But Leaving Is chords by Matt Maltese

• Difficulty: Intermediate 💪

Verse 1:
A
We break apart and join the rain
Dmaj7
Politics, the bus, the pain
A                  Em (A/G)             D (F#m7)
Walk the same old planet, but our world's new
A
The falling part was fun and games
Dmaj7
Then it turned to tooth and nails
A                     Em (A/G)              D (F#m7)
A song I heard when I was young don't ring true

Pre-chorus:
Bm7                       Dm
And I'm not the first to know

Chorus:
A     A/G       F#m7
Love isn't a choice
(A)       D
Isn't a way you decide
      Dm
It deafens and blinds and
A        A/G         F#m7
Pulls you into the void
(A)                      D
And it ain't enough by design
     Dm
I learnt this with time,
         Bm7               Dm             A
that love isn't a choice, but leaving is

Verse 2:
A
Wake alone in empty baths
Dmaj7
Anything to pass the past
A          Em (A/G)                 D (F#m7)
Run around this park 6 times and miss you
A
Swear I'm fine yet I replay
Dmaj7
All the laughs that wedding day
A                                  Em (A/G)     D (F#m7)
Got more compliments than the bride and groom

Pre-chorus:
Bm7                       Dm
And I'm just the last to know

Chorus 2:
A     A/G       F#m7
Love isn't a choice
(A)        D
Isn't a way you decide
       Dm
It deafens and blinds and
A       A/G       F#m7
Pulls you into the void
(A)              D
and it ain't enough by design
    Dm
I learnt this with time,
   Bm7              Dm
that love isn't a choice
  Bm7                Dm
Oh, love isn't a choice
             A
But leaving is