Chords with lyrics
Intro:
Gmadd4 Gmadd4 Gmadd4 Gmadd4
D7#5/F# D7#5/F# D7#5/F# D7#5/F#
Gmadd4 Gmadd4 Gmadd4 Gmadd4
D7#5/F# D7#5/F# D7#5/F# D7#5/F#
Verse 1:
Gmadd4
Is this how I die?
D7#5/F#
Ridiculed and laughed at
Gmadd4 D7#5/F#
Wearing clown shoes
Gmadd4
Is this how I die?
D7#5/F#
Furious and reckless
Gmadd4 D7#5/F#
Sick with booze
Eb6/G Eb6Eb6
How did I live?
F7/Eb
I taste every wasted minute
Bb/DBb/D Bb7Bb7 Ebadd2 Cmadd4
Every time I turned away
Ebm6Ebm6
From the things that might have healed me
Bbmaj7/D Ebadd2
How long have I been sleeping?
Verse 2:
Gmadd4
Is this how I die?
D7#5/F#
Frightened like a child
Gmadd4 D7#5/F#
Lazy and numb
Cm11Cm11
Is this how I die?
Ebm(maj7) Ebm6Ebm6
Pretending and preposterous
Gmadd4
And dumb
Ebadd2
How did I live?
F7/Eb
Was I kind enough and good enough?
Bb/DBb/D Bb7Bb7 Ebadd2 Cmadd4
Did I love enough?
Ebm6Ebm6
Did I ever look up and see the moon
Ebm6Ebm6
And the stars
Bb/FBb/F
And the sky?
Ebm6/Gb Bbadd2 Bb7Bb7
Oh why have I been sleeping?
Chorus:
Eb MajorEb D7D7
They say we are asleep
D7/F#D7/F# Gm9Gm9 Gm9/D Ddim/F
Until we fall in love
BbMaj13Bbmaj13 Gm11/Eb Ebdim7/D G minorGm
We are children of dust and ashes
Cm9Cm9 F7F7
But when we fall in love we wake up
D11/F# G minorGm
And we are a God
Eb MajorEb Bb majorBb Bb/FBb/F Dm7#5/Eb
And angels weep
Bb/FBb/F
But if I die here tonight
F7F7 Bb majorBb D7/F#D7/F#
I die in my sleep
Bridge:
G minorGm Gm6Gm6 Am6Am6 C9/A
All of my life I spent searching the words
D9/Bb Bb majorBb+ C majorC Dadd4/C
Of poets and saints and prophets and kings
G minorGm Gm6Gm6 Am6Am6 C9/A
And now at the end all I know that I’ve learned
D9/Bb Bb majorBb+ C majorC Dadd4/C
Is that all that I know is I don’t know a thing
Eb MajorEb Bb majorBb
So easy to close off
D7D7 G minorGm
Place the blame outside
Eb MajorEb Bb majorBb
Hiding in my room at night
D7D7 G minorGm
So terrified
G minorGm D7/F#D7/F#
All the things I could have been
Ab/Eb Eb MajorEb
But I never had the nerve
D7D7 G minorGm
Life and love
Bb/FBb/F F7F7 Bb majorBb G7/B
I don’t deserve
C minorCm G7G7
So all right, all right
AbAb Eb MajorEb
I’ve had my time
D7D7 G minorGm
Close my eyes
Cm/Eb Bb/FBb/F F7F7 Bb majorBb G7/B
Let the death bells chime
C minorCm Gmaj7Gmaj7
Bury me in burgundy
AbAb Eb MajorEb
I just don’t care
D7D7 G minorGm
Nothing’s left
Cm/Eb Bb/FBb/F F7F7 Bb majorBb
I looked everywhere
Verse 3:
D7/F#D7/F# G minorGm Gm/D
Is this how I die?
D7#5/F# D7#5 G minorGm Gm/D D7#5/F# D7#5
Was there ever any other way my life could be?
Cm7Cm7 Cm7/G
Is this how I die?
Ebm(maj7) Ebm(maj7)/Gb G minorGm Gm/D G minorGm
Such a storm of feelings inside of me?
Ebadd2
But then why am I screaming?
F7/Eb
Why am I shaking?
Bb/DBb/D Bb7Bb7 Ebadd2 Cm7Cm7
Oh God, was there something that I missed?
Ebm(maj7)
Did I squander my divinity?
Bb/FBb/F D7/F#D7/F# G minorGm
Was happiness within me the whole time?
Chorus:
N.C.They say we are asleep
N.C.Until we fall in love
N.C.We are children of dust and ashes
N.C.But when we fall in love we wake up
N.C.And we are a God
N.C.And angels weep
N.C.But if I die here tonight
Bb majorBb Bb7Bb7
I die in my sleep
Eb MajorEb D7D7
They say we are asleep
G minorGm Bb7add4
Until we fall in love
Eb MajorEb
And I’m so ready
Ebm(maj7)
To wake up now
Outro:
Bb7/D Ebm6Ebm6 Bb/FBb/F
I want to wake up
Ebm6/Gb Abadd2 Bb7/D Ebm6Ebm6 Bb/FBb/F Ebm6/Gb
Don’t let me die while I’m like this
Abadd2 Bb7/D Ebm6Ebm6
I want to wake up
Bb/FBb/F Ebm6/Gb Abadd2 Bb7/D Ebm6Ebm6 Bb/FBb/F Ebm6/Gb
God don’t let me die while I’m like this
Abadd2 Bb7/D Ebm6Ebm6
Please let me wake up now
Bb/FBb/F Ebm6/Gb Abadd2 Adim7Adim7 Ebm6/Bb Ebm6/C
God don’t let me die while I’m like this
Bb7/D Ebm6Ebm6 Bb7/F Ebm6/Gb
I’m ready
Ab13Ab13 Ebm6/Bb Ebm6/C Bb9/D B7/Eb
I’m ready
Bb majorBb Ebm6Ebm6 Bb majorBb Ebm6Ebm6 Cdim7Cdim7 Bb majorBb
To wake up