Chords with lyrics
♫ Intro:
G+G D MajorD G+G D MajorD A augmentedA F# minorF#m G+G D MajorD G+G
♫ Verse 1:
G+G D MajorD
You know the distance never made a difference to me
G+G D MajorD
I swam a lake of fire
I'd have walked across the floor of any sea
A augmentedA F# minorF#m
Ignored the vastness between all that can be seen
G+G D MajorD
And all that we believe
♫ Chorus:
G+G D MajorD G+G
So I thought you were like an angel to me
♫ Verse 2:
G+G G+G D MajorD
Funny how true colors shine in darkness and in secrecy
D MajorD G+G D MajorD
If there were scarlet flags, they washed out in the mind of me
D MajorD A augmentedA F# minorF#m
Where a blinding light shone on you every night
G+G D MajorD
Either side of my sleep
♫ Chorus:
G+G D MajorD
Where you were held frozen like an angel to me
♫ Post-Chorus:
F#m7F#m7 E minor 7Em7
It ain't the being alone
Sha-la-la
F#m7F#m7 E minor 7Em7
It ain't the empty home, baby
F#m7F#m7 E minor 7Em7
You know I'm good on my own
G+G D MajorD
Sha-la-la, baby, no, it's more the being unknown
G+G D MajorD
So much of the living, love, is the being unknown
♫ Verse 3:
G+G G+G D MajorD
You called me angel for the first time, my heart leapt from me
G+G D MajorD
You smile now
I can see its pieces still stuck in your teeth
D MajorD
And what's left of it
I listen to it tick
A augmentedA F# minorF#m
Every tedious beat
♫ Chorus:
G+G D MajorD
Going unknown as any angel to me
♫ Post-Chorus:
F#m7F#m7 E minor 7Em7
It ain't the being alone
Sha-la-la, sha-la-la, la, la-la
F#m7F#m7 E minor 7Em7
It ain't the empty home, baby
Sha-la-la, la-la-la
F#m7F#m7 E minor 7Em7
You know I'm good on my own
G+G D MajorD
Sha-la-la, baby, no, it's more the being unknown
G+G D MajorD
And there are some people, love, who are better unknown
G+G D MajorD G+G D MajorD A augmentedA F# minorF#m G+G D MajorD G+G