Capo
6
Difficulty
Beginner πΆ
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Key: F#
πΈ Intro:
C Fmaj7
C Fmaj7
F C Am
F C Am G
πΈ Verse 1:
C Fmaj7
It's not the long, flowing dress that you're in
C Fmaj7
Or the light coming off of your skin
F C Am
The fragile heart you protected for so long
F C Am G
Or the mercy in your sense of right and wrong
C Fmaj7
It's not your hands searching slow in the dark
C Fmaj7
Or your nails leaving love's watermark
F C Am
It's not the way you talk me off the roof
F C Am G
Your questions like directions to the truth
πΈ Chorus:
F C
It's knowing that this can't go on forever
F C G
It's likely one of us will have to spend some days alone
F C
Maybe we'll get forty years together
C Am
But one day I'll be gone
Am C G
Or one day you'll be gone
πΈ Verse 2:
C Fmaj7
If we were vampires and death was a joke
C Fmaj7
We'd go out on the sidewalk and smoke
F C Am
Laugh at all the lovers and their plans
F C Am G
I wouldn't feel the need to hold your hand
C Fmaj7
Maybe time running out is a gift
C Fmaj7
I'll work hard 'til the end of my shift
F C Am
And give you every second I can find
F C Am G
And hope it isn't me who's left behind
πΈ Chorus:
F C
It's knowing that this can't go on forever
F C G
It's likely one of us will have to spend some days alone
F C
Maybe we'll get forty years together
C Am
But one day I'll be gone
Am C G
Or one day you'll be gone
πΈ Interlude:
C Fmaj7
C Fmaj7
F C Am
F C Am G
πΈ Chorus:
F C
It's knowing that this can't go on forever
F C G
It's likely one of us will have to spend some days alone
F C
Maybe we'll get forty years together
C Am
But one day I'll be gone
Am C G
Or one day you'll be gone
πΈ Chorus:
F C
It's knowing that this can't go on forever
F C G
It's likely one of us will have to spend some days alone
F C
Maybe we'll get forty years together
C Am
But one day I'll be gone
Am C G
Or one day you'll be gone
πΈ Outro:
C Fmaj7
C Fmaj7
Video/Audio
Other versions of this song
- If We Were Vampires (Intro)
Song History
Published: June 18, 2023
Last Updated: March 29, 2026