Intro: Dm F A#maj7 Dm F A#maj7 A# F Dm A# F Dm C Verse 1: Dm F A#maj7 It's not the long, flowing dress that you're in Dm F A#maj7 Or the light coming off of your skin A# F Dm The fragile heart you protected for so long A# F Dm C The mercy in your sense of right and wrong Dm F A#maj7 It's not your hands searching slow in the dark Dm F A#maj7 Or your nails leaving love's watermark A# F Dm It's not the way you talk me off the roof A# F Dm C Your questions like directions to the truth
Chorus: A# F It's knowing that this can't go on forever A# F C It's likely one of us will have to spend some days alone A# F Maybe we'll get forty years together Dm But one day I'll be gone F C Or one day you'll be gone Verse 2: Dm F A#maj7 If we were vampires and death was a joke Dm F A#maj7 We'd go out on the sidewalk and smoke A# F Dm Laugh at all the lovers and their plans A# F Dm C I wouldn't feel the need to hold your hand Dm F A#maj7 Maybe time running out is a gift Dm F A#maj7 I'll work hard 'til the end of my shift A# F Dm And give you every second I can find A# F Dm C And hope it isn't me who's left behind Chorus: A# F It's knowing that this can't go on forever A# F C It's likely one of us will have to spend some days alone A# F Maybe we'll get forty years together Dm But one day I'll be gone F C Or one day you'll be gone Interlude: Dm F A#maj7 Dm F A#maj7 A# F Dm A# F Dm C Chorus: A# F It's knowing that this can't go on forever A# F C It's likely one of us will have to spend some days alone A# F Maybe we'll get forty years together Dm But one day I'll be gone F C Or one day you'll be gone Chorus: A# F It's knowing that this can't go on forever A# F C It's likely one of us will have to spend some days alone A# F Maybe we'll get forty years together Dm But one day I'll be gone F G Or one day you'll be gone Outro: Dm F A#maj7 Dm F A#maj7