If We Were Vampires chords by Jason Isbell And The 400 Unit

verse 1
              Am            C                A#
It's not the long, flowing dress that you're in
        Am           C          A#
Or the light coming off of your skin
             Dm                        F
The fragile heart you protected for so long
        Dm                              F    C
Or the mercy in your sense of right and wrong
               Am              C          A#
It's not your hands searching slow in the dark
         Am            C          A#
Or your nails leaving love's watermark
              Dm                      F
It's not the way you talk me off the roof
       Dm                              F    C
Your questions like directions to the truth

Chorus
       Dm                             F
It's knowing that this can't go on forever
   Dm                            F            C
Likely one of us will have to spend some days alone
  Dm                          F
Maybe we'll get forty years together
   C                 Dm
But one day I'll be gone
   Dm                 F    C
Or one day you'll be gone

verse 2
             Am           C         A#
If we were vampires and death was a joke
        Am          C           A#
We'd go out on the sidewalk and smoke
         Dm                      F
Laugh at all the lovers and their plans
    Dm                                 F   C
I wouldn't feel the need to hold your hand
       Am           C       A#
Maybe time running out is a gift
           Am           C         A#
I'll work hard 'til the end of my shift
     Dm                          F
And give you every second I can find
     Dm                          F    C
And hope it isn't me who's left behind

Chorus
       Dm                               F
It's knowing that this can't go on forever
  Dm                           F              C
Likely one of us will have to spend some days alone
  Dm                          F
Maybe we'll get forty years together
   C                Dm
But one day I'll be gone
                     F    C
Or one day you'll be gone
       Dm                          F
It's knowing that this can't go on forever
  Dm                          F               C
Likely one of us will have to spend some days alone
  Dm                          F
Maybe we'll get forty years together
   C                Dm
But one day I'll be gone
                      F   C
Or one day you'll be gone