Chords with lyrics
Tuning: G C E A (G C E A)
Intro:
Bm C F C
C G Dm Dm
repeat 2x from Bm
Verse 1:
Bm C F C
Now the parking lot is empty
C G Dm Dm
Everyones gone someplace
Bm C F C
I pick you up and in the trunk Ive packed
C G Dm Dm
A cooler and a two-day suitcase
Bm C F C
Cause theres a place we like to drive
C G Dm Dm
Way out in the country
Bm C F C
Five miles out of the city limit were singing
C G Dm Dm G G
And your hands upon my knee
Chorus:
C C
So were okay Were fine
F G
Baby Im here to stop your crying
C C
Chase all the ghosts from your head
F G
Im stronger than the monster beneath your bed
F Dm
Smarter than the tricks played on your heart
Well look at them
C G F F
together then well take them apart Adding up the
Dm F
total of a love thats true
G G
Multiply life by the power of
Bm C F C
two
C G Dm Dm
Verse 2:
Bm C F C
You know the things that I am afraid of
C G Dm Dm
Im not afraid to tell
Bm C F C
And if we ever leave a legacy
C G Dm Dm
Its that we loved each other well
Bm C F C
Cause Ive seen the shadows of so many people
C G Dm Dm
Trying on the treasures of youth
Bm C F C
But a fall of fancy and fast ends in a fatal crash
C G Dm Dm G G
And Im glad we got off to tell you the truth
Chorus:
C C
Cause were okay were fine
F G
Baby Im here to stop your crying
C C
Chase all the ghosts from your head
F G
Im stronger than the monster beneath your bed
F Dm
Smarter than the tricks played on your heart
C G F F
Well look at them together then well take them apart
Dm F
Adding up the total of a love thats true
G G
Multiply life by the power of two
Interlude:
Bm C F C
C G Dm
Bridge:
Dm F
All the shiny little trinkets of temptation
C G F
Something new instead of something old
Dm F
All you gotta do is scratch beneath the surface
C G Dm
And its fools gold
F C Dm
Fools gold
F C Dm
Fools gold
Bm C F C
Now were talking about a difficult thing
C G Dm Dm
And your eyes are getting wet
Bm C F C
It took us for better and it took us for worse
C G Dm Dm
Dont you ever forget it
Bm C F C
Now the steel bars between me and a promise
C G Dm Dm
Suddenly bend with ease
Bm C F C
The closer Im bound in love to you
C G Dm Dm
The closer I am to free
Chorus:
C C
So were okay were fine
F G
Baby Im here to stop your crying
C C
Chase all the ghosts from your head
F G
Im stronger than the monster beneath your bed
F Dm
Smarter than the tricks played on your heart
C G F F
Well look at them together then well take them apart
Dm F
Adding up the total of a love thats true
G G
Multiply life by the power of two