Chords with lyrics
Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)
Key: G+G
Difficulty: Intermediate
Chords used:
G+G E minorEm D MajorD C majorC G5G5 A5A5 B5B5 C5C5 D5D5 E5E5
e|--3--|--7--|--5--|--3--|-----|-----|-----|-----|-----|-----|
b|--3--|--8--|--7--|--5--|-----|-----|-----|-----|-----|-----|
g|--4--|--9--|--7--|--5--|-----|-----|-----|--5--|--7--|-----|
D MajorD|--5--|--9--|-----|-----|--5--|--7--|--9--|--5--|--7--|--2--|
A augmentedA|--5--|-----|-----|-----|--5--|--7--|--9--|--3--|--5--|--2--|
E MajorE|-----|-----|-----|-----|--3--|--5--|--7--|-----|-----|--0--|
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| < > Harmonics
| ~ Let Ring
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Verse:
G+G E minorEm
I wish I could be mad and break something
G+G D MajorD
I wish they took me instead, you were nothing
C majorC
Short of all the things I'll never be
D MajorD G+G
You would never be bitter like me
Interlude 1:
(Played on bass in the original)
e|------------|
b|------------|
g|------------|
D MajorD|------------|
A augmentedA|------------|
E MajorE|---0--1--2--|
Verse:
G+G E minorEm
You solved my problems like it was your job
G+G D MajorD
I never thought that one day you'd be gone
C majorC
Or I'd tell you how much late night talks
D MajorD
Really did mean everything to me
Pre-Chorus:
G5G5 A5A5 B5B5 C5C5 D5D5
Bad times for everyone today
Interlude 2:
(harmonics)
e|---------------|
b|-< 7 >---------|
g|--------< 7 >--|
D MajorD|---------------|
A augmentedA|---------------|
E MajorE|---------------|
Chorus:
G5G5 E5E5
I only wish this could be your hand across the page
B5B5 A5A5
And I only wish this could be a song for you sing
G5G5 E5E5
And I only wish that it was me in the car that day
B5B5 A5A5
And I only wish that I said goodbye before you went away
G5G5 D5D5
Then you could tell me how
G+G
To get through these days
Verse:
G+G E minorEm
Miniature golf cannot be played
G+G D MajorD
Once the seasons change, end this summer holiday
C majorC
Knew the sun would shine again
D MajorD G+G
Didn't know that this one was your last
Interlude 3:
G+G G+G G+G G+G
e|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
b|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
g|-12~-12-12-12-12~-|-12~-12-12-12-12~-|-12~-12-12-12-12~-|-12~-12-12-12-12~-|
D MajorD|-12~-12-12-12-12~-|-12~-12-12-12-12~-|-12~-12-12-12-12~-|-12~-12-12-12-12~-|
A augmentedA|-10~-10-10-10-10~-|-10~-10-10-10-10~-|-10~-10-10-10-10~-|-10~-10-10-10-10~-|
E MajorE|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
Verse:
G+G E minorEm
Summer started off me pacing in a room
G+G
Feeling comfort only seconds long
D MajorD
Hoping passersby were you
C majorC
Not-so-distant memories
D MajorD
Cried that night cause they took you too soon
Pre-Chorus:
G5G5 A5A5 B5B5 C5C5 D5D5
Bad times for everyone today
Chorus:
G5G5 E5E5
Only wish this could be your hand across the page
B5B5 A5A5
And I only wish this could be a song for you sing
G5G5 E5E5
And I only wish that it was me in the car that day
B5B5 A5A5
And I only wish that I said goodbye before you went away
Bridge 1:
D MajorD
Like everybody else
G+G
I have my own shit list and
D MajorD
I want to you to know that
G+G
You were at the bottom of it
D5D5
Little technicalities and indescribabilities and
G5G5
I can't put my finger on it
D5D5
Now I'm in this fucking van
C5C5
5000 things I won't forget:
G+G
Your face
G+G
Move on
G+G
Again
G+G
Goodbye
Bridge 2:
(THIS ENTIRE PART IS PLAYED ALONG WITH THE VOCALS. Bass plays alone first time. Palm-mute first two bars)
G5G5 E5E5 G5G5 A5A5
e|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
b|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
g|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
D MajorD|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
A augmentedA|-------------------------|-----------------3-0-----|---5---5---5---5---5---5-|---7---7---7---7---7---7-|
E MajorE|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-5-3-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-----3-0-|-3---3---3---3---3---3---|-5---5---5---5---5---5---|
G5G5 E5E5
How I long to share eternal life with you
G5G5
And how I long to share eternal life with you
A5A5
And how I long to share eternal life with you
G5G5
And how I long to share eternal life with you
E5E5
And how I long to share eternal life with you
G5G5
And how I long to share eternal life with you
A5A5
And how I long to share eternal life with you
And how I long to share eternal life
G5G5 E5E5
I only wish this could be your hand across the page
G5G5 A5A5
And I only wish this could be a song for you sing
G5G5
Only wish that it-
(Switch to chords)
E5E5
Was me in the car that day!
B5B5 A5A5
Only wish that I said goodbye before you went away!
G5G5 D5D5
Then you could tell me how...
Bridge 3:
G5G5
To get through these days
E5E5 B5B5 A5A5 G5G5
If we had just a-nother day
E5E5 B5B5 A5A5 G5G5
We'd have a ball instead of pissing it all a-way
E5E5 B5B5 A5A5 D5D5
Three cheers for all those summer days
G5G5 E5E5 B5B5 A5A5
He-heeeeeeeeeeeeeeey-Yeah!
e|------------------------|-------------------------|
b|------------------------|-------------------------|
g|-7~~~~-5--3--------5--3-|-5~~~--5--3--------------|
D MajorD|-------------5~~~~------|-------------5~~~~-------|
A augmentedA|------------------------|-------------------------|
E MajorE|------------------------|-------------------------| (x2)
(^This is played on trombone)
Interlude 4:
(Part is played by bells and trombone, but if you wanna play it on guitar here you go)
G5G5 E5E5 B5B5 A5A5
e|------------------------|-------------------------|
b|------------------------|-------------------------|
g|-5-----5--7--5~~~~------|-5-----5--7--9--7--9--7--|
D MajorD|----5-----------------5-|----5--------------------|
A augmentedA|------------------------|-------------------------|
E MajorE|------------------------|-------------------------| (x2)
Ending:
G+G
How I long to share eternal life with you and (x7)
G+G
How I long to share eternal life with