Innocence And Sadness chords by Dermot Kennedy

• Difficulty: Intermediate 💪

Key: B

Intro:

 B  | B  | G#m  | G#m  :




Verse 1:
B
 Never felt alone till the late night
B
 Never knew she was my home till the tears dried
G#m
 Workin' on the karma, but it takes time
N.C.                         G#m
Innocence and sadness was a fine line
E

 Better savour every moment as it flies by
G#m                F#
 Every minute, boy, better live it, boy
E
 Maybe someday you'll be happy for me, oh
I
G#m                F#
 Every minute, boy, steady rhythm joy


Pre-Chorus:
     E
The reason I stay
         G#m        F#
Wеll
I need you today
         E
Baby
I would bleed in your name
               G#m                   F#
I'm tryin' to be who you need me to bе


Chorus:
                        E
I woulda waited for you all night to talk for a minute
                    G#m                      F#
I'll sing into the cold dark night till you listen
                         E
Some people spend their life heads down, souls hidden
                G#m                  F#
I'm tryin' to be who you need me to be, well


Instrumental:
 B  | B  | G#m  | G#m  :


Verse 2:
B
 Never felt alone till the late night
B
 Never knew she was my home till the king cried
G#m
 Lost inside the forest, but it feels fine
N.C.                          G#m
Innocence and sadness in the same night
E
 All the love that just got stolen from your wide eyes
G#m                F#
 Every minute, boy, better live it, boy
E
 Let your tears erode my shoulder like a cliff side
G#m                 F#
 Heavy minutes, boy, steady rhythm joy


Pre-Chorus:
     E
The reason I stay
         G#m        F#
Wеll
I need you today
         E
Baby
I would bleed in your name
               G#m                   F#
I'm tryin' to be who you need me to bе


Chorus:
                        E
I woulda waited for you all night to talk for a minute
                    G#m                      F#
I'll sing into the cold dark night till you listen
                         E
Some people spend their life heads down, souls hidden
                G#m                  F#
I'm tryin' to be who you need me to be, well


Instrumental:
 G#m   F#  | E  : 4x


Bridge:
G#m     F#             E
 I'd do anything for smiles
I'd move Heaven and Earth
G#m      F#              E
 Nobody told me at the start how heaven can hurt
G#m       F#              E
 I'll be waitin' under streetlight at Bowery and 3rd
G#m          F#           E
 Know I was waitin' on ya, know I was waitin' on ya
G#m        F#                  E
 Darlin', don't spend another second wonderin' what you're worth
G#m     F#             E
 Don't you ever get affected by the ways of this world
G#m        F#               E
 Wouldn't say my soul's protected, but there's somethin' at work
G#m     F#           E
 I was waitin' on ya, know I was waitin' on ya


Instrumental:
 B  | B  | G#m  | G#m   F# :


Outro:
E
 Better savour every moment as it flies by
G#m                F#
 Every minute, boy, better live it, boy
E
 Return me safely, turn me homeward at the right time
G#m                F#
 Every minute, boy, steady rhythm joy
E
 Better savour every moment as it flies by
G#m                F#
 Every minute, boy, better live it, boy
E
 Return me safely, turn me homeward at the right time
G#m                 F#
 Heavy minutes, boy, steady rhythm joy