Chords with lyrics
Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)
Key: C majorC
Difficulty: Intermediate
Intro:
C majorC FF C majorC A minorAm G+G (x3)
Verse 1:
C majorC
I know you know I know that there's something that's worth holding on to
FF A minorAm G+G
In spite of the burned out scene and the aging pains of the quiet little monsters
C majorC
And you know I know you know that I feel the same, I feel just like you do
FF A minorAm G+G
When I hear you say sometimes there's something pure about growing up lonesome
Pre-Chorus:
A minorAm
All my life I was
C majorC
the quiet kind
A minorAm FF G+G
I just kept to myself and my dreaming
A minorAm E MajorE
All my life I just tried to survive
A minorAm FF G+G
I'm not trying to shut you out
Chorus:
C majorC
And she says "I just wanna live,
FF
and if I get the chance, then I would wanna live again"
A minorAm
But I get this nightmare
G+G FF G+G
where you leave me on my own
C majorC
All I want is to let you know
FF
but my words get lost and haunt the back of my throat
A minorAm
And little nightmares
G+G FF
keep telling me you'll go
G+G C majorC
Keep telling me you'll go
Interlude:
C majorC FF C majorC A minorAm G+G (x2)
Verse 2:
C majorC
I see you shake and shake and shake and shake and I wanna reach out now
FF
Because there must be a brighter light there's a simple life
A minorAm G+G
that gets past these breakdowns
C majorC
And you know that I know you know that I crash the same in tiny little pieces
FF
You gotta know that I'm on your side and there's something gold
A minorAm G+G
about someone you can bleed on
Pre-Chorus:
A minorAm
All my life I was
C majorC
the killing kind
A minorAm FF G+G
I was cool as the cold stormy weather
A minorAm E MajorE
All my life I just tried to survive
A minorAm FF G+G
I'm not trying to shut you out
Chorus:
C majorC
And she says "I just wanna live,
FF
and if I get the chance, then I would wanna live again"
A minorAm
But I get this nightmare
G+G FF G+G
where you leave me on my own
C majorC
All I want is to let you know
FF
but my words get lost and haunt the back of my throat
A minorAm
And little nightmares
G+G FF
keep telling me you'll go
G+G C majorC
Keep telling me you'll go
Interlude:
C majorC FF C majorC A minorAm G+G (x2)
Bridge:
C majorC
Don't you know
G+G
there's an ocean of hope
FF
underneath the grey sky
G+G
where you're dreaming
C majorC
And it's so hard to know
E MajorE
which lonely hand you should hold
A minorAm FF
But you can hold me until you don't want me
C majorC G+G FF
We can cry together through the bad dreams
C majorC G+G FF
We can cry together through the bad dreams
C majorC G+G FF
We can cry together through the bad dreams
C majorC G+G FF
We can cry together through the bad dreams
E MajorE FF G+G
Through the nightmare that is the waiting and
Interlude:
C majorC FF A minorAm G+G FF G+G
Chorus:
C majorC
She says "I just wanna live,
FF
and if we get the chance, then I would wanna live again"
A minorAm
But I get this nightmare
G+G FF G+G
where you leave me on my own
C majorC
All I want is to let you know
FF
but my words get lost and haunt the back of my throat
A minorAm
Wild horses
G+G FF G+G
couldn't drag me away (from you baby), and
C majorC
She says "I just wanna live,
FF
and if we get the chance, then I would wanna live again"
A minorAm
But I get this nightmare
G+G FF G+G
where you leave me on my own
C majorC FF C majorC A minorAm G+G
Where you leave me on my own