Chords with lyrics
Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)
Intro:
D MajorD D7D7 G+G D MajorD
DmDm Dm7Dm7 DmDm
Verse:
A/D G+G
Brighter still
A/D G+G
You're burning brighter still
A/D G+G
You think you'll never die
A/D G+G
But one day you will
FF G+G DmDm
Still from now times on the side
A/D G+G
All things pass
A/D G+G
Beauty must decay
A/D G+G
Hearts and wars
A/D G+G
All are fought in vain
FF G+G DmDm
He might hold your hands until you're tired
Bridge:
FF G+G E minorEm
When they ask you you'll say
A augmentedA
You're stopping time
Chorus:
E minor 7Em7 G+G
But it's impossible, impossible
D MajorD A augmentedA
As bright as the flames must die
E minor 7Em7 G+G
Oh it's impossible, impossible
D MajorD A augmentedA
No reason or answer why
E minor 7Em7
Oh it flickers and fades
G+G
And the light doesn't shade it
D MajorD A augmentedA
Everything must change, oh
E minor 7Em7
Some things last forever
G+G D MajorD
Some things slip away
Verse:
A/D G+G
Streets and towns
A/D G+G
Streets and towns and seas
A/D G+G
All the things you know
A/D G+G
These have never been
FF G+G DmDm
So that's the sadness in the everything
Bridge:
FF G+G E minorEm
There'll be one when all the rest
A augmentedA
Fall away
Chorus:
E minor 7Em7 G+G
And it's impossible, impossible
D MajorD A augmentedA
Some things cannot be done
E minor 7Em7 G+G
Oh it's impossible, impossible
D MajorD A augmentedA
Sometimes you have to run
E minor 7Em7
You twist and you turn
G+G
And you live and you learn and
D MajorD A augmentedA
Ever another day
E minor 7Em7
Some things last forever
G+G D MajorD
Some things slip away, slip away