Chords with lyrics
Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)
Intro:
D#D# G#G# C minorCm D MajorD
D#D# G#G# C minorCm D MajorD
Verse:
D#D# G#G# C minorCm D MajorD G#G# D#D#
Tiny hands, recycled cans, the metal bands I could not stand
G#G# C minorCm D MajorD G#G#
The time you cried and threw your crayons across the floor
Pre-Chorus:
A#A#
C minorCm G#G# A#A# C minorCm G#G# A#A#
These are the things I think about when I'm alone without you
C minorCm G#G# A#A# C minorCm G#G#
I wonder of your whereabouts and hope like hell you're happy where you are
Chorus:
D#D# G#G# C minorCm
D MajorD D#D# G#G# C minorCm
You used to say that
D MajorD D#D#
You're just fine
G#G# C minorCm
D MajorD D#D# G#G# C minorCm D MajorD D#D#
But I still wonder all the time
Verse:
D#D#
G#G# C minorCm D MajorD G#G# D#D#
Hockey games, medical claims, police reports, terrible grades
G#G# C minorCm D MajorD G#G# A#A#
J, I'm so proud of all the things that you have done
Pre-Chorus:
C minorCm G#G# A#A# C minorCm G#G# A#A#
These are the things I think about when I'm alone without you
C minorCm G#G# A#A# C minorCm G#G#
I wonder of your whereabouts and hope like hell you're happy where you are
Bridge:
F minorFm G#G# F minorFm G#G#
C minorCm C#C#
I'm alright
F minorFm G#G# F minorFm G#G#
C minorCm C#C#
I'm alright
F minorFm G#G# F minorFm G#G# C minorCm C#C#
I can see through everything you say, and all the lessons I never learned...
Chorus:
D#D# G#G# C minorCm
D MajorD D#D# G#G# C minorCm
You used to say that
D MajorD D#D#
You're just fine
G#G# C minorCm
D MajorD D#D# G#G# C minorCm D MajorD D#D# (let ring)
But I still wonder all the time
Interlude:
D#D# A#A# G#G#
Do you still believe in the stories told
D#D# A#A# G#G#
To you by my friends and I when you were four years old?
D#D# (once) FF G#G# (once)
How it got so cold that words just froze
G#G# (once) D#D# (let ring)
We had to wait 'til summer to find out what was said
FF (let ring)
One of the best times that we had
Chorus:
D#D# G#G# C minorCm
D MajorD D#D# G#G# C minorCm
I know I say that
D MajorD D#D#
I'm just fine
G#G# C minorCm
D MajorD D#D# G#G# C minorCm D MajorD D#D#
But I hope you wonder from time to time
Instrumental:
FF F C minorCm C#C# G#G# (x13)
Outro: (let each chord ring once)
FF C minorCm
I was nervous from the start that our muscles might tear us apart
C#C# G#G#
(Are muscles tearing us apart?)
FF C minorCm
From the words that carve our lives to the words that take us by surprise
C#C# G#G#
(I was never taken by surprise.)
FF C minorCm
From the sounds that disappear to the changes we begin to fear
C#C# G#G#
(I can hear you clearly.)
FF C minorCm
One day I'll fail to breathe and all you'll have are memories
C#C# G#G#
(All we are are memories.)