Chords with lyrics
Key: F#F# Major
Capo 1 (FF Major chords)
Intro:
DmDm A minorAm G minorGm
Verse 1:
DmDm A minorAm G minorGm
I wanted to sit out of this one but my God you're so convincing
DmDm A minorAm G minorGm
I said I would, and I meant I'd try but with a wealth of doubts came a mouth full of lies
DmDm A minorAm G minorGm
I sank my teeth into kingdom come and spit out my years and held back my tongue
Verse 2:
DmDm A minorAm G minorGm
Make this your business what I am about to say
DmDm A minorAm G minorGm
The last touch between us took this all the way
Bb majorBb FF DmDm A minorAm
Don't believe for once that I could let this go away
Bb majorBb FF DmDm A minorAm
It's right behind, these eyes of mine even if I stay
Verse 3:
DmDm A minorAm G minorGm DmDm A minorAm G minorGm
And I wanted to fix this like you fixed my name to this
DmDm A minorAm G minorGm
I said I would, and I meant I'd try but with a wealth of doubts came a mouth full of lies
DmDm A minorAm G minorGm
I sank my teeth into kingdom come and spit out my years pulled back my tongue
Chorus 1:
DmDm
Forget the wasted time we've made it
A minorAm G minorGm
The stars are out just in time to see
DmDm
The dark retreating and shadows fleeting
A minorAm G minorGm
We found the ground beneath our feet
DmDm
What's stopping you (What's stopping you)
A minorAm G minorGm
What's stopping you don't let this in
DmDm
What's stopping you (What's stopping you)
A minorAm G minorGm DmDm
What's stopping you can't stop all of this
A minorAm G minorGm
All of this
Verse 4:
DmDm A minorAm
These clumsy arms can't be the first
G minorGm
Distance your regrets is what I've heard
DmDm
You sit there with a pardon like a present
A minorAm G minorGm
Oh my soul
DmDm
Those words I guess I'm never gonna be alone
A minorAm G minorGm
But I'm on my own
DmDm A minorAm G minorGm
Don't believe for once that I would let this go away
Chorus 2:
DmDm
Forget the wasted time we've made it
(I knew it right away)
A minorAm G minorGm
The stars are out just in time to see
(This would break all of their hearts)
DmDm
The dark retreating and shadows fleeting
(I couldn't stay away)
A minorAm G minorGm
We found the ground beneath our feet
(A augmentedA good person always plays their part)
DmDm
What's stopping you (What's stopping you)
A minorAm G minorGm
What's stopping you don't let this in
DmDm
What's stopping you (What's stopping you)
A minorAm G minorGm
What's stopping you can't stop all of this
Bridge:
DmDm
Always wanted to say that I would be the first
DmDm
From the ground to the table I planned and rehearsed
DmDm
To be there at the moment to capture my name
DmDm
But it's yours and not mine, and it's yours that he made
Breakdown:
DmDm
Lift up your hands it's surrender or praise
DmDm
So you burn all your plans for the words you believed
DmDm
The nails you learned to drive between
DmDm
The wood and earth that made you see
DmDm
That simple men of simple means
DmDm
Can hold the heavens in their hands
Outro:
FF A minorAm DmDm
Second place I find here
(I've always known my part)
FF A minorAm DmDm
The upper case is Yours not mine
(But I would love to see this through)
FF A minorAm DmDm
Teach these hands to have fear
(Could we go back to the start)
FF A minorAm DmDm
Orchestrate my words and lines
(When it was just me and you)
FF A minorAm DmDm FF
But I never said I wanted any of this...