
I thought that I found love but I got burnt by all the flames
          F
But I will not fall to a stop
Fm
Cause I almost found, I almost found



Chorus:
    C
The Darcy to my Bennet, the Gilbert to my Anne
     Em
the James to my Lily, why can't you understand?
    F
The reality, that we aren't meant to be
                  Fm                                     C
Is tearing these native romantic dreams off at the seams
              C
Yeah you were the Peter to my Wendy, the Gansey to my Blue
Em
Hector to my Andromachie was so in love with you
    F                   Fm
and I, just need time

Cause I almost found, I almost found