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 Eb6 How did I live? F7/Eb I taste every wasted minute Bb/D Bb7 Ebadd2 Cmadd4 Every time I turned away Ebm6 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 Cm11 Is this how I die? Ebm(maj7) Ebm6 Pretending and preposterous Gmadd4 And dumb Ebadd2 How did I live? F7/Eb Was I kind enough and good enough? Bb/D Bb7 Ebadd2 Cmadd4 Did I love enough? Ebm6 Did I ever look up and see the moon Ebm6 And the stars Bb/F And the sky? Ebm6/Gb Bbadd2 Bb7 Oh why have I been sleeping? Chorus: Eb D7 They say we are asleep D7/F# Gm9 Gm9/D Ddim/F Until we fall in love Bbmaj13 Gm11/Eb Ebdim7/D Gm We are children of dust and ashes Cm9 F7 But when we fall in love we wake up D11/F# Gm And we are a God Eb Bb Bb/F Dm7#5/Eb And angels weep Bb/F But if I die here tonight F7 Bb D7/F# I die in my sleep Bridge: Gm Gm6 Am6 C9/A All of my life I spent searching the words D9/Bb Bb+ C Dadd4/C Of poets and saints and prophets and kings Gm Gm6 Am6 C9/A And now at the end all I know that I’ve learned D9/Bb Bb+ C Dadd4/C Is that all that I know is I don’t know a thing Eb Bb So easy to close off D7 Gm Place the blame outside Eb Bb Hiding in my room at night D7 Gm So terrified Gm D7/F# All the things I could have been Ab/Eb Eb But I never had the nerve D7 Gm Life and love Bb/F F7 Bb G7/B I don’t deserve Cm G7 So all right, all right Ab Eb I’ve had my time D7 Gm Close my eyes Cm/Eb Bb/F F7 Bb G7/B Let the death bells chime Cm Gmaj7 Bury me in burgundy Ab Eb I just don’t care D7 Gm Nothing’s left Cm/Eb Bb/F F7 Bb I looked everywhere Verse 3: D7/F# Gm Gm/D Is this how I die? D7#5/F# D7#5 Gm Gm/D D7#5/F# D7#5 Was there ever any other way my life could be? Cm7 Cm7/G Is this how I die? Ebm(maj7) Ebm(maj7)/Gb Gm Gm/D Gm Such a storm of feelings inside of me? Ebadd2 But then why am I screaming? F7/Eb Why am I shaking? Bb/D Bb7 Ebadd2 Cm7 Oh God, was there something that I missed? Ebm(maj7) Did I squander my divinity? Bb/F D7/F# Gm 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 Bb7 I die in my sleep Eb D7 They say we are asleep Gm Bb7add4 Until we fall in love Eb And I’m so ready Ebm(maj7) To wake up now Outro: Bb7/D Ebm6 Bb/F I want to wake up Ebm6/Gb Abadd2 Bb7/D Ebm6 Bb/F Ebm6/Gb Don’t let me die while I’m like this Abadd2 Bb7/D Ebm6 I want to wake up Bb/F Ebm6/Gb Abadd2 Bb7/D Ebm6 Bb/F Ebm6/Gb God don’t let me die while I’m like this Abadd2 Bb7/D Ebm6 Please let me wake up now Bb/F Ebm6/Gb Abadd2 Adim7 Ebm6/Bb Ebm6/C God don’t let me die while I’m like this Bb7/D Ebm6 Bb7/F Ebm6/Gb I’m ready Ab13 Ebm6/Bb Ebm6/C Bb9/D B7/Eb I’m ready Bb Ebm6 Bb Ebm6 Cdim7 Bb To wake up
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