Chords with lyrics
Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)
Intro:
F#F# BB C#C#
D#mD#m
BB F#F#
C#sus C#C#
Verse 1:
F#F# BB C#C# D#mD#m
All by myself
BB F#F#
With this great big world before me
C#sus C#C#
But it's all for someone else
F#F# BB C#C# D#mD#m
I've tried and tried again
BB F#F#
To let you know just where my heart is
C#sus C#C#
To tell the truth and not pretend
Prechorus 1:
F#/A# BB
All I needed
F#F# C#C#
was to get away
F#/A# BB C#sus C#C#
Just to realize that I was meant to stay
Chorus 1:
F#F#
Where the mountains sing through the screams of seagulls
BB
Where the whales can live 'cause they're gentle people
D#mD#m F#F# BB
In my hometown, my hometown
D#mD#m F#F#
Thought I made it clear, do I have to sing it?
BB
It was always there, we just didn't see it
D#mD#m F#F# BB
All I need is you and me and my home
Post-Chorus 1:
F#F# BB
Vera með þér, með þér
D#mD#m F#F#
Í Húsavík við Skjálfanda
BB F#F# F#F#
Í heimabærinn minn
Verse 2:
F#F# BB C#C# D#mD#m C#C# D#mD#m
You want the world (Want the world)
BB F#F#
All the neon lights and billboards
C#sus C#C#
To be seen and to be heard (Heard)
F#F# BB C#C# D#mD#m
And I followed you (Oh-ooh)
BB F#F#
But now I know what makes me happy
C#sus C#C#
And I can tell you feel it too
Chorus 2:
F#F#
Where the mountains sing through the screams of seagulls
BB
Where the whales can live 'cause they're gentle people
D#mD#m F#F# BB
In my hometown, my hometown
D#mD#m F#F#
Where the northern lights burst out in colors
BB
And the magic nights surpass all others
D#mD#m F#F# BB
Það eina sem ég þrái er, að vera
Post-Chorus 2:
F#F# BB
Vera með þér (Vera með þér), með þér (Vera með þér)
D#mD#m F#F#
Í Húsavík við Skjálfanda
BB
My home,
F#F# BB D#mD#m F#F# BB
my hometown —————————————
F#F#
———————oown
(*epic breath out of the Speorg note*)