Hourglass chords by Amanda Lee (Amalee)

Chords with lyrics

• Capo on 1st

Intro:

A minorAm


Verse 1:

FF        FF
 Breathe in the smoke and dust
DmDm       DmDm     G+G
 Rise up, the seconds are racing back, racing back
           DmDm     C majorC
I'll be here when we meet the end
    FF       G+G
But for now I'll send
         A minorAm  A minorAm Am A minorAm Am A minorAm FF F
A augmentedA message back in time

Pre-chorus:

      FF  FF       DmDm    DmDm
You took my hand, said we were skybound
     A minorAm   A minorAm      G+G  G+G
And for a moment
time stood still
      FF  FF        G+G    G+G
This is our vow, this love that we found
      A minorAm    DmDm      FF  E minorEm
It's gonna break us
and when it does we'll jump back

Chorus:

FF  C majorC    G+G
 We had forever
A minorAm
Baby, it's unstoppable
FF  A minorAm    DmDm DmDm
 Because forever is impossible
FF     DmDm        A minorAm
 Never forget me, never forget me
     G+G              A minorAm  A minorAm Am A minorAm
Guess our hourglass is runnin' out of time

Verse 2:

A minorAm        A minorAm
 You throw your sticks and stones
A minorAm       A minorAm             FF
 You know your words can bleed through my bones
    FF         G+G  G+G
Well
I guess that's not enough
        FF
Keep on tryin', break me down
       FF
I was born of fire
         DmDm
Come on, knock me to the ground
   E minorEm
Maybe then you'll see how
A minorAm        G+G       DmDm
Every blow you've dealt me sets me free
C majorC    C/BC/B   A minorAm  A minorAm Am A minorAm Am A minorAm Am A minorAm
 I'll remain unbroken

Pre-chorus:

      FF  FF       DmDm    DmDm
You took my hand, said we were skybound
     A minorAm    A minorAm       G+G   G+G
And I believed you as time stood still
      FF  FF        G+G     G+G
Our spoken vow, those lies that you wound
       A minorAm    DmDm       FF E minorEm
They're gonna break us
and when they do we'll jump back

Chorus:

FF  C majorC   G+G
 We had forever
A minorAm
Baby, now it's in the past
FF  G+G    A minorAm Am
 Our once forever wasn't meant to last
FF     G+G        A minorAm
 Never forget me, never forget me
     A minorAm                FF C majorC G+G A minorAm
Guess our hourglass is runnin' out of time

Pre-chorus:

      FF  C majorC       G+G    DmDm
You took my hand, said we were skybound
      FF   G+G      A minorAm  A minorAm
And at that moment it all came back
      FF  G+G        A minorAm     C majorC
Our spoken vow, those lies that you've wound
       FF    C majorC     G+G A minorAm
They're gonna break us, but never me

Outro:

      DmDm  FF      E MajorE      A minorAm
You took my hand, oh, you took my hand