Chords with lyrics
Verse:
B minorBm F#F#
I saved every letter you wrote me
Gmaj7Gmaj7 D MajorD
From the moment I read them
E minorEm B minorBm
I knew you were mine
F#F#
You said you were mine
G+G D MajorD A/C#A/C#
I thought were mine
B minorBm F#F#
Do you know what Angelica said
Gmaj7Gmaj7 D(add4)
When we saw your first letter arrive?
E minor 7Em7 B minorBm F#F#
She said: "Be careful with that one, love
Gmaj7Gmaj7 D MajorD
he will do what it takes to survive."
D/C# B minorBm F#F#
You and your words flooded my senses
Gmaj7Gmaj7 D(add4)
Your sentences left me defenseless
E minor 7Em7 B minorBm F#F#
You built me palaces out of paragraphs
Gmaj7Gmaj7 D MajorD D/C#
You built cathedrals
B minorBm F#/A#
I'm re-reading the letters you wrote me
Gmaj7Gmaj7 D MajorD
I'm searching and scanning for answers
E minor 7Em7 Bm7Bm7
In every line
F#F#
For some kind of sign
D/G Gmaj7Gmaj7
And when you were mine
Chorus:
G+G D/AD/A B minorBm F# minorF#m F#m/E F#m/D G+G
The world seemed to burn
D/AD/A B minorBm F# minorF#m F#m/E F#m/D G+G
Burn
Verse:
B minorBm F#F#
You published the letters she wrote you
Gmaj7Gmaj7 D MajorD
You told the whole world how you brought this girl
D/ED/E B minorBm
Into our bed
F#F#
In clearing your name
Gmaj7Gmaj7 D MajorD D/ED/E
You have ruined our lives
B minorBm F#F#
Do you know what Angelica said
Gmaj7Gmaj7 D MajorD
When she read what you'd done?
Em11Em11 Bm9Bm9 F# minorF#m F#F#
She said: "You have married an Icarus.
G+G D MajorD
He has flown too close to the sun."
A7/C# B minorBm F#7F#7
You and your words obsessed with your legacy
G+G Dsus2Dsus2
Your sentences border on senseless
A/C#A/C# Bm7Bm7 F#7F#7
And you are paranoid in every paragraph
GMaj9Gmaj9
How they perceive you-
G+G
You, you, you
B minorBm F#/A#
I'm erasing myself from the narrative
GMaj9Gmaj9 D MajorD
Let future historians wonder
E minor 7Em7 Bm7Bm7
How Eliza reacted
F#7F#7
When you broke her heart
G+G D/G
You have torn it all apart
Chorus:
G+G D/AD/A B minorBm F# minorF#m F#m/E F#m/D G+G
I'm watching it burn
D/AD/A B minorBm F# minorF#m F#m/E F#m/D G+G
Watching it burn
Verse:
G+G G/AG/A D MajorD
The world has no right to my heart
Bbmaj7#5
The world has no place in our bed
Bm7Bm7 D/G
They don't get to know what I said
A7sus D MajorD
I'm burning the memories
Bbmaj7#5
Burning the letters
Bm7Bm7
that might have redeemed you
D/G A7A7 D(add2)
You forfeit all rights to my heart
Gm/Bb
You forfeit the place in our bed
Bm7Bm7 G+G
You'll sleep in your office instead
A9A9 D MajorD
With only the memories
D/C# D/F#D/F# D/ED/E D MajorD G+G
of when you were mine
B minorBm F#/A# Gmaj7Gmaj7 D MajorD E minor 7Em7 Bsus2Bsus2