Chords with lyrics
Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)
Difficulty: Novice
Intro:
A minorAm FF DmDm
A minorAm FF DmDm
A minorAm FF Dm7Dm7
A minorAm FF Dm7Dm7
Verse 1:
A minorAm
I'm wounded
FF
I'm meeker than if I was strong
C majorC
I'm falling in and out of love
But you see
I'm movin' so slow
Dm7Dm7 A minorAm
And if I were to break in two
FF
And these words that I wrote for you
C majorC
Escape from me like embers
Dancing round a fire
That is slowly burning out
Chorus:
DmDm A minorAm
I would tell you to hold on, to wait
FF
I'd tell you to slow down, to stay
C majorC
Just the simplest touch leaves a burn on me
The simplest touch leaves a burn on me
DmDm A minorAm
I'd tell you to hold on, to wait
FF
I'd tell you to slow down, to stay
C majorC
Just the simplest touch leaves a burn on me
DmDm
The simplest touch leaves a burn on me
Instrumental:
A minorAm FF DmDm
(Ooo ahah, Ooo ahah)
Verse 2:
A minorAm
I'm losing
C majorC A minorAm
Can barely even hold my own
C majorC FF
You're blind and you won't hear no more
A minorAm DmDm
Oh this rage is insatiable
C majorC A minorAm
And if you were to up the heat
C majorC A minorAm
Throw the fire inside of me
C majorC FF
I'm like the sun that warms the ocean
The moment that the night falls
DmDm E minorEm
I will leave you cold and empty
Chorus:
A minorAm
Hold on, wait Ooo ahah, Ooo ahah:
C majorC FF
Oh, won't you slow down and stay? Ooo ahah, Ooo ahah:
FF C majorC
Just the simplest touch leaves a burn on me
C majorC C majorC DmDm
The simplest touch leaves a burn on me
A minorAm
Oh, don't walk away Ooo ahah, Ooo ahah:
C majorC FF
Oh, won't you slow down and stay? Ooo ahah, Ooo ahah:
C majorC
Oh I can't get these burns off me
DmDm
Oh no, I can't get these burns off me, oh
Instrumental:
A minorAm Am A minorAm DmDm Dm E minorEm
A minorAm Am A minorAm Am DmDm Dm E minorEm Fmaj7Fmaj7
Fmaj7 DmDm A minorAm
Bridge:
A minorAm C majorC
Set alight my skin
C majorC FF
And I'll melt like ice
FF Dm7Dm7 Dm7Dm7 A minorAm
(Hold onto me, hold onto me)
A minorAm C majorC
I could drift within
C majorC FF
Waves of your embrace
FF DmDm DmDm A minorAm
(Hold onto me, hold onto me)
A minorAm C majorC
Oh, we've got no space between us
DmDm FF
It's just you and I in flames
FF DmDm
And we're burning on the insides
DmDm A minorAm
But outside we seem the same
A minorAm FF Dm7Dm7
There's no clarity
E minorEm
When our worlds collide
A minorAm Fmaj7Fmaj7 Dm7Dm7 DmDm
(Hold onto me, hold onto me)
Outro:
A minorAm FF Dm7Dm7 E minorEm
A minorAm C majorC DmDm