Chords with lyrics
Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)
Key: D MajorD
Difficulty: Novice
Requested by "John" on my website marcusalexander.net. Thank you!
*Note: All instances of C majorC are played as C/GC/G and all instances of Fmaj7Fmaj7 are played as: 1X3210 (E MajorE to e).*
Intro:
Fmaj7Fmaj7 Fmaj7Fmaj7 C majorC Fmaj7Fmaj7 C majorC Am7Am7 G+G
Verse 1:
C majorC Fmaj7Fmaj7 C majorC Fmaj7Fmaj7
For once in your life, would you come out of your house
Am7Am7 G+G Fmaj7Fmaj7
I’ve been waiting long to see you understand
C majorC Fmaj7Fmaj7 C majorC Fmaj7Fmaj7
Your eyes are turning white, you have grown without the light
Am7Am7 G+G Fmaj7Fmaj7
But your garden can’t keep up without your hand
G+G C majorC Fmaj7Fmaj7 C majorC Fmaj7Fmaj7
So give up your hand
Verse 2:
C majorC Fmaj7Fmaj7 C majorC Fmaj7Fmaj7
For once in your life, just pretend that it’s alright
Am7Am7 G+G Fmaj7Fmaj7
If you spill your glass we’ll get another round
C majorC Fmaj7Fmaj7 C majorC Fmaj7Fmaj7
Your fears are all predictions but reality is fiction
Am7Am7 G+G Fmaj7Fmaj7
Trees don’t fall when no one is around
G+G C majorC C G+G G MajorG
So don’t stick around
Chorus:
Fmaj7Fmaj7 C majorC Fmaj7Fmaj7 C majorC
For once in your life, would you sing along my lines
Am7Am7 G+G Fmaj7Fmaj7
And remind me why we ever tried at all
Fmaj7Fmaj7 C majorC Fmaj7Fmaj7 C majorC
Your senses in submission, you can ask but never listen
Am7Am7 G+G Fmaj7Fmaj7
Only one of us is stuck behind a wall
G+G C majorC Fmaj7Fmaj7 C majorC Fmaj7Fmaj7
So go climb the wall
Verse 3:
C majorC Fmaj7Fmaj7 C majorC Fmaj7Fmaj7
For once in my life, I would open up that shrine
Am7Am7 G+G Fmaj7Fmaj7
But I threw the key away along your lies
C majorC Fmaj7Fmaj7 C majorC Fmaj7Fmaj7
You ask me to try, but a poetry kinda guy
Am7Am7 G+G Fmaj7Fmaj7
You need but I don’t need no surprise
G+G C majorC C G+G G MajorG
So I’m not surprised
Chorus:
Fmaj7Fmaj7 C majorC Fmaj7Fmaj7 C majorC
For once in my life, just for once I realize
Am7Am7 G+G Fmaj7Fmaj7
The ship I sail was only built for one
Fmaj7Fmaj7 C majorC Fmaj7Fmaj7 C majorC
I ask you to try, when I ask you not to cry
Am7Am7 G+G Fmaj7Fmaj7
Sing “Take me to a place she’ll never find”
Fmaj7Fmaj7 C majorC Fmaj7Fmaj7 C majorC
I head for the wind, I forget about your sins
Am7Am7 G+G Fmaj7Fmaj7
There’s nothing else we ever could have done
G+G C majorC
So let us be done
Fmaj7Fmaj7 C majorC
Let us be done
Fmaj7Fmaj7 C majorC Fmaj C majorC
Let us be done