Chords with lyrics
Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)
The song is in the key of E, but it is played Capo IV with chord shapes in the key of C majorC
Intro:
C majorC G+G A minorAm FF G+G x2
Verse 1:
C majorC
Everything was on fire,
FF C majorC
Anticipation on our tongue
FF A minorAm
Made it easy to remember
G+G C/GC/G G+G
Didn't have long to be young.
C majorC
And the moon beckoned our eyes
FF C majorC
Mine got lost along the way
FF A minorAm C majorC
By an ever growing picture
G+G C majorC
If I gave myself away.
A minorAm G+G
I couldn't remember
A minorAm G+G
All the lives I had lived
Chorus:
FF G+G
It was your beauty that caught my attention
A minorAm G+G FF
It was your kindness that made me stay
G+G
But for all my growing affections
C majorC G/BG/B FF
It was your soul I fell in love with that day
C majorC G+G C majorC
It was your soul I fell in love with that day.
Instrumental:
C majorC G+G A minorAm FF G+G x2
Verse 2:
C majorC
You've seen the me that I've hated
FF C majorC
And I have seen the you that you're not
FF G+G A minorAm
You just keep staring at the pictures
G+G C/GC/G G+G
And I'm avoiding the clock.
C majorC
Oh, but our rope is one that is braided
FF C majorC
And it has stood the test of weight
FF G+G A minorAm
Though the fire may have faded
FF G+G C majorC
The moon still shines like it did on that day.
Chorus:
FF G+G
It was your beauty that caught my attention
A minorAm G+G FF
It was your kindness that made me stay
G+G
But for all my growing affections
C majorC G/BG/B FF
It was your soul I fell in love with that day
C majorC G+G C majorC
It was your soul I fell in love with that day.
Tag:
A minorAm FF C majorC G+G x2
Bridge:
A minorAm G+G
I couldn't remember
A minorAm G+G
All the lives I had lived
Chorus:
FF G+G
It was your beauty that caught my attention
C majorC G/BG/B FF
It was your kindness that made me stay
G+G
But for all my growing affections
C majorC G/BG/B FF
It was your soul I fell in love with that day
C majorC G/BG/B FF
It was your soul I fell in love with that day.
C majorC G+G C majorC
It is your soul I am in love with this day.