Front Porch Sunrise chords by Forever Came Calling

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Intro:
E - B x2
E - B - F# x2


Verse:
E               B
This isn"t good morning, this is
             F#
gracious bad news.

I was calling to scar you with what
             E
I'm "bout to do.
    B
You burned your sorrows and I burned
     F#
mine too, but you kept the ashes and
                    E
now they"re keeping you.

Chorus:
E                     B
 What"s it like to be honest, honestly
F#
happy, and say all the things that you
                 E
know that you"re thinking?
                     B
What"s it like to be honest, honestly
F#
happy, and say all the things that you
                 E
know that you"re thinking?
E       B    F#
I don"t need anyone or anything.
E               B       F#
Between you and me is a distance that I bridge with sleep, so.

E


Verse:
B                       E
I"m cutting clearly and straight to your room,
B                         E
crawling your bed to that windowless view.
             B                   E
"Cause these blankets and sheets will bury me
                F#         E
if I let myself go to your fathers beliefs.

G#m - E x2

G#m       F#     E
'You will always be the boy who
G#m         F#  E          B
stumbled in too soon,' she said.
G#m       F#     E
'You will always be the boy that
G#m         F#  E          B
stumbled in too soon,' she said.


Chorus:
E                      B
  What"s it like to be honest,
         F#
honestly happy, and say all the things
                          E
that you know that you"re thinking?
E                      B
  What"s it like to be honest,
         F#
honestly happy?
E            B         F#m
I don"t need anyone or anything.
E               B       F#m
Between you and me is a distance that I bridge with sleep, so.


  E                    B
I want it so badly but I have to break
    F#
the promise I made for your front porch that day.
  E                        B
I spent last night talking secrets and
          F#
graves, a place that my promise has now wormed its way.

E - F# - G#m - B

E
And your parents were on your front lawn screaming.
F#
I"m the kid that"s keeping you lost and
G#m
I could never be what you want.
B
I could never, I could
E
And your parents were on your front lawn screaming.
F#
I"m the kid that"s keeping you lost and
G#m
I could never be what you want.
B
I could never, I could
E
And your parents were on your front lawn screaming.
F#
I"m the kid that"s keeping you lost and
G#m
I could never be what you want.
B B
I could never, I could never.