Capo
1
Difficulty
Intermediate
Rate for accuracy
🎸
Key: Eb
πΈ Intro:
G D/F# A D D
G D/F# A D D
πΈ Verse 1:
G D/F# A D
I have lived in a daydream
G D/F# A D
Always surrounded by people like me
G D/F# A D
Finding the perks of being almost gone
G D/F# A D
But I can only stay here for so long.
πΈ Interlude:
G D/F# A D
πΈ Verse 2:
G D/F# A D
Every day it feels the same
G D/F# A D
'Till I saw ya sitting there and you asked for my name
G D/F# A D
I knew you would comprehend
G D/F# A D A
We've lived the beginning and we've seen the end.
πΈ Chorus:
G Bm A/C# D
So you will ask a question, and I'll give you an answer
G D A Bm
We'll try to understand, we'll try to understand
G Bm A/C# Bm
And I'll give you a reason why we can't be more than friends
G D A*
Try to understand
I'm a timebomb ticking down 'till the end.
πΈ Interlude:
G D/F# A D
G D/F# A D
πΈ Verse 3:
G D/F# A D
They say it only works if the timing's right
G D/F# A D
But it seems impossible to get the stars to align
G D/F# A D
We wish for the same things on them every night
G D/F# A
So you're gonna take me away and find out what
D G D/F# A D A
The future could be.
πΈ Chorus:
G Bm A/C# D
So you will ask a question, and I'll give you an answer
G D A Bm
We'll try to understand, we'll try to understand
G Bm A/C# Bm
And I'll dismiss the reason why we can't be more than friends
G D A*
Try to understand
I'm a timebomb ticking down 'till the end.
πΈ Bridge:
G D/F# A D A
Bm A/C# D
G Bm D A
Bm A/C# D G D A
I want to see how it feels to be here before I go
Bm A/C# D G D A
But there's so much you have got to let me kno-ow.
πΈ Verse 4:
G D/F# A D
Say it quick and tell me how
G D/F# A D
It's spreading all through you now
G D/F# A D
It was always supposed to be me
G D/F# A D G D/F# A D A
So I'll stay by your bedside as your bright blue eyes are fading to white.
πΈ Chorus:
G Bm A/C# D
You still ask a question, and I give you an answer
G D A Bm
I've learned to understand that I'll never understand
G Bm A/C# Bm
The days were numbered 1-2-3 but more than friends was infinity
G D A*
I have to understand, you're a timebomb ticking down 'till the end.
πΈ Outro:
G D/F# A D D
G D/F# A D
Legend:
* after chord means strike chord once and let it ring.
Chords:
D/F# 2x0232:
Song History
Published: June 21, 2022
Last Updated: September 10, 2025