Chords with lyrics
Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)
Introduction:
C majorC A minorAm Dm7Dm7 G+G x 2
Verse 1:
C majorC A minorAm Dm7Dm7
This is for those who were lucky enough to fall in love
G+G C majorC
When they were young
C majorC A minorAm
Not just that usual teenage stuff
Dm7Dm7 G+G
A augmentedA fumble of feelings all fingers and tongues
FF G+G FF G+G
Intertwining breath touch like trembling leaves
Verse 2:
C majorC A minorAm
This is for those who were really free
Dm7Dm7 G+G
Though locked in a mutual field of vision
C majorC A minorAm
Each others eyes are all they see
Dm7Dm7 G+G
A augmentedA jail without walls an open prison
FF G+G FF G+G
Even when apart in earshot of the heart
Verse 3:
C majorC A minorAm
And this is for those who knowing the risk
Dm7Dm7 G+G
Threw caution to the wind of chance
C majorC A minorAm
Abandoned in the singing mist
Dm7Dm7 G+G
As on the precipice they danced
FF G+G FF G+G
Seeds of sycamore spinning to the floor
Verse 4:
C majorC A minorAm
This is for those who without complaint
Dm7Dm7 G+G
Lay on a bed of their own making
C majorC A minorAm
Their sated hunger left them faint
Dm7Dm7 G+G
Through fitful sleep to cruel awakening
FF G+G FF G+G
For their pities sake the cradling bough must break
Verse 5:
C majorC A minorAm
But this is for those who loved so strong
Dm7Dm7 G+G
That it shattered the rocks and left them aching
C majorC A minorAm
Stunned into silence both deafened and dumb
Dm7Dm7 G+G
By the terrible sound of one heart breaking
FF G+G FF G+G
Charred and acrid breeze lightening blackened trees
outro:
C majorC A minorAm
But this is for those who were lucky enough
Dm7Dm7
To fall in love
G+G C majorC
When they were young
Outro:
C majorC FF C majorC G+G C majorC