Chords with lyrics
Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)
Verse 1:
FF
Another day, another welcome mat
DmDm
A augmentedA door engraved with twenty-eight, I won't remember that
Bb majorBb C majorC
These corridors, they never lead to anywhere
FF
Another face, a late reminder of
DmDm
How I'm so used to being used
So, I don't carry love
Bb majorBb
My hands, they pay respect to what they
C majorC
once could bare
Oh, how I wish you'd hold them now, but you're not there
Chorus:
Bb majorBb
Why don't we talk?
C majorC
Why don't we talk?
FF
Oh, I'm lonely, I'm lonely
DmDm
Oh, please can you hold me?
Bb majorBb
That's all I ask
C majorC
No more than that
FF
Oh, I'm lonely, I'm lonely
DmDm
Oh, why can't you hold me?
Bb majorBb C majorC FF
I'm, I'm, I'm
Verse 2:
FF
And all it was, I know, was wishing you'd not stall
DmDm
And hoping I preserved the coating on these pebble walls
Bb majorBb
But misconstrued, I'll always lose what I can't solve
FF
The hanging on to ambiguity
DmDm
Each stone I hold's a sequence shown on
Bb majorBb
every road that we
C majorC
Followed but, now we don't speak, no
Chorus:
Bb majorBb
Why don't we talk?
C majorC
Why don't we talk?
FF
Oh, I'm lonely, I'm lonely
DmDm
Oh, please can you hold me?
Bb majorBb
That's all I ask
C majorC
No more than that
FF
Oh, I'm lonely, I'm lonely
DmDm
Oh, why can't you hold me?
Bb majorBb C majorC
I'm, I'm, I'm
DmDm FF
I'm, I'm, I'm
Bb majorBb C majorC
Know I'm, I'm, I'm
Bridge:
DmDm
You're serving a purpose
FF
In a life that hurts
Bb majorBb
But bounds to the surface
You'll forget what it's worth
DmDm
You've never looked better
FF C majorC
Suppressed and reserved
Chorus:
Bb majorBb
Why don't we talk?
C majorC
Why don't we talk?
FF
Oh, I'm lonely, I'm lonely
DmDm
Oh, please can you hold me?
Bb majorBb
That's all I ask
C majorC
No more than that
FF
Oh, I'm lonely, I'm lonely
DmDm
Oh, why can't you hold me?
Bb majorBb C majorC
I'm, I'm, I'm
DmDm FF
I'm, I'm, I'm
Bb majorBb C majorC
Know I'm, I'm, I'm
Outro:
FF