Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E) Intro: A A A A e|---------------------------------------| B|---------------------------------------| G|----2---------2--------2--------2------|X2 D|----------2--------2--------2-------2--| A|--0---------0--------0--------0--------| E|---------------------------------------| //This bassline concept repeats for the rest of the chords in the //first half of Verse 1 and comes back a couple of times during the song Verse 1: A C#m There was once a girl D E I felt I'd known forever C#m F#m Her name in every song Bm E Her smile in every summer A C#m Across the continent D E We'd go on adventures C#m But now F#m Bm E We are apart A C#m But I still picture us D E Livin' in the same house C#m F#m Somewhere by the sea Bm E It wouldn't have to be much A C#m A place for her and me D E C#m Yeah, that'd be everything that we F#m Bm E Would ever need
Bridge: D G7 And when the night winds beat upon our house C#m F#7 The windows shaking, our power goes out Bm Bm7 But isn't it amazing, me and her E And me and her Pre-Chorus: A C#m Summer time is gone D E I go about my business C#m F#m I would give anything Bm E (A) To hold her hand just one more time C#m7 C#m7 Chorus: A C#m I'm scared, that I D E Won't e-ver change C#m F#m I think, about Bm E Her e-very day A C#m I can't let go D E I can't go on C#m F#m Bm E I'm not okay at all Verse 2: A C#m Oh, she was by my side D E When I first saw the ocean C#m F#m One-thousand miles wide Bm E And we both dipped our toes in A C#m And stayed there for a while D E C#m F#m And watched the sky turn red and orange Bm E Yeah Bridge 2: D G7 C#m F#m Later, the stars came out Bm Bm7 Then we sat in the sand E With her hand in my hand C#m7 C#m7 Chorus: A C#m I'm scared, that I D E Won't e-ver change C#m F#m I think, about Bm E Her e-very day A C#m I can't let go D E I can't go on C#m F#m Bm E I'm not okay at all Yeah e|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| B|------12-12-------------------10-10--------------------9-9--------------------7-7-------------------------| G|------13-13-------13-13-------11-11-------11-11--------9-9--------9--9--------7-7--------7-7--------------|X2 D|------------------14-14-------------------12-12------------------11-11-------------------9-9--------------| A|--0-----------0-----------0----------0--------------0--------0-------------0--------0---------------------| E|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| I made ways to for- get, how It felt when we were A Alone (Lone) A That could never be (Lone) A Real Interlude and Short Solo: A C#m D E C#m F#m Bm E x4 Chorus: A C#m I'm scared, that I D E Won't e-ver change C#m F#m I think, about Bm E Her e-very day A C#m I can't let go D E I can't go on C#m F#m Bm E I'm not okay at all Outro and Short Solo: A C#m D E C#m F#m Bm E x2 A A A A
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