Chords with lyrics
Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)
Intro:
C majorC Gadd11 A minorAm
Verse 1:
C majorC Gadd11
If you knew I would die tomorrow
A minorAm
Would you be happy with all of the things you've done
C majorC Gadd11
Years they never seem to slow down
A minorAm
'Till they're gone
C majorC Gadd11
The air, it seems is getting cold now
A minorAm
And I can feel my mind
C majorC Gadd11
Room is spinning round-and-round
A minorAm
And fuck, please wake me up
Chorus 1:
C majorC
Now I've got these memories in me 'till the day that I leave
Gadd11 A minorAm
'Till the day I believe in the stories I read when I'm alone
C majorC
I've got my family in Ohio and my girl in L.A
Gadd11 A minorAm
My mom and dad in Texas but I can't seem to stay for too long
Too long
Refrain:
Fmaj7Fmaj7 C majorC
Now when I leave it's not just for me, it's not just for me
A minorAm E minorEm
I promised to keep when I was crying and you held my hand
Fmaj7Fmaj7 C majorC
Tell my mother that I'm gone and my sister that I love her so
A minorAm
And oh my father he ought to know
E minorEm Gadd11
I've been doing just fine on my own
On my own
Instrumental:
C majorC Gadd11 A minorAm
Verse 2:
C majorC Gadd11
Yeah I remember you laying down there
A minorAm
And you could hardly cry, saw it in your eye
C majorC Gadd11
Then you told us it'll be okay
A minorAm
But fuck, I'm still not okay, okay
C majorC Gadd11 A minorAm
Oh yeah, all of this hurt I sing about for the chimes, the chimes
C majorC Gadd11
Yeah, I know I should've shown you my face more
A minorAm
But it was easier for me to drink away my pain
Now I think about it every day
Chorus 2:
C majorC
Okay, you said, "now Julia and I have an angel above
Gadd11 A minorAm
And now there'll never be a day when she's not by our side, our side"
C majorC
Yeah I've got my family in Ohio and my girl in L.A
Gadd11 A minorAm
My ma and dad in Texas but I can't seem to stay for too long
For too long
Refrain:
Fmaj7Fmaj7 C majorC
Now when I leave it's not just for me, it's not just for me
A minorAm E minorEm
I promised to keep when I was crying and you held my hand
Fmaj7Fmaj7 C majorC
Tell my mother that I'm gone and my sister that I love her so
A minorAm
And oh my father he ought to know
E minorEm Gadd11
I've been doing just fine on my own
On my own
Instrumental:
C majorC Gadd11 A minorAm
Outro:
Fmaj7Fmaj7 C majorC
Now and then, now and then, I just hold it in
Gadd11 C majorC Gadd11
But oh my god, I feel it burning in my chest again
Fmaj7Fmaj7 C majorC
An' outside as the snow stuck, to the pavement
Gadd11 C majorC Gadd11
My sister had tears rolling down her freezing skin
Fmaj7Fmaj7 C majorC Gadd11
Time-to-time I wonder why it had to happen so soon
C majorC Gadd11
Why'd it have to happen so soon
Instrumental:
Fmaj7Fmaj7 C majorC Gadd11 C majorC Gadd11